Articles Tagged with #comedy
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Letters From Cairo
Six Cabs to Superior Understanding
Foreign correspondents love to interview local cab drivers for their political opinions. Or sometimes just to hear the best jokes.
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Letters From the Hostel Life
Travels With Nathan
To our knowledge, Ezra Pound never saw a donkey show. Here’s updated cantos for drunk backpackers in Madrid and jerks on the Dead Sea.
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Opinions
Movement for a Standstill
Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity is bad for America, except for the America that buys or sells advertising time on Comedy Central.
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Letters From Los Angeles
You Are the Best Audience Ever
A live studio audience is one part mosh pit, two parts Godot. A Glendale taping becomes a hostage situation.
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Opinions
Queens of the Scatological Age
Next month, one book will be crowned America’s funniest. Reviewing this year’s candidates for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and tiptoeing through the doo-doo.
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Personal Essays
Jewish Like Me
To be Jewish in America can be a gefilte fish served with wasabi and a dollop of paranoia. And things get even more complicated when you don’t look the part.
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Spoofs & Satire
Of Thee I Zing
In the two weeks since she became John McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin has made her mark—most notably for her aggressive joke-telling. Since the Democrats are unwilling to jibe back, here are some punchlines.
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Personal Essays
Misery Loves Comedy
Grief takes on many forms, though it’s rare to hear about a sudden addiction to comedy clubs and Seth Meyers’s political impersonations.
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Op-Ed
The Confession of an American Jew
Everybody wants to know, but nobody wants to ask: Why are Jews funny? A journey far from the roads of good intentions.
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Profiles
Big in Finland
Conan O’Brien’s recent comedy bits about Finland earned him that country’s adulation; his trip there for a one-hour special—airing tonight—sealed the deal. What the unlikely matchup means for one writer’s family.
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Behind the Scenes
McClellan at Home
Battered and bullied in the press room, morning, noon, and night. What’s a normal, average press secretary to do when he just wants to spend some quality time with his wife? As it turns out, things aren’t much better there.
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Spoofs & Satire
Tanks for the Memories
America hasn’t been the same since Bob Hope died. Now—at war around the world—when we need him most, who will challenge the pompous and self-righteous?