Political Satire, Political Humor and Political Comedy that is Often Indigestible
Romney vs. Obama: 1,000 Ways To Die (Grave Decisions) On May 14, 2008 the Spike Television Network debuted their latest enchantment of a show that they lovingly called 1,000 Ways To Die. “Stylizatations 1000 Ways to Die takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to death through its presentation of stories derived from myths and science, and the [...]
One day a man from Washington came to town and told us that we consistently elected members of his opposition party to act as our public servants on the federal, state and local level. According to his way of thinking, this was bull headed, generally damnable, and probably criminal. But he had come to set [...]
Restoring Truthiness cartoonist Molly Brandenburg is known for being a cat lover, and now her second book of cat cartoons, THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS, has been nominated for an award in the Global Ebook Awards competition, which honors outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction published in Ebook form. The awards ceremony will be held this [...]
Andrew Harnik’s photo of a lone, clenched fist next to Ron Paul at a rally in Iowa won the first-place prize in the “Eyes of History” annual competition. The award given by the White House Photographers Association was the fourth first-place win for the Washington Times’ photographer. The photo has also been called the “Political Photo [...]
Restoring Truthiness cartoonist (and comedy performer) Molly Brandenburg will perform as her lounge act character, Miss Peggy Judy, on Monday night, February 20 at the legendary Comedy Store Club at 8433 W. Sunset Blvd, in West Hollywood, at 8PM, in a lineup of comedians. $10 cover.Ms. Brandenburg’s cartoons can be seen as a regular feature on [...]
Whitney Houston: Newark City Counsel Loses Its Star Spangled Banner: On Jan. 27, 1991,Whitney Houston took to the field at Tampa Stadium prior to Super Bowl XXV to sing the national anthem. The pop star had recorded the vocal weeks before in a Los Angeles studio and lip-synched the song, but few in the crowd [...]
Image via Wikipedia Rick Santorum: Pretty Ricky Do-or-Die It’s officially do-or-die time for Santorum (urr, yeah, he’s still running), and he needs to win two of these three races (Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri) to keep his White House chances alive. While the races in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri haven’t received the same kind of attention [...]
Did you know that in Germany it’s illegal for one driver to flip off another? It’s one of the most common traffic violations cited in German courts. One has to wonder why, in a country where by simply rolling your Rs around you can change the English word for ‘bitter’ into German ‘please’, someone decided [...]
Restoring Truthiness writer Bill Dixon recently signed on to write for comedian David Feldman’s radio show. Feldman is an Emmy award winning comedy writer and performer who has written for ABC’s Roseanne, HBO’s Dennis Miller Live and Real Time with Bill Maher, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Martin Short, Triumph the Insult [...]
