Comedy and Satire

Business Fights Back -- "No More Mr. Nice Guy!"

Norman Lear | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Flame Retardants, Cancer, Chemicals, Flame Retardants Birth Weight, Toxic Flame Retardants, Comedy and Satire, Satire, Humor and Satire, Business News

The charges against flame retardant manufacturers have to be hogwash! Just another cheap shot against Big Business. How can so many people, and Americans no less, knowingly turn out a product capable of doing such dastardly harm? Impossible!

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JOKE: The Touchy-Feely Doctor

Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Jokes, Laugh of the Day, Comedy and Satire, Doctors, Lotd, Women News

A woman and a baby were in the doctor's examining room, waiting for the doctor to come in for the baby's first exam. The doctor walked in and began ex...

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JOKE: Waxing Wise With Woody Allen

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Quotes, Marlo Thomas, Jokes, Comedy and Satire, Laugh of the Day, Lotd, Comedy, Woody Allen, Women News

"A man goes to a psychiatrist and says, 'Doc, my brother's crazy, he thinks he's a chicken.' The doctor says, 'Why don't you turn him in?' The guy say...

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VINTAGE LAUGHS: Deep Thoughts By Jack Handy

Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Lotd, Snl, Comedy and Satire, Laugh of the Day, Comedy, Jack Handy, Women News

“It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.” “When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask...

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JOKE: Satan And The Wall Street Guy

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Jokes, Lotd, Laugh of the Day, Comedy and Satire, Wall Street, Comedy, Women News

A Wall Street trader is sitting in his office late one night, when suddenly Satan appears across his desk. “Who are you?” asks the trader? ...

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VINTAGE COMEDY: Remembering Mitch Hedberg

Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Jokes, Lotd, Laugh of the Day, Comedy and Satire, Mitch Hedberg, Comedy, Women News

"I like escalators because an escalator can never break. It can only become stairs. You would never see a sign that said, 'Escalator temporarily out-o...

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VIDEO: Ben Stiller Does Springsteen

Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Comedy and Satire, Lotd, Laugh of the Day, Saturday Night Live, Ben Stiller, Comedy, Bruce Springsteen, Video, Women News

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Let's Stop Wasting Our Dead

Larry Doyle | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Recycling, Scientific Research, Religion, Transplants, Altruism, Health, Organ Donation, Politics, Medicine, Comedy and Satire, Satire, Political Satire, Humor and Satire, Politics News

When I die, I would like to be eaten by puppies. I would prefer happy, rambunctious puppies, about eight weeks old and from the same litter if possible.

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VIDEO GOLD: Disco Alien

Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Video, Lotd, I Will Survive Video, Comedy and Satire, Laugh of the Day, Disco Alien, Comedy, Women News

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Romney Deals Staggering Blow to Santorum's U.S. Pacific Island Territory Hopes by Taking Guam, American Samoa

John Baxter | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum 2012, Comedy and Satire, Mitt Romney 2012, Satire, Comedy, Parody, Comedy News

Mitt Romney has walked away with Guam and American Samoa, and appears likely to wrestle the Northern Mariana Islands from Rick Santorum's grip as well.

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Paul Ryan's Atlas Shrugged Quiz

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.15.2012

If you were going to compare one current member of Congress to Dagny Taggart, who would it be? Please feel free to explain your reasoning, and remember, there are no wrong answers except "Nancy Pelosi."

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Romney and Santorum Vie for Key "Working Class Conservatives Who Keep Voting for Right-Wing Politicians Who Hate the Working Class" Demographic

John Baxter | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Comedy and Satire, Satire, Comedy, Parody, Comedy News

The campaign strategies of both Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are now aggressively targeting the all-important demographic of conservative working class voters who like Republicans who hate them.

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Kirk Cameron's Existence Makes Compelling Case Against Evolution

John Baxter | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Comedy and Satire, Comedy, Satire, Parody, Kirk Cameron Satire, Kirk Cameron, Comedy News

Said one noted anthropologist, "I'm suddenly finding it very difficult, ontologically speaking, to reconcile basic Darwinian principles with the idea that Kirk Cameron is extant."

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Glenn Beck Slams ESPN for Violating ESPN's First Amendment Rights

John Baxter | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Comedy and Satire, Satire, Parody, Comedy News

In the wake of the recent Jeremy Lin/ESPN fiasco, right-wing pundit Glenn Beck continues to vent a torrent of manufactured rage against ESPN.

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In Hypocritical, Logic-Challenged Santorum, Tea Party Voters Like What They See

John Baxter | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Comedy and Satire, Satire, Parody, Comedy News

To the self-proclaimed Tea Party voters of America's middle class, potential GOP nominee Rick Santorum offers a tantalizingly rich smorgasbord of traditionally undesirable leadership traits.

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Conservative Pundits Claim Romney Out of Touch With Conservative Pundits

John Baxter | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Comedy and Satire, Comedy, Satire, Parody, Comedy News

The three high-profile conservative pundits sounded off recently about Romney's failure thus far to convincingly feign solidarity with their exaggerated, über-partisan media personas.

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Fight Unemployment -- Deport the Poor!

Roger_Smith | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Comedy and Satire, Political Satire, American Dad, Humor and Satire, Satire, Comedy News

It's time we start protecting the REAL minority in this country: The one percent. Together we can make America rich again. ONLY rich.

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Susan G. Komen Foundation Adopts New Cancer Screening Policy for Worthwhile Lives

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Comedy and Satire, Komen Foundation, Comedy and Humor, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Breast Cancer, Humor, Satire, Susan G. Komen Planned Parenthood, Komen Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen, Planned Parenthood, Comedy News, Humor and Satire, Comedy, Breast Cancer Awareness, Breast Cancer Planned Parenthood, Comedy News

"Those are the numbers we're looking for," Gladson continued, "and some day, thanks to the strides that Komen For The Cure has taken today towards providing breast cancer care for only the most desirable candidates, we'll get there."

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Merry Christmas From Colbert: Satire's Special Gift

Sophia A. McClennen | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Neologism, Stephen Colbert, Comedy and Satire, Truthiness, Pundits, Satire, Colbert Nation, The Colbert Report, Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert Satire, Video, TV News

What is Colbert's greatest gift this holiday season? It's his satire -- and especially his way of using words -- puns, neologisms, wordplay, etc. to encourage his audience to think critically.

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Just One Hug: My Friendliness Makes a Toddler Cry (VIDEO)

Millie Kerr | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Comedy and Satire, Children, Satire, Comedy, Video, Comedy News

Strange things happen when I attempt to befriend children, as you'll see in this video. When I approach children, tears are shed. Cries, sometimes piercing, are heard. Feelings are hurt, and not just mine.

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Plumbing the Depths

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Psychoanalysis Humor, Plumbing Humor, Comedy and Satire, Humor, Psychoanalytical Plumbing, Satire, Plumbing, Humor and Comedy, Psychoanalysis, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News

If there's one thing we at Psychoplumbalysis Plumbers do better than any of our competitors, it's listening.

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New Movies From Mattel

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: High School Musical Game, Comedy and Satire, High School Musical, Real Steel, Comedy and Humor, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Humor, Satire, Real Steel Movie, Uno, Kerplunk, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Humor and Satire, Comedy, Comedy News

To the Dreamworks production staff: We're so pleased to see that our Rock'em Sock'em Robots movie has done so well! We're sending along a few more original treatments for your consideration -- enjoy!

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The Adult Presidential Fitness Challenge!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Presidential Fitness Challenge, Comedy and Satire, Comedy and Humor, Adult Fitness, Humor, Satire, Fitness, The Flexed-Arm Hang, Humor and Satire, Comedy, Comedy News

Welcome to the Presidential Fitness challenge: adult edition! To determine whether you're maintaining average adult levels of fitness, please test yourself in each of the following areas.

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Alternate Explanations for the Current National Debt Levels

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Debt, Comedy and Satire, Debt Crisis, National Debt, Comedy and Humor, Politicians, Humor, Satire, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News

"I'm bored," she whined, reaching for the only bottle of whiskey on the table that still had anything left in it. "Let's do something interesting." "Like what?" Boehner said. "Legislating?"

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Newsweek's Cover Photo Does Not Imply Michele Bachmann is Crazy...

Jason Kitchen | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Newsweek, Politics, Politics News, Michelle Bachmann, Comedy and Satire, Sarcasm, Political Humor, Political Satire, Comedy, Comedy News

Michele Bachmann could just as easily have been photographed in a camouflage bikini holding an assault rifle, or biting the heads off chickens at a Klan rally. No photo-op can eclipse Bachmann's own words in accentuating her inherent craziness.

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