Category Archives: HUMOR

Happy 25th Anniversary, Smiley :-)

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Kevin

Twenty-five years ago, September 19, 1982, the smiley emoticon colon – hyphen – close parenthesis, was born at Carnegie Mellon University in the U.S., thanks to Professor Scott E. Fahlman. Now we’ve graduated to big smiles and sticking tongues out … Continue reading →

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2007 Talk Like a Pirate Day

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Kevin

Arrr! Wednesday, the 19th of September be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Talk like one or get called a bilge rat. The day was started in 1995 and popularized by humor columnist Dave Barry in 2002, even before the … Continue reading →

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2007 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest winners

Posted on August 7, 2007 by Kevin

It’s time for the results of San Jose State University English Department’s annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (sjsu.edu/depts/english/2007.htm). [EDIT (6/6/10): dead link] According to the official site, the contest is a whimsical literary competition that challenges entrants to compose the opening … Continue reading →

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‘The Wal-Mart Song’ by Rhett and Link

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Kevin

The live-performance video of “The Wal-Mart Song” has continued to make me laugh on repeated viewings, especially the final verse. It’s an ode to the diversity of products available at Wal-Mart stores. Link to video The song is by the … Continue reading →

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MySpace and Just for Laughs / Juste pour Rire Festival

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Kevin

MySpace is celebrating the first anniversary of its comedians’ section and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Just for Laughs/Juste pour Rire Montreal comedy festival (July 12-22, 2007) by showing live video from the festival. MySpace already has short clips from … Continue reading →

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Summer 2007 Youtube sketch comedy contest

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Kevin

If you’re good at making sketch-comedy videos, you could win video-making equipment, a trip to the premiere of the movie Hot Rod (IMDb listing), and a contract to make a video for Sierra Mist in the Youtube Sketchies sketch comedy … Continue reading →

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‘The New Yorker’ weekly cartoon-caption contest

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Kevin

The New Yorker magazine is known for its cartoons (site) as much as for its articles. You can join the party by submitting a caption for other cartoons in their contest. If you’re a U.S. resident, 18 years old or … Continue reading →

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Tax humor

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Kevin

America’s Internal Revenue Service (“Our Last Name is ‘Service’”) has been kind enough to collect and share some quotes about taxes, some of them humorous (the quotes, not the taxes) [via ScrippsNews]. Here are a few: “People who complain about … Continue reading →

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‘Thank God You’re Here’ comedy April 9, 2007

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Kevin

Do you want to see actors and comedians being courageous? Wait no more . . . than a few days. As I mentioned a couple months ago (U.S. reality comedy ‘Thank God You’re Here’), NBC is coming out with an … Continue reading →

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Second City college comedy classes

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Kevin

Chicago’s famous The Second City Training Center is now offering a college “semester abroad” in comedy history, performance, improvisation, and writing through Columbia College Chicago (suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/entertainment/253209,5_1_WA12_ILLCOMEDY_S1.article) [EDIT (6/4/10): dead link]. Comedy Studies program There have been individual college classes in … Continue reading →

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