Tag Archives: Satire

The New Yorker: Douglas Watt: ‘The Glittering, Corrosive Humor of Lenny Bruce’

“Early in 1966, the entertainer Lenny Bruce, who died in the midsummer of that year at the age of forty from a self-administered overdose of morphine, gave his next-to-last public performance, at the Berkeley Community Theatre, a large auditorium near … Continue reading

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The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson: Kevin Pollak- ‘Does Woody Allen, William Shatner & Columbo (10/19/1988)’

“Kevin Pollak Does Impressions of Woody Allen, William Shatner and Columbo on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson – Airdate: 10/19/1988.” From The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson This is kind of hard to talk about without doing this in person … Continue reading

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Marxist Socialist: British TV Show- Talking About Socialists & Socialism

“Louise Mensch (former Tory MP) on Have I Got News for You, making an argument that nobody in the entire world has ever heard before.” From Marxist Socialist I apologize if: “British TV Show Talking About Socialists and Socialism” is too … Continue reading

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The Dick Cavett Show: Raquel Welch- ‘Discuses Myra Breckinridge & Homosexual Audiences’

“Raquel Welch discusses her movie, Myra Breckinridge in which she plays the title role undergoing gender reassignment surgery.” From The Dick Cavett Show I’ve seen Myra Breckinridge maybe 20 times, certainly 10 times in the last ten years when I first … Continue reading

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George Carlin: Pissing Off The Feminists

Source:The New Democrat George Carlin: “Which one of you cupcakes would like to come home with me tonight and cook me a meal and give me a blow job?” This is from George Carlin’s I believe 1990 HBO performance where’s … Continue reading

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Dan Mitchell: ‘Bernie Sanders Humor’

“I’m getting worried that Senator Bernie Sanders is fading in the polls. That doesn’t make me happy. I want Crazy Bernie to stay relevant. Why? Because he’s an endless source of clever satire. Previous editions of Bernie humor can be … Continue reading

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Biographics: Hunter S. Thompson: ‘Gonzo Extraordinaire’

Source:The New Democrat  I guess I look at Hunter Thompson not as a political satirist or a comedian, or perhaps even a journalist, but as a satirist on American life who was so interested in America that he wanted to … Continue reading

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Dan Mitchell: ‘Communism Humor’

“Time to augment our growing collection of satire about the twin horrors of socialism and communism. Today, we’ll concentrate on the latter form of totalitarianism and mock Marxism.” Read more from Dan Mitchell  Russian-American comedian Yakov Smirnoff, on the Rodney Dangerfield … Continue reading

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George Carlin: The Death Penalty (1996)

Source:The New Democrat  “George Carlin talks about the death penalty, i didn’t see this one up so i thought i might upload it ;] If you like George Carlin, you might want to check out Bill Hicks as well. Taken … Continue reading

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Reason: Katherine Mangu-Ward- Interviewing Dave Barry: ‘Dave Barry Is Running for President (Again)’

Source:The New Democrat  “Dave Barry is the author of approximately eleventy billion books and the recipient of exactly one Pulitzer Prize. For four decades he wrote a weekly column, syndicated from his home base at the Miami Herald, and he … Continue reading

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