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On AlterNet: comedy

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "comedy"

Protest over Use of the Word 'Retard' in Stiller's 'Tropic Thunder' Misses the Target

Annabelle Gurwitch, AlterNet. August 15, 2008.
We can't let art turn into syrupy, sanctimonious after-school specials just to avoid being labeled as offensive.

Kojo Mante Cracks Wise on Political Humor

Staff, Politico AlterNet: Video. August 4, 2008.
Mante talks about the comedic process, what to do about hecklers, and Obama's "teal suits?"

Nas on The Colbert Report: "O'Reilly Is Afraid of Me"

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 24, 2008.
Colbert and Nas break down Fox's blatant racism.

George Carlin, American Radical

John Nichols, TheNation.com. June 23, 2008.
No one, not Obama, not Hillary Clinton and certainly not John McCain, caught the zeitgeist of the vanishing American dream so well as Carlin.

Oh, McCain: Satirical Cartoon Lands Big Political Punch Line in Big John's Kisser.

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. June 12, 2008.
If you loved "Schoolhouse Rock," you'll love this.

Politics of Preschool

ZP Heller, AlterNet: Video. May 7, 2008.
Any similarities to the presidential primary are completely coincidental.

The Empire Strikes Barack

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. May 2, 2008.
A unique chronicling of the 2008 presidential election

The Onion: Messages from Our Troops

Brave New Films, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. April 9, 2008.
...To the Families They Can't Remember

Does Sarah Silverman Suck?

Kera Bolonik, TheNation.com. October 6, 2007.
Is she funny or raunchy? Genuinely mean, or just commenting on American ignorance?

The Entertainment Industry's Love Affair With Immature Men

Alicia Rebensdorf, AlterNet. September 13, 2007.
In Hollywood, a pudgy slacker man can always get a hot can-do woman.

Timberlake's Dick In a Box

Don Hazen, AlterNet: PEEK. September 9, 2007.
Don Hazen: You would think in this day and age, even the AP could risk using the word dick.

Are Men Threatened by Funny Women?

Emily Wilson, AlterNet. September 4, 2007.
Comedy isn't just about laughter -- it's about power.

Will Durst on Bush Adminstration: "Irony Deprived, Depraved, Erectile Dysfunctional..." [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. August 23, 2007.
A no-holds-barred rant from Durst's one man off-Broadway show "The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing."

Dave Chappelle Shows Up At the White House

Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. July 20, 2007.
Adam Howard: The unpredictable comedian is spotted at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., says he'd like Tony Snow's job.

Bush '03 v. Bush '07 [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. April 25, 2007.
Jon Stewart pits the old W against the less old W.

Colbert Challenges the Pope on Iraq [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. April 17, 2007.
Choose: Pope or Boyd K. Packer?

Daily Show does Israel [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. April 12, 2007.
Why is John Oliver having Israel's ambassador read his screenplay?

Bush intervention [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. April 11, 2007.
There's a 60-year-old white male with a problem...

Bush fk-up commemorative plates [VIDEO]**

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. April 3, 2007.
The gift that keeps on giving...

Jib-Jab: This crap's what they call the news? [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. March 29, 2007.
The grouchy political animators are back...

New Rule: Traitors [Bush & Cheney et al] don’t get to question my patriotism [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. March 25, 2007.
Rated R rant on the miscreant failures in the White House from Bill Maher

Are Women Allowed To Be Funny?

Gloria Goodale, Christian Science Monitor. February 6, 2007.
Comedy mirrors culture, and observers say that both sexes find attractive, aggressively funny women threatening.

Daily Show: Left Behind Video Game [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. January 5, 2007.
Violent Christian video game solves conundrum of how to capture the kids (other than literally)...

Jon Stewart on livin' it up in Iraq's Green Zone [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. January 5, 2007.
Rebuilding Germany? 8,000 workers. Rebuilding Iraq? 3. Bush's war? Priceless.

Richards' N-Word Diatribe

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. November 21, 2006.
If the 'Seinfeld' comedian got called out for using the n-word, so should black people who use it in jest or endearment.

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