10/14/2008
Monday's late-night TV wrap-up (AP via Yahoo! News)
Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate. A sampling from Monday night:
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10/14/2008
Driving a Model T: Ford humor (Deseret Morning News)
In common vernacular, the Model T became known as the Tin Lizzie and the Flivver. After 1914, the standard joke became that you could have any color as long as it was black. (Actually, the black paint was an efficiency move.
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10/14/2008
Ad's humor lost on critics of 59 (Rocky Mountain News)
Proponents of a state savings account to carry schools through tough times unveiled a television ad Monday that depicts politicians stealing money from students.
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10/14/2008
A healthy dose of humor - Woman who survived cancer takes on Big Tobacco in her comedy act (Missoulian)
POLSON - Like Bob Newhart, San Francisco comedienne Rene Hicks used to be an accountant. And perhaps, like Newhart, she “killed ’em” - had her audience rolling in the aisles - while on stage.
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10/14/2008
Celebrity Side Dish (New York Daily News)
News flash: Prince has a sense of humor. Dave Chappelle once did a wicked bit on the Purple One (in which he spoofed his "Zorro outfit"). But the enigmatic entertainer still invited Chappelle to an intimate benefit show.
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10/14/2008
'30 Rock' star Tina Fey to write humor book (The Daily American)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tina Fey, already the busiest of stars thanks to her Emmy-winning role in "30 Rock" and definitive impersonation of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is working on a book.
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10/14/2008
Monday's late-night TV wrap-up (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate.
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10/14/2008
WMD (The Columbus Dispatch)
Web sites of Mass Distraction are entertainment-oriented sites (humor, jokes, office time-killers).
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10/14/2008
Signs of times add up for homeless on the street (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
On a downtown sidewalk, two panhandlers have set down more than 100 cardboard messages. Some signs use humor to ask for money. Others sound a universal plea: Be Kind.
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10/14/2008
PNC students present potpourri of political satire (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
FOR THE TIMES WESTVILLE | Purdue University North Central students will present "Of Thee I Sing - And More: American Political Satire Through The Years," a fun, yet thought-provoking look at the zingers, one-liners and political humor that have been jabbed at political candidates through the years.
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