NewSouth Books, Inc. wants to literally rewrite history by replacing the “N-word” with the (oh, yeah, less offensive) word “Slave” in revised copies of the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Why stop there, say Gabriel Diani and Etta Devine, who want to substitute the...
Luckily, the armistice in the war of words these days muzzles our combative Congress, not comedians. Even luckier for us humor-hungry civilians, our irascible representatives have yet to enact fun-control laws, thereby not depriving the rabble of Auggie Smith and other amusing...
Wanna see the world without the incalculable airfare or the unscheduled proctological exams by TSA agents? Then set your arse down on your davenport and tune in to the Science Channel in January to watch An Idiot Abroad, a documentary series from Brit wit Ricky Gervais. The...
Maria Bamford holiday ads are becoming just as traditional as a Christmas tree, a Hanukkah bush and getting hammered on eggnog. (“Ho-ho-ooh, my head hurts, Santa!”). Bamford follows up her hilarious series of Black Friday TV ads for Target from last year with more comical...
Thanks to The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex (Chronicle Books), by comedian Kristen Schaal and Daily Show With Jon Stewart writer Rich Blomquist, erotically challenged adults can finally learn all the dirty little secrets…from knowledgeable folks other than those wise and wanton...
Editor's note: Listen, we're not usually the one's trying to make you laugh. And, honestly, we're not going to make a habit out of it because, frankly, we respect comedians too much to try to tread on their ground. But this just had to be done. So, hopefully you get a few laughs...
Hate to agree with Grouchy Old Pinheads Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, but it really is time to “take back America” — from them and the rest of their oilier-than-the-Gulf-Coast ilk. Apparently Kevin Camia agrees, because he amusingly pierces the pompous and ostentatious, the...
Not that Robert Buscemi deceives the IRS when he writes “comedian” on the occupation line of his tax return; it’s just that his overriding job is engineer of his nonstop train of thought. On Palpable, his new release from Rooftop Comedy Productions, the paradoxical...
OK, subletting an apartment in New York City with only a bed to sleep in and an apple in the refrigerator to munch on sounds more tragic than triumphant. But pull back, observe the panoramic picture, realize those seemingly desolate circumstances will vanish in the sec it takes...
