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A frenemy just sent me this unearthed video of the 2004 latke-Hamentaschen debate. Caveat emptor.
Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category
January 2nd, 2012
I am so glad that Ronnie Corbett has made the Honours List. Some stuffy sorts feel that honours should be reserved for those British actors who perform “serious works”, e.g., Osborne plays and Shakespearean dramas. But a country that has given so much to the world of comedy (and whose citizen could stand to laugh [...]
December 22nd, 2011
Category: Campaign 2012, Humor
Matt Glassman has diagrammed Michele Bachmann’s affiliations: This is perfect. The only things I have to add: —Glassman has done the same with Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, and Mitt Romney. —In case you’ve forgotten who Zacchaeus was… …via The Monkey Cage. Update: A revised diagram has been posted to correct a misspelling (in the original).
November 29th, 2011
Jamie Malanowski is no doubt correct that the release of the new Meryl Streep Film “The Iron Lady” will cause many people to revisit what they consider Margaret Thatcher’s most memorable moments. Not wanting in this case to buck the tide, here is my selection, showing Palin’s surprising influence on the Prime Minister. That would [...]
November 20th, 2011
Category: Humor, Technology and Society
This is the best joke I have heard about faster-than-light neutrinos: The bartender says “Sorry, we don’t serve faster than light neutrinos”. A faster than light neutrino walks into a bar.
November 15th, 2011
Category: Humor, Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street on NYPD: “Demands Unclear.” Delicious.
August 28th, 2011
British regulator Ofcom has ruled against Simon Curtis who was called “astoundingly thick” on the air because he got only one question correct on Mastermind’s specialist subject round. Rum go for Curtis; maybe he should have tried answering the last question asked instead of the current one p.s. To get the joke about Burke’s peerage [...]
July 30th, 2011
How I envy those who get to attend what sounds like a treat for British film buffs, or for that matter anyone who enjoys a good laugh. British film was at its zenith of quality and influence in the 1940s and 1950s, and the Ealing Studio comedies were a big part of that. The writing [...]
July 14th, 2011
After a week of listening to Londoners make jokes, puns and japes about l’affaire Murdoch, the following emerges as my favorite. A witty friend pointed out that “News of the World” spoonerizes as “Whirls of the Nude”
