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Funny story: World's tallest man views Reagan casket

World's tallest man views Reagan casket

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - The tallest man in the world is one of the thousands of people coming to get a first glimpse of the flag-draped casket of Ronald Reagan.

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Funny story: Iraq government temps get naked truth

Iraq government temps get naked truth

BAGHDAD -- In a controversial development today, members of the new Iraqi interim government were stripped and marched to their offices by coalition troops.

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Funny story: N.Y. mayor seeks to silence the city

N.Y. mayor seeks to silence the city

NEW YORK CITY -- In an ambitious effort to bring peace to New Yorkers, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is going to outlaw noise in the borough of Manhattan.

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Funny story: New sea creature lurking in the deep

New sea creature lurking in the deep

PLACID, Fla. -- A ghastly, 23-foot-long squid with arms more than half its total length has been captured on videotape in four different oceans in recent years.

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Funny story: McCartney offers new Beatles 'facts'

McCartney offers new Beatles 'facts'

LONDON - Ex-Beatles member Paul McCartney said, "I tried heroin just once and didn't like it." McCartney repeated the statement a number of times in public before a few reporters heard him and decided to try to make some kind of news item about it.

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Funny story: Sharpton pick as next 'Tonight Show' host

Sharpton pick as next 'Tonight Show' host

NEW YORK CITY -- Rev. Al Sharpton is being touted as the replacement for Jay Leno on NBC's legendary Tonight Show.

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Funny story: Reagan sightings begin

Reagan sightings begin

DURNBARN, Tenn. -- The first post-life Ronald Reagan sighting has taken place only hours after the former President/actor's death was announced.

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Funny story: Cheney interview sparks odd responses

Cheney interview sparks odd responses

PAINSBORO, Va. -- Vice President Dick Cheney was interviewed by federal prosecutors investigating the leak that revealed the identity of an undercover CIA operative.

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Funny story: Guitarists perform at Clapton festival

Guitarists perform at Clapton festival

DALLAS, Texas - Guitar-king Eric Clapton hosted a three-day festival featuring tens of guitarists, all of whom played guitars once owned and recently auctioned by Clapton. Proceeds from the guitars and the festival went to Crossroads Centre, the non...

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Funny story: U.S. weighs troops in Germany

U.S. weighs troops in Germany

BERLIN - The United States is weighing troop withdrawals to fundamentally rearrange American forces around the world, U.S. and German officials said. Around 70,000 U.S. troops are currently assigned to Germany and that would require quite a scale.

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Funny story: Pope tough on Bush at meeting

Pope tough on Bush at meeting

ROME -- Pope John Paul II met with President Bush and told him to shut up and stop calling God his pal while waging war.

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Funny story: Clinton gets palsy on launch of book tour

Clinton gets palsy on launch of book tour

MOBILE, Ala. -- Former President Bill Clinton began his tour to promote his soon-to-be-published autobiography despite a run in with palsy.

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Funny story: Khan's golf scores impress fans only

Khan's golf scores impress fans only

NEWPORT, Wales -- England's Simon Khan equalled some kind of golf record by shooting a 9-under 27 through the first nine holes of the second round of the Wales Open and it was apparent that only people who followed golf very closely cared.

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Funny story: Bigfoot found, shot down in cold blood

Bigfoot found, shot down in cold blood

REDCLIFF, Wash. -- A hunter claims that he saw the legendary beast known as Bigfoot, shot him five times through the chest and watched it bleed to death in a remote part of Washington state.

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Funny story: Tenet quits CIA, joins Indian tribes

Tenet quits CIA, joins Indian tribes

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- CIA Director George Tenet, who kept his job while the intelligence community was under attack about suspected weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and Sept. 11 has resigned, but will become a chief in a Native American tribe (see p...

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Funny story: Bush calls for 'Justice League' in Iraq transition

Bush calls for 'Justice League' in Iraq transition

NEW YORK CITY -- President George Bush is passing over the United Nations again in an effort to settle matters in Iraq and instead asking for the assistance of the Justice League of America.

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Funny story: New miracle medicines revealed

New miracle medicines revealed

Once there wasn't even a drug to take away the pain of surgery. Today there are drugs that keep people on their feet even when their feet are ridden with severe Cyocosis and their toenails grow inside out. Scientists say that if the progress of medicine continues at the rate it is going now, the life-expectancy of a human being will be 234 by the year 2989. But that is just an estimati...

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