Category: Comedy
The success of The Onion...sort of
by Graham 
One of the more interesting (or disturbing) things about The Onion is that articles on the site and its TV channel have become progressively closer to apparent reality over the years.
However, The Onion, despite the closing of the gap between satire an… more »
03/24/14 09:08:18 pm, Daily Round-Up - Monday 17th February 2014
by Graham
1. Today's lawyer-wannabe blusterer - Sean Fodera
As documented by Ken White over at Popehat, Fodera is butthurt and thinks he is qualified on the subject of defamation law. Ken, as usual, attempts to break through his bloviating delusions.
2. Th… more »
Irrational and Irritating hurdles to cat adoption in Duncanville TX
by Graham
This is filed under Comedy because some of it is comedic. The rest is either tragic or teeth-grindingly irritating, depending on your mindset at a given point in time. more »
the US Constitution - The Invisible Amendments
by Graham
It is a little known fact that in addition to the 28 existing Amendments to the US Constitution, there are several other Amendments. They are written in invisible ink so that you cannot see them, but any person born in the USA knows that they exist. Th… more »
More Paul Merton genius
by Graham
In the first part of this extract from "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", Paul Merton acts as Josey Lawrence's translator from, er, Swedish...his second line is the jaw-dropper, we all fell off our chairs in the UK laughing when this came into the living room..… more »
Paul Merton - The LSD-addled policeman sketch
by Graham
One of the great comic inventions of Paul Merton, where he plays a policeman reporting incidents that occurred while he was on an acid trip. Note Paul's impeccable use of classic British Police Language. more »
Tony Hancock - The Blood Donor
by Graham
I grew up listening to radio comedy in the 1960's. At the time, Tony Hancock was THE biggest name in comedy in the UK, and would remain so, until his personality defects and addiction to alcohol gradually overwhelmed him and destroyed his career. In many… more »
John Cleese - two forgotten gems
by Graham
In 1979, when I went to the cinema to see Monty Python's "Life of Brian", the first item to be shown, following the usual perky and utterly annoying adverts, was a travel documentary about various places in Europe...at least, that was how it started out,… more »
We finally have an excuse to rival "the dog ate my homework"...
by Graham
Wait for it...courtesy of the Guardian newspaper:
A Florida man says his cat downloaded child pornography.
Police are charging Keith Griffin of Jensen Beach, Florida with 10 counts of possession of child pornography after finding more than 1,000 images… more »