The Final Edition releasing first original National Lampoon comedy album in 35 years
Throwback Thursday to the Future? Tony Hendra, who produced National Lampoon’s first album...
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The Final Edition presents, “Secret Diaries of a Terrorist,” first in a satirical webseries
If you thought this weekend’s Saturday Night Live sketch about a college-aged daughter...
Read MoreIFC launches a sketch comedy blog
The IFC cable network launched its own sketch comedy blog this week, called Details are Sketchy. It's written by NYC-based stand-up Jeff Kreisler. Why sketch comedy in particular? IFC already has renewed The Whitest Kids...
Read MoreThe hidden link between Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer?
When Jon Stewart tore into CNBC's business reporting last week on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, and CNBC's Mad Money man Jim Cramer sat there hopelessly acknowledging his mistakes, there was one guy who watched it...
Read MorePurim Party’s “Meshugene Men” parody
The Jews seem to have a knack for this comedy thing, don't you know (you knew), and in this new promo video for the upcoming Purim, "The Shushan Channel," previously responsible for "Jewno," goes after...
Read MoreShoot the Messenger visits the 2008 RNC
The Daily Show is not the only faux news team in the Twin Cities this week for the 2008 Republican National Convention. Lizz Winstead brought her Shoot the Messenger crew from New York City to Minnesota, where they’re in...
Read MoreJeff Kreisler explains My Wall Street Journal
Back in the day (that’s a term, loosely translated, meaning before you were born), magazines such as the National Lampoon engaged in a practice commonly known as lampooning, sometimes so much so that these lampooners would...
Read MoreThis spring at the 92Y: Norman Lear, Richard Lewis, more
The 92Y has announced its spring slate of funny and topical discussions about humor on the Upper West Side. So let’s see what they’ve got lined up… April 9: Garrison Keillor April 27: Richard Lewis, interviewed...
Read MoreShoot the Messenger at 45 Bleecker
If you haven’t seen Lizz Winstead’s latest creation, then you’re missing out. Winstead, who co-created The Daily Show and later went on to Air America Radio, now has her sights set on skewering morning TV. Her...
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