• September 2, 2012 •
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Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Cultural History, Love, Music, The Emotions, Women
Tags: "The Midnight Special", African Americans, Al McKay, Arts, Aruba, Black Women, Blacks, California, Caribbean, Clarence McDonald, Comedy, David Adkins, Different World, Earth Wind and Fire, EWF, Funk, HBO, Houseguest, Jingle All the Way, Los Angeles, Love, Maurice White, McDonald, Music, Nostalgia, Showtime, Sinbad, Sinbad's Summer Jam, Soul, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States
• July 29, 2011 •
Comments Off on Jason Alexander Says Netflix Price Increase Was The Worst Thing to Happen to White People in “Funny or Die” Video
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Consumerism, Cultural History, Film, Mental Health/Psychology
Tags: Bitching, California, Comedy, Complaining, DVD, Facebook, Faux Charities, Funny or Die, Gone Viral, Jason Alexander, Jerry Lewis, Netflix, Pilates, Price Increase, Price Increases, Raising Rates, The Netflix Relief Fund, Videos, Viral Video, White People, White People's Complaints, White Whine
• June 13, 2011 •
Comments Off on Tracy Morgan: It Wasn’t Humor or Free Speech, It Was Hate and An Apology Is Too Little Too Late
Posted in African American History, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drug Culture/Industry, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "30 Rock", "Bossypants", Aberration, African Americans, Anus, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Child Abuse, Chris Rock, Comedians, Comedy, Common Sense, Drug Culture, Emmy Award, Gays, Hate Speech, Heterosexual, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Kevin Rogers, Lenny Bruce, LGBT, Lorne Michaels, Love, Murder, Penis, Prison Behavior, Racism, Rape, Richard Pryor, Ryman Auditorium, Saturday Night Live, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sin, SNL, SNL Alumni, Street Culture, Subjective, The Eighties, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, United States, Vaginas, Whiteness
• May 8, 2011 •
Comments Off on Getting “Real”: Bill Maher’s New Rules For Republicans After The Past Two Weeks
Posted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill Maher, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Democrats, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, International Terrorism, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Late Night TV, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Pakistan, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Real Time with Bill Maher", Africa, African American, African Americans, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Bill Maher, Black, Cleaning House, Comedy, Commentary, Common Sense, Conspiracy Theories, Defense, FBP, First Black President, GOP, Grecian Formula, HBO, Just for Men, Michael Eric Dyson, National Security, Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama, Punditry, Pundits, Racism, Republican, Saudi Arabia, Seth Meyers, The Economy, The Rich, The White House Correspondents' Dinner, Timothy Geithner, Tora Bora, Twin Towers, United States
• March 29, 2011 •
Comments Off on That GEICO “Do Dogs Chase Cats?” Commercial
Posted in Animals, Comedy, Commercials, Television
Tags: "Bullitt", "Do Dogs Chase Cats?", 30-Second Spot, Car Chases, Comedy, GEICO, Humor, Insurance, Martin Agency, Recreation, Saturday Night Live, Steve McQueen, Television Advertisement, Toonces the Driving Cat, TV Ad
• March 7, 2011 •
Comments Off on Chad Vader Reports on The Demonstrations in Madison for Faux Noise
Posted in American Politics, Arts, Budget Cuts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Film, Journalism and Ethics, Labor History, Labor Relations, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: Aaron Yonda, Capitol Square, Chad, Chad Vader, Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager, Comedy, Darth Vader, Faux Noise, Fox News, Governor Walker, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Matt Sloan, News Coverage, Onions, Plastic Palm Trees, Puppies, The Capitol Building, Tongue-in-Cheek, Unions, Wisconsin
• October 28, 2010 •
Comments Off on The President with Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show,” October 27, 2010
Posted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Democrats, Homelessness, Joblessness, Jon Stewart/"The Daily Show", Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Stephen Colbert, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill
Tags: 2010, African Americans, Cable, Charlie Sheen, Citizens, Comedy, Comedy Central, Congress, Cop Shooting, Daily Show, David Arquette, Democrats, Eugene Walker, Exclusive Interview, Fake News Show, FBP, First Black President, Fitchburg WI, GOTV, Interview, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jon Stewart, Midterm Elections, Obama Administration, POTUS, President, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Stephen Colbert, Students, The Daily Show, The House of Representatives, The Midterm Elections 2010, The Senate, United States, Young, Youth, Youth Vote
• August 23, 2010 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Education, Journalism and Ethics, Maya Angelou, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The N Word
Tags: Africa, African Americans, Blacks, Chappelle's Show, Comedy, Comedy Writer, Common Sense, Dave Chappelle, Dialogue, Dr. Laura, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Electronic Urban Report, Howard Stern, Love, Mental Illness, Nita 'Jade' Hanson, Nita Hanson, Paul Mooney, Richard Pryor, The N Word, The Right Wing, The Seventies, Wingnuts
• July 15, 2010 •
Comments Off on That Brother in the Old Spice Commercial is Back
Posted in Acting, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, Film, Race, Television
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Comedy, Commercial, Handsome, Isaiah Mustafa, Jack-in-the-Box, Men, Old Spice, Old Spice After Shave, Old Spice Body Wash, Product, Rodney Allen Rippy, Sobriquet, Spokesperson, The Guy in the Old Spice Commercial, The Little Boy in the Jack-in-the-Box Commercials, The Old Spice Guy, The Shulton Company, Tongue-in-Cheek, Towel, TV Commercial, TV Commercials, Women
• May 11, 2010 •
Comments Off on Coco at Google Hdqtrs: Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter, May 5
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Television
Tags: Andy Richter, California, Coco, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Writer, Conan O'Brien, Creativity, Google, Jay Leno, Northern California, Stand-Up Comedian, The Tonight Show, Writer, You Tube
• April 15, 2010 •
2 Comments
Posted in Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Erykah Badu, Sexuality, Television, Wanda Sykes, Women
Tags: "Window Seat", African Americans, Blacks, Comedy, Controversy, Erykah Badu, Getting Naked, Jack and Jill Politics, Late Night TV, Laughter, Played for Laughs, Playing It for Laughs, Talk Show, Video, Wanda Sykes, Young Black and Fabulous
• January 31, 2010 •
Comments Off on Novelist and Playwright Chris Abani Tells Stories About Our Shared Humanity
Posted in Africans, Arts, Black People, Comedy, Drama, Film, History, Love, Memoir, Nigeria, People of Color, Race, Religion, South Africa, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Masters of the Board", Buddhism, Chris Abani, Comedy, Drama, English, Igbo, Imprisonment, London UK, Memoirs, Monologist, Monologue, Political Prisoner, Solitary Confinement, Ubuntu, UC Riverside, University of California, Video
• December 29, 2009 •
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Posted in American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Democrats, Education, Fashion, Film, Gossip, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, History, Love, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: 2009, Barack Obama, Comedy, Common Sense, Drama, End of Decade, Jib Jab, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, News Stories, The 2000s, TMZ.com, Videos, Year in Review
• November 4, 2009 •
Comments Off on Carl Ballantine, Magician and “Gruber,” Dies at 92
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Film, Television
Tags: "McHale's Navy", "The California Raisins", "The Cosby Show", Captain Binghamton, Carl Ballantine, Chicago IL, Claymation', Comedy, Commander McHale, Jams Yoda, Lester Gruber, Magic, Meyer Kessler, The Great Ballantine, Vaudeville, Yoshio Yoda
• July 31, 2009 •
Comments Off on “Away We Go”: This is One Movie I Want to See
Posted in Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, Maya Rudolph, Race, Women
Tags: "Away We Go", African Americans, Biracials, Children, Comedy, Drama, Family, Growing Up, John Krasinski, Love, Lover, Madison WI, Marriage, Maya Rudolph, Minnie Riperton, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Road Film, Saturday Night Live, SNL, The 608 Sundance Cinema, Travel
• May 10, 2009 •
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Posted in American Politics, Bailouts, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Obama Administration, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: Barack Obama, Comedy, Faux Noise, Joyriding, Keith Olbermann, Michelle Obama, Rahm Emmanuel, Roast, Sasha and Malia Obama, Wanda Sykes, White House Correspondents Association
• May 10, 2009 •
2 Comments
Posted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Obama Administration, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Barack Obama, Comedy, Dick Cheney, Kidneys, Michelle Obama, Osama bin Laden, Roast, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Treason, Wanda Sykes, Waterboarding, White House Correspondents Association
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