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Vatican Investigating American Nuns; Dan Brown to "Write" Novel About It

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 08.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Vatican-Investigating-Us-Catholic-Sisters, Ron Howard, Comedy and Satire, Humor, Satire, The DaVinci Code, Vatican Investigation, Ron Howard Davinci Code, American Nuns, Humor and Satire, Comedy, Dan Brown, Dan Brown Davinci Code, Us Nuns, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

The fact that the investigation around which his new novel will be based has not yet taken place did not seem to faze Dan Brown.

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Give it Away, Give it Away, Give it Away, Now!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Reality TV, Celebreality, Reality Television, Top Chef Masters Charities, Comedy and Satire, Charity, Humor, Donating, Top Chef Masters, Celebrity Reality Television, Celeb Reality Tv, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Charities, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

Summer's in full swing, which means low-level "celebrities" competing for "charities" of their "choice."

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What Else "Wouldn't" He Hurt? On Flies and Presidents...

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 07.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Obama Mustard, Humor, Obama PETA, Cheese, Obama, Peta, Obama LOTR, Nra, Comedy and Satire, Nambla, Satire, Obama Burgers, Lord of the Rings, Madd, Obama Fly Peta, Obama Fly, Obama Swats Fly, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Lotr, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

Obama may have a charming off-hand manner, an intellect that rivals the combined IQs of his predecessor and predecessor's cabinet taken en masse, and a hot wife, but this is a man who would hurt a fly, with impunity.

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Please, PLEASE Empty My Nest Syndrome

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 07.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Comedy Job Hunt, Cnn, Comedy and Satire, Allowance, Passive-Aggressive, Kids Moving Back Home, Moving in With Parents, Humor, Satire, Boomerang Generation, Boomerangers, Babysitting, Family Game Night, Parental Units, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Job Hunt, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

Thank god for CNN; without its desperate need to fill a 24-hour news cycle, the world might never learn that one out of every eight 25-34-year-olds has now moved back in with mom and dad.

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Carrie Prejean Speaks With Rupert Murdoch About Joining Fox News

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Fired, Greta Van Susteren, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Carrie Prejean, Fox and Friends, Miss California Gay Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Sean Hannity, Satire, Donald Trump, Miss California, Rupert Murdoch, Carrie Prejean Perez Hilton, Political Satire, Miss California Carrie Prejean, Humor and Satire, Gay Marriage, Fox News Channel, Brian Kilmeade, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

We have obtained exclusive footage of Carrie talking about that very subject with News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Take a look.

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Newt Gingrich Angers the Zombie Reagan

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 07.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Citizen-of-the-World, Newt Gingrich Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Ronald Reagan, 23/6, Satire, President Barack Obama, Political Satire, Newt Gingrich, Humor and Satire, Ronald Reagan Legacy, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

Newt has done the unthinkable. He has attacked one of the Republican sacred cows. No, not the rich. But almost as bad. Newt attacked former president Ronald Reagan.

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Makeover For Summer...Affectations!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 07.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Yachts, Ugly Sunglasses, Comedy and Satire, Makeover, Sasha Frere-Jones, Humor, Parasols, Satire, Stephenie Meyer, Affectations, Summering, Pitchfork, American Apparel, Hipsters, Dan Brown, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

Trade in your most recent "totally ironic" cheap beer choice...and try on a brand new set of made-for-summer affectations!

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Exclusive Footage Of Glenn Beck's Common Sense Comedy Show

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 07.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: We-Surround-Them, Glenn Beck Comedy Tour, Stand Up, Teabagging, Satire, Glenn Beck Fox News, Founding Fathers, Fox News, Political Satire, Glenn Beck, Movie, Tea Party, Fox News Channel, Humor and Satire, Common Sense, Simulcast, Chicago-Illinois, United Kingdom, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

I live-blogged the event on Twitter, so I thought I'd post some of the "highlights" including Glenn Beck opening with a joke about Whoopi Goldberg stabbing a man.

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Dick Cheney Passes the Keys to the Dungeon to Daughter Liz

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greta Van Susteren, Dick Cheney Torture, Liz Cheney Dick Cheney, Dick Cheney, Dick Cheney Waterboarding, Liz Cheney Msnbc, Liz Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney, Satire, Political Humor, Halliburton, Fox News, Political Satire, Elizabeth Cheney, Humor and Satire, Torture, Politics News
Matthew Filipowicz

If Liz chooses to follow in her dad's footsteps, she will have some pretty big and pretty evil shoes to fill. That's why it's important for Dick to ease her in. Keep her from being too evil, too soon.

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Welcome to Your Summer Fake-ation!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 07.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Fakation, Activities, Humor, Beach, Good Eats, Summer Fun, Summer Vacation, Comedy and Satire, Souvenirs, Summer, Satire, Fake-Ation, Staycations, Beach Trip, Vacation, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

How, you might ask, does one fake-ation? Just follow these handy steps, and before you know it, you'll be on the road to a fleeting sensation of something that might pass for relaxation, relatively speaking!

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WATCH: "Is Sotomayor Smart Enough?" Attack Ad

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Intellectual Lightweight, Satire, Obama Supreme Court, Barack Obama Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Political Satire, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Attack Ads, Not Smart, Humor and Satire, Barack Obama, Funny Videos, Supreme Court Justices, Sonya Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayer, Sotomoyer, Supreme Court Nominee, Us Supreme Court Judges, Sonia Sotomayor Views, Sotomayor, Souter Replacement, Who Is Sotomayor, Sotomayor Attack Ad, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

Maybe the problem is that most right wingers don't know what summa cum laude means. Most likely, they're just desperately making stuff up to try to stop an extremely qualified nominee.

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Give Me That...OLD Time Religion

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 06.25.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Faunus, Atheism, Vulcan, Hephaestus, Humor, Portnoy, Pan, Satire, Christianity, Priapus, Frigg, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Onan, Religion, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

Christianity just isn't sexy anymore. Which might help explain why the only religion out there whose numbers are growin' these days is...the lack of religion.

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The Moral of the Story Is...

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 06.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Winnie the Pooh, Miley Cyrus, Humor, His Dark Materials, Stephanie Meyer, L. Frank Baum, Joke, Hitler, c.s. Lewis, Stephanie Meyer Twilight, Queen Elizabeth II, Philip Pullman, Alice in Wonderland, Golden Compass, The Hobbit, Tolkien, Satire, Lord of the Rings, Wizard of Oz, Chronicles of Narnia, J.R.R. Tolkien, Twilight, Lemony Snicket, Harry Potter, Miley Cyrus Alice in Wonderland, L. Ron Hubbard, Comedy, Humor and Satire, The Chronicles of Narnia, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

Allow me to fill you in on all the dangerous, deadly, evil subtexts to your favorite fond memories...so that you'll never be so foolish as to enjoy them for what they are on their faces, again!

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Steroids: Baseball's Misunderstood Savior

Alec Brownstein | Posted 06.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New York Yankees, Alex Rodriguez Admits Using Steroids, Steroids, Steroids Report, Baseball, Humor, Mlb, Major League Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, Drug Policy, Mark McGwire, Manny Ramirez, MLB Steroids, Satire, Alec Brownstein, Steroids in Baseball, Manny Ramirez Suspended, Mitchell Report Baseball, A-Rod, Humor and Satire, Mitchell Report on Steroids in Baseball, Sports, Comedy News
Alec Brownstein

Steroids provide the unpredictability that baseball so desperately needs. What could be more interesting than emotionally volatile man children with rock-like projectiles and bats?

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QUIZ: What to get Mom? Just think of...YOU!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 06.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Quiz, Lindsay Lohan, Kids, Humor, Satire, Mother's Day Gift, Mother's Day, Mom, Moms, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Mothers, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

If you answered mostly d's: Give yourself a treat this mother's day and rebury her body in a location that's not tied to you.

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What Kind of Person ARE You? Just Ask a TV Advertiser!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Humor, Hot Wheels, TV Advertising, Icarly, Golden Girls, Axe Body Spray, Will Ferrell, Advertising, Satire, Girls Gone Wild, Alex Trebek, Spongebob, Target Demographics, Demographics, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Wilford Brimley, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

It's been another long day, and all you want is to throw on your night pants, sit back with an adult beverage in hand, and act according to your target viewing demographic.

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The Prop 8 Monologues, Vol. 2 of 2: The Law is Gay

Steven Shehori | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Humor and Satire, Prop 8, Rachel Maddow, Gay Marriage, Politics, Gay Rights, No on Prop 8, Breaking Politics News, California Gay Marriage, 2008 Election, California, Madonna, Golden State, Politics News
Steven Shehori

The truth however, is that despite Prop 8, gay marriage has been embraced in California since that first studio exec flew business class out of the Earth's primordial goo four billion years ago.

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Glenn Beck Announces Comedy Tour...World Finally Gets It

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Comedy, Glenn Beck Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Glenn Beck Comedy Tour, Satire, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Stephen Colbert, An Inconvenient Truth, Humor, Comedy Central, Humor and Satire, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

"All this time I thought I was laughing at him, but I realize now that I was laughing with him," noted Michael Rhys, a student.

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Extreme Infants! Rocket Fuel In Baby Formula! (VIDEO)

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa-and-Perchlorate, Humor, Baby Formula, Epa, Perchlorate, Environmentalism, Rocket Fuel Water, Environmental Protection Agency, Rocket Fuel, Baby Formula Standards, Epa Rocket Fuel Water, Satire, Political Humor, Environment, Geroge W. Bush, Humor Politics, Political Satire, Humor and Satire, Video, Green News
Matthew Filipowicz

If rocket fuel in baby food isn't enough to push through meaningful environmental legislation, what on earth is?

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So You Wanna Sound Like You Listen to NPR...

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: A Prarie Home Companion, Mo Rocca, Humor, Click and Clack, Car Talk, Satire, Garrison Keillor, Npr, All Things Considered, This American Life, Paula Poundstone, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

Make sure to donate $20, or just head to your local goodwill, and find yourself one of those canvas totes. Then you can carry around your new-found sense of superiority with you at all times.

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"Should I h8 AZNs?": When Satire Fails, It's Racist

Disgrasian | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Music Blogs, Bloggers, Racist, Economic Crisis, Asian Americans, Hipsters, Race, Hipster Runoff, Blogs, Asian-Americans, Asians, Economic Recession, Satire, Racism, Racism and Satire, Racial Stereotypes, Hipster Kids, China Economy, China, Humor and Satire, Asia, Media News
Disgrasian

Unfortunately, "Should I h8 AZNs?" is not satire. It highlights a very real cultural anxiety and its attendant racist backlash without taking it to task in any substantive way.

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Who Is Pressing The Pressmen?

Emily Bracken | Posted 04.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Journalists, The Press, Politicians, Fourth-Branch-of-Government, Cnbc, Media Coverage, Comedy Writing, Vigilantes, Jon Stewart Jim Cramer, Media, Press, The Daily Show, Journalism, Edward R. Murrow, Jim Cramer, Checks and Balances, Comedians, Irony, Jon Stewart, Satire, Daily Show CNBC, Political Satire, Ombudsman, Media News, Idealism, Humor and Satire, Jim Cramer Daily Show, Comedy News
Emily Bracken

Humorists and comedians are a curious bunch. Quixotic by nature, they want so desperately to live in a world of decency, fairness and goodness, and in Stewart's case, in a world where the media grew some cajones.

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Let's Monetize that High School!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 04.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: School District Budget Shortfalls, Monetizing, Selling Ads on Tests, Humor, Satire, Idaho Teacher, Monetizing Your High School, Budget Shortfalls, Selling Tattoos, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

Here's a few other ways to make sure your school still keeps offering top-notch education...almost as top notch as the flavors you'll find at Pizza Hut!

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So You Wanna Hike Naked...

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 04.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Hiking, Naked, Nude-Hiking, Switzerland, Humor, Satire, Appenzell-Nude-Hiking, Naked Niking, Swiss Nude Hiking, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

And while we're talking about this au naturel desire, let me just mention that there's no law against naked hiking in Switzerland.

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Southwest Introduces Freecreditreport.com Guy Flight Option

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 04.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Southwest Rapping Flight Attendant, Humor, Satire, freecreditreport.com Guy, Southwest Airlines, Rapping Flight Attendant, Comedy, Humor and Satire, FreeCreditReport.Com, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

After receiving an overwhelmingly positive response to Dave, the rapping flight attendant, Southwest Airlines has announced plans to introduce that freecreditreport.com guy on select domestic flights.

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