Comedians mark death of oft joked about Jackson

For years, comedians have made Michael Jackson a punch line. In deference to the beloved pop star's family and fans, though, many treated his death differently. For still others, it wasn't "too soon."

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LOS ANGELES -- An apologetic David Letterman trotted out before the cameras Monday night with a quip that raised questions and fetched laughs: "There's a possibility," he said, "that I'll be the first talk-show host impeached."

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Political satire matters when it is larger than the joke. The growing rap on Obama is that he is a man both ineffective and meek; a man who is loved by all and feared by none.

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Movies, Music, Sports, Etc: Who are your greatest influences???

Earlier this morning I was watching Steven Colbert. Last night he had Meryl Streep on and he brought up the subject of Role Models. This is a subject that is frequently bantered about.

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Tucson Pride, Inc. has announced that acclaimed comedienne, Margaret Cho will serve as Grand Marshal of the Tucson Pride Parade on October 9, 2009.

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In defending his friend, Maher thought Republicans had over reacted and this was just a case of 'fake' outrage. Much ado about nothing.

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Are there really that many comedians out there who lean to the right?

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The book claims to shed light on "everything from why men are in the fixing business and not the talking business and why men cheat to how to get the wedding ring and why independent women should reconnect with their girlish side to make their men feel necessary."...

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If your job is making fun of presidents and politicians, your work just got harder. Gone are the days of George W. Bush's delicious malapropisms and frequent mispronunciations, not to mention the vice president's nearly fatal shooting skills.

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It's not hard to tell that the looming elevation of Al Franken to the U.S. Senate is making Republicans crazy.

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..."Please give it up for Steve Harvey one time. He's an excellent comedian. One of the finest we've ever had," Williams said to begin his set. "But he don't want no parts of this in any way shape, form or fashion. This is some other s***."

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Has Adam Sandler been defanged?

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I had read an interview with Artie about his new book, "Too Fat To Fish" and it got me thinking that I might like the book. Here's a link for the audio version of the book. I am wondering if it's him reading it.

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Excerpt:In the 1980s, one of the most famous and loudest comedians in the business was Sam Kinison. Kinison's famous scream and outrageous style made him a household name before his death in 1992.

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When news circulated recently about the possibility of Britney Spears starring in a big-screen version of her life, pop culture watchers started salivating.

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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's historic victory does not bode well for comedians who have thrived on jokes about President George W. Bush, experts say.

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"People who listen to ["The Howard Stern Show"] don't realize how close it came to Howard coming on the air one day and saying, 'We don't know where Artie is,' and finding out later I was in jail in Delaware or dead," Lange says during a phone interview shortly after ending anoth …

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She bombed as a guest on Jonathan Ross's show on Friday night and now Sarah Silverman has flopped on stage too.

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A bumbling president, a rube candidate, a greedy politician - such are the caricatures of political life. Whether accurate or not, they can be more powerful than any argument.

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Comedians are just having a field day with McCain and Palin...

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Among my growing list of topics promised but not delivered was a report on a comedy festival I attended recently in Norfolk, Neb.

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I know George didn't believe in heaven or hell. Like death, they were just more comedy premises.

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George Carlin Gone, Not Soon Forgotten

Counter-culture icon comedian George Carlin passed away yesterday. He changed the way I thought about comedians and more importantly he made me think as I laughed. Ultimately he was not as misanthropic as he led me to believe.

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Harvey Korman, the award-winning comedic actor who rose to fame playing second banana to Carol Burnett on her television variety series and who starred in hit movies like "Blazing Saddles" and "High Anxiety," died on Thursday in Los Angeles. ***

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Her legions of fans know the Korean-American Cho for her incisive comedy and her relentless advocacy for civil liberties, as well as gay and minority rights.

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Expelled the Movie – Ben Stein Exposes Flat World Academics

Ben Stein's 'Expelled' could properly be called 'Exposed the Movie' because it is a nerve rattling jolt to academicians who are ready to bounce or ostracize anyone who so much as mentions or has a dream in the night about the theory of intelligent design.

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