“The President Show” just may be the next “Colbert Report”
The President Show just may be the next Colbert Report – the two certainly share some comedic DNA. And if last Thursday’s confident debut is any indication, Anthony Atamanuik’s talk-prov blend may show that Comedy Central has finally stumbled on a satirical successor to the genre-breaking juggernaut that helped defined them for almost nine years. The President […]
How to Tweet like Donald Trump
By skillfully (or, perhaps, cluelessly) manipulating Twitter’s allotted 140 characters, Donald Trump has propelled himself into the presidency. Twitter is to Trump what the basketball court is to Lebron James — and you should never take on your opponent on his home court (a lesson that Hillary Clinton learned the hard way in the 2016 election). Trump may […]
“The President Show” gets an extension from Comedy Central, will run through the summer
Good news, fake Trump fans: Anthony Atamanuik’s brilliant political satire, The President Show, just got a seven-episode extension from Comedy Central. It’s no surprise the network is ordering more episodes: the series, which debuted just last month, earned one million viewers in its first week on air. And especially now that SNL is on break and we’re without […]
When news silences satire: Why firing Kathy Griffin today weakens Anderson Cooper tomorrow
When the media takes down a comedian, we all lose. When the hubbub of Twitter firestarters and talking heads are starting fights to fill time, and when those shrillest voices of dissent cost a satirist their livelihoods, there is no excuse. It’s as wrong as it is shortsighted — and sadly, it seems to be happening more […]
The Onion Bought Infowars, Alex Jones’ Site, In Bankruptcy Auction With Hopes To Make It A “Cosmic Joke”
Courtesy of The Associated Press. Well, here’s some left of center comedy news you likely didn’t expect to hear today. The Onion, the internet’s leading satirical news site, has won a bankruptcy auction to acquire Infowars, the website founded and operated by Alex Jones. Jones shared news of the announcement in a post on X […]
Watch the pilot episode of “The Feed,” a new web series lampooning fake news
For fans of smart, sarcastic satire comes “The Feed,” a new web series created by and starring filmmaker Jeff Cerulli. A scripted series that’s shot like a DIY documentary, “The Feed” lampoons people who take fake news way too seriously, by taking a faux behind-the-scenes look at the social media news cycle: After receiving attention for one […]