Arguably, Lisa Kudrow has never been funnier than when she appears as Valerie Cherish on Hot Ones in the new season of The Comeback . Clueless to the format of the (very real) interview show (answering questions while eating ever-increasing spicy hot wings), Cherish’s exasperation, befuddlement, and visceral agony is a comic wonder to watch. It’s almost a throwaway gag — the scene literally runs behind the credits of a late-season episode — but proves that when Kudrow commits to the bit, she’s