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OPINION

 10 Best Viral Election Videos 

Web offers chance to poke fun, change a few minds

Nov 3, 08 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Viral election videos offer campy calls for change, seamless special effects, and more than a few celebrity cameos. Laughs aside, “over the past decade they’ve also impacted politics—sometimes changing the course of elections and frequently providing a few laughs in an otherwise wonky world,” Jeffrey Ressner... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • comedy • Obama Girl • viral video • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Will.i.am • Best of 2008

(Newser) - The Onion, bucking a 20-year trend, plans to cover tomorrow's election results in something resembling real time, the AP reports. The "satirical newspaper of record" and its website have prepared articles and videos in advance, requiring long hours unfamiliar to its writers. “It has become sort of... More »

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newspaper • satire • comedy • writer • The Onion • Election 2008 • media coverage • Joe Randazzo

MOVIE REVIEW

 Porno Naughty But Nice 

Raunchy 'R' rated comedy is a PG romance at heart

Oct 31, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indie director and slacker king Kevin Smith has made a surprisingly tender film with Zack and Miri Make a Porno, critics say. Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogan star as a pair of "genuinely likable social misfits" whose platonic friendship is put to the test when they decide to... More »

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comedy • movie review • Seth Rogen • Elizabeth Banks • movies • Zack and Miri Make a Porno • Kevin Smith

OBITUARY

 Estelle Reiner Dead at 94 

'I’ll have what she’s having,' clan matriarch said after famous When Harry Met Sally scene

Oct 30, 08 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Estelle Reiner, wife of actor Carl Reiner and mother to actor/director Rob Reiner, died Saturday at her home in Beverly Hills at 94, the New York Times reports. Estelle is perhaps best known for her cameo in Rob’s 1989 film When Harry Met Sally, where, following Meg Ryan’s... More »

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television • obituary • comedy • American Film Institute • Rob Reiner • When Harry Met Sally • movies • Carl Reiner • Estelle Reiner

 BBC Yanks 
 Comics for 
 Prank Call 

Brand famous for racy, offensive jokes

Oct 29, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The BBC suspended two leading comedians for a prank call that infuriated 18,000 viewers and that even the prime minister called “inappropriate and unacceptable,” the news service reports. Foul-mouthed Russell Brand—who, stateside, offended abstinent teens at MTV's Music Video Awards—and Jonathan Ross told a 78-year-old... More »

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BBC • comedy • suspension • broadcasting • Britain • British Broadcasting Corporation • Jonathan Ross • Russell Brand

ANALYSIS

 Campaign Heightens 
 Humor's Liberal Bent 

Buttoned-up righties may be easier to mock, but some say it's gone a little too car

Oct 20, 08 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Comedy is taking a prominent place in the US election, and may be leaning even more leftward than usual, the Boston Globe reports. Tina Fey and David Letterman have brought the highest ratings in years with mockery of Sarah Palin and John McCain. And Jon Stewart, a savage critic of... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • John McCain • comedy • Tina Fey • Jon Stewart • David Letterman • Election 2008

 Palin Draws Record 
 SNL Audience 

Some 14 million eyeball 'Caribou Barbie'

Oct 20, 08 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The largest audience in 14 years tuned in to Saturday Night Live to watch Sarah Palin come face-to-face with doppleganger Tina Fey, reports AP. Actually, it wasn't quite face-to-face as Fey skirted past the candidate after skewering her yet again at a faux press conference on the comedy show. The... More »

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Saturday Night Live • parody • comedy • Tina Fey • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

Live From
New York, It's Sarah Palin!

Candidate set for Saturday Night Live debut tomorrow night

Oct 17, 08 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Viewers awaiting the next impersonation of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live may be stunned to see the real thing. Palin plans to make a cameo appearance on tomorrow's show, sources tell CNN. No word yet on whether champion Palin-impersonator Tina Fey will be joining the vice-presidential candidate for her... More »

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Saturday Night Live • comedy • Tina Fey • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

TV REVIEW

 Chocolate News Could 
 Fill Chappelle Void 

Grier counters Comedy Central's 'vanilla' news satires

Oct 15, 08 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Comedy Central may have found a Dave Chappelle-worthy replacement in David Alan Grier, Paul Farhi writes in the Washington Post. His Chocolate News is a “wholly inappropriate—and riotiously funny” 60 Minutes-style program in which Grier offers the news in “Lou Dobbsean rant” and mocks such figures as... More »

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television • Barack Obama • satire • comedy • Dave Chappelle • Comedy Central • The Daily Show • David Allen Grier • David Alan Grier • Chocolate News

Denis Leary: 
Autistic Kids
Are 'Just Stupid'

Comedian's caustic book says disorder is all in parents' heads

Oct 15, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Denis Leary is not a sensitive man. His new book, Why We Suck, seems bound to offend people, the New York Post reports, particularly autistic people. Leary asserts that autism is booming because parents “want an explanation for why their dumb-ass kids can’t compete academically,”... More »

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autism • comedy • book • comedian • offensive • Denis Leary

 Fey's Everywhere; 30 Rock MIA 

NBC's moves to promote show's popularity miss the mark

Oct 13, 08 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tina Fey’s popularity is at an all-time high, but NBC hasn’t tried to capitalize by moving up the season debut of her critically acclaimed sitcom 30 Rock. NBC has struggled to boost the show’s ratings, the New York Times reports, and hopes three Saturday Night Live specials... More »

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Saturday Night Live • NBC • comedy • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • TV ratings • Sarah Palin

 Palin, SNL Make a Date: Oct. 25 

VP candidate scheduled for October 25

Oct 10, 08 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin will appear on Saturday Night Live after all, New York Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams reports. The VP candidate and her endearing near-profanities are scheduled to visit Rockefeller Center Oct. 25, a little more than a week before the election. Is a reverse lampooning of Tina Fey in... More »

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Saturday Night Live • comedy • Tina Fey • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

TV REVIEW

 Kath & Kim Is Floppy Seconds 

Aussie remake misses satirical mark

Oct 9, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - As if Knight Rider wasn't bad enough, NBC continues to look like a college kid "furnishing an apartment out of mom's hand-me-downs" in debuting the "witlessly Americanized" sitcom Kath & Kim, writes Robert Bianco in USA Today. The Australian remake wastes Molly Shannon's talents while "exposing the... More »

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Saturday Night Live • NBC • comedy • network television • Kath & Kim • Selma Blair • Molly Shannon

 Election 
 Results In: 
 Comedy Wins 

Race for the White House proving a comedy goldmine

Oct 9, 08 1:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - No matter which candidate ultimately surges ahead, political comedy is emerging as the clear winner in the presidential race, reports the New York Times. Tina Fey's dead-on parody of Sarah Palin has triggered a huge boost in viewership for Saturday Night Live. The Colbert Report and the Daily Show have... More »

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Saturday Night Live • comedy • Tina Fey • Jay Leno • Jon Stewart • David Letterman • Late Night • Election 2008 • Lorne Michaels

 Ab Fab Gets US Remake 

Saunders, creator of original British hit, will be executive producer on Fox effort

Oct 7, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Fox remake of British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous will swill its way into Los Angeles, reports Variety. Creator Jennifer Saunders, who played one half of the delightfully boozy and dysfunctional 40-something duo, is on board as executive producer; Saturday Night Live writer Christine Zander will pen the initial set of... More »

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television • comedy • Fox • sitcom • Britain • Absolutely Fabulous • Jennifer Saunders • Christine Zander

 'Borat' Crashes Fashion Show 

Shooting latest film, actor/comedian has designers on edge at Milan event

Sep 26, 08 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sacha Baron Cohen caused a scene at a Milan fashion show today when he got up on the catwalk and danced violently before being hauled off, ANSA reports. Cohen—stalking the Italian city’s fashion week as he works on a film in which he plays gay fashion reporter Bruno—... More »

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fashion • Italy • comedy • prank • Borat • Sacha Baron Cohen • fashion designer

 Franken 
 Hatched 
 Mac-Mocking 
 SNL Skit 

Candidate-comedian's role triggers ethics, political controversy

Sep 21, 08 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Saturday Night Live scribe and current Minnesota Democratic Senate hopeful Al Franken hatched the idea for last night’s sketch mocking John McCain—raising tough political questions for the program and NBC, Politico reports. Critics raised concerns about the propriety of a politician playing a role in an attack... More »

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Saturday Night Live • John McCain • comedy • Al Franken • Lorne Michaels • Seth Meyers

MOVIE REVIEW

 Gervais Gives Ghost Town Life 


Sep 19, 08 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A spirited performance from Ricky Gervais banishes the spectre of mediocrity from supernatural romantic comedy Ghost Town, critics say. The story of a dentist who starts seeing dead people is a touch generic, Bill Goodykoontz writes in the Arizona Republic, but Gervais—the UK creator of the original Office—shines... More »

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comedy • movie review • Ricky Gervais • romantic comedy • movies • Tea Leoni

Physics and Improv Collide

Scientists on particle accelerator project learn communication from comedy

Sep 4, 08 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Physicists trying to explain the nature of the universe using the largest particle accelerator ever built are also trying to learn something else: communication skills to help them explain what they’ve learned to the rest of world. And they’re going about it in a unique way, the Wall ... More »

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comedy • particle accelerator • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • European Organization for Nuclear Research

 Phelps
 to Kick Off
 SNL Opener

Gold medal star makes comedy debut
as host next month

Aug 28, 08 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Super swimmer Michael Phelps will be trying his hand at making comedy gold as host of the season premier of Saturday Night Live, E! Online reports. The 23-year-old Olympic champ will be making his acting debut when the program's 34th season kicks off September 13. The swimmer will be joined... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • comedy • Olympians • USA Swimming • gold medalist

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