Here are your Sunday funnies, courtesy of Keith Olbermann reading Tom Tomorrow channeling Bill O’Reilly, bestowing The Falafel Truth upon America’s young people. *** UPDATE: Should have included this before — you can read the whole cartoon here.
Entries Tagged as 'Comedy'
Keith Olbermann Reads Tom Tomorrow
December 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Keith Olbermann Reads Tom Tomorrow · Comedy, Comics, Culture, Media, News, Politics, TV, Video
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Flight of the Conchords
November 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Comedy, Culture, Music, TV, Video
Oh my heavens, these guys are wonderful. I just bumped Flight of the Conchords to the top of my Netflix queue. “Bret You Got It Goin’ On”: … boom ow ow. I think sometimes you hear what you want to hear. “Think About It”: Those two both via Candorville. And now, because we […]
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Chicago Notes: Spukt, Sweat Girls, Mr. Fluxus, Andy Bayiates, and More
November 10th, 2007 · Comments Off on Chicago Notes: Spukt, Sweat Girls, Mr. Fluxus, Andy Bayiates, and More · Astrology, Blogs, Books, Chicago, Comedy, Culture, Fantasy, Fiction, Foreign Policy, Fringe, History, Journal, Lit, Neo-Futurists, News, Performance, Politics, Theater
It’s been ages since I’ve done one of these little Chicago roundups, but there are so many head-splittingly good things going on this week that it seems like a dandy time to reinstate the tradition. • First up, this weekend is the opening of the brand-new Theater Oobleck show Spukt, written by the mercurial Dave […]
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Support the Writers Guild Strike
November 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Activism, Comedy, Culture, Film, Heroes, History, Labor, News, Science Fiction, TV, Video
Here’s a snappy little video explaining why. As Miss Laura notes, the writers have even tried relaxing their demand for that luxurious extra 4 cents per DVD. They said they’d be willing to settle for the measly 4 cents they’re already getting, if they can just please be paid for their work on Internet […]
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The War on Halloween, Anderson Cooper, and Keith Olbermann’s O’Reilly Defense Initiative
October 22nd, 2007 · 8 Comments · Climate Change, Comedy, Culture, Journalism, Media, Politics, Video
Here’s a little video roundup to keep you entertained while I try to scrape together the time to post something more substantial. First off, Mr. Colbert points out the enormous black-and-orange elephant in the living room … the War on Halloween! That’s not going to be very popular in the candy corn belt. He really […]
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The Bright Side of Death
September 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on The Bright Side of Death · Activism, Comedy, Culture, Health, Healthcare Crisis, History, Human Rights, Politics, The Economy, Stupid, Video
This week’s smash-hit viral video is a cheery little mash-up in which a Monty Python classic gets its peanut butter in the chocolate of the modern-day healthcare crisis. … and here’s the handy action link. If William Jennings Bryan were alive today, he might say something about not crucifying mankind upon a Cross of […]
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Colbert on the Klingon-Republican Alliance
September 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Colbert on the Klingon-Republican Alliance · Comedy, Culture, Foreign Policy, Media, Peace, Politics, TV, Video
Stephen notices the Republicans’ rhetorical reliance on the word honor, and points out who else tends to use that word a lot.
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Senator Larry Craig vs. Avenue Q, and Butch Otter Goes Shopping
August 31st, 2007 · 4 Comments · Comedy, Culture, Journalism, Media, Performance, Politics, Theater, Video
Proving that the Republican Party truly is just one big puppet show: … I can’t find it now, but I swear that at some point in the 24 hours after the Craig story broke, there was a headline referring to him as “Toilet Sex Senator.” And of course my first thought was that The […]
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Daily Kos Diary: Gonzales Doesn’t Recall Resigning
August 27th, 2007 · Comments Off on Daily Kos Diary: Gonzales Doesn’t Recall Resigning · Blogs, Comedy, Culture, News, Politics
Perfect. Just go read it. When you rip off this joke later you can always claim you didn’t recall reading it on Daily Kos first. ****** UPDATE: On a more serious note — on the front page of Daily Kos, Trapper John spells out what needs to not happen next: The Gonzales Justice Department was […]
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Video: Fox’s War Drums, Colbert’s Water Fight, and Stewart on Bush’s Magical History Tour
August 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Comedy, Culture, Foreign Policy, History, Journalism, Media, News, Peace, Pets, Politics, TV, Video
A few video clips from the past week: First up, here’s a scary video compiled by documentarian Robert Greenwald showing how Fox “News” is beating the drum for war with Iran … watch them repeatedly engaging in the same kind of propaganda and scaremongering they used during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in […]
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Olbermann on O’Reilly, Colbert on Huckabee, and Stewart on Kristol
August 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Comedy, Culture, Foreign Policy, Journalism, Media, Politics, TV, Video
Keith Olbermann explains why Bill O’Reilly is no less than two of the three worst people in the world. (Hint: It includes defaming someone as being anti-semitic … who was actually attacking anti-semitism!) I Stomach Huckabee: Colbert on the Iowa straw poll. Oh, and watch for the moment when the Governor threatens to break […]
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Boiling Some Cabbage with the Smothers Brothers
August 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Comedy, Culture, Music, TV, Video
Because I could use a little cheering up tonight … some classic Smothers Brothers. Remember, if you’re a folksinger, when someone says “take it” you are obligated to take it. And here’s an updated version of “Cabbage” from the 80s. Now with bonus naked bacon! Poor Tommy … all those years later and […]
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A Magical MASH-Up
July 27th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Blogs, Books, Comedy, Culture, Fantasy, Fiction, TV
Jim over at empty-handed.com finally figured out who this Harry Potter person everyone keeps talking about is. And he has provided no less than five new books chronicling the adventures of this popular character. The results are pure wizardry! With, um, surgical precision. And lucky you, I’ve giving you links to the whole five-book series. […]
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