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Category Archives: Humor

Predicting the Future

Regular readers know how much I love Tom Tomorrow. So I was delighted to see a Tom Tomorrow comic from 1994 making the rounds of the innertubes because it was disturbingly visionary: © Tom Tomorrow Dan Perkins (TT’s real name) responds in true form: But here’s the dirty secret about prognostication: publicize your hits, not […]

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The Year in Crazy, part 2

© Tom Tomorrow As a special one-time bonus, here are some panels that didn’t make it into the real comic — there was just too much crazy this year! If you want to see extras like this on a regular basis, you should join Sparky’s List, because I won’t do this again (you have been […]

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I pity the Fool who thinks Santa Claus is white

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Merry Christmas!

© Lalo Alcaraz © Steve Breen © Joe Heller

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The Year in Crazy, part 1

© Tom Tomorrow I can’t think of anything I could possibly add to Tom Tomorrow’s brilliant review of this most crazy of years, except that there will be a part 2 next week. If you enjoy TT as much as I do, I can highly recommend that you join Sparky’s List.

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Late Night Political Humor

“Fox News host Megyn Kelly now says she was just kidding when she said Santa Claus is white. However, she’s standing by her statement that the Grinch who stole Christmas, definitely Jewish.” – Conan O’Brien “Is Santa Claus an American? Well he is fat and wears a velvet track suit.” – Stephen Colbert “More snow […]

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I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas

© John Backderf And just why are we arguing about the race of various mythical and/or dead people? Are we really that race obsessed? And even if she was kidding, did Megyn Kelly really think that kids would be traumatized if someone told them that Santa Claus is not white? Things are even worse than […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“This week President Obama attended Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in South Africa. Hundreds of world leaders were there. President Obama said it felt strange to listen to these leaders in person rather than eavesdropping on their phone calls.” – Jay Leno “Yesterday everybody reported on the fake sign language interpreter at the Nelson Mandela memorial. […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Some are saying that while at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, President Obama flirted with the female prime minister of Denmark right in front of Michelle Obama. Man, if President Obama felt that the flight to South Africa was long, can you imagine the way home?” – Conan O’Brien “Obama is facing a lot of criticism after […]

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Literal War on Christmas, part ?

[excerpted from “The Everlasting GOP Stoppers” by Marc Belisle] BREAKING: US Navy Strikes North Pole, Obama Declares ‘War on Christmas’, Claus’ Fate Unknown In a tense press conference with the conservative media, President Obama announced late Tuesday that US Navy destroyers deployed in the Arctic Circle were firing Tomahawk cruise missiles in a campaign to […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“This winter storm has left thousands without electricity. It’s as if President Obama had taken over the power companies.” – Jay Leno “Last week a man was locked in an airplane for several hours after he fell asleep during a flight and nobody woke up him up when it landed. But other than that, Joe […]

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Angry War on Christmas, part 3 1/2

If you watched the videos in the previous post, you saw Megyn Kelly claiming that Santa is white. Well, here’s Kelly defending her remarks by (as usual) going on the attack. She claims that her comments were “tongue in cheek” and that the people who got upset about them have no sense of humor: Since […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is an entertaining fellow, the gift that keeps on giving. According to police reports, Ford once did heroin with gang members. In his defense, Ford said, ‘We had to, they were completely out of crack’.” – Conan O’Brien “Toronto Mayor Rob Ford reiterated that he should be re-elected mayor of Toronto […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Obamacare is still struggling to get off the ground. Experts now say the success or failure of Obamacare will depend on whether young people sign up. Which is why as of today it covers medical marijuana.” – Conan O’Brien “Today gang members were caught on wiretaps saying they have photos of Mayor Rob Ford doing […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Today the White House confirmed that Obama will be signing up for Obamacare. Yeah, which is good because his current health plan doesn’t cover headaches and depression caused by Obamacare.” – Conan O’Brien “President Obama spoke today in defense of the Affordable Care Act. He said it’s a disaster and he’s sorry he tried.” – […]

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