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Lost Journal: A Portrait of the Comedian as a Young Man

Tim Mollen — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:24:51 +0000

Journal entry: September 5, 1991 (age 22) — Comedian as a Young Man At what age does a person develop a sense of humor? As far as laughing goes, that seems to be a behavior that is learned within a few months of birth. But how old is the average person when he or she [more...]

Freedom of Too Much Information

Tina Dupuy — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:42:23 +0000

By Tina Dupuy

Yes, they’re going after terrorists, but our information is in the queue too… just in case We are all celebrities now. Ever since we won Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2006, the same year we first found out about the National Security Administration spying on us, we’ve all become essentially public figures. It’s [more...]

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Father’s Day: Can It Survive?

Danny Tyree — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:32:34 +0000

By Danny Tyree

In another 20 years or so will there even be a Father’s Day? My son Gideon (age nine) assures me that he will be a good father someday, but will that be an empty accomplishment? In another 20 years or so will there even be a Father’s Day? At best, there will be a shortage [more...]

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A Letter from Your Ever-Vigilant Friends at the NSA

Will Durst — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:59:53 +0000

By Will Durst

Think of us at the NSA as your invisible friends Dear U.S. Citizen, Please accept our most egregiously sincere apologies here at the NSA for the difficulties and inconveniences the secret monitoring of your phone records and email and GPS units and foreign travel and bank accounts and yes, even your snail mail, has evidently [more...]

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Superman! Ultimate Hero of the Great American Dream (or Scream?)

Roger Freed — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:08:31 +0000

By Roger Freed

One again screens across America will be displaying that ultimate hero of true American ethics, moral values, virility and down home decency – Superman. Reborn again on the 75 anniversary of his birth in D.C. Comics, the Superhero to end all superheroes is coming once again to save the world and to show it that [more...]

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Book Review: “We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy…A Very Oral History”

Roz Warren — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:55:24 +0000

By Roz Warren

We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy…A Very Oral History — a book review by Roz Warren It has taken the American entertainment industry far too long to realize what women have always known. We’re funny. And we’ve always been funny. We’ve come a long way from the 1950s, when the only well-known [more...]

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Movie Review: “Before Midnight”

Gary Chew — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:08:52 +0000

By Gary Chew

Before Midnight — a film review by Gary Chew On seeing the opening sequences of Richard Linklater’s new film, “Before Midnight,” it was almost as if I had sat through the first scenes of “Stealing Beauty” with Liv Tyler. Unlike Tyler’s circumstance, it wasn’t the Tuscan sun bearing down on two lovers seen in two [more...]

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Eric Holder in New Summer Blockbuster: DOJBall!

Jeff Boldt — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:12:31 +0000

By Jeff Boldt

A performance by Eric Holder and his all-star cast that America won’t soon forget In theaters now! If you liked Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn’s performance in the original 2004 sports comedy, “Dodgeball,” then you are going to love Iron E-Media’s latest release: “DOJBall,” starring Attorney General Eric Holder. With such memorable lines as, “No [more...]

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