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Archives: Humor
The Day Beyoncé Turned Black – SNL
Saturday Night Live | (Video satire) | - - "It's the day white people never saw coming: when Beyoncé turned black." Saturday Night Live: " "The Day Beyoncé Turned Black" - SNL"
Despite Risks, Egypt’s Cartoonists Take on increasingly Authoritarian Regime of al-Sisi
By Mohamed Hassan | ( Global Voices ) | - - Cartoonist Islam Gawish. Photograph from his Facebook page. Photograph by Mostafa Darwish. Less than two weeks after the fifth anniversary of…
George W. Bush Cold Open – Saturday Night Live
Will Ferrell | (Saturday Night Live Video Spoof) | - - "President George W. Bush (Will Ferrell) announces he's entering the presidential race and assesses the current crop of GOP candidates." George…
In Honor of Jon Stewart’s Finale, that time he showed a Juan Cole clip re: al-Qaeda
By Juan Cole | (informed Comment) | - - Jon Stewart is the most brilliant man on television, and Steve Colbert said it well, that we've all learned from him "how to…
Daily Show Iraq: Ahmed Albasheer Fights ISIL/ Daesh With Comedy
AJ+ | (Video Report) - - "Every week, millions of people tune in to watch Iraqi comedian Ahmed Albasheer lampoon ISIL on his version of The Daily Show. Here's how he's fighting…
After NBC says “You’re fired!” for bigotry, crybaby Donald Trump brandishes Lawsuit
Associated Press | (Video Report) | - - "Donald Trump says he may sue NBC after the network announced it's ending its business relationship with the mogul and presidential candidate over Trump's…
Jon Stewart on Iran, Israel and Directing Rosewater: “It Turns out the Middle East is Somewhat of a Hotbed”
By Alexander Bisley | (Lumiere Reader) | - - N.B. Rosewater is now streaming at Amazon Instant Video and will be available on Netflix beginning June 10 It’s slightly surreal interviewing Jon…
Aasif Mandvi Wants You To Laugh At Islamophobia
AJ+ | - "The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi is tackling American Muslim stereotypes with his greatest weapon: comedy. On April 9, the comedian debuted his four-episode web sitcom Halal in the Family…
Maz Jobrani: I’m not a Terrorist but I’ve played one on TV (Interview)
AJ+ | - "Comedian Maz Jobrani talks with Dena Takruri of AJ+ about playing a terrorist, being part of the axis of evil, and Disney's Jafar." AJ+ : " Playing A Terrorist…
The Daily Show was never ‘real’ news – but came (depressingly) close
Julia Fox, Indiana University | (The Conversation) Jon Stewart’s Tuesday night announcement that he’ll be leaving the Daily Show garnered an audible cry of disbelief from his live studio audience. Stewart himself…
Fast Times at ISIS High: What Terrorists Want to Teach your Children (Taiwan Spoof)
Taiwanese Animators | (ISISville Series) - "Welcome to ISISville! The animated series that examines life under the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant! You’ve read the headlines. So you know ISIS…
Over 80 Cartoonists And Comics Workers Boycott Israeli Occupation Firms
By IMEMC News & Agencies Report post More than 80 cartoonists and other workers in the comics industry, including colorists, writers, critics, and editors, from over 20 countries, signed an open letter…
The real Meaning of Fox’s “Fair and Balanced”
Paul Jamiol | (Jamiol's World) Via Jamiol's World
‘State of War’ & Surveillance won’t help Press Freedom after ‘Charlie’
By A. D. McKenzie | PARIS (IPS) - In the wake of last week’s attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that left 12 people dead, a heated battle of opinion is…
Fox ‘News’ Schooled By French ‘Daily Show’ On Muslim ‘No-Go Zones’
AJ+ | -- "The host of France’s “Le Petit Journal,” Yann Barthès, asked his audience to flood Fox News with claims about Parisian “no-go zones.” Since the Charlie Hebdo attack, several Fox…
Paris Rally: Charlie Hebdo Team regret not Parading Caricatures of Hypocritical World Leaders
Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Le Monde reported on the Charlie Hebdo team at the Paris rally on Sunday, the largest demonstrations in France since the end of World War II. They…
Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The horrific murder of the editor, cartoonists and other staff of the irreverent satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, along with two policemen, by terrorists in Paris was…
Blogging Colbert (In honor of the Finale of the Colbert Report)
Reprint: So I was on the Colbert Report, hosted by Stephen Colbert at Comedy Central, on Wednesday night, to promote my new book, Engaging the Muslim World.The clip is up at the…