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Twitter ‘Joke Bots’ Shame Human Sense of Humor
Photo: Lindsay Eyink One of the funniest people on Twitter isn’t a person at all. It’s a bot called @Horse_ebooks. It was originally built as a promotional vehicle for a series of digital books, but...
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‘The World’s End’ review: A fresh, funny pub crawl
The World’s End Comedy-adventure. Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Martin Freeman. Directed by Edgar Wright. (R. 109 minutes.) One of the weirder aspects of adolescence is that it’s possible to have...
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VMA Writer Tasked With Making Celebrities Funny Has Hardest Job Ever
The wit of starlets, teen idols and tabloid punching bags at the Video Music Awards is never left to chance. A small team of comedians and writers have been punching in to Barclay’s Center for the week...
View ArticleCarson remembered for humor, persuasive powers
If Greg’s looking down from heaven, he’s laughing about how people are singing his praises, said Chris Kitchings. Greg Carson, former co-chair of Leadership Orangeburg County and head of public...
View ArticleFunny Divorce Ad: Biker Needs To Sell His Harley Fast
Looks like one biker’s wild ways are catching up with him. Last week, Instagram user darth_baal spotted this ad in the Indiana Auto RV classifieds: If you ask us, “girlfriend pregnant, wife knows, must...
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‘Retirement, retirement, retirement!’ Ballmer leaves mixed, funny legacy
Steve Ballmer Legacy Analysis How to assess the legacy of soon-to-be-retired Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer? It would be too easy to merely focus on his many mistakes over the years but that would...
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Humor failure in Russia: Crackdown on ‘Pastafarians’ shows Kremlin-church ties
Roma Yandolin / Corbis Members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarians, march through St. Petersburg on Aug.17, 2013. MOSCOW, Russia — The march of the Church of the Flying...
View ArticleRecalling ‘Funny Cide fever’
Saratoga Springs It’s been 10 years since “Funny Cide fever” broke, and Jack Knowlton still gets letters and handshakes from strangers about the gelding from Saratoga Springs that won the Kentucky...
View ArticleThe Welcome Return of Dave Chappelle: On the scene at Funny or Die’s …
Just after 10pm last night in Austin, TX., the image of Dave Chappelle, with an American Spirit hanging from his lips, appeared behind a white scrim. When the curtain rose the crowd at the COTA...
View ArticleHumor, compassion are chief attributes of ‘The Session’
In The Session, playwright Harvey Williams writes with such compassion for his characters that hes likely to win most viewers over, even if they conclude that the show isnt quite ready for prime...
View ArticleParty on, Hasbro: The Toymaker Launches a Funny or Die Game
If there is any truth to the old saying, “Everyone’s a comedian,” Hasbro (HAS) hopes to translate our misguided confidence into a lucrative party activity. The toy company behind such classics as...
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Funny Fantasy Monikers Commemorating 2012 Season
There are plenty of ways to come up with a good fantasy football team name. You can make a pun off of a player’s name. You can pick something more personal, like an inside joke or a burn on one of your...
View ArticlePrince reveals his sense of humor on Twitter
On Tuesday, Aug. 13, at about 5:47 p.m., Prince Rogers Nelson did the seemingly unthinkable: The notoriously private music icon, who once declared “The Internet’s completely over,” joined Twitter....
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Inside Funny Or Die’s Celeb-Filled Video Production House
Funny Or Die has spent the last six years making some of the funniest content on the web, and unlike a lot of the new media companies that have popped up lately, it’s done so without leaning on YouTube...
View ArticleThe End of Breaking Bad, According to Dean Norris
By Forrest Wickman | Posted Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, at 5:54 PM Article source: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/08/26/breaking_bad_ending_spoiled_by_dean_norris_watch_the_funny_or_die_video.html
View ArticleChatological Humor: Monthly with Moron (August)
Good afternoon. Today I will be addressing the biggest news of the week, which is, of course, the atrocity perpetrated by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on … oh, wait. Sorry. That was the biggest...
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‘Simpsons’ Creator Finds Funny in His Cancer Fight
Since word got out about Sam Simon’s cancer, this co-creator of “The Simpsons” and fervent philanthropist has heard from many people online asking to help rid him of his sizable wealth. “Some people...
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An Ode To The Funniest Signs We’ve Seen At Airports
Oh airports, how funny you are. Though a trip to the airport isn’t always a breeze these days, sometimes you do silly things that defy our expectations and make us chuckle. Like you, Aalborg Airport in...
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Finns Are in Bad Humor as Taxman Melts Ice Cream Man
By JUHANA ROSSI ESPOO, Finland—Jannica Hartikainen recently had to have a pretty difficult chat with her 5-year-old daughter, Ciara, who somehow needed to understand that the powder-blue ice-cream...
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Dave Chappelle’s comeback
Still got it COMEDIANS often toil in obscurity, honing their craft before hostile crowds in beery clubs and back rooms. Most could only dream of the year Dave Chappelle had in 2004. Crowds packed his...
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