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Sarah Palin Family Jokes; 7 Kathy Griffin Punch Lines [VIDEOS]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsThe mama grizzly's mad. In a weekend interview on Fox News, Sarah Palin finally responded to comedian Kathy Griffin, who has mined the Palin family for material since they landed on the national stage in 2008. Griffin is preparing for an upcoming guest spot on "Glee," in a role that's reportedly based loosely on Palin. The former governor's take? "She's a 50-year-old adult bully," Palin said, "kind of a has-been comedienne." Ouch. Watch: And, in case you missed any of the cracks, here's a brief rundown of Griffin's jokes at the Palin family's expense. 1. On owing Sarah Palin "a muffin ...
Waterproof Notepad Helps You Record Ideas in the Shower
By Monica Garske - AOL NewsSome people do their best scrubbing in the shower; others do their best thinking. Just ask Mark Knudsen, a Michigan-based, self-professed "shower thinker" with a penchant for coming up with great ideas while showering. A couple of years ago, Knudsen's watery brainstorming habit led to something big: the invention of a simple little novelty that helps shower thinkers like himself record their every thought mid-cleansing. After a "splash" of genius in his very own shower, Knudsen created "AquaNotes," a nontoxic, recyclable, waterproof notepad designed to withstand exposure to ...
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TV 'Warm-Up Guys' Have One Odd Job
By Monica Garske - AOL News(Sept. 1) – There are no small roles in showbiz, but there is a really weird one: audience "warm-up guy." Most people know that many of their favorite TV shows are taped in front of a live studio audience. What you may not know, however, is that for the duration of those lengthy live tapings, there's usually a guy with a microphone hanging out in the bleachers with the audience, keeping people entertained and prompting them to giggle for the cheesy laugh track. Monica Garske for AOL News "Warm-up guys" Ezra Weisz, left, and Darrin Butters use comedy to pump up audiences for live ...
Jon Stewart and 'The Daily Show': They're Just Not That Into Lame Female Comics
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyMeritocracies are brutal. You should know, since you yourself practiced a kind of meritocracy. As a child, you were bigger than the bug. Splat! Too bad for you, bug. How dare you exist. In the adult world, however, distinguishing between a true meritocracy and a prejudicial pattern of hiring is not so clear cut. In the last couple of weeks the Internet has been rippling with controversy over "The Daily Show's" lack of women -- "The Daily Show's Woman Problem," by Irin Carmon on jezebel.com, "Outrage World: How Feminist Blogs Like Jezebel Gin Up Page Views by Exploiting Women's Worst ...
Sarah Silverman: Crude Comedian With a Certain Feminist Flair
By Frances Tobin - Politics DailyIn case any of you ladies missed it, I thought I'd point you toward Terry Gross' insightful -- and delightful -- interview with the polarizing comedian Sarah Silverman. The comedian was on Gross' NPR talk show, "Fresh Air," last week to discuss her new memoir, "The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee." Gross aptly described Silverman -- and her crude brand of comedy -- when she introduced her as a woman whose "comedy may seem offensive to Jews, African-Americans, Latinos, gay people, you name it, but that's because she's in persona as someone who is clueless, uninformed but ...
It's the Comedy, Stupid
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyNewspapers are hanging on for dear life. Comedians, meanwhile, are cleaning up. ...
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