The growing pains of cracking down on Twitter joke thieves
by The only sure things are death, taxes and schmucks will try to profit by stealing your jokes. At least my online friends at Death and …
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President Barack Obama reads “Mean Tweets” on Jimmy Kimmel Live
President Barack Obama appeared as a guest on Thursday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC. Before he sat down for an interview with Kimmel, …
How I Used Twitter to Spy on My Fans, by Iliza Shlesinger
When Iliza Shlesinger released her latest stand-up special, Freezing Hot, on Netflix a month ago, the former Last Comic Standing winner decided to employ Twitter …
Reader’s Digest paying for funny Tweets after comedian catches magazine using his jokes without permission
Did you know that Reader’s Digest will pay to publish your funny Twitter jokes? Did you know that Reader’s Digest is still publishing print magazines? …
The night Bill Cosby learned No Memes No #CosbyMeme
Today’s lesson: SMH not only stands for Shaking My Head, but also Social Media Hell. Which is where comedy legend Bill Cosby found himself Monday …
Laurie Kilmartin filming her “45 Jokes About My Dead Dad”
Laurie Kilmartin writes for Conan and appeared as a finalist four years ago on Last Comic Standing, but seven months ago, Kilmartin’s attention was focused …
Lewis Black on staying ahead of the curve, interacting with fans through his special “The Rant Is Due” shows
You think going back to school is tough for your kids. Lewis Black isn’t happy about it, either. “School’s starting and you’re already behind. I …
Stephen Colbert’s full response to #CancelColbert “hashtag activism” on Monday’s “The Colbert Report”
Because people neither understand nor want to understand context within satire — particularly when it’s constrained by 140 characters on Twitter — #CancelColbert was a …
Pro-Tip: Replying to eHarmony’s 15 Reasons To Date A Comedian
The dating site eHarmony recently published/republished an advice listicle for the ladies titled “15 Reasons to Date a Comedian.” What could possibly go awry with …
Area Woman Mourns Ironic Death: Remembering The Onion’s newspaper days
by Before there was the viral video, before the Internet meme, before the Tweet and ReTweet, the Huffington Post and the Colbert Bump, there was The …