Viral Video Of The Day
200K views already for a contestant on America's Got Talent.
(Tipped by JMG reader Mimi)
Labels: America's Got Talent, comedy, drag
200K views already for a contestant on America's Got Talent.
Labels: America's Got Talent, comedy, drag
Fake Tea Party reporter Susie Sampson took to the streets to poll passersby on same-sex marriage. She ran into some interesting people.
Labels: comedy, marriage equality, Tea Party
"Turns out there's an actual reason why babies cry on airplanes. And it's because they're upset that gay people are getting married."
Labels: comedy, Louis CK, marriage equality
NBC News reports:
Joan Rivers, a pioneering female stand-up comic and the queen of "Can We Talk?" gossip, has died. She was 81. Rivers was undergoing surgery on her vocal cords at a clinic in New York City on Aug. 28 when she stopped breathing and had to be transported to Mount Sinai Hospital. Her daughter, Melissa Rivers, and her 13-year-old grandson, Cooper, who lived with her in Malibu, Calif., rushed to her bedside. Raspy-voiced and brassy, Rivers was always self-deprecating, foul-mouthed and politically incorrect. A master of reinvention, she endured in show business because of her tenacious work ethic — which she credited to her "immigrant mentality." Comedians typically push the envelope, but Rivers proved time and again that she didn't even see the envelope. To her fans, she was as shocking as she was endearing.Rivers' family is reportedly considered suing the clinic for placing an elderly person under outpatient anesthesia.
Labels: comedy, Joan Rivers, obituary, television
It's "somewhere in Ireland, 2017" and a straight couple has barricaded themselves in their home because of the "armagayddon" wrought by same-sex marriage. Watch every hilarious second of this.
Labels: comedy, Ireland, marriage equality, PSA
Via the Independent:
Comedians Rubberbandits have released a new song on YouTube which has proven an instant hit with fellow comedians. The song 'Fellas' champions everybody's right to explore their sexuality with the words, "If you want to f*** a fella, f*** a fella" mouthed by a puppet version of Hollywood actor Gabriel Byrne. The song continues with its anti-homophobia message with the line, "Cause the world is full of fellas, who will try to put you down, All you have to do is hold your head up high and stand your ground." Comedian Russell brand retweeted the song to his eight million followers with the message, "Always listen to @rubberbandits one day their prophecies may free us all" whilst Frankie Boyle called the song "immense". Panti Bliss tweeted, "Ha! Amazing. @Rubberbandits new song/video about fellas "f***ing fellas" as sung by puppet Gabriel Byrne. Seriously."The video is kinda creepy. Totally not office-friendly.
Labels: Britain, comedy, Rubberbandits
Via Billboard Magazine:
After more than 30 years on the charts, comedian-singer "Weird Al" Yankovic earns his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as "Mandatory Fun" debuts atop the list. The album is the first comedy set to top the chart since 1963, and logs the largest sales week for a comedy album since 1994. "Mandatory Fun" was released July 15 through Way Moby and RCA Records, and sold 104,000 copies in the week ending July 20, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was promoted by a well-received daily viral video campaign that launched Monday, July 14. Starting with his parody of Pharrell's "Happy," Yankovic released eight music videos for the album through the week on various sites, like The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo, Nerdist, College Humor and YouTube.The last comedy album to hit #1 was 1963's My Son, The Nut by Allen Sherman. Steve Martin nearly got there in 1978 when Wild And Crazy Guy peaked at #2.
Labels: Billboard, comedy, pop music, Weird Al
Via the Hollywood Reporter:
A new comedy website is looking to liven up your local weather report. Weather From will launch May 20 to provide daily weather updates with a twist -- actor David Krumholtz will read the report in character as Jewish grandmother Gigi. The comedian has pretaped 35 different video segments that will play based on the weather in a particular region. Daily reports are provided on the website from the National Weather Service. "So many people rely on local weather reports to tell them what's going on every single day," Krumholtz tells THR. "We thought, 'Why not make them laugh while they're watching it?'"Below is the intro clip, visit Weather From for the forecasts.
Labels: comedy, David Krumholtz, drag, silliness
"The Chairman of the International Order of Sodomites discusses the latest in the gay color spectrum."
Labels: comedy, LGBT culture, NYC, stand-up
This hilarious clip from Broad Comedy was posted in March last year, but somehow I missed it. Thanks to JMG reader Aaron for tweeting us the link.
Labels: Broad Comedy, comedy, FTW, homophobia
Clip description:
The Westboro Baptist Church, known for protesting the funerals of children and soldiers with signs reading "God Hates Fags" and "Jews Killed Jesus" went to the Malibu Presbyterian Church and Our Lady of Malibu Catholic Church the morning of Feb. 24th 2013, and Brick Stone (comic Dave Sirus) was there to ruin their day.
Labels: comedy, religion, Westboro