https://www.thespoof.com/search.cfm?writer=3581 Spoof News and Political Satire by Gail Farrelly en Copyright 2019, TheSpoof.com Sat, 16 Feb 2019 08:16:24 GMT webmaster@thespoof.com webmaster@thespoof.com 60 https://www.thespoof.com/images/logo120x60.gif https://www.thespoof.com/search.cfm?writer=3581 120 60 Spoof News and Political Satire Writing by Gail Farrelly https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/entertainment-gossip/143423/wife-beats-up-hubby-because-of-a-song Truth be told -- it wasn't just ANY song the hubby was crooning. It was that old 1909 song, "My Wife's Gone to the Country (Hurrah! Hurrah!)." Music by Ted Snyder, with lyrics by Irving Berlin and George Whiting. Here's an excerpt: My wif... Sat, 16 Feb 2019 08:16:24 GMT Entertainment & Gossip https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/features/143086/no-parking-a-story-of-revenge They say New Year’s Eve in New York is special. Well, this one was, that’s for sure. At least for me. I stare down at the stained blue rug. The corpse has been wheeled out to the mortuary van, but the chalk outline of the literary critic’s tortured body remains as a creepy reminder for me and the other ten members of my writing club. The clock is striking twelve; the New Year has begun. But s... Thu, 17 Jan 2019 08:10:53 GMT Magazine https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/entertainment-gossip/131738/santas-in-trouble-caught-singing-baby-its-cold-outside It's cold INSIDE, too, in many quarters for poor Santa, since some MeToo-ers have declared the song suggestive and deserving of being banned from the airwaves. Many of those who sing it are being relegated to the doghouse. But Santa is defiant, st... Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:00:13 GMT Entertainment & Gossip https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/entertainment-gossip/131502/mickey-mouse-is-90-years-old And there's a big party in the works. All the main Disney characters will be there, including Goofy and Pluto. Lawrence Welk, Mickey's favorite bandleader, has gotten a one-evening earthpass to return from the dead and provide his champagne mu... Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:34:54 GMT Entertainment & Gossip https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/features/143004/wanna-develop-a-new-hit-tv-show Here's what you gotta do: 1. Forget about looking at the future or the present. People are interested in THE PAST these days. Look backward not forward and you'll do fine. 2. Remember: Same old, same old. Forget about innovation or being unique. Think reboot and you're sure to succeed. And stay away from Twitter and Facebook. You may say something stupid that will get you fired before yo... Mon, 22 Oct 2018 03:05:01 GMT Magazine https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/us/130959/woman-claims-groping-by-cabinet-designee-as-newborn-in-ny-nursery It may have happened over 50 years ago, but a NY woman claims she remembers it as if it were yesterday. Now she's appalled that her groper is being considered for a top Cabinet post in the current administration. But that's only if he survives a Cong... Sat, 22 Sep 2018 21:17:11 GMT US Headlines https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/features/142947/double-trouble Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. That was several years ago. They haven’t been seen since. Okay, okay, strictly speaking, the twins didn’t go to “fetch a pail of water.” It didn’t happen exactly like the nursery rhyme. But they DID go up a hill and were never seen coming down. That’s a definite. And water played a big, big part in the story of the two missing seventh... Thu, 30 Aug 2018 04:22:50 GMT Magazine https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/features/142917/the-greatest-escape-a-magicians-tale I’m baaaaaaaaack! Not much to brag about though. Here I am, lying on the train tracks in a dark, dreary NYC subway tunnel under Grand Central Station. Just been hit by a speeding train, my body is bloody and battered. Ouch! I’m a magician, so I’ll just have to work some magic to pull myself together and get out of here. I’ve been dead since 1926, I died of peritonitis, but I’m not gonna let... Fri, 03 Aug 2018 19:23:56 GMT Magazine https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/science-technology/130377/barbie-loves-her-new-incarnation Meet Robotics Engineer Barbie, launched just last month. Gone are the high heels and elaborate outfits. Now Barbie wears sneakers and really loves them. "I'm almost 60 years old and into comfort," she has said, continuing, "jeans, a T shirt, and a... Thu, 05 Jul 2018 22:43:46 GMT Science & Technology https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/features/142829/the-meddlesome-mensch-a-tech-tale My name is Marty, and I have a small family. That’s the way I like it. There’s just me and my twenty-something owner. Yep, I DID say owner. You see, I’m an electronic reader, purchased by my owner (her name is Noreen) and brought home two years ago last week. If you’re one of those folks who think that electronic readers are just dumb machines, think again. Well, maybe some of them are du... Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:13:29 GMT Magazine