By Humor Pieces
Apocalypse How
It’s May 21st, 2011! So celebrate The Rapture with Rob Kutner’s Apocalypse How and videos starring John Oliver, Kristen Schaal and Aasif Mandvi.
Fiscally I’m A Right-Wing Nutjob, But On Social Issues I’m F*cking Insanely Liberal
Just because you agree with Scrooge McDuck on financial policy and the Care Bears on social issues doesn’t mean you should have to apologize. From The Onion…
The Final Edition
Comedy legend Tony Hendra (National Lampoon, This Is Spinal Tap) just launched a new online comedy destination, The Final Edition. Check out what The New York Times‘ final front page might look like…
Donald Trump’s Secret “Enemies List”
by shap on May 4, 2011. [B-Roll,Front,Humor Pieces]
As part of a Freedom of Information Act request, VanityFair.com has uncovered a secret “Enemies List” that potential presidential-candidate-to-be Donald Trump has been quietly assembling…
Paywall
This humor piece from The New Yorker will make your question everything you thought you knew about your family’s place in the new media paradigm.
Four Questions for Passover
In this imagined Passover conversation from The New Yorker, Saturday Night Live writers John Mulaney, Marika Sawyer and Simon Rich explain…
Signs of the Times: A Gallery of Signage
Once upon a time in the early 1990′s, a rock and roll music band called Tesla sang, “Signs, signs, everywhere signs.” Who knew that those poignant words would be just as true two decades later? Signs are still everywhere, and many of them remain worthy of that great ballad. Here are a few:
Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Most Influential Rappers of All Time
To be honest, I’m no hip-hop historian, and it is true that I thought that M.O.P. stood for mop and sh*t. However I have empirical evidence to prove that many tenants of rap are derived from those good ‘ole boys.
Modern Times: A Gallery
What with all this fancy newfangled technology like iPods and internets and combustible steam engines, not to mention social stuff like the 19th amendment and the wearing of gang colors, it’s no wonder most of us feel hard pressed to keep up in these rapidly changing times. Here are some pictures of how life is being lived in our post-Napoleonic, pre-marauding robotic dinosaur era.
Underemployed and Under the Influence (of Reality TV)
Like approximately 15 million people in this country, Dina Gachman is out of work. But instead of giving up and basically waiting for that supervolcano under Yellowstone to blow and kill us all, Dina started a blog. A very funny blog…
