Tracy Morgan’s comeback in two surprise Oscars spoofs
by Tracy Morgan surprised us all with his continued comeback, starring in two different Oscars spoofs on Sunday night — once during the awards telecast, in …
Tag: satire
Episode #64: Trump vs. Bernie (Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian)
When comedians Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian first met up to redefine the term mock debate during an October 2015 late-night comedy showcase at the …
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin opens SNL episode #41.11 endorsing Darrell Hammond’s Donald Trump
The 2016 presidential election still hasn’t recorded a single primary or caucus vote yet, but the campaigns already have been so chock full o’ nuts that …
Reliving “The Great American Dream Machine,” on PBS from 1971-1972, and now on DVD
Four years before Saturday Night Live, and three years before Monty Python’s Flying Circus would land on this side of the pond, New York City’s …
The Muslims Are Coming! Comedians win lawsuit against MTA to hang movie posters at NYC subway platforms
Dean Obeidallah and Negin Farsad successfully challenged a ban by New York City’s MTA sought to prevent them from promoting their satirical movie, The Muslims …
Eli Manning is a better bad comedian than you, for DirecTV
How have we not talked about this summer’s DirecTV ad featuring Eli Manning with a “Bad Comedian Eli Manning” alter-ego yet? Roll the clip!
Here’s that “True Comedian” parody of “True Detective” you were expecting?
The second season of HBO’s True Detective miniseries anthology takes place in the pits of despair just south of downtown Los Angeles, and so, why …
The Onion’s next target is VICE: Introducing EDGE
For The Onion‘s next trick, coming this Monday is a new video channel poking fun at VICE’s freelancers-on-the-edge brand of voyeuristic immersive journalism. As The …
Not in on the joke? Rich Vos, Legion of Skanks hoodwinked by Zach Broussard’s “Top 1000 Comics of 2014” list
All lists ranking or otherwise grouping the funniest and/or hottest comedians are inherently biased — subject to the whims of the list-maker. And yet, online …
Funny because it’s true? Watch “12 Years a Bringer”
Bringer, (noun? adjective? adverb? all of the above!): In comedy terms, a bringer is a booked stand-up showcase in which the producer requires each comedian …