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Compiled by Daniel Kurtzman
This Just In:
• Buttgate: Did Barack Obama check out a girl's butt at the G8 Summit? See the photo, watch the video and judge for yourself
• Check out the
week's best late-night jokes and the
week in political cartoons
•
As Sarah Palin prepares to step down as governor, we salute
her unforgettable time in the national limelight by looking back at her
political life in pictures.
•
View a collection of
amusing cartoons about quitter Sarah Palin
•
"Pulling
a Palin" has made it into the Urban Dictionary. It's defined as
"Quitting when the going gets tough; abandoning the responsibility
entrusted to you by your neighbors for book advances and to make money
on the lecture circuit" and “Bizarre move that will damn ambitions for
higher office."
•
Watch a hilarious Keith Olbermann segment saluting the GOP's
embarrassing political catch
phrases, from "wide stance" to "hiking the old Appalachian Trail."
•
Play
Where's the Naughty Governor, courtesy of Addicting Games
•
Sen. John Ensign's parents
made payments to his mistress and her family
•
The Daily Show presents the
best of Jon Stewart's interviews with comedians. One host. 23 comedy
legends. Three minutes and 45 seconds of interview gold.
•
David Letterman presents the
Top 10 Messages on Sarah Palin's Answering Machine: #1: "Hey, it's
McCain. Who would've thought you'd retire before I did"
•
From projectile vomiting to stained dresses, here are the
Top 10 Famous Politicians and Their Disgusting Bodily Functions,
courtesy of Apoliticus
•
The late-night comedians
skewer Sarah Palin over her resignation. David Letterman:
"Was it something I said?"
• You can't spell Sarah Palin without "anal rash": Fun with
Sarah Palin anagrams
• Borowitz:
New England
Journal of Medicine Reports Mental Health Epidemic Among Republican
Governors
• Watch the first comedian
sworn in as senator
• A great collection of
Michael Jackson tribute cartoons
• See my list of the
Top 10 Real Reasons Sarah Palin Resigned As Governor: #10: She's
pregnant again and is having John Edwards' baby
• Borowitz:
Comedians Mourn Palin Resignation
• Jon Stewart begs
Gov. Mark Sanford to
shut up
• Now that Al Franken has become the first comedian elected
to the Senate, will the
joke now be on him? To get the laughs started, here's a vintage
video clip of
Franken in tights impersonating Mick Jagger on "Solid Gold."
• Watch a
video reenactment of the Mark Sanford affair, the latest in the
conservative erotica series "Drill Baby Drill" from satirist Andy Cobb
• The Mark Sanford affair commemorated in poetry:
Sanford at the Bat
• Stephen Colbert
urges viewers to
take food away from the GOP lawmaker who said that "hunger can be a
positive motivator"
• Stephen Colbert says the "Clinton
Curse" is to blame for Republican adulterers, pointing out that Mark
Sanford is the latest in a long line of Republican men who started
cheating on their wives after the Lewinsky scandal.
• Jon Stewart blasts FOX News's Glenn Beck and guest Michael
Scheuer for
promoting the slaughter of Americans
• New cartoons about
comedian-turned Senator Al Franken.
• A Vanity Fair article
titled "It
Came From Wasilla" paints a devastating portrait of Sarah Palin
that describes her life as an "unholy amalgam of Desperate Housewives
and Northern Exposure." Among the revelations: one of John
McCain's advisers called her
"little shop of horrors"; she writes
creepy emails
to friends pretending to be God; and she's a
compulsive liar.
• Here's a handy
Republican Sex Scandal Flowchart, courtesy of Talking Points Memo
• NotTheLATimes:
White House Orders
Celebrities to Stop Dying in Threes
• Borowitz Report:
Madoff to Share
Cell With O.J.
• See out our complete roundup of
jokes about the Mark Sanford sex scandal
• Former George mayor
arrested for nudity
• Wonkette presents a
children's treasury of presidents posing with Michael Jackson
• See a collection of
Michael Jackson tribute cartoons
• The Onion:
Obama To Hold Job Performance Review With Every American Worker
• Stephen Colbert
declares himself Governor of South
Carolina
•
Watch "Ahmadinejad
Tweets Back," the latest spoof video from Funny Or Die, in
which Ahmadinejad gets a Twitter account and tries to master the new
social media.
• Bill Maher:
Democrats Have Moved To The Right And The Right Has Moved Into A Mental
Hospital
• Borowitz Report:
Ayatollah: Green Twitter Avatars 'Number One Threat' to Regime
• The Onion:
U.S. To Trade Gold Reserves For Cash Through Cash4Gold.com
• In response to the above story from The
Onion, Cash4Gold has made an actual offer to
purchase U.S. gold reserves for $240 billion
• Catch
complete highlights from the Radio and TV Correspondents' Dinner,
including President Obama
roasting the press, John Hodgman
roasting Obama for being a "nerd," plus JibJab's new animated video
portraying Obama as a superhero.
• The Daily Show mocks Republicans for
comparing themselves to Iranian protesters
• Jeff Goldblum makes
an
impassioned plea for flies on Colbert
• Watch all the Letterman-Palin drama in
one minute, courtesy of HuffPost Comedy
• Twitter users are
mercilessly heckling Rep. Pete Hoekstra for what may be the dumbest
tweet ever by a public official
• The Daily Show goes to Iran and gets
access to evil
• David Letterman
pokes fun at the "Fire David Letterman" protest and presents a top
10 list of things overheard at the rally
• The Onion weighs in on
Letterman's apology
to Palin
• The Daily Show
mocks CNN's Iran coverage
• David Letterman
apologizes to Sarah Palin for joke about her daughter, calling it
"beyond flawed"
• Bill Maher
takes on Obama: "This isn't what I voted for"
• See our compilation of the
Top 10 late-night jokes about Bristol Palin, proving that
Letterman's controversial joke is not new territory for the late-night
comedians
• Sarah Palin
intensifies her war of words with Letterman during an appearance on
The Today Show, saying that Letterman's joke had contributed to
the "acceptance of abuse of young women" and calling on people to "start
really rising up."
• Stephen Colbert
flies with the Air Force Thunderbirds in Iraq
• George W. Bush gives a shout-out to the troops and
mocks Colbert for his press corps dinner speech
• David Letterman
defends himself against Sarah Palin's charge of making
"sexually perverted" comments about her daughter
• Borowitz Report:
Slutty Flight Attendants March in Solidarity with Palin
• Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones visits the New York
Times offices for a hysterical segment titled "End
Times."
• Jon Stewart responds to
Joe Scarborough's "Napoleon Complex" jab
• Stephen Colbert and Tom Hanks make
care packages for the troops
• Katie Halper presents
5 Things Americans Need to Know About Obama the Elitist Muslim
• Watch complete highlights from
Stephen Colbert's visit to Iraq, including
President Obama ordering General Ray Odierno to
shave Colbert's head, Colbert going through
basic training, and Colbert's official
declaration of victory in Iraq.
• The Onion:
Michelle Obama's Arms Meet With Sri Lankan Refugees
• David Letterman presents the
Top Ten Highlights of Sarah Palin's Trip to New York. #2: Bought
makeup from Bloomingdale's to update her "slutty flight attendant" look.
• Jon Stewart
hammers FOX News For Obama coverage
• Onion News Network video:
Obama Drastically Scales Back Goals For America After Visiting Denny's
• Borowitz Report:
Gingrich
Accuses Sotomayor of Faking Broken Ankle
• Former President George H.W. Bush has his
own private stimulus package
• Stephen Colbert has deployed to Iraq for a USO tour: "Operation
Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando."
• The Daily Show
rips apart Dick Cheney for blaming 9/11 on Richard Clarke
• Borowitz Report: Cheney Rips "Missed Opportunity"
of Obama's Speech: "That Was the Perfect Time to Bomb Them"
• President Obama surprises The Tonight Show audience with
a
special message declaring that Conan O'Brien will do an "outstanding
job," but warns that there will be no bailout if he screws it up.
• Watch David Letterman's
Sonia Sotomayor pronunciation roundup
• President Obama
critiques Fred Armisen's impression of him on Saturday Night
Live, noting, "the ears aren't quite as big on the show as they are
in person. That's presumably a makeup situation they can do something
about."
• Stephen Colbert will be the first-ever
guest editor of Newsweek for the issue that hits newsstands
on June 8
• Jon Stewart weighs in on
Republican attacks against Sotomayor and Stephen Colbert
laments the
persecution of white minorities
• Watch highlights from
Conan O'Brien "Tonight Show" debut and
Jay Leno's last "Tonight Show"
•
Watch a montage of the
best political moments from The Tonight Show, including
appearances by Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Al Gore, and others.
• Katie Halper
looks at the
Ten Most Shocking Personal Moments of the Supreme Court
•
In the wake of the California Supreme Court's decision this week to
uphold Prop 8, we've rounded up the
best humor about the gay marriage controversy.
• Apoliticus presents a list of the
top 10 people who just won't go away, including Dick Cheney, the
Palins, and Joe the Plumber
•
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is turning out to be a
regular
laugh riot, averaging 10 laughs per day, Politico reports.
• Wanda Sykes
mocks the media's coverage of Michelle Obama during an appearance on
The Tonight Show
•
As Jay Leno prepares to depart The Tonight Show, we pay
tribute by saluting his
best presidential punch lines over the last 17 years.
• Borowitz Report:
U.S. to Respond
to North Korea with ‘Strongest Possible Adjectives'
• See a highlight reel of
Jay Leno's best bloopers of the last 17 years
• Funny pic of the week:
Anticipation
• The Daily Show dissects the
Cheney vs. Obama duel
• Watch the latest installment of
Auto-Tune the News
on Cuba, Afghan friendship, and two-party woes
• Watch a highlight reel featuring the
best of Jay Leno's celebrity correspondents
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