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Comedy Kings and Queens

Following the lives, loves, and laughs of the world's favorite funnypersons

From the writers' strike to the funny pages, comedians are consistent newsmakers. Leno and Letterman provide nightly commentary on wacky happenings; Tina Fey and Larry David keep television comedy on its toes; Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert take newsmaking quite literally. So much comedy, so little time: Make this your stop for the latest from the world of humor.

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October 2008
- Kath & Kim Is Floppy Seconds
  
  USA Today | 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 limits of Selma Blair's comedy range." The show "jerks from comedy to cautionary tale," making it a "horror show," Mark A. Perigard agrees in the Boston Herald. More »
- Election Results In: Comedy Wins
  
  New York Times | 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 canceled vacations to keep the jokes coming and the ratings soaring. More »
- Mac, Dave to Make Up
  
  New York Post | Oct 7, 08 1:33 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - David Letterman's favorite whipping boy may return to the show next week in a move to make the peace, reports the New York Post. John McCain is in talks for his Late Show redemption on Oct. 15, ending a feud that's dogged the candidate since he ditched Dave for Katie Couric two weeks ago. More »
- Fey Flays Palin in SNL Debate
  
  Chicago Sun-Times | Oct 5, 08 6:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Comedian Tina Fey clobbered Sarah Palin in yet another dead-on Saturday Night Live skit yesterday, reports the Chicago Sun-Times, skewering the candidate's stance as a maverick, her relentless folksiness, and repeated feints at last week's debate to dodge questions. Asked what she would do about the economic crisis, Fey/Palin, winking, explains: "Gosh darn it, we're gonna ask ourselves, 'What would a maverick do in this situation,' and then, you know, we'll do that." More »
- Now Fey's an Author, Too
  
  New York Observer | Oct 4, 08 12:33 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Tina Fey just got a little busier. She's finalized a deal to write a collection of humorous essays for Little, Brown and Company, the New York Observer reports. Fey—currently in the spotlight for her spot-on impersonations of VP wannabe Sarah Palin—reportedly worked out a deal to fund the building of six new libraries in poor NYC neighborhoods. Her writing credits include TV's 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live , and the movie Mean Girls . More »
- 'YouTube of Variety Shows' Will Star Rosie
  
  Variety | Oct 2, 08 11:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Rosie O'Donnell will launch an attempt to revive both her TV career and the variety genre the night before Thanksgiving, hosting Rosie's Variety Show live on NBC, Variety reports. The 1-hour show will feature celeb guests and musical and comedy acts. It's is believed to be the precursor to a regular series the lightning-rod ex- View co-host will headline starting next year. More »
September 2008
- O'Rourke Looks on the Sunny Side of Death
  
  Search Magazine | Sep 30, 08 9:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A cancer diagnosis with a 95% chance of survival, while it might not let one “stare death in the face,” at least gives PJ O’Rourke a chance to muse on the end of the road. At first, he “cursed God, as we all do when we get bad news and pain,” he writes in Search magazine. But then he reconsidered: perhaps death really helps us “learn right from wrong” in a chaotic world. More »
- Tina Kills Again as Sarah
  
  Comedy Centric | Sep 28, 08 9:12 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Comedian Tina Fey skewered Sarah Palin in a command reprise performance on Saturday Night Live last night. This time, Fey parodied the candidate's foibles during her interview with Katie Couric, reports Comedy Centric. In the opening sketch, Fey, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Palin, is stumped by a question from Amy Poehler’s Couric and asks “to use one of my lifelines—I’d like to phone a friend,” she says. More »
- Diss Letterman at Your Peril
  
  Gawker | Sep 26, 08 5:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain is playing with fire if he thinks he can stand up David Letterman and get away with it. "The middle-of-the-road personalities who've dominated network television since its inception do retain one singular power," Gawker Media head honcho Nick Denton, writing for his flagship blog, warns the wayward candidate. "When they finally get off the fence, the mass of similar-minded voters take notice." More »
- 'Borat' Crashes Fashion Show
  
  ANSA (Italy) | 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—was turned over to police but released later without charge. More »
- 'Ugly Date' Letterman Skewers McCain Again
  
  Los Angeles Times | Sep 26, 08 4:31 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The David Letterman-John McCain feud continued last night on the Late Show as the host kept hammering the candidate for standing him up, reports the Los Angeles Times . Letterman, whose guests included Paris Hilton—"McCain's first choice as running mate"—said he felt like an "ugly date" after McCain cancelled on him Wednesday, pleading that he had to rush to Washington—then did an interview with Katie Couric and spent the night in New York. More »
- Late-Night Stars Go Undercover
  
  Entertainment Weekly | Sep 25, 08 2:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Taking their spoofing of TV into print, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart grace the cover of this week’s Entertainment Weekly in imitation of the Obamas-as-terrorists New Yorker cover that set media of all kinds afire in July. The stunt surely threatens to obscure the question-and-answer session it’s intended to advertise, but the duo cheerily critiques the campaign and its characters regardless. More »
- Letterman Lambasts AWOL McCain
  
  New York Daily News | Sep 25, 08 3:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain was scorched by the full fury of a Letterman scorned after blowing off last night's Late Show an hour before taping, the New York Daily News reports. "This just doesn't smell right. This is not the way a tested hero behaves," Letterman raged. "Somebody's putting something in his Metamucil." McCain told Letterman he was rushing back to Washington, but in fact was still in town, preparing for an interview with Katie Couric. More »
- Franken Hatched Mac-Mocking SNL Skit
  
  Politico | 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 on a candidate from the rival party. Franken's involvement may also fuel claims that NBC has a liberal bias, Politico notes. More »
- Colbert Wraps Early Xmas Special
  
  E! Online | Sep 17, 08 2:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Christmas is ready early for fake-news fans, E! Online reports. Stephen Colbert's musical holiday special is already in the can and will air November 23. Jon Stewart, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, and Elvis Costello will be among the stars joining Colbert in crooning holiday-themed favorites including Hanukkah and Little Dealer Boy. More »