Comedy

My Body Is Doing What? Oh, Hell No!

Karith Foster | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Comedy, Pregnancy, Women, Birth Control, New York City, Moms, Parents, Pregnant, Parents News

Pregnancy is like stand-up comedy. When you watch people do it on TV it looks easy, every now and again it looks painful, but there's always some part of you that's thinking: Psh! I could do that.

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Summer: Day One, 2012

Will Durst | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Summer, Commentary, Memorial Day, Comedy, Memorial Day BBQ, Summer Vacation, Bbq, Comedy News

Memorial Day: When the world alters unalterably for every kid and teacher and parent and water park operator across the land.

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Memorializin' the War on Women

Susie Sampson | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Kobe Bryant, Memorial Day, Xena Warrior Princess, Horse, Contraception, Barack Obama, War on Women, Satire, Comedy, Video, Comedy News

On this Memorial Day Weekend, I wanted to see what kind of sin those liberal Americans were up to. And I wanted to hear a little more about that pesky War on Women. Is that really a thing? Or does it just sound good to say?

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Women Writers and Pilot Pickups: By the Numbers

G.L.O.C. | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Women Comedy Writers, Comedy Writing, Funny Women, Whitney, Up All Night, Female Comedy Writers, The New Girl, Comedy, Women in Comedy, Comedy News

Not every pilot written by a woman will be picked up, but women are garnering more attention for their work in television and their presence will only continue to grow in upcoming years.

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Comedian Caroline Reid Chats About Her Hilariously Raunchy Alter Ego, Pam Ann

HuffingtonPost.com | Noah Michelson | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Comedians, Pam Ann Comedian, Pam Ann, Stand-Up Comedy, Pam Ann Cockpit, Pam Ann Gays, Female Comedians, Caroline Reid, Gay, Airlines, Comedy, Gay Voices News

Caroline Reid cannot step four feet into an airport without being mobbed and she has no one but herself to blame. The Australian comedian, better know...

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Ronald Reagan Cloned to Be Mitt Romney's Vice President

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Comedy, Parody Songs, Vice President, Satire, Ronald Reagan Blood Auction, Ronald Reagan, Mitt Romney, Sketch, Ronald Reagan Blood, Video, Comedy News

You probably heard that someone was auctioning off former president Ronald Reagan's blood. What you probably didn't hear was that a scientist has actually used some of that blood to clone Reagan to be Romney's vice presidential nominee.

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For Sale: Hitler's Mustache

David Macaray | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Comedy, Satire, Comedy News

Given the notoriety of the Reagan blood vial, several other historical bodily souvenirs have already been placed on the market.

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Shocker: Lieberman, McCain and Rangel Pushing Worthless Goods

Mark Steinberg | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Satire, Comedy, Comedy News

A study released today by the Center for Disease Control reports that use of the phrases "That's a good question" and "good question" has reached epidemic proportions.

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Self-Help From a 2-Year-Old

Jason Good | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Toddlers, Parenting, Humor, Kids, Satire, Comedy, Self-Help, Funny Kids, Parents-Dads, Jason Good, 2-Year-Olds, Parent Humor, Terrible Twos, Parents-Toddlers, Parents News

De-clutter! Start by throwing all your dishes in the garbage. After that I suggest toothbrushes and important paper work.

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ReThink Review: The Dictator - the Not So Innocent Abroad

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: The Dictator, Islam, Movie Review, Rethink Reviews, Ben Kingsley, Jonathan Kim, Jason Mantzoukas, Sacha Baron Cohen, Democracy, Comedy, Anna Faris, Video, Wadiya, The Dictator Reviews, Entertainment News

The Dictator is further proof that it's important to laugh at tyrants, not just fear and hate them. The problem is that this doesn't necessarily make for a great movie.

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What You NEVER Expect When You're Expecting

Karith Foster | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Food Cravings, Pregnancy, Michelle Duggar, Farting, Comedy, Heartburn, Pregnancy-Awareness-Month, Texas, Parents, Plano, Women, Moms, Parents News

There aren't enough websites or cute movies out there to have prepared me for some of this.

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My Experience Of Dan Harmon Being Difficult (And Why He's Worth It)

Maureen Ryan | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Dan Harmon, Community Season 3, Tv, Community Dan Harmon, Community, TV Canada, Maureen Ryan, Reality-Free, Community Finale, Dan Harmon Fired, Comedy, Nbc, TV News

I will stipulate that Harmon can be a hard guy to get along with. But I don't require him to be my friend, nor should the executives at Sony and NBC.

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The Best Music Video About Facebook's IPO You'll See Today

Alf LaMont | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Comedy, Lol, Youtube Videos, Facebook, Christian Rock, Bad Music Video, Music, Mark Zuckerberg Facebook, Video, Facebook IPO, Mark Zuckerberg, Comedy News

What better way to celebrate the end of the week/canonization of Mark Zuckerberg by Wall Street than with a little music from well-meaning people who want to thank Facebook?!

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Which Comedy Finale Was Funniest? Rating 'Community,' 'New Girl' And More

Maureen Ryan | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Tv, TV Recaps, New Girl, Community, Maureen Ryan, Suburgatory, Reality-Free, Community Finale, How I Met Your Mother, How I Met Your Mother Finale, TV Canada, Suburgatory Finale, New Girl Finale, Comedy, TV News

"Community" is at its best when it ties pitch-perfect concepts to themes that touch on how hard it is to get perspective on your life or to reach some kind of cockamamie maturity.

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Theater: New Play Cock Not as Provocative as Title, Sad to Say

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Theater, Comedy, Video, Off-Broadway Theater, Off-Broadway, Mike Bartlett, Cock, Cock Off-Broadway, Theatre, New York Theater, Culture News

If you call your play Cock, it better be a button-pushing bit of provocation that toys with gender and sexuality in ways both funny and shocking. We keep waiting, not unreasonably, for Cock's big moment, a soliloquy to sex, a panegyric to the penis, a colloquy on cock.

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Literary Twitter: @prodigalsam

Aaron Belz | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: University, Twitter, Pop Culture, Parenting, College, Comedy, University of South Carolina, Prodigalsam, Technology News

Add his position as a Christian campus minister at University of South Carolina to his wicked sense of verbal and situational irony, and Sammy Rhodes (@prodigalsam) has both the raw materials and intellectual giftedness to cultivate a Twitter following.

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Amazon Goes Nuclear on Publishing Industry

Mark Steinberg | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Satire, Satirical Writing, Comedy, Comedy News

In a deal described by one industry expert as "unprecedented," and by another as "the stupidest goddamn thing I've ever heard of," Amazon has signed a deal with Mark Steinberg, a niche blogger with a double-digit following.

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The 5 Most Annoying Kids on TV

Tyler Moss | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Once Upon a Time, Television, Game of Thrones, Entertainment, The Walking Dead, Celebrity Kids, Comedy, Modern Family, The League, Child Actors, Comedy News

Some child actors are so exasperatingly irritating that watching them is like swimming the English Channel in water wings.

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Charlie Varon's New Play Buffers in a YouTube Video Smackdown Between Ex-spouses

Erika Milvy | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Cancer, The Marsh, Charlie Varon, Theatre, Theater, San Francisco, Comedy, Youtube, Arts News

In FWD: Life Gone Viral, two of the four characters in this two-actor play are tiny flies on the wall -- spying on their exes. That is, they are spyin...

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Hey Man, I Read That Thing You Sent 6 Months Ago and Have Some Notes

Joe Cristalli | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Funny, Reviewing a Script, Script Writing, Satire, Comedy Writing, Satirical Writing, Comedy, Comedy Script Writing, Script Review, Analyzing a Script, Comedy News

So I finally read your screenplay, and let me start by saying, great job. I didn't really love the title. I know you probably put a lot of thought and effort into Zombiepocalypse: To Hell and Back on the Wings of a Humidor, but something about it just didn't resonate with me.

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WATCH: The 'F*ck You Pizza' From Pizza Hut

Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Video, Pizza Hut Chicken Strip, Pizza Hut Cheeseburger, Pizza Hut Fuck You Pizza, Pizza Hut Humor, Comedy, Pizza Hut Fake Ad, Fuck You Pizza, Pizza Hut, Food News

If you've been horrified by the ever-crazier promotions Pizza Hut is running these days -- remember the pies with cheeseburgers, chicken strips and ho...

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Feel Guilty About Quitting Your Job? Why Too Much Notice Might Be a Bad Idea

Vicky Kuperman | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Quitting Your Job, Careers, Jobs, Resignation, Comedy, Two Weeks Notice, Business News

Is there such a thing as giving too much notice at a job?

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Romney Mitt, the Demon Barber of Wall Street

Roy Zimmerman | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Satire, Economy, Bullying, Mitt Romney, Prep School, Campaign, Apology, Stephen Sondheim, Song Parody, Comedy, Video, Comedy News

Mitt Romney has encouraged young people to "take a risk," like he did back in prep school. "Take a shot, go for it," like he did. "Borrow money if you have to, start a business."

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I'm Not Your Psychiatrist -- I'm Your Life Coach!

Paul Greenberg | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Psychotherapy, Psychology, Humor, Psychiatrist Humor, Psychiatrist, Satire, Comedy, Comedy News

It may not be immediately apparent from my "page" but you will find out the next time you come into the office that I have shaved my beard and dropped 87 pounds. Furthermore I am ripped. Six-pack. Seriously. And also, no more "Dr. Weinblatt." You can call me Neil.

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Ted Nugent and Other Game Changing Running Mates for Romney

Flora Nicholas | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Vp, Vice President, Mitt Romney, Running Mate, Comedy, Romney Running Mate, Ted Nugent, Mitt Romney Running Mate, Jennifer Lopez, Bo Obama, Mitt Romney VP, Mitt Romney Vice President, Comedy News

He does after all have a lot of attributes that will appeal to Republican voters all over the country. He's white, male and middle aged, as well as white, male and middle aged, and actually white, male and middle aged.

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