How Tim Heidecker trolled Elon Musk with a tweet

It’s almost impossible that you’re first learning this from this article, but here goes: Elon Musk, the richest person in… MORE
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“The Onion” defends the right to parody, writes brief to the Supreme Court

In March 2016, aspiring comedy writer Anthony Novak decided while waiting at a bus stop to create a Facebook page… MORE
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The trailer for the star-studded mockumentary “Death to 2020” is here

2020 is one of those years that was plenty f*cked up enough all on its own. It certainly didn’t need… MORE
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Tom Lehrer is releasing all his songs into the public domain

Tom Lehrer is highly regarded as one of the greatest comedic songwriters and satirists of the 20th century. His work… MORE
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Fred Savage to host summer FOX talk show spoof, “What Just Happened?”

Move over Chris Hardwick. Fred Savage will host his own after-show talk show, even though the show it’s talking about this summer isn’t an actual show. You get it? What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage will premiere Sunday, June 30, 2019, …

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Trump: Bad for Comedy? Watch P.J. O’Rourke and Sara Schaefer debate Kurt Andersen and Billy Kimball

Now that the 2018 election results are beginning to sink in, we can all get back to our regularly scheduled ridiculousness. Which means, in the comedy world, wondering if Donald Trump is bad for comedy. A recent debate, sponsored by Intelligence Square…

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Episode #231: Satire under Trump

When real life becomes even more ridiculous than satire, then what role is there for comedians to play? And how should comedians talk about serious issues while still keeping their senses of humor? Those are two of the questions I posed to comedians on the front lines of the discussion, and on the red carpet […]

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Episode #231: Satire under Trump

When real life becomes even more ridiculous than satire, then what role is there for comedians to play? And how should comedians talk about serious issues while still keeping their senses of humor? Those are two of the questions I posed to comedians on the front lines of the discussion, and on the red carpet […]

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The Onion goes after Facebook with Onion Social

The Onion has gone after some big billionaires this past month. First Elon Musk for suggesting he could start his own online humor publication. And more recently, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. Take this June 15 open letter, for example, written from the voice of a Zuckerberg baby and titled Daddy, I Don’t Want To Live In The […]

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Pence parody book has a happy ending

When John Oliver’s announced his staff at HBO’s Last Week Tonight had made a parody of a children’s book about Vice President Mike Pence’s family rabbit, making the rabbit’s story about gay marriage instead, Oliver didn’t expect it’d actually sell as well as it did. “A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo” shot to […]

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