The Octomom is not the only character skewered in the zany musical: others include Bernie Madoff, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, and Vince Shamwow (of magic towel fame).
Ron Kuby | Posted 08.21.2009 | Home
Let's see--he ripped off hedge fund managers, real estate moguls, and real estate lawyers. The trifecta. Were there any normal people who got hurt? Sadly, the answer is yes.
Reuters | Posted 08.20.2009 | New York
For anyone who believes crime doesn't pay, tell that to the New York state legislator who introduced a "Madoff" bill on Monday. Rich New Yorkers convi...
Mother Nature Network | Stephanie Rogers | Posted 08.17.2009 | Green
Bernie Madoff didn't want to go to Butner Federal Prison, located in a quiet suburban area outside of Durham, N.C. He would have preferred Otisville, ...
AP | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bernard Madoff's accountant -- the only other person charged so far in the disgraced financier's massive fraud -- may be nearing a pl...
Wall Street Journal | DIONNE SEARCEY and AMIR EFRATI | Posted 08.15.2009 | Business
The federal judge overseeing the trial of Bernard Madoff said he would recommend the man who pulled off the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history serve...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.15.2009 | Comedy
"Our viewers want to know who's going to have custody of Blanket and the other Jackson children, and none of that is being addressed in these hearings," said CNN's Larry King.
cnbc.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business
Convicted swindler Bernie Madoff is on his way to federal prison in Butner, NC, where he is sentenced to spend the next 150 years, CNBC has learned. ...
NBC NewYork | NBC New York | Posted 08.13.2009 | Home
Convicted ponzi swindler Bernard Madoff has left New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center and is taking up new digs at a federal prison in North Ca...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Comedy
Mr. Harbock says that his consumer confidence has also taken a positive turn since receiving his bonus check, which totaled $5.4 million.
NBC NewYork | NBC New York | Posted 08.13.2009 | Home
Convicted ponzi swindler Bernard Madoff has left the downtown Metropolitan Correctional Center and is taking up new digs at an undisclosed prison, whe...
NBC New York | John Capone | Posted 08.13.2009 | New York
Those looking to vent their anger about Wall Street greed, take heart. There is now a decent outlet. MadoffMail.com is collecting material from the ...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.12.2009 | Comedy
"I misread my package's needs," the senator said. "It needs significantly more stimulus than I originally thought."
Posted 08.10.2009 | Business
A new website wants you to tell Bernie Madoff exactly how you feel. The e-newsletter Thrillist today pointed to "Madoff Mail," a kind of web experimen...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.10.2009 | Comedy
Unemployment surged over the past two weeks, but the Department of Labor was careful to point out that much of that increase was due to "forced layoffs of Republican mistresses."
AP | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Behind unmarked doors on the 17th floor of a red granite high-rise known as the Lipstick Building, FBI agents still labor to unravel ...
Posted 08.09.2009 | Business
Bernie certainly wasn't alone. As BusinessWeek recently pointed out, there's currently a "bull market for investment scams." Ponzi schemes, in whi...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.09.2009 | Comedy
In a frontal assault on America's computers, North Korea revealed today that it successfully infiltrated Microsoft customer service and has been running the company's calling centers for years.
New York Post | Rebecca Rosenberg and Dan Mangan | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York
Oh, how the mighty Madoffs have fallen. Fresh off getting booted from her huge Upper East Side penthouse, the wife of Ponzi-scheme king Bernard Madoff...
The Daily Beast | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business
One hundred fifty years it is! In a Daily Beast exclusive, Allan Dodds Frank reports that the Ponzi king won't appeal his record prison sentence. Plus...
Ron Kuby | Posted 08.08.2009 | New York
My bet, based on both experience and a couple of drops of information, is that Madoff has no intention of dying in prison, and has one last scam up the sleeve of his baggy prison jumpsuit.
Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living
"....in those times, it was human to be inhuman. And now the world has learned, I hope.... There must come a moment -- a moment of bringing people to...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.08.2009 | Comedy
According to Apple, a user of the iPal app can hold his iPhone up to a television when Ms. Palin is appearing and receive a real-time English translation in text form.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.07.2009 | Comedy
As the Michael Jackson memorial concludes today, millions of people who have no lives are in a quandary about how they will fill the inevitable void.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.06.2009 | Comedy
Tracy Klugian, 37, a hardware salesman in Brookline, Massachusetts, has been holding a candlelight vigil for the news ever since the 24/7 Michael Jackson coverage began.
Jonathan Handel | Posted 08.23.2009 | Entertainment