Andy Borowitz is a comedian and writer whose work appears in The New Yorker and The New York Times, and at his award-winning humor site, BorowitzReport.com.

Blog Entries by Andy Borowitz

Obama Gives Hanukkah Wishes in Hebrew; Birthers Now Claim He Was Born in Israel

Posted December 11, 2009 | 03:20 PM (EST)


WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - President Barack Obama's decision to wish Jews around the world a happy Hanukkah in Hebrew has added more fuel to the movement of the so-called Birthers, who now claim that Mr. Obama was born in Israel.

Orly Taitz, a leading Birther spokesperson, told CNN today...

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Obama Sends Predator Drone to Pick Up Nobel Peace Prize

Posted December 10, 2009 | 07:22 AM (EST)


OSLO, NORWAY (The Borowitz Report) - Responding to criticism about his receiving this year's Nobel Peace Prize, President Barack Obama today sent an unmanned predator drone to Norway to pick up the prize for him.

Mr. Obama's decision to have an unmanned bomber plane accept the Peace Prize raised eyebrows...

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Poll: Majority of Americans Hope Decade Turns Out to Be Dream Sequence

Posted December 9, 2009 | 02:17 PM (EST)


MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report) - As the decade draws to a close, a new poll shows that a majority of Americans are holding out hope that the ten years just past turn out to be a dream sequence from which they will soon awake.

The poll, conducted by the University...

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New iPhone App Allows User to Call People, Talk to Them

16 Comments | Posted December 8, 2009 | 04:53 PM (EST)


CUPERTINO (The Borowitz Report) - In what is widely expected to be a game-changer in the mobile phone industry, Apple Inc. today unveiled a new "killer app" that will enable users to call people on their iPhones and talk to them.

The new app, called the iCall, will "expand the...

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Hundreds of Autograph-Seekers Wait in Line While Palin Struggles to Spell Name

Posted December 7, 2009 | 05:26 PM (EST)


BLOOMINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - Sarah Palin's book tour hit a snag today at the Mall of America as hundreds of autograph seekers waited in line as the former Alaska governor tried in vain to spell her name.

"Sound it out," whispered Ms. Palin's book publicist as the line of...

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Tiger's Mistresses March on Washington

Posted December 6, 2009 | 10:14 PM (EST)


WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - In one of the largest mass demonstrations in recent history, over one million women claiming to have had sexual liaisons with Tiger Woods marched on Washington today.

Determined to show that they are a political force to be reckoned with, the coalition of nightclub hostesses,...

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Tiger Changes Facebook Status to "It's Incredibly Fucking Complicated"

Posted December 4, 2009 | 03:41 PM (EST)


ORLANDO (The Borowitz Report) - In an indication that his troubles are mounting since the revelations about his alleged sexual romps, golfer Tiger Woods today updated his relationship status on Facebook to read "It's Incredibly Fucking Complicated."

While there have been different reports about the number of women with whom...

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Comcast to America: Watch Leno or We'll Cut Off Your Cable

Posted December 3, 2009 | 08:08 PM (EST)


NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - In the first example of the kind of synergy viewers can come to expect in the wake of Comcast's acquisition of NBC, the cable giant warned viewers today that if they do not start watching The Jay Leno Show immediately they can expect their...

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First Draft of Tiger's Official Statement Leaked

Posted December 2, 2009 | 10:34 PM (EST)


ORLANDO (BorowitzReport.com): The Borowitz Report has obtained the first draft of Tiger Woods' official statement regarding his recent woes:

To my fans:

I am writing to set the record straight about a number of rumors that have been spread about me, my actions, and my character.

Prior to last weekend,...

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Afghanistan Could Distract Media From Tiger, Experts Fear

Posted December 2, 2009 | 09:10 AM (EST)


WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - The morning after President Obama laid out his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, media critics are expressing concern that the focus on Afghanistan could distract the media from getting to the bottom of the Tiger Woods story.

With the budgets of media companies...

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Tiger Quits Golf; Will Become Politician

Posted November 30, 2009 | 06:57 AM (EST)


ORLANDO (The Borowitz Report) - In a development that rocked the worlds of sports and politics, golf superstar Tiger Woods announced today that he was hanging up his clubs to become a politician.

"After two days of refusing to speak to the media about suspicious aspects of my personal life,...

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White House Party Crashers Almost Started Nuclear War

Posted November 28, 2009 | 08:48 AM (EST)


WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - The couple who crashed the state dinner at the White House earlier this week made their way to the Oval Office and came within seconds of triggering a nuclear war, Secret Service officials admitted today.

According to a Secret Service spokesperson, the uninvited couple managed...

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Polanski Barred from Poking People on Facebook

Posted November 27, 2009 | 10:23 AM (EST)


GENEVA (The Borowitz Report) - In what is being seen as a setback for Roman Polanski, the Swiss court that ordered the famed director free on bail today prohibited him from poking people on the popular social networking site Facebook.

The court order also bans Mr. Polanski from using a...

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Pardoned White House Turkey Slays Nine

Posted November 26, 2009 | 03:34 PM (EST)


WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - In a potentially embarrassing situation for the Obama White House, a turkey pardoned by President Obama earlier this week went on a three-state killing spree on Thanksgiving Day, killing nine.

While authorities were still piecing together the motivation behind the recidivist fowl's homicidal rampage, a...

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Palin Issues Thankfulnesses List

Posted November 24, 2009 | 10:11 PM (EST)


WASILLA (The Borowitz Report): One day before Thanksgiving, Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today issued the following "thankfulnesses list":

This being my list of the thankfulnesses I'm tapping into this year...

I have thankfulness that we have a President who is learning to celebrate our American holidays like Thanksgiving and...

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Lou Dobbs Urged To Run For President By Imaginary Friend

Posted November 24, 2009 | 12:52 PM (EST)


NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - Former CNN host Lou Dobbs said today that he was seriously considering running for president after being urged to do so by an imaginary friend.

In a conference call with reporters, Mr. Dobbs said that he had not thought about seeking public office until...

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Facing Criticism, Goldman Sachs Cancels Plan to Dance Around Bonfire of Thousand Dollar Bills

Posted November 22, 2009 | 09:53 PM (EST)


NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - Facing mounting criticism from the public and the media, Goldman Sachs announced today that they would cancel plans to dance around a bonfire of thousand-dollar bills.

The company had planned to perform a pagan dance around the inferno of blazing thousands while roasting a...

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Inspired By Oprah, Homeless Guy Ends 25 Years of Shouting at Passersby

Posted November 21, 2009 | 09:59 AM (EST)


NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - A homeless man who began shouting at New Yorkers in 1985 said that Oprah Winfrey was the inspiration behind his decision to call it quits in early 2010.

"I've had a good run," said Tracy Klugian, who has barked non sequiturs at passersby on...

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Lieberman Exploring New Ways to Be a Dick

Posted November 20, 2009 | 11:43 AM (EST)


WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - As the health care reform bill makes its way through the U.S. Senate, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) said today that he was "actively exploring" new ways to be as big a dick as humanly possible.

For Sen. Lieberman, whose reputation for assholic behavior is legendary,...

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New Word: Republizombie

Posted November 17, 2009 | 09:23 PM (EST)


NEW WORD: Republizombie (re-PUB-li-zom-bee) (n) 1. Former GOP office-holder, now undead, unkillable; see Palin, S.; Cheney, D; Delay, T.; Armey, D.; Gingrich, N. A flesh-eater, the Republizombie counter-intuitively eats the flesh of other GOP; see 23rd Congressional District, NY. 2. Former relative of a former GOP office-holder, such as the...

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