L.A. Timesreports that Bush, McCain and Hillary Clinton have all received far more jokes directed at them by late-night comedians than Barack Obama. The study looked at jokes from monologues by comedians Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, Stewart and Colbert from January 1st to July 31st.
The center found that the network shows broadcast only 169 jokes about Obama, compared with 428 about Bush. McCain drew 328 jokes. Hillary Clinton, who dropped out of the presidential race and much political news in early June, still drew more than twice as many attempted yuk lines (382) as Obama.
On Comedy Central, Obama and McCain were close, with 207 and 201, respectively, while Clinton and Bush nearly tied at 179 and 177, respectively.
Combining the laugh lines from all five shows, Bush was the ...
... most mocked, with 605; Clinton had 562; McCain got 549; and Obama trailed, with 382.
Letterman had the most fun at Clinton's expense, with 146 jokes about her and only 46 about Obama. Leno had the most Bush jokes (208), with Clinton right behind at 204.
Colbert worked McCain over the most, with 129 jokes, compared with 91 for Obama and 79 on Clinton. An example: "It's time the media started trumpeting McCain's exciting story. He's old, and no one likes him."
Comedian Dane Cook is not happy about the movie poster for his upcoming comedy My Best Friend's Girl, which he stars in with Kate Hudson, Alec Baldwin and Jason Biggs. He blogged ten things that are wrong with the heavily photoshopped movie poster on his MySpace page. Here are some highlights.
3. The Stare.
My character apparently has fallen in love with a strand of Kate Hudsons hair. Kate's mannequin is desperately in love with the inside of my right ear while Jason is half stunned, half corsage.
4. Lips:
It looks like I'm wearing Maybelline Water Shine Diamonds Liquid Lipstick. My characters name is now Winter Solstice and I'm a hooker with a heart of gold. Jason is my floral carrying pimp, while Kate is my first trick!
5. Fashion:
My character is sporting a very high collar I mean damn they should be snow capped at that altitude. It's going for the vampire lurking in the castle basement vibe. An Olympic pole vaulter would have a tough go clearing that collar. I'm also able to turn my head comfortably 180 degrees, because I was raised in an abandoned barn by a family of owls.
Read all ten of Cook's poster complaints here. The movie poster is seriously odd - especially that vampire collar. (via Huffington Post)
Rob Riggle is in Beijing where he'll be covering the people and culture of China, as well as filing an investigative report on Beijing Lung. Riggle's actually there reports the Huffington Post - he's not just in front of green screen. Riggle says at times the police state atmosphere in China was intimidating. "There were moments where you were just being watched very closely," he said. "We still did what we wanted to do, but I was hurrying it up, saying 'Come on, come on, let's go.' It was a subconscious thing."
The Chicago Tribunereports that comedian Bernie Mac has died at age 50 from complications due to pneumonia. Bernie Mac was also suffering from a rare autoimmune disease called sarcoidosis.
Comedian and Chicago native Bernie Mac died early Saturday morning from complications due to pneumonia, his publicist confirmed.
Mac, 50, had been hospitalized for about a week at Northwestern Hospital, according to his spokeswoman. A few years ago, Mac disclosed that he suffered from sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in tissue, most often in the lungs.
The comic born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough could cut an imposing figure. He stood 6-foot-3, was built like a fullback and carried himself with a bouncer's reticence. But perhaps the strongest weapon in the Chicago comedian's arsenal was that voice, that amalgam of thought and a delivery that could rise like a tidal wave, outpace a Gatling gun and remained, to his last days, loud and unapologetic.
He wasn't scared, he told us time and again, to tell anyone what he thought, to say what others were afraid to say. That fearlessness wasn't always welcome, considering Mac didn't get his big break until his 30s. But when he did, the comic skyrocketed to success in stand-up, television and the big screen.
Bernie Mac was a founder of the Kings of Comedy comedy tour and he also starred in Spike Lee's The Original Kings of Comedy. His show, The Bernie Mac Show, ran from 2001 to 2006 on Fox. A complete filmography can be found here on Wikipedia. There are hundreds of Bernie Mac clips on YouTube - see here.
Contactmusic.com says that Justin Timberlake is being considered as a possible Oscars host. The article says Oscar producers were impressed with Timberlake's ESPY awards performance.
Oscars bosses were wowed by Timberlake's naturally funny performance as the frontman for the ESPY Awards last month (Jul08).
And they allegedly want him to join the illustrious club of Academy Awards hosts, taking over from 2008 master of ceremonies Jon Stewart.
No offense to Justin Timberlake but we would prefer to see the Daily Show's Jon Stewart back again. (via Dlisted)
Comedian Dane Cook is not happy about the movie poster for his upcoming comedy 
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