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Funny story: Big Pharma Sues L.A. Comedy Club for Claiming Laughter is Best Medicine

Big Pharma Sues L.A. Comedy Club for Claiming Laughter is Best Medicine

Pharmaceutical giant Myzer Inc. filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles comedy club Laugh It Off, seeking to prevent the club from proclaiming in its marketing materials that laughter is the best medicine. “They’re not qualified physicians,” noted Myz...

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Funny story: Struggling Comic Strikes Gold with Trump

Struggling Comic Strikes Gold with Trump

NYC -- 36 year-old Benjamin Kowalski of Newark, New Jersey, has struggled for more than 15 years to find success telling jokes on-stage. Born into a family of strict orthodox Jews, it was always assumed he was headed for medical or law school. But...

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Funny story: Sandi Toksvig Is Paid Only 40% Of What Stephen Fry Got For QI, But Is This Too Much?

Sandi Toksvig Is Paid Only 40% Of What Stephen Fry Got For QI, But Is This Too Much?

Sandi Toksvig, the presenter of intellectual TV game show, QI, after taking over from former host, Stephen Fry, has spoken out to an audience, moaning that she is "only paid 40% of what Stephen was getting." The audience, it must be noted, was at...

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Funny story: Wolfe: no longer WHCA's comedienne in sheep's clothing

Wolfe: no longer WHCA's comedienne in sheep's clothing

D-list has-been “comedienne” Michelle Wolfe, who was born, some say, in Hershey Highway, Pennsylvania, in a back alley between a brothel and a homeless campsite, is incensed (or “pissed,” as she says) that the White House Correspondents Association (...

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Funny story: Where are they now? Polari as spoken by Kenneth Williams

Where are they now? Polari as spoken by Kenneth Williams

"Ooh! Isn't he bold?" as Julian and Sandy would say to "Mr. 'Orne" in the heyday of Polari, or the old British gay slang. Julian and Sandy's use of Polari on the BBC radio comedy "Round the Horne" introduced Polari to a mass audience, identifying them as gay to those in the know. Round the Horne's use of it ultimately led to Polari's near-demise as a means of communication between gay men. I su...

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Funny story: Man "Very Disappointed" In 'Mrs Brown's Boys'

Man "Very Disappointed" In 'Mrs Brown's Boys'

A man watched the first ten minutes of so-called 'comedy laughter show' 'Mrs. Brown's Boys' at the weekend, before he was forced to turn it off, so diabolically unfunny was it. Watching the tripe on the recommendation of his half-sister's husband,...

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Funny story: Bill Cosby Gets Standing Ovation From Cellmate

Bill Cosby Gets Standing Ovation From Cellmate

It was a much more relaxed evening for jailed comedian, Bill Cosby, last night, as the 81-year-old former funnyman put on an impromptu performance to remember - even if it will only be remembered by one man, Cosby's cellmate, Thomas 'Frankie' Knuckle...

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Funny story: Nashville Man Revels in Absurdity of His Existence

Nashville Man Revels in Absurdity of His Existence

Kenny Hartwell of Nashville, Tennessee, recently decided to abandon his preconceived notions about what his life should be like and revel in the absurdity of his existence. “It's going well,” said Kenny of his new approach to life. “For instance,...

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Funny story: Michelle Wolf blasts Roseanne Barr on her show, "The Break"

Michelle Wolf blasts Roseanne Barr on her show, "The Break"

Roseanne Barr was called "Lady Hitler" by Michelle Wolf on Wolf's new Netflix show, "The Break". Much of this criticism has to do with Barr's online behavior and the so-called “double standard” concerning the horrid comment she made electronically co...

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Funny story: Rosie and Dim - On the Roseanne Barr Fallout

Rosie and Dim - On the Roseanne Barr Fallout

TV creature Rosanne Barr has blamed a series of racist Tweets on a sedative she had been taking. As we wait for the judge to come back from recess in our trial (completely trumped up charges of multi million pound embezzlement, we can’t even spell embezzlement without auto correct) we had a look at what other celebrities blamed shit behaviour on. Tommy Robinson: Recently incarcerated racist pat...

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Funny story: Roseanne Barr Described As 'Big' And 'Large'

Roseanne Barr Described As 'Big' And 'Large'

Roseanne Barr, the comedienne whose 'Roseanne' show made a stunning comeback recently, has been labelled 'big' and 'large', by Valerie Jarrett, a Senior Advisor to former president Barack Obama. The roly-poly funnywoman, 65, whose new version of t...

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Funny story: Ken Dodd Wasn't Half Funny!

Ken Dodd Wasn't Half Funny!

Ken Dodd, the comedian, who died earlier this week aged 90, has today been remembered by those who saw his act during his many years in showbusiness. Dodd, or 'Doddy' as he was affectionately known, hailed from the Knotty Ash area of Liverpool, an...

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Funny story: How to write spoof Comedy

How to write spoof Comedy

Comedy Central: Comedians say that an interesting news article that glues a reader to a story is good enough to keep him interested then the spoof writer should edit the article with Comedy. The entire article will flow smooth. Wordiness will dull...

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Funny story: Carrot Top Declines FBI Director Job

Carrot Top Declines FBI Director Job

The ideal candidate to lead the FBI has turned down the job, citing his gig in Las Vegas and the implosion of the Trump presidency as the reasons. But Washington insiders tell this reporter that Carrot Top, AKA Scott Thompson, felt slighted by Republ...

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Funny story: Comedian Jon Crapola craps out

Comedian Jon Crapola craps out

HERMOSA BEACH, CA -- Two years ago, John Crapola, who claims to be a "stand-up comedian, if not a stand-up guy," bored his tiny audience in a nearly empty "comedy club" in Hermosa Beach, California. When he started talking about his penis, ladies nea...

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Funny story: Comedy Writers Plan Their Own March On Washington

Comedy Writers Plan Their Own March On Washington

After millions of people staged weeks of protests against President Trump, comedians decided to organize their own march on Washington. President Trump has been God's gift to comedy since he first announced his candidacy, but things haven't been s...

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Funny story: Piece Corps formed:  Make  America  Laugh Again!

Piece Corps formed:  Make  America  Laugh Again!

The  Associated Press is reporting this morning that a new organization calling itself, The Piece Corps, has blossomed in a matter of days to hundreds of cities across the US and has chapters in Europe, China, Mexico and the Middle East. The repor...

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