http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/comedy/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:54:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050909/posts David Letterman, who a month ago doubted George Bush and Dick Cheney have any “humanity,” on Wednesday's Late Show pushed a guest to confirm “that George Bush's administration is clearly guilty of war crimes.” NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050909/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:54:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050069/posts The comedy director who gave us such immortal movie lines as “Oh stewardess, I speak jive” and “Don’t call me Shirley” is now leveling his sights at documentary filmmaker Michael Moore. David Zucker, the director and writer who helped create “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun” franchise has called on Hollywood’s tiny but tightly knit Republican A-list crowd to help him make a broad yet unusually right-leaning political satire titled “An American Carol.” The low-budget indie co-stars Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer with Oscar-winner Jon Voight, cinema icon Dennis Hopper, model-heiress Paris Hilton and frequent Zucker stooge Leslie Nielsen in minor roles.... politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050069/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:36:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048172/posts   latimesblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048172/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:58:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047995/posts I believe comedic change is possible. Since the New Yorker dropped a bum joke on its cover this week, comedians have appeared on every news outlet to whine about how hard it is to make fun of Barack Obama. Really? They have an arsenal of jokes to use against a 71-year-old ex-POW cancer survivor and Obama is too touchy a subject? I'm here to help. I called some comedian friends to compile a guide to making fun of Obama. The consensus is there's not yet one standout attribute to pound away on (McCain is old! Clinton cheats on his wife!... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047995/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:11:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046334/posts Late night hosts are a bunch of hacks Everyone with two brain cells to rub together has noticed it: the hosts of late night shows are tagging McCain with the age thing over and over and over and over, but they're basically leaving Obama alone.(Okay, I'm not in the group who's noticed, not because of a dearth of brain cells, but rather because you won't catch me in the same room as a TV showing Letterman or O'Brien or whoever. My wife, however, has kept me apprised.) Now, apparently, we have our answer as to why they're leaving Obama alone:... Modern Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046334/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:28:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046276/posts When I interviewed Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for Rolling Stone a couple years ago, I wondered what Barack Obama would mean for them. “It seems like a President Obama would be harder to make fun of than these guys,” I said. “Are you kidding me?” Stewart scoffed. Then he and Colbert both said at the same time: “His dad was a goat-herder!” When I noted that Obama, in his memoir, had revealed that he had done some pot, booze and “maybe a little blow,” the two comedians began riffing about the dapper senator’s familiarity with drug slang. Colbert: Wow,... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046276/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:26:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045818/posts A New York Times article reveals that late night comics are having a hard time making jokes about Sen. Barack Obama. From the article: What’s so funny about Barack Obama? Apparently not very much, at least not yet. On Monday, The New Yorker magazine tried dipping its toe into broad satire involving Senator Obama with a cover image depicting the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and his wife, Michelle, as fist-bumping, flag-burning, bin Laden-loving terrorists in the Oval Office. The response from both Democrats and Republicans was explosive. Comedy has been no easier for the phalanx of late-night television hosts who... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045818/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:11:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044842/posts Bernie Mac said some things that didn’t jive with Obama’s crowd and got a negative reaction for it. Bernie Mac’s show at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Chicago didn’t fly so well on Friday night as he appeared for a fund-raiser for Barack Obama. In one of his jokes he said, “My little nephew came to me and he said, ‘Uncle, what’s the different between a hypothetical question and a realistic question?’ I said, ‘I don’t know,’ but I said, ‘Go upstairs and ask your mother if she’d make love to the mailman for $50,000,’” reported the Associated Press. This... The Celebrity Cafe.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044842/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:44:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044596/posts It’s one of the iron rules of politics – you have more to fear from your friends than from you enemies. Senator Barack Obama’s supporter, Jesse Jackson, seemingly threatened him bodily harm this week. Senator John McCain’s pal and economic adviser, Phil Gramm, went all “mental” on him a day later. Then, last night in Chicago, a longtime friend and supporter of Mr. Obama, the comedian Bernie Mac, “entertained” an Obama fundraiser crowd with a humor routine touching on menopause, prostitution and black family relations. By the time he was wrapping up his remarks, some in the crowd had turned... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044596/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:53:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044358/posts Amongst similar anecdotes: Franken Pretends To Kill New Born Daughter At Baby Shower. "AL FRANKEN: My wife came with her sister first and I was going to bring the baby. My other sister-in-law came with me. So I got a doll the exact size of the baby and swaddled it - I told Franny I was going to do this - and there's like thirty women, and I walk in and they're all going like, 'Ohhh . . . ahhhh,' and I was walking in and I hit the baby's head on this piece of furniture and I go up... Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044358/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:14:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041255/posts Hey Everyone King Vanity thought yall should have a heads up to a fantastic side splitting comedy documentary that is on right now on Showtime. An Inconveinant Truth by Al Gore. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041255/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:50:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037061/posts A Canadian stand-up comedian will face a human rights tribunal hearing after a woman complained she and her friends faced a "tirade of homophobic and sexist comments" while attending one of his shows. In a decision released this week, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ruled there is enough evidence to hear the case of Vancouver woman Lorna Pardy against Toronto comedian Guy Earle. Zesty's Restaurant in Vancouver, where the May 22, 2007, show took place, was also named in the complaint. The restaurant has since closed. Vancouver Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037061/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:01:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036096/posts David Letterman's top 10 on why the Air Force is great www.youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036096/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:49:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036440/posts <p>The last vote that George Carlin said he cast in a presidential race was for George McGovern in 1972.</p> <p>When Richard Nixon, who Carlin described as a member of a sub-species of humanity, overwhelmingly defeated McGovern, the comedian gave up on the political process.</p> The Nation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036440/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:30:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035063/posts Just saw an AP article about it at Yahoo. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035063/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:19:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034946/posts George Carlin reported dead from heart failure. Reuters Wires http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034946/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:54:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2034522/posts Senator John McCain pointed out to Senator Barack Obama that terrorism was a global problem, noting that 3 Brazilian soldiers had been killed by terrorists in the previous week. "That's terrible," a startled Barack Obama stammered in reply. "How many is a Brazilian?" John McCain's military record has Barack Obama's supporters in Hollywood worried, so they've decided to make a movie about Obama's military experience. The working title is "Full Dinner Jacket." Mike Huckabee's bumpersticker: Honk If You Love Jesus Barack Obama's bumpersticker: Honk If You Think I Am Jesus John McCain's bumpersticker: Honk If You Want Amnesty for Jesus... The John McCain Jokes Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2034522/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:54:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031201/posts Like Davey Crocket and company at the Alamo, there are a number of steadfast conservatives who are holding out against John McCain, even in the face of what amounts to unvarnished socialism in the person of Barack Obama. Most of these individuals are committed, principled, conservatives, which means their allegiance to the Republican Party depends on the frequency and degree with which the Republican Party faithfully, fully, resolutely and competently fosters conservative ideals of governance. Quite simply, John McCain isn’t their man. Far more the maverick, compromising, bipartisan, sometimes-conservative, McCain has repeatedly raised the ire of conservatives not for his... GOPublius http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031201/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:28:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2026853/posts My 2008 election parody with my comedy acting students - YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2026853/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 02:28:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026177/posts Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Vice President Dick Cheney apologized on Monday through a spokesman after furor erupted from his joke implying inbreeding was practiced in the West Virginia. Cheney had been asked during the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Awards at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. about reports that he was distantly related to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). "Well, that's true. We are, in fact, distantly related," Cheney said, according to a White House transcript. "And we haven't talked about a family reunion; I have no objections. I'm not sure Senator Obama is up for it, at least not... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026177/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:28:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024755/posts As the 2008 general election campaign gets underway, way too many Americans once again will gain the bulk of their political news not from newspapers, news anchors or even the Internet – but rather from late-night comics. A new book analyzes this phenomenon and the nexus of politics and television comedy in general, and raises some fascinating questions about where one ends and the other begins. Strange Bedfellows was written by University of Iowa professor Russell L. Peterson. Subtitled How Late Night Comedy Turns Democracy Into a Joke, it was published earlier this spring by the Princeton University Press. In... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024755/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:12:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2023359/posts LOS ANGELES — Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to "The Carol Burnett Show" and was seen to hilarious effect on the big screen in "Blazing Saddles," died Thursday. He was 81. Korman died at UCLA Medical Center after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago, his family said. He had undergone several major operations. "He was a brilliant comedian and a brilliant father," daughter Kate Korman said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "He had a very good sense of humor in... FOX NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2023359/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 03:27:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2023285/posts Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to "The Carol Burnett Show" and was seen to hilarious effect on the big screen in "Blazing Saddles," died Thursday. He was 81. Korman died at UCLA Medical Center after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago, his family said. He had undergone several major operations. "He was a brilliant comedian and a brilliant father," daughter Kate Korman said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "He had a very good sense of humor in real life. "... FoxReno http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2023285/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 00:43:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2023231/posts Just heard Brian Williams announce on NBC Nightly News that Harvey Korman passed away. Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2023231/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 22:53:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2022720/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2dfD0ryMco YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2022720/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 00:31:01 GMT