function wp_dashboard_recent_comments($sidebar_args)
{
    global $comment;
    extract($sidebar_args, EXTR_SKIP);
    echo $before_widget;
    echo $before_title;
    echo $widget_name;
    echo $after_title;
    $lambda = create_function('', 'return 5;');
    add_filter('option_posts_per_rss', $lambda);
    // hack - comments query doesn't accept per_page parameter
    $comments_query = new WP_Query('feed=rss2&withcomments=1');
    remove_filter('option_posts_per_rss', $lambda);
    $is_first = true;
    if ($comments_query->have_comments()) {
        while ($comments_query->have_comments()) {
            $comments_query->the_comment();
            $comment_post_url = get_permalink($comment->comment_post_ID);
            $comment_post_title = get_the_title($comment->comment_post_ID);
            $comment_post_link = "<a href='{$comment_post_url}'>{$comment_post_title}</a>";
            $comment_link = '<a class="comment-link" href="' . get_comment_link() . '">#</a>';
            $comment_meta = sprintf(__('From <strong>%1$s</strong> on %2$s %3$s'), get_comment_author(), $comment_post_link, $comment_link);
            if ($is_first) {
                $is_first = false;
                ?>
				<blockquote><p>&#8220;<?php 
                comment_excerpt();
                ?>
&#8221;</p></blockquote>
				<p class='comment-meta'><?php 
                echo $comment_meta;
                ?>
</p>
<?php 
                if ($comments_query->comment_count > 1) {
                    ?>
				<ul id="dashboard-comments-list">
<?php 
                }
                // comment_count
            } else {
                // is_first
                ?>

					<li class='comment-meta'><?php 
                echo $comment_meta;
                ?>
</li>
<?php 
            }
            // is_first
        }
        if ($comments_query->comment_count > 1) {
            ?>
				</ul>
<?php 
        }
        // comment_count;
    }
    echo $after_widget;
}