Why they ask: Can The Daily Show, comedy survive Obama?
by On the same day that many mainstream media outlets, and even the new media mainstreamers, were asking if The Daily Show and comedy could survive …
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NY Daily News spotlights comedy/politics in advance of New York Comedy Festival
One of my newspaper alma maters, the New York Daily News, devoted much of its Sunday features section to comedy, thanks in part to this …
Results, second semi: 2008 New York’s Funniest Stand-Up
There was a tie! We don’t know what that means, other than the fact that six more stand-up comedians made it into the finals of …
Shades of Black, the BET taping
Word has it that BET is working on a documentary special for this summer on black comedy. A crew interviewed the members of the Brooklyn …
Video: Votin DemoCRAT
The 2008 presidential campaign already will go down in comedy history as a landmark election for parodies and spoofs, thanks to online videos, and we’re …
Sara Benincasa, comics on new NY governor
Imagine, if you will, a sex blogger, also a comedian, who becomes a political reporter for MTV, reporting on the fall of a governor, due …
Experiment: White on Black Comedy
If there’s such a thing as alt-comedy, then can there also be such a thing as alt-black comedy? Elon James White thinks so. White and …
Video: Jordan Carlos as Obama
File this under what could’ve been and under NSFW. It’s Jordan Carlos as Barack Obama. If he got the gig, the fro would have to …
SNL dress rehearsal to reveal Obama
Soon enough we’ll have our answer to the SNL Obama question, as the cast and audience get ready for the Saturday Night Live dress rehearsal. …
SNL’s Obama Fun Facts
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Lots of rumor spreading about SNL cast additions this week. Let’s break down one such addition with fun facts. Yay. Fun …