It’s a MAD Era of Humor, Satire, Stupidity and Stupidity
Iconic magazine still relevant as it makes fun of itself and sixty years of pop culture My kids open up the packages in our mail, expecting it to be a gift from their grandparents. They’ve come to...
View ArticleThe End of Super PAC ‘Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow’
Talk show host Stephen Colbert donates almost $800,000 to Sandy relief, and others. The super PAC “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow” created by comedian and late-night talk show host Stephen...
View ArticleThe 12 Best People of 2012
Sean Beaudoin compiles the dozen best people of the year—drawn from the avalanche of overall excellence we experienced as a culture. Also, their less impressive counterparts. Every December since it...
View ArticleI’m Not Racist But …
“Dr. Bill” Johnson II on institutionalized racism, and what it is—and isn’t—to be racist. Now, I don’t see race … People tell me I’m white, and I believe them, because I own a lot of Jimmy Buffett...
View ArticleBush in Rehab
Can George W. Bush’s presidency be redeemed? Greg Olear takes a closer look. The recent opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum was a banner day for stand-up comics, late-night...
View ArticleThe Reluctant Intactivist
Kenny Neal Shults wants to take “An un-serious look at a the serious subject of why we circumcise our kids with two short comic films that poke fun at American secular circumcision.” Herein Savas...
View ArticleThis Is Who Native American Mascots Are Mocking
Reynard Faber, chief of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, speaks for himself. — The daughter of Oklahoma’s governor stirred a righteous rage when she posted a photo of herself wearing a Native American...
View ArticleWill Late Night Ever Reflect Our Nation? On Colbert, Letterman and Diversity
AP Photo As much as I love Stephen Colbert, and I do, the news that he’s taking over The Late Show from David Letterman in 2015 is the sort of non-surprise that still manages to unsettle me. Late...
View ArticleStephen Colbert Breaks Character to Offer Advice to Teen Girls
Ask a Grown Man: Stephen Colbert from Rookie on Vimeo. By Michelle Jaworski We’re going to miss Stephen Colbert‘s over-the-top character when he ends The Colbert Report at the end of the year, but...
View ArticleA Final Farewell to Stephen Colbert and Craig Ferguson
James Halcomb says good-bye to two staples of his television viewing. The Late Late Show has said farewell to Craig Ferguson and Stephen Colbert has left Comedy Central. — This week two television...
View ArticleColbert, Stewart, and Carell Prove that Humor and Brains Are Guys’ Best Features
#TBT #breaktheinternet A video posted by The Daily Show (@thedailyshow) on Feb 5, 2015 at 11:49am PST This Daily Show “Moment of Zen” from more than a decade ago when viral yesterday when they posted...
View ArticleJon Stewart, Young Adults, and the Sanitized Classroom
What made Jon Stewart, and moreover The Daily Show, trustworthy and compelling to young adults? _________ On August 6, 2015, Jon Stewart said goodbye to the nation after sixteen years as host of The...
View ArticleJon Stewart Crashes Stephen’s Monologue
In the current media climate, sometimes you’ve got to get Trump-esque in order to get your voice heard. — Video: YouTube/The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Would you like to help us shatter...
View ArticleDavid Tennant, Stephen Colbert, and Shakespeare—Who is Who?
If Shakespeare wasn’t Shakespeare, would it matter? — A rose by any other name (or collection of names) would be just as brilliant. ◊♦◊ Photo: AntToeKnee Lacey/Flickr The post David Tennant, Stephen...
View ArticleColbert Urges You To Google “Donald Trump Rudy Giuliani Drag Queen...
Our long national nightmare has just begun, because you cannot unsee what you are about to see. Namely,Rudy Giuliani in drag flirting with Donald Trump. It is scarier than the pair’s RNC speeches...
View ArticleHow Stephen Colbert Became Gen X’s Late-Night Spokesperson
Embed from Getty Images By Rose Maura Lorre Certain pleasures fall under the purview of what I’ve long called “adult fun.” Neither explicitly X-rated nor necessitating a minimum age (usually), adult...
View ArticleThe Audacity of Nope: Stephen Colbert’s ‘Stephen Colbert’ Says Goodbye to Obama
It’s President Obama’s last day, so Stephen’s conservative identical twin cousin, Stephen Colbert, stopped by to wish him farewell. ~~~ The post The Audacity of Nope: Stephen Colbert’s ‘Stephen...
View ArticlePete Holmes, a Hot Air Balloon Proposal, and the Man’s Man Who Witnessed
Ah, love and marriage (or soon to be). The proposal, ring, question, and that “yes.” Or something like it. Watch as Pete Holmes, star of the new Judd Apatow-produced HBO show Crashing, tells Stephen...
View ArticleThe Best in #First100Days Comedy—From Late Night to the WHCD
Embed from Getty Images It’s over, right? No? Another four-years-minus-100-days-unless-he’s-impeached? Drat. The POTUS’ first 100 days have been—if anything—comedy gold for the best in late night...
View ArticleTruth-Seeking in the Age of Misinformation and Outright Lies
— “I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Daily, our ability to trust is eroded, since the words that issue forth from people who are...
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