Jenny Slate: Good Humor Woman
“People can misunderstand me sometimes,” Slate says. “I am a little silly, but I’m not stupid.” Peter Hapak for TIME In Obvious Child, a film about abortion, the comedian gets serious Subscriber...
View ArticleJenny Slate: Good Humor Woman
“People can misunderstand me sometimes,” Slate says. “I am a little silly, but I’m not stupid.” Peter Hapak for TIME In Obvious Child, a film about abortion, the comedian gets serious Subscriber...
View ArticleOFFBEAT: Funny females take centerstage this weekend at Stage 773
Stage 773 director of operations Jill Valentine knows plenty about the business of being funny. Valentine, along with co-producer Liz McArthur are the minds behind the third annual Chicago Women’s...
View ArticleMark Teixeira’s Fake Talk Show Is Actually Pretty Funny
I had no idea that Mark Teixeira has a fake talk show, which comes off as some kind of cross between Between Two Ferns and The Chris Farley Show, and I am upset about that because Foul Territory with...
View ArticleDon Zimmer’s good humor made him great baseball soul
MATT CAMPBELL/AFP/Getty Images It is heartening to know that Don Zimmer maintained his wonderful sense of humor right to the end. I grieve today over the loss of my friend, Don Zimmer, who slipped...
View ArticleCan abortion be funny?
Still, as brave as “Obvious Child” is, I wouldn’t describe its heroine, for all her admirable pluck and onstage audacity, as courageous, exactly. She doesn’t have to face down any nasty anti-choice...
View Article‘Calvin and Hobbes’ cartoonist returns to the funny pages
Bill Watterson, the cartoonist and creator of the beloved “Calvin and Hobbes,” has lived a reclusive lifestyle after ending his popular comic strip back in 1995. Since sending his popular cartoon duo...
View ArticleHorrigan: Exploring the seriously unfunny world of humor studies
Some weeks back, an invitation arrived to address a group of journalism students at a prestigious Midwestern university whose name will not be mentioned, but its initials are SIU-C. The assignment was...
View ArticleHorrigan: Exploring the seriously unfunny world of humor studies
Some weeks back, an invitation arrived to address a group of journalism students at a prestigious Midwestern university whose name will not be mentioned, but its initials are SIU-C. The assignment was...
View ArticleWas Humor U over the edge at the Wiseguys Comedy Club?
BYU Humor U comedian Drew Allen jokes about Provo’s faster access to pornography with Google Fiber, naming hurricanes and shopping at Costco. (Photo by Donovan C Baltich) WEST VALLEY CITY — It was...
View ArticleBergdahl’s roommate recalls her focused and funny friend
Sherry Horton smiles inside her wine bar in Hailey, Idaho, hometown of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Horton is Bergdahl’s former roommate and ballet teacher.(Photo: Michael Chow for USA TODAY) HAILEY, Idaho –...
View ArticleMatt Cassel Thought Chad Greenway’s Hero Act Was Funny
by Dan Zinski 1d ago Follow @dan_zinski TWEET (6) LIKE (3) GPLUS Fancred 0 Article source: http://thevikingage.com/2014/06/08/matt-cassel-thought-chad-greenways-hero-act-funny/
View ArticleBergdahl’s roommate recalls her focused and funny friend
Sherry Horton smiles inside her wine bar in Hailey, Idaho, hometown of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Horton is Bergdahl’s former roommate and ballet teacher.(Photo: Michael Chow for USA TODAY) HAILEY, Idaho –...
View ArticleMatt Cassel Thought Chad Greenway’s Hero Act Was Funny
by Dan Zinski 1d ago Follow @dan_zinski TWEET (6) LIKE (3) GPLUS Fancred 0 Article source: http://thevikingage.com/2014/06/08/matt-cassel-thought-chad-greenways-hero-act-funny/
View ArticleHillary’s sense of humor
I can remember the first time I heard Hillary Rodham (her name back then, in 1969, when we first met at Yale Law School) laugh. There was a bunch of guys and Hillary in the law school lounge: I forget...
View ArticleHillary’s sense of humor
I can remember the first time I heard Hillary Rodham (her name back then, in 1969, when we first met at Yale Law School) laugh. There was a bunch of guys and Hillary in the law school lounge: I forget...
View ArticleWho Says Feminists Aren’t Funny? Blowing the Glass Ceiling off Sketch Comedy
Those who say that feminists have no sense of humor have clearly never watched Inside Amy Schumer on Comedy Central. The sketch show, which just finished its brilliantly hilarious second season and has...
View ArticleGame of Thrones’ Maisie Williams Talks Funny Fan Stories and Doing Her Own …
In her four years of playing mature-beyond-her-years tomboy Arya Stark on Game of Thrones (HBO, Sundays, 9 P.M.), Maisie Williams has mastered swordplay and horseback riding. Now she’s beefing up her...
View ArticleFort Carson soldier remembered for humor, leadership
Troops stood to mourn a soldier eulogists described as light-hearted, loving and dedicated to serving his country. “Jake really was Colorado’s white knight,” explained his friend Pfc. Ian Brannigan,...
View ArticleFort Carson soldier remembered for humor, leadership
Troops stood to mourn a soldier eulogists described as light-hearted, loving and dedicated to serving his country. “Jake really was Colorado’s white knight,” explained his friend Pfc. Ian Brannigan,...
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