Mar 10 Watch PBS web series ‘Everything But the News’ parodies online culture — and us By PBS News Hour A new web series by PBS Digital Studios called "Everything But the News" pokes fun at what we do at the NewsHour every night. In the first episode, Steve Goldbloom plays a fictional tech reporter who travels to Southern California… Continue watching
Feb 24 Comedian, writer, actor Harold Ramis dies at 69 By Victoria Fleischer Harold Ramis, the Chicago actor best known for his roles in “Ghostbusters” and “Stripes,” died of a rare autoimmune disease early Monday morning. Ramis was the head writer and performed for Second City’s television series. He got his big break… Continue reading
Feb 12 Comedy legend Sid Caesar dies at 91 By Ellen Rolfes Before there was Saturday Night Live, there was "Your Show of Shows," and Sid Caesar was its featured star. With writers such as Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and Carl Reiner, Caesar had the best material to entertain American television audiences… Continue reading
Feb 10 Parody coffee shop ‘Dumb Starbucks’ is a prank By Colleen Shalby A coffee shop using the Starbucks logo and has managed to stay open in Los Angeles for three days before getting shut down. Continue reading
Dec 01 Ron Burgundy guest anchors at North Dakota news station Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy, second from left, co-anchored the news with KXNews' Amber Schatz, second from right. Meteorologist Jared Piepenburg, right, and sports anchor Jon Schaeffer, left, rounded out the newscast. Photo from KXNews video Viewers in western North… Continue reading
Dec 01 WATCH: Ron Burgundy reads the news Credit: Paramount Pictures If you're in Bismarck or Dickinson, North Dakota, you may have tuned into local CBS affiliate, KXNews, last night for the local goings-on in the central and western regions of the state. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch Doonesbury’s Garry Trudeau pokes fun of American politics in a new medium Doonesbury's Garry Trudeau pokes fun of American politics in a new medium… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Comic Legend Jonathan Winters Dies at 87 Pioneering comic Jonathan Winters brought his own brand of wild, improvisational stand-up to television in the 1950s, and continued to perform for nearly five decades. Winters died Thursday at the age of 87. Jeffrey Brown remembers the comedian with a… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity: More Economics Comedy Routines D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity: More Economics Comedy Routines… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch Economics Comedy in Beijing: Part Two Standup economist Yoram Bauman does economic jokes in front of a Chinese audience. Continue watching