On AlterNet: comedy

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

Laughing at Pot Advocates? What's so Funny About Drug War?

Scott Morgan, Stop the Drug War's Speakeasy Blog. January 27, 2012.

Despite progress in the mainstream, there is a tragic tendency among the press to burst out laughing at the idea of fixing our disastrous drug laws.

When Is It OK to Tell Rape Jokes?

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. December 2, 2011.

Are rape jokes the last taboo, or a line that should never be breached?

5 Hilarious Parodies of the Current Presidential Candidates

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. November 13, 2011.

The best spoofs include Tim Heidecker's "Cain Train," the Second City on Michele Bachmann, and of course, Baracka Flocka Flame.

A Disappointing Daughter? Interview with Acclaimed Comic Shazia Mirza

Emily Wilson, AlterNet. October 19, 2011.

Speaking with the Pakistani-British comedian about her journey from biochemistry to cracking jokes.

Pioneering Comedian Roseanne Barr on Her Life on Screen as a “Working-Class Domestic Goddess”

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. July 26, 2011.

A discussion about Barr's groundbreaking sitcom, and how she "made it OK for women to talk about their actual lives on television."

7 Bad Ass Comedians -- Including Dave Chappelle, Richard Pryor, George Carlin -- Who Refused to Sell Out

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. February 16, 2011.

Seven funny folks have changed their lives for progressivism -- some on purpose, some not so much -- and made us laugh in the process.

10 Funniest Videos Mocking Glenn Beck

Ole Ole Olson, News Junkie Post. October 18, 2010.

From Jon Stewart to South Park, from SNL to Donald Duck, there are dozens of great satirical skits of Glenn Beck on the Internet.

It's Hard to Mock Obama -- So a Humorist Pines for the Hilarity of the Bush Years

Will Durst, AlterNet. April 5, 2010.

For political comics, George W. Bush was the equivalent of the political comedy Full Employment Act -- for eight wonderful years.

Watch if You Dare: Joe the Plumber's Ãœber-Awkward Stand-Up Flop (Video)

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Politics. October 6, 2009.

Look out, John Stewart...

At the Washington Premiere for 'In the Loop': When Moviemakers Meet Wonks

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. July 18, 2009.

The reviewer finds herself surrounded, not by Jimmy Choo-clad starlets, but by flip-flop-wearing interns and men donning khakis and polo shirts.

Jon Stewart Slams Obama's Poetry Jam

Jason Linkins, Huffington Post AlterNet: Media and Technology. May 14, 2009.

Stewart continues to prove the people who say that comedians aren't willing to go after Obama wrong.

Sex on the Beach: What 80s Bikini Comedies Tell Us About Gender and Class

Greta Parry, PopMatters. September 25, 2008.

Though 1980s beach films seem objectifying and antifeminist, they offer a utopian space where class and gender hierarchies begin to dissolve.

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."