AltWeeklies Wire
Brian Posehn: When Do I Play Weird Al For My Kid?new
The standup comedian on growing up, reproducing, and stupid babies.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
11-16-2010 |
Comedy
Illegal Gringo Crosser: Collaborative Work on a Reverse Border Humornew
A comedian and a multi-media/theater group director collaborate on a video pilot about illegal immigration with a twist... Americans wanting to sneak into Mexico.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
03-26-2010 |
Comedy
Ask a Mexican: Insurance Omissionsnew
"My insurance company tells me 60 percent of accidents in California are with uninsured Mexican drivers. Why don't they just take buses like I did when I couldn't afford a car?"
Text Your Friendsnew
Something is wrong with the youth of today.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
08-05-2009 |
Comedy
Pregnant with Possibilitiesnew
Columnist Lori Gregory reports from her 11 millionth month of pregnancy.
Jackson Free Press |
Lori Gregory |
05-11-2009 |
Comedy
Play the AIG Board Game: The Bigwigs Lose!new
The AIG bigwigs suffer -- and we get to watch. Fun for the whole family!
The 100 Unsexiest Men of 2009new
The Boston Phoenix's fourth annual losers list, this year topped by the biggest blowhard in America. Here at Phoenix Unsexy Headquarters, unsexiness is defined by gypping jillions out of charities or punching your girlfriend or yelling at your cinematographer.
Boston Phoenix |
Phoenix Staff |
03-26-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: Unsexiest Men of 2009, commentary
Caveman Comeback?new
Perhaps reintroducing Neanderthals to planet Earth could keep the human race from becoming too boring.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
02-20-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: humor, Neanderthal genome
Oklahoma Wild Game Can Provide Recession-Proof Rationsnew
With the economy shrinking and the price of protein rising, a growing number of Oklahomans are starting to embrace small-game hunting -- or at least argue with those who find the practice distasteful.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Greg Elwell |
02-19-2009 |
Comedy
Obama's War on Humornew
It's one of the most talked-about, most written-about subjects of the presidential transition period. It's been argued in editorials, political cartoons and internet screeds. The looming crisis: Barack Obama isn't very funny.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
01-29-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: Barack Obama, political humor
You're Suddenly Poor: Suck it Up and Be Cheapnew
When dealing with money, it's best to crouch in a permanent mental fetal position and brace for the end of the world.
Boston Phoenix |
Kara Baskin |
12-12-2008 |
Comedy
Ask a Mexican: Why do Mexican Women Hate Spanish Women?new
"I'm half-Catalan, and the women on my mom's side of my family have spent most of their lives being hated by Mexicans. I've never understood it."
Ask a Mexican: What is an Anchor Baby?new
In popular parlance, it's a term used by Know Nothings to deride the children of immigrants whom relatives can use to sponsor visas and other government goodies. Though the Know Nothings would love to have you believe only illegal Mexicans are capable of having anchor babies, cases like yours have been occurring since the days of Virginia Dare.
Ask a Mexican: Legal Mexicans Who Can Become American Citizens But Don'tnew
"What would you calculate to be the percentage of illegal Mexicans in the United States who actually want the whole enchilada of American goodness, with all its obligations, rights and privileges, when those privileges seem to be reduced nowadays to taking it in the ass from the American government in the name of some shady interest God-knows-where?"
Philadelphia City Paper's Comics Issuenew
We tried to pick comics that blew our minds, made us laugh, or conjured up simple little situations. We gave points for originality. We didn't penalize for crude drawing skills. In the end we had to whittle it down to five pages of stuff we really, really dug.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Patrick Rapa |
08-19-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: comics, humor & satire
