AltWeeklies Wire
Pastor Ted Haggard Gets an Unexpected Competitornew
I don't think I'm qualified to be a pastor or spiritual leader. But I do believe I'm qualified to help people. And so today I announce that I'm forming a new church.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Rich Tosches |
06-10-2010 |
Comedy
Tags: Ranger Rich, Ted Haggard
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
Mit Saves the World, One Derelict Passenger At a Timenew
My old missionary companion Mit Romney is a bit of a fussbudget, so none of his close friends were surprised by the recent airplane incident, which I witnessed.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
D.P. Sorensen |
03-02-2010 |
Comedy
A Handy Guide to Surviving a Celebrity Scandalnew
You were getting your typical Saturday night drink and dance on at the club when suddenly you were swept into the VIP section and into the toned, tanned arms of a celebrity. One thing led to another and pretty soon you were the booty call on his speed dial. What to do?
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jack Colton and Xania Woodman |
12-17-2009 |
Comedy
Comedian Todd Barry: Twitter Contributed Information to This Reportnew
Like Will Ferrell, Kevin Nealon and Bob Newhart, Todd Barry is cursed with being naturally funny. Everything he says, whether reading a cereal box or telling a "knock knock" joke, just sounds funny. He has recently been named a "hot twitterer."
San Diego CityBeat |
David Day |
12-16-2009 |
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?"
A More Tolerant Colorado Welcomes a More Levelheaded Paula Poundstonenew

Poundstone remembers two things about Colorado Springs: "that the Yellow Pages had eight pages of churches," and that it was covered with billboards. Her billboards.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
10-01-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: Paula Poundstone, NPR
Text Your Friendsnew
Something is wrong with the youth of today.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
08-05-2009 |
Comedy
Good Mama: Pondering Motherhoodnew
Four weeks ago I shot my own little "chick-let" out of my vagina and unceremoniously became someone’s parent. Although I've had almost a month to get used to the idea, I still sit around my house and scream, "Holy Crap! I have a kid!" at least once a day.
Jackson Free Press |
Lori Gregory |
07-26-2009 |
Comedy
Converter-Box Conspiracynew
It's been one week since the digital television transition deadline. Did you get your analog-to-digital converter box yet?
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
06-26-2009 |
Comedy
Ask a Mexican: Are You Still Beating Your Senora?new
Loaded question aside, Mexican men are infamous for spousal abuse in the gabacho mind partly out of stereotype (the machismo cult, the most misunderstood cultural tendency since the American love of empire-building), but also partly out of truth.
Team-Building Bowling Leads to Plastic Heels and Smoke Machinesnew
Seemingly tame bowling shenanigans involving two hours of light ribaldry, the greased-up wings of dead chickens and innumerable buckets of beer are usually a gateway to somebody sexually falling into somebody else in the bushes outside a karaoke bar, and, with any luck, some inappropriate behavior featuring nudity and very blue language. Let the games begin.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-21-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: humor
Turkey Terror Talenew
It was anything by Tom foolery for an alternative journalist attacked by wild turkeys in an historic Brookline, Massachusetts park. Film at 11.
Boston Phoenix |
Lance Gould and Emily Mello |
05-14-2009 |
Comedy
Pregnant with Possibilitiesnew
Columnist Lori Gregory reports from her 11 millionth month of pregnancy.
Jackson Free Press |
Lori Gregory |
05-11-2009 |
Comedy
Fighting the Pig Cootiesnew
How will the Mexican Pig Cooties affect financially challenged urban residents?
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
05-11-2009 |
Comedy