Episode #290: Lizz Winstead
Lizz Winstead is a Minnesotan through and through, even though she has spent the better part of...
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Tag: Shoot the Messenger
The 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 MoreThe epicenter of NYC comedy?
Location, location, location. That's the mantra in real estate, and perhaps the folks at Adult Swim followed it by choosing Bleecker and Lafayette as the setting for their larger-than-life advertisement for Delcoated, the...
Read MoreSgt. Benari Poulten, home for the holidays
How many comedians also are military veterans? Rob Riggle served in the Marine Corps before becoming an SNL featured player and Daily Show correspondent. And then there's Benari Poulten, make that Sgt. First Class Benari...
Read MoreGive to the War PSA, with Sarah Silverman
Did you know that our foreign wars are costing us $3 trillion dollars? If Sarah Silverman asked you to help out with a financial contribution, would you? Watch this public service announcement Silverman shot for the Shoot the...
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 MoreJezebel says: Don’t “Shoot the Messenger”?!
The Internet is funny, and in this case it’s the funny weird variety. Just try to watch this interview Lizz Winstead had with Jezebel editors Moe and Tracie last week on Shoot the Messenger. More than a few people watched...
Read MoreAd parody: President John McCain, in 2014
Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee from Arizona, has a new ad that shows what life would be like in 2013 if he were elected president. The folks at Shoot the Messenger spun this vision a year further to 2014....
Read MoreThe New York Times on Shoot the Messenger
The Sunday edition of the New York Times has a lengthy and well, fairly accurate, depiction of Shoot the Messenger. Read the feature story here. The show has updated its online presence here.
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...
Read MoreShoot the Messenger, with Roseanne, Mo Rocca
The Ace of Clubs basement got packed more than I’d ever seen it Monday night for Lizz Winstead’s weekly Shoot the Messenger show, which has only gotten stronger as a morning-show parody since the last time I saw it....
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