Wide World of Teaching
Perhaps comedians are the public intellectuals of our day. Imagine a world where we watched the draft of the nation’s top teachers. I would love to watch that prime time television event.
Tag Archives: Comedy
Photo of the Week, 22 March 2015
Sometimes you just need to go out ‘late’ to be entertained. And that’s just what we did.
Posted in Photo of the Week Tagged Blue Note, Columbia, Comedy, Drag, Missouri, Music, Performance Art, RuPaul, Theatre Leave a comment
Bridge-gate
Sometimes, a good parody is what’s needed in the world.
Posted in Headlines, Just Because Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Chris Christie, Comedy, Controversy, George Washington Bridge, Humor, Jimmy Fallon, New Jersey, Politics, Television Leave a comment
Tom Davis, 1952-2012
Two years ago, Columbia College had the honor of bringing Tom Davis, of Franken and Davis, to campus to speak with our students and the community. As the organizer of his visit to C.C., I got to spend a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Just Because Tagged Al Franken, Columbia College, Comedy, Humor, Improv, R.I.P., Satire and Parody, Saturday Night Live, Tom Davis 1 Comment
The World’s First (?) Jokes?
It’s easy to forget that the first ‘books’ were clay tablets from Mesopotamia around 4000 B.C. Or that the first ‘newspapers’ were printed in China 1,200 years ago. Now, archaeologists seem to have found civilization’s first ‘jokes.’ The Colbert Report … Continue reading
Photo of the Week, 7 August 2011
Happy 100th Birthday, Lucille!
Stephen Colbert Makes Me Smile…
… for so many reasons. This is the reason today.
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Politics and “Truthiness”
I think Stephen Colbert’s truthiness is really getting a run for its money in this election. Check out the link below for this campaign season’s fact-checking machine. The Annenberg Political Fact Check http://www.factcheck.org/just-the-facts/.html Stephen Colbert introduces truthiness
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George Carlin 1937-2008
Counterculture comic. Obscene. Genius. Fearless. Wise. Revolutionary. Seven words to describe the man whose seven words defined an era and continue to impact those of us in the wake of his innovation. George Carlin should be the only one speaking … Continue reading
Posted in In General Tagged Comedy, Freedom of Speech, Humor, Icon, Performance, Politics, Popular Culture, R.I.P. Leave a comment
