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6 old Twitter parody accounts still worth following

Including the Bronx Zoo Cobra, Invisible Obama and Tom Coburn's Beard

Prachi Gupta Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 9:04 PM UTC
Entertainment Twitter, parody, humor, Comedy

It’s OK to use incomplete sentences. Really

Forget what you learned in school. When it comes to writing sentence fragments, even Shakespeare broke the rules

James Harbeck, The Week Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 6:45 PM UTC 46
Life The Week, Language, Grammar

The New York Post gets the Onion treatment

The news outlet spread rumors that a Saudi suspect was in custody, and the satire site is holding them accountable

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 9:16 PM UTC
Media The Onion, New York Post

J: The sexiest letter

Although less than 1 percent of English words start with J, the consonant has some steamy connotations

Bruce Price, The Week Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 6:59 PM UTC
Life The Week, words, humor, alphabet

Neurotic’s guide to fasting

Long afraid of everything, I needed to find out what I was made of -- and what life without Diet Coke was like

Jennifer Wright Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Life Body Wars, Diets, Fasts, Water fast

Jimmy Kimmel presents “Movie: The Movie 2,” the sequel to the greatest film ever not made

Following the Oscars, the comedian released a movie parody with a star-studded cast VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Monday, Feb 25, 2013 6:30 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, jimmy kimmel live

Melissa McCarthy: The new face of slapstick humor

The actress, who gets rammed by a car in "Identity Thief," is changing the way we traditionally see women in comedy

Ted Scheinman, LA Review of Books Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
Social LA Review of Books

My fake college syllabus

As your professor, I plan to take your money, never read your essays and pretend you're not checking Facebook

Adam Mansbach Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 12:30 AM UTC 106
Life Satire, Writers and Writing

Julie Klausner dated horrible men so that you don’t have to

A darkly comic memoir by the hilarious writer/podcaster reflects on her pursuit of love in all the wrong places

Kyle Minor Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Books, Audiobooks, The Listener

Defending Judd Apatow’s midlife crisis

"This Is 40" is being dismissed as a self-indulgent, cringeworthy mess. But that's what makes it so brilliant

Jason Bailey Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:05 PM UTC
Entertainment judd apatow, Paul Rudd

Jerry Seinfeld explains how he writes comedy

The comedian dissects his joke about Pop Tarts VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 10:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, Jerry Seinfeld, Comedy

What do you mean, you don’t know who Gilda Radner is?

"SNL" historians reintroduce the comic genius after some Gilda's Club chapters decide to drop her name VIDEO

Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad Friday, Nov 30, 2012 7:22 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, Gilda's Club, Gilda Radner

Bob Saget is writing a book with “dirty humor”

The comedian and "Full House" star's book is due out in 2014

Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 11:00 PM UTC
Entertainment bob saget, humor, Writing, Comedy

New York Times gets Twitter parody account suspended

The Gray Lady claims it had the feed, which mercilessly mocked its Style section, taken down over copyright issues

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012 9:27 PM UTC
News Twitter, New York Times, parody

PJ O’Rourke: We live in an age of “1984″-lite

The writer examines the five satires that have most influenced the way he sees the world

Anna Blundy, The Browser Monday, Oct 22, 2012 11:30 AM UTC 10
Entertainment political satire, humor

Calvin Trillin wins Thurber Prize for American Humor

It's about time VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Thursday, Oct 4, 2012 3:16 AM UTC
Entertainment humor, calvin trillin

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