Comedy Looks Beyond the Debt CeilingLast Friday morning NPR host Mary Louise Kelly wrapped up a segment on the debt ceiling debate by quoting the Onion headline “Congress […]
The Colbert Super PAC’s Real (Secret) VictoryYesterday the Federal Election Commission in a 5-to-1 vote approved Stephen Colbert’s media exemption, allowing him to turn his show into a […]
A Timeline of Osama Bin Laden ComedyWe don’t have to stop making jokes about him just because he’s dead. It’s fair to wager he’ll be as big a staple in American comedy fifty years […]
The Persistence of Birther HumorWhat does Obama have in common with God? Neither has a birth certificate.
Donald Trump’s recent embrace of the birther conspiracy has been a […]
In Praise of the Stoner, a True American Hero
Let us sing a few words in praise of the stoner, for the stoner is the last of the American heroes. From the streets of Los Angeles to the […]
The Comedy Stylings of Rep. Anthony WeinerQueens Congressman Anthony Weiner spoke at the Congressional Correspondents Dinner this week, and it was well liked. These dinners are events […]
In Praise of The Onion’s American VoicesFor all the attention their stories receive and how often their news headlines get reposted, The Onion’s American Voices column has a way of […]
Political Comedy Loves the 80sRecently the news has been feeling a little too familiar. Old characters have been making comebacks, and old jokes have come out of retirement. […]
Nir Rosen and the Value of the Comedy KillerIf the internet has a down side for anyone, it’s that it makes it much harder for casual sexists and racists to tell jokes among friends. (And […]
Making Jokes About EgyptIt can’t be easy to write comedy about the stuff that happens around the world. If the President, whose job it is to have opinions about these […]
Political Comedy’s Gender GapI had no idea whether current events would overlap with Splitsider’s Women in Comedy week, but then Michele Bachmann happened. At first I was […]
The Year Ahead in Political ComedyThe new year has just begun, but already political forces have been lining up that will define politics and political comedy for the next 51 […]
The Right Way to Make Fun of Michael SteeleThe Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe Daily Show on Facebook
Part of me hopes that Michael Steele sticks around forever, if […]
The Better of the ‘It Gets Better’ ParodiesThe Daily Show’s It Gets Worse John McCain parody was a high point in political comedy for the week. Heck, maybe it’s the high point for the […]
Are Comedians Making Enough Fun of Democrats?For a decade, Republicans have been the butt of far more jokes than Democrats have. It’s natural that comedians would make fun of the people in […]
This Week in Political Comedy: The Way of Oprah“Rahm Emanuel is leaving the Obama administration. He wants to become mayor of Chicago. If you’re mayor of Chicago, that means you report […]
This Week in Political Comedy: Fahrenheit 9/11The Week in Political Comedy is a column that rounds up the week’s biggest news comedy stories and looks at how the presumptions, opinions, and […]