May 17, 2012

37 McDonalds Logos Added to American Flag To Honor States Founded After 13 Colonies

American flag with 37 McDonalds logos.
WASHINGTON, DC - (@The Comedy News) - To honor the 37 states that joined the union after the original thirteen colonies, Congress today approved the addition of 37 McDonalds logos to the American Flag.

The movement to honor the 37 states that joined the union after the Thirteen Colonies spurred from resentment of the East Coast by the Plains and Midwest states.  The Pacific states didn't really care either way.

"The design of the flag retains its fifty white starts on a blue background in the upper left, which commemorate every state," announced Dorothy Bruce of the Union of 37 "Other" States.  "However, the thirteen stripes of red and white have been cause for jealousy and controversy---but mostly jealousy.  For this reason, the 37 'Other' states will now be commemorated with the one common factor that unites all 37 of the 'Other' states:  McDonalds."

McDonalds has restaurants in each state of the United States, over 12,000 in all.  Their signature logo, a yellow-arched "M" with black trimming, now appears thirty-five times on red stripes of the American flag.

And to complete the 37 states, two McDonalds logos appear on the white stripes of the American flag, to symbolize "Alaska and Hawaii not really being a part of the United States anyways", according to an anonymous gynecologist-Senator from Oklahoma. 

Citizens from the 37 "Other" states are quite enthused about the upcoming changes to the American flag.  

"When you're in Warshington, New York City, Philthadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Gettsyburg, Pittsburgh, Goldberg, whatever... ya hear alotta monkey-shine about them Thirteen Colonies," lamented Roger McGuinness, a  puppy mill manager from Casper, Wyoming.  "We want our flag to send a message to them East Coasties from them Thirteen Colonies:  There's thirty-seven other states.  And those states are better."

With the addition of 37 McDonalds logos to the American flag, the United States joins Croatia as the only two countries in the world who's flags consist of the colors red, white, blue, yellow, and black. 

Here is an excerpt of the petition to Congress by the Union of 37 "Other" states:
"Whereas just because a state was one of the first thirteen to be founded, that doesn't make them special."
 "Whereas McDonalds encapsulates the 37 other states of the union with its high fat content and clever low brow advertising."
"Whereas we are sick and tired of being put down by smug East Coasties, who think they are so cool because they have taller buildings, bigger traffic jams, and shorter drives to international airports, the fourteenth through fiftieth states of the United States demand the American flag commemorate the Thirty Seven "Other" states explicitly."


May 3, 2012

David Stern Gives Last Place Charlotte Bobcats Participation Ribbons

After 7-Win Season, Worst Team in NBA History Commended for Trying Their Best

The 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats sporting their participation ribbons

CHARLOTTE, NC - (@The Comedy News) - After enduring the worst season by a National Basketball League team, the Charlotte Bobcats were each awarded blue participation ribbons.  The Bobcats had a record of only seven wins, and 59 losses. 

"We at NBA headquarters are very concerned about the self-esteem of the Charlotte Bobcats players," announced NBA Commissioner David Stern.  "For Christs sake, they only won seven games this season.  Sad.  And the entire commissioner's office was unsure of how to address this issue."

Stern's wife recommended that the NBA just award each of the Charlotte Bobcats players a  participation ribbon to recognize their ability to at least try their best this past year. 

Each of the players on the Charlotte Bobcats were given a blue ribbon to pin to their game jersey.   On the ribbon, in fake-gold print it reads:

WINNERS PARTICIPATE
YOU ARE A WINNER

Below the encouraging inscription, there is a drawing of a smiling sun.

The NBA commissioner is also considering doing-away with the Larry O'Brien Championship trophy, which is awarded to the team that wins the NBA Finals.   The replacement for the trophy expected to be a good sportsmanship certificate printed on paper made to resemble the hard-wood of a basketball court. 

The commissioner's office is also working on changing the criteria for the league MVP award.  Although MVP currently stands for "Most Valuable Player", commissioner Stern is looking to recognize recent trends for violent outbursts in players by renaming the current award as the "Most Violent Player" award.   

The first winner of the NBA's Most Violent Player award is likely to be Ron "Metta World Peace" Artest.  The trophy is also expected to be replaced by a championship belt, which the reigning player must wear in every game in the subsequent season.







April 17, 2012

Rusted Old Flying Machine from the 1980s Does Flyover of DC

Flying DeLorean Time-Machine Does Loop around Nation's Capital;  Goes on Display by Dulles Airport;  Awesome Doors open 'Upward'

Doc Brown's DeLorean piggybacking on a NASA 747
DULLES, VA - (@The Comedy News) - An old rusted technological relic from the Ronald Reagan years made a flyover of Washington, DC today, on its way to the Smithsonian aviation museum by Dulles Airport. 

The DeLorean DMC-12 time-machine, now retired, was transported by a NASA 747 Carrier Aircraft from Hill Valley, California to the Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia where it will be on permanent display.

Originally manufactured by Dr. Emmett Brown, the DeLorean was first piloted by high school dropout, Marty McFly on October 26, 1985.  Although Dr. Brown's time-travel program has long since been defunded and discontinued, people around the world are fascinated by the DeLorean time-machine's impressive abilities and sleek appearance.

"I'll miss it's doors that open upward," said Alex Reeves while wiping back nostalgic tears.  "I'm just glad that this rusted, overpriced, out-dated, flying hunk of 1980s funky junk will be in a museum.  My grandkids will know about a quaint exciting time not long ago when time-travel was possible."

Many onlookers held signs on the Memorial Bridge between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery, welcoming the defunct time-machine to DC.  Some revelers were playing the song "The Power of Love" on boomboxes to get in the time-travel mood. 

Some objected to the flight of the time-machine over Washington, DC---particularly due to it's position on top of the 747 Carrier Aircraft.  The Family Research Council, a conservative 'pro-family values' lobby group, lamented today in a press release that, "parading two flying objects latched together in a sexually explicit position is not the kind of message we want to send to children.  Particularly letting the little sin-machine sit on top.  It's un-American, lude, wasteful, and a poor showing of judgement."

The DeLorean time-machine went on several journeys throughout the space-time continuum, spanning from the year1885 and into the future as far as the year 2015.

However, the 27-year old vehicle does not hold the record for space-time continuum travel for devices manufactured in the 1980s.  That title belongs to a small phone booth located in San Dimas, California.  The time-traveling phone booth currently belongs to the George Carlin estate. 

April 5, 2012

Horace Grant to be Spokesman for Google's Next Invasion of User Privacy

Horace Grant sporting his Google Goggles
"Google Goggles:  Who Needs Privacy When You Have the Eyes of a Champion?"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - (@The Comedy News) - Former NBA star Horace Grant is the new spokesman for Google's latest invasion of user privacy---the Google Goggles.

"As the world's most famous wearer of oversize novelty glasses, I think Google Goggles are a slam dunk!"  Grant announced as part of Google's advertising campaign.  "Now, with Google Goggles, you can look like a 4-time champion!   Who needs privacy when you have the eyes of a champion?"

Nicknamed 'Project Glass', Google expects its revolutionary goggles to invade users privacy more than ever.  

Google's business model seems to do more than just invade peoples lives with still-photos and video footage.  Google hopes that the Goggles can literally see the unique view that users have only recorded in the privacy of their own minds.   
"De-privatize your brain.  Share your secrets.  Google Googles."  ---Horace Grant
The newest television advertisement for the Google Goggles begins over a black screen to the sounds of 'Sirius' by the Alan Parsons Project":
"Horace Grant.  True Patriot.  Born on the Fourth of July [in 1965].  Don't you wanna SEE like HORACE?  Try the Google Goggles.  You  may not score very much or at all, but it will definitely give you the ASSIST you need in life."
Google expects the Goggles to fail and be discontinued by December of 2012.  

March 27, 2012

Conservative Justices Each Offer Ultimatum to Obama in Exchange for Health Care Reform Support

L to R:  Thomas, Scalia, Alito, Roberts, Kennedy

WASHINGTON, DC - (@The Comedy News) - The five most conservative Justices on the United States Supreme Court have set the terms for what could sway them to favor upholding the controversial "Obama Care" law.  Each of the Justices was asked to respond to the following prompt: 

I will vote in favor of the constitutionality of President Obama's Health Care Reform law if....

Chief Justice John Roberts
"...Obama stops blaming me for flubbing his oath of office.  It was his fault." 

Justice Samuel Alito
"...Obama lets me, my wife, and my kids see the pictures of Osama Bin Laden's bloodied dead corpse."

Justice Antonin Scalia
"...Obama promotes me to Chief Justice, instead of that rat bastard Roberts." 

Justice Anthony Kennedy
"...Obama can get the American public to stop assuming that I'm a liberal windsurfing womanizing drunk catholic Masshole chowderhead, just because my last name is Kennedy." 

Justice Clarence Thomas
"...Obama issues an Executive Order to allow Supreme Court Justices to sexually harass their coworkers, as well as decriminalizing the adding of discarded nether region hair to Coke cans if the intent is an all-deliberate malicious prank."


Japan Admits Cherry Blossoms Were Just a Scheme to Flare-up Americans' Allergies

WASHINGTON, DC - (@The Comedy News) - Officials in Tokyo, Japan admitted today that the gift of Cherry Blossoms to the city of Washington, DC in 1912 was only a scheme to agitate Americans' allergies. 

"Yes, the gift of 2000 Cherry Blossoms to Washington, DC one-hundred years ago today was only a deceptive trick to make Americans sick and miserable," a Tokyo city official announced.  "We are not saying we are sorry, we're just taking credit for this hilarious Trojan horse you all can't seem to get enough of."

The tree pollen emitted by the Cherry Blossom trees has wreaked havoc on DC inhabitants and the millions of visitors who flock in droves each spring to see the pink cherry blossom trees in bloom. 

For decades, some people have suspected that Japan's "generous gift" of cherry blossoms to the United States in the Spring of 1912 was indeed a deceptive means to make Americans miserable and sick.  Now that those rumors have been confirmed, historians are suspecting that President Harry S. Truman authorized the atomic bomb-dropping on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as payback for Japan's snotty prank.  


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March 20, 2012

Tim Tebow Brings His Agent Jesus Christ To Press Conference


DENVER, CO - (@The Comedy News) - Following quarterback Peyton Manning's announcement that he will be joining the Denver Broncos, Tim Tebow held a press conference under the direction of his lord, savior, and agent, Jesus Christ. 

The first question for Christ questioned his judgement, or lack there of as the reporter alluded:  "Hi, Tom White, SI (Sports Illustrated), can you explain the decision to deliver Tim to the Broncos only to have him benched three years later for Peyton?"

The Holy Redeemer paused and bit the left side of his lip before deflecting the question:  "Look guys, this wasn't my decision to bring in Peyton, it was my father's," said Christ.  "I can't really explain it myself, he works in mysterious ways."

Christ appeared to not allow Tebow to speak on his own behalf for the duration of the 8-minute press conference.  However, when Christ indicated that the sermon/press conference was over, Tebow began to kneel on one knee with his head bowed in prayer.  Christ then rolled his eyes and quietly commanded, "come on, kid, let's go" as he nudged his client off the podium.

In a related story, New England Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady, weighed in on the Peyton-Tebow situation in Denver through his agent, The Devil:  "These Manning brothers are snoozeville.  Wake me up when they get three rings." 


March 19, 2012

Congressional Dick Caucus formed by Senators Durbin, Blumenthal, Burr, Lugar, and Shelby

Congressional Dick Caucus Seal
WASHINGTON, DC (@The Comedy News) -  A bipartisan group of Senators and House of Representatives members has formed a new caucus, the Congressional Dick Caucus.  

The Congressional Dick Caucus is aimed at congregating all of the Richards and Dicks in both the House and Senate into a powerful ensemble that will ensure that members of Congress abide by a strict code to be complete dicks to the American people for generations to come.  

"Americans often wonder, 'how does dick come to be a nickname for Richard?'"  Rhetorically asked by Senator Dick Durbin, founder of the Dick Caucus.  "Well today, Congress recognizes this conundrum, its double-meaning, and will forever work to ensure that not only will Dick remain a synonym for Richard, but that there will be many dicks in Congress for as long as there is a USA on this Earth!  I yield the floor."

Political insiders expect the Congressional Dick Caucus to aim to get some sweeping dick legislation through to the President during the upcoming year.  One piece of legislation is likely to be the "Doing It Can Kill" Act (formally known as the DICK ACT), which places a surtax on all sexual intercourse, by taxpayers and their pets. 

Senate members of the Congressional Dick Caucus include Senator Dick Durbin (D-Il), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), and Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL). 

House Members of the Congressional Dick Caucus include Congressman Richard Nugent (R-FL), Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA), Congressman Richard Hannah (R-NY), and Congresswoman Laura Richardson (D-CA).

In all, there are three democrats, and five republicans in the Congressional Dick Caucus.  The Dick caucus also is made up of seven males, and one female. 

The Great Seal of the Congressional Dick Caucus (pictured above) features a left handed middle finger on red white and blue striped background.  Still, the Great Seal of the Dick Caucus has come under scrutiny, for it is very similar to the great seal of the Congressional Fuck You Caucus, chaired by Senator Tom Coburn and Congressman John Boehner.  That seal looks basically the same, but with an unwashed right hand caked in snake oil and pee. 


March 15, 2012

75-Year-Old Curmudgeon Somehow Dominates All of His NCAA Basketball Pools Again

HILL VALLEY, CA - (@The Comedy News) - Casino magnate and Biffco Toxic Waste CEO Biff Tannen has once again dominated each and every one of his NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament pick brackets.  This year marks the 57th straight year that Tannen has predicted each of the winners flawlessly.

"Yeah butthead, that's right, nobody knows sports but me," Tannen told Dick Vitale in an exclusive interview.  "My NCAA Basketball brackets are flawless, and they'll always be flawless.  So you know what, Dick?  Why don't you make like a tree and go gush over some basketball."

This year, Tannen collected another $900 Billion in gambling spoils.  Some experts believe that Tannen may very well be the smartest human of all time.

"There's hardly an explanation to explain Mr. Tannen's success with predicting sporting event outcomes over the last half century," explained Professor Gerald Bearing of Princeton University.  "It's either dumb luck, Biff is a genius, or someone from the future gave Biff a list of all the winners for the last fifty or so years---highly unlikely!  I'm gonna conclude that Biff Tannen is indeed a genius---a modern-day Nostradamus."

Since 1955, Tannen has been the most accurate gambler and predictor of sporting event outcomes that the world has ever seen.  In recent years, he has predicted both of Butler University's championship game berths, the New England Patriots' 18-1 meltdown in 2008, and even the Appalachian State victory over the Michigan Wolverines in 2007. 

Although Tannen claims to have "just a magic touch", his predicting abilities seem to be limited to sporting events only.  Some have chastised Tannen for not using his predicting abilities to foresee tragic events to benefit humanity. 

"All I can say is that there's no money to be made in predicting world events.  So I'm not gonna even try," Tannen sneered at reporters while quickly burying his face into a book he has discreetly been reading since the spring of 1955.  "Yeah even if I could predict the Kennedy Assassination, the Challenger Crash, or 9/11, I wouldn't of (sic) said anything about it... unless of course, I could make some sort of monetary wager with someone saying it won't happen."***

***Editors note:  Tannen was good friends with Former Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush.  

March 8, 2012

Rush Limbaugh Bust to be Modeled After Fat Useless Cow Trophy

Bust Set to be Resemble Pathetic, Irrelevant, Hollow Steer with No Testicles

Artist rendering of Limbaugh Bust
MISSOURI - (@The Comedy News) - A preliminary design for the controversial Rush Limbaugh bust statue for the Missouri Hall of Fame has been modeled after the Big Ten Football Conference's "Heartland Trophy".

The Heartland Trophy, which has only been relevant for about eight years, features a fat useless hollow cow with no testicles, which artists believe will truly capture the essence of Rush Limbaugh.

"I believe the proposed Rush Limbaugh stone bust will be pound-for-pound, the most revered statue in our collection," announced the chief curator of the Missouri Hall of Fame bust committee. 

The model for Limbaugh's bust serves as a trophy for the winner of the kinda-sorta irrelevant Wisconsin-Iowa football game.  The Heartland trophy was created as an artificial means to establish a credible rivalry between the two teams in 2004.  Like Limbaugh, the pseudo-rivalry is small but irritatingly loud and clamoring for attention and relevance. 

When reached for comment, Limbaugh remarked that he "doesn't like trophies because trophies get passed around, and when you're passed around, willy-nilly, you're a slut and a prostitute..."  The 61-year-old venom-spewing disk jockey continued for another minute and then concluded that the Heartland trophy did indeed resemble him quite well.  At that point, he issued the artists an insincere apology, resumed injecting oxycodone into his temple, and proceeded to order a sawed-off shotgun on craigslist. 

February 23, 2012

Filet-o-Matzah, Big Matzah Mac to Debut At McDonalds For One Week this Spring

BOROUGH PARK, NY (@The Comedy News) - To coincide with the Jewish holiday of Passover, McDonalds is introducing two special burgers for one week only.

The Filet-O-Matzah and the Big Matzah Mac will debut at sundown on the first night of Passover.

The main feature of the new temporary burgers will be the buns made from matzah---an unleavened, crunchy flatbrad made solely from water and flour.

For the Big Matzah Mac, the matzah buns will be in lieu of the traditional Big Mac sesame seed buns that are forbidden by Jewish law for the week-long holiday celebrating the Jews' freedom from bondage in Egypt 5,000 years ago.

Since the traditional Special Sauce on the Big Mac will be unkosher for Passover, the Big Matzah Mac will feature a "Schpecial Schmear" between the two all-beef patties, along with cheese, lettuce, pickles and onion. 

"We are proud to introduce our latest line of kosher-for-Passover burgers that will ensure that McDonalds' devout Jewish customers can still enjoy their favorite McDonalds meal during their holidays," announced a McDonalds spokesman.  "From sundown April 6 through sundown April 14, McDonalds at select locations in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Boston will be ditching the chametz and pitching some matzah burgers."

The second McDonalds Passover burger, the Filet-O-Matzah, will feature a hunk of raw matzah dough flanked by two matzah flatbread slices.  

During the week of Passover, McDonalds will also be promoting the "happykomen".  The happykomen is a McDonalds version of the traditional Passover game "afikomen".  For the price of $3.99, children will be encouraged search for traces of the pink slime goo paste that has been forbidden from McDonalds food since late 2011.  The first child to find a trace of the pink slime goo paste gets their choice of a free Big Matzah Mac or a Fliet-O-Matzah.  All participating children will get a free dreidel. 

The official celebrity spokesman for McDonalds' new kosher-for-Passover slogan, "Ditch the Chametz, Pitch some Matzah Burgers", will be the reclusive Baseball Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax.




February 16, 2012

World's First Hipster Astronaut Orbits the Earth

World's first hipster astronaut posing.
Hipster Astronaut Drinks the First Pabst Blue Ribbon in Space

BROOKLYN, NY - (@The Comedy News) - This morning, NASA hit its latest major milestone in space exploration when they launched the world's first hipster astronaut into orbit.

Twenty-seven-year old Brad Mills of Lewiston, Maine became the first hipster to be launched into space.

"Yeah that's right, I orbited the Earth, and it's a really obscure thing to do, that's for sure," remarked Mills from 250 miles above the Earth's surface.  "Honestly, how many people actually know what it's like to be an astronaut?  500?  Half of which are either dead or too old, so they're all like lame and on Earth with the rest of the slaves to gravity.  Going to space is as indie as it gets." 


Astronaut Mills' solo journey aboard the Space Shuttle Williamsburg will last 36 months.  His first mission is to orbit the Earth 55 times and verbally ridicule all of mankind for not resisting the trendy, draconian effects of Earth's gravitational pull.  From there, Mills will travel 2.8 billion miles to visit the 8th rock from the Sun. 

When asked about why NASA wants to send the first hipster in space to visit Neptune, Mills got short with reporters.

"Why send a hipster to Neptune?"  Mills snapped.  "Because no one ever talks about Neptune.  Neptune's obscure.  And frankly, it's better than all the other planets, and no one else knows that.  Mars is the closest to Earth.  Lame.  Jupiter is the largest.  All the trendy jocks like Uranus for obvious reasons.  Saturn thinks it's all hot stuff because it's perpetually hula-hooping.  Mercury?  Too conservative.  And Venus, it's all gassy and lactose intolerant.  And then Pluto---Pluto's just, whatever."

Being the first hipster astronaut entails adding numerous changes to the old trendy NASA spacesuits of yesteryear.  Astronaut Mills personally redesigned the once nerdy, military-style space suit into full hipster astronaut getup.  Additions to the spacesuit include a gray cabbie-hat to go underneath the air-tight helmet.  The front of the helmet also now has a white silhouette of a handle-bar mustache---a fashion trend that, according to Mills, is "highly obscure and alienating to all who see it."  In addition, Mills affixed patches of some of his favorite things to his outfit, including a Nintendo NES game-controller, a 'I heart Indie' patch, and Mills' favorite, a Pabst Blue Ribbon patch on his front oxygen tank.

For the official pre-launch photograph, Mills refused to have any background image other than argyle. 

Mills expects to become the first human to drink a PBR in space. 

"I packed a 12-pack of PBR in my brown messenger bag.  See?  Here it is, with a strap across my chest," Mills explained while brandishing a messenger bag across his astronaut suit.  "I'm not a typical astronaut.  So, I'm not drinking tang.  Way too conformist.  I'll be drinking PBR and writing novellas from here all the way to Neptune."


February 11, 2012

Burt Reynolds Spends Entire Birthday Trying to Quote His Own Movies Onto A Tape Recorder

LOS ANGELES, CA - (@The Comedy News) - Hollywood legend Burt Reynolds celebrated his 76th birthday today by attempting to quote his old movies. 

Clutching a Talkboy tape recorder he purchased as a birthday gift to himself using his Amazon Prime account, Reynolds tried to recall quotes from his eclectic resume of film roles.

"Heh, what comes after 'L'?  Bow!  Get it?  Elbow!  Heh heh," Reynolds recited into his tape recorder, a quote from his role as detective Nick McKenna in the children's buddy-cop film, Cop and a Half.

As Reynolds attempted to recall quotes from one of his most famous films, Deliverance, all he could seem to remember was the dueling banjo theme.

"Dah na na na na na na na...booda booda booda booda boo, ba dum dum dum dum dum, dum dum dum," he sang into his tape recorder, standing up and attempting to drum on his knee and dance around his studio apartment in downtown Los Angeles.

Later on, Reynolds took a moment to have some birthday cake which he had delivered to his apartment.  At that moment he made a discovery that was so astonishing to himself, he recorded it on his tape recorder.

"Heh heh, this is my birthday cake, and I'm uhh, taking a break from quoting my movies.  It's my birthday cake break.  Hah!  It rhymes.  Birthday cake, and break.  Birthday cake break," the Academy Award-nominated actor laughed to himself.  After eating a few slices by himself, Reynolds wrapped some of the leftover cake in plastic wrap, which he also found amusing.

"Reynolds Rap.  Heh, it's plastic, and uh, keeps my cake moist and fresh," he chuckled to himself, with the tape recorder recording.  "But it's my cake and my plastic wrap, see, Reynolds wrap.  I'm Burt Reynolds, and this is Reynolds wrap.  Muah ha heh!"

Following his birthday cake break, Reynolds took a seat in his recliner and turned on what he thought was his television, but was really his microwave.

Eventually, Reynolds found his actual TV and flipped through the channels.  Upon first settling on watching The Simpsons, Reynolds began a melancholy rant of regrets into his tape recorder.

"Gosh, I've been divorced so damn much.   I wish I could have married Marge Simpson.  I'd change my name to Burt Simpson.  Mah hah!  Like Bart but Burt.  That's funny.  Don't have some cow, man!  Ha ha!"

After his laughter subsided, Reynolds changed the channel to TBS, where he began to watch the Tom Sellick film, Three Men and a Baby.

As he sat watching the film, Reynolds spoke into his tape recorder again.  "Ah, bully.  This three guys and a baby movie was so much fun to make.  Really proud of this.  I don't know why I didn't get an Oscar nod for my lead role.  Lousy lame Grammy Oscar Academy." 

Reynolds relaxed a bit as he watched the rest of Three Men and a Baby.  But his relaxation turned into confused fury as the end credits began to roll.

"Uhh they spelled my name wrong.  Yup they spelled my name wrong, T-O-M is not how you spell Burt.  And Reynolds is not spelled S-E-L-L-E-C-K either," Reynolds screamed into his tape recorder, not realizing that he was once again confusing another 1980s mega-mustached actor, Tom Selleck, with himself.  In a huff, Reynolds picked up his telephone and dialed 9-1-1, where he recorded his side of the conversation.

"Ah yes operator.  This is Burt Reynolds, I am watching one of my movies on TV and the end credits spelled my name wrong.  I think, uhh, all the letters are wrong.....Yes, this really is Burt Reynolds....  No no no, Turd Ferguson is not my name.  That was just a bit on Saturday Night Fever.....  Yeah, that Chris Farley sure did a great impression of me....okay I'll hold, but not too long, the movie credits are almost done and I'm running out of cassette tapes."


February 7, 2012

Scientists Discover Planet That Is Just as Miserable as Earth

TOP:  Nep Tun Massacre;  Pluto McDonald.   BOT: Pluto Springer Show;  Protests at Plutonian Funeral;  Pluto Fashion


CHARON, PLUTO - (@The Comedy News) - Scientists on Earth have discovered that Pluto and its moon, Charon, house a population of beings that are remarkably just as miserable as humans on Earth.  

"We have photographic proof that finally can confirm that yes, there is life out there beyond Earth, and it is just as miserable as life here on Earth," announced a professor at the Search for Extra Terrestrial Misery (SETM) in New Jersey.  

SETM has been in the business of searching the universe for life as miseable as that on Earth since 1989, when the world's first miserable reality-television show premiered, "Cops".  Since then, the growing amounts of misery and shame on Earth have motivated researchers at SETM to discover miserable life on another planet.  

Pluto is the furthest planet from Earth within our solar system at 4.4 billion kilometers away.  Still, there are many miserable facets of life that native Plutonians can empathize with that on Earth. 

After documenting many Plutonians in their daily miserable lives, Earthlings can now have a grasp of just how miserable life is on the other side of the universe. 

First, the Plutonians are just as prone to engage in war between each other as humans are.  In a civil war in North Nep Tun, a platoon of militants got drunk on space beer and decided it would be fun to massacre innocent Plutonians.  The militants involved claimed it was their superiors that ordered the intergalactic travesty.  (PICTURED ABOVE)

Also, Plutonains also relish the freedom of speech.  And just like Earth, beings with the freedom to say whatever they want can have their miscreants.  One splinter sect of Plutonians openly pray for the death of soldiers in the Plutonian army--some holding up signs that read, "Pray for More Dead on Pluto."

For miserable entertainment, Plutonians enjoy watching interviews of fellow Plutonians confess their misdeeds to a wide audience in a talk show format similar to Jerry Springer or Oprah Winfrey.   They also enjoy film festivals where they futilly dream of dressing as elegant as the famous Plutonians on television, including Natalie Plutortman, and Tony Danza.   

Pluto also boasts its most miserable, yet plentiful supply of nourishment:  McDonalds.

****UPDATE****
Scientists on Earth have discovered have video proof that former disgraced Enron chairman, Kenneth Lay, who has been presumed dead since 2006, was been discovered alive and miserable on planet Pluto.


February 1, 2012

Patriots Placekicker Suspected of Steroids After Kicking 109-Yard Field Goal

FOXBOROUGH, MA - (@The Comedy News) -   After their gargantuan placekicker kicked an unprecedented 109-yard field goal, the New England Patriots will be forced to play Super Bowl XLVI without one of their top starters. 

von Ulf stands at 6-foot eleven inches and weighs 410 pounds
Otto von Ulf, a German-born soccer-style kicker has been indefinitely suspended by the National Football League after suspicions of his excessive steroid use have arisen.  

"The NFL is concerned that Mr. von Ulf's recent shattering of the field goal record is due to illicit muscle-enhancers," an NFL Competition Committee spokesman announced today. 

With less than a week until Super Bowl XLVI, the New England Patriots are without their starting placekicker.

Murmurs throughout the NFL have started to swarm around von Ulf, particularly his physical girth.  Last season, von Ulf was on the practice squad---standing only six-foot six inches tall, 160 pounds---which earned him the nickname, "Noodle Nazi".  By December of 2011, he swelled to six-foot eleven-inches tall, 410 pounds. 

Doctors are puzzled by von Ulf's physique.  Dr. Marvin Nicholas of Boston General Hospital said that, "a gain of 250 pounds of muscle and five inches of height in little over a year is not only unhealthy, but it's damn near impossible.  He's 27 years old and he looks like a tree."

von Ulf's suspected steroid use has likely made him the most powerful player in NFL history.  Already, seventeen fans have been killed by von Ulf's extra-point kicks zooming into the stands after touchdowns. Due to liabilty releases on the back of game tickets, no fans were allowed to sue the NFL for wrongful death.  However, the NFL became suspicious in December when von Ulf kicked a 109-yard field goal in a game at Gillette Stadium---destroying the previous field goal record of 63 yards. 

A Culture of Cheating in New England?

Patriots Coach Bill Belichick and his team are not new to suspicion of cheating and unsportsmanlike conduct.  A few years ago, the team came under fire for illegally videotaping opposing team practices.  And during his team's loss in Super Bowl XLII, Coach Belichick walked off the field like an asshole without congratulating the winning coach.

When local Massachusetts journalists asked the coach about whether he and von Ulf are cheaters, Belichick replied, "Cheetahs?  You think we're cheetahs in New England?  Cheetahs live in the jungle.   This here is New England, and in New England, we play Patriots football."  The coach appeared to be mocking the Massachusetts press corps for their inability to pronounce the letter "-R" in "cheater" in an effort to elude the question.

von Ulf was questioned as to whether Coach Belichick coaxed him into taking steriods.  Due to his limited abilities in the English language, von Ulf could only respond by dejectedly saying, "my uniforms is too tight".  

December 19, 2011

Kim Jong-Un Refuses to Comment about Acting Career


PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA - (@The Comedy News) - Kim Jong-Un, the presumptive heir to the North Korean Supreme Leadership throne, has kept quiet about his previous career as a Hollywood actor.

"Kim Jong-Un can neither confirm nor deny his role in the 2009 Oscar-nominated film, Up," announced Kim's publicist, William Morris.  

Entertainment writers have long-speculated that Kim did indeed play a supporting role in the film Up as Russell, a portly, jovial young kid with father issues that latches onto a senile old man named Carl Fredrickson--played by former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno.  


According to IMDB.com, there is no listing for Kim Jong-Un's brief acting career---most likely due to threats stemming from North Korean officials.

The rumor going around Hollywood has been that even though Kim's late father, Kim Jong-Il threatened producers to cast his son in the film Up, he also required producers to expunge all records of his son acting in the film---promising a nuclear holocaust upon the Western Hemisphere for noncompliance---excluding Canada, though, because hockey and curling are now the fastest growing sports in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 

Still, the 28-year-old Kim's publicist is ambiguous with his statements about his life before politics.
"Let's just say, hypothetically, that Kim was an actor, arrrrright?" The publicist continued, as several large guns appeared pointed at his head.  "Let's say the young Kim was indeed a 245-pound jolly jelly-belly cream-puff fluff-muffin son-of-a-little-bitch actor with a smile as big as China---would you honestly think that at a time like right now, when his father just passed away, that he would start hogging the all the media attention?  C'mon!  You media-types are simply cruel, and you must be eliminated."

December 16, 2011

BCS Adds Confederate Flag to Championship Trophy

"Winning BCS Trophies is Part of Southern Heritage"

ATLANTA, GA - (@The Comedy News) - The Board of Directors of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) organization, the entity responsible with crowning the National Champion of college football every year, has decided to add the Confederate Flag to the BCS trophy.

"After reviewing the past fourteen match-ups for the BCS National Championship, we have come to conclude that winning the National Championship in football is primarily a southern tradition," explained a BCS spokesman.  The trophy belongs in the south, and what better way to commemorate the south's connection with college football triumph than to put the Confederate Flag right on that trophy."

Many critics see the move to add the historic emblem to the BCS trophy as more evidence that the BCS panders to the southern and bible-belt regions of the country.  

"The re-match of #1 LSU Tigers and the #2 Alabama Crimson tide in the 2012 National Championship game is clear evidence that the south gets special treatment when it comes to football rankings," explained the chairman of the Cousins and Uncles of Union Pacifists Foundation.  "Honestly, f#!k it, I don't even care anymore.  It's not about football anyways, it's all about selling corporate slogans." 

The facts show, however, that non-ex-Confederate states do not fare well in getting to the National Championship game.  The only Union states that have appeared in the big game are Oregon, Ohio State, and USC.

Still, the BCS stands by its move to put the Dixie flag on the National Championship trophy.  "If it were the other way around, if the Union states were winning championships left and right, we would consider putting a chai tea latte, a high school diploma, or Bruce Springsteen face on the trophy," explained the BCS spokesman.  "Until then, the BCS shall recognize that the South has risen again."  


Wisconsin Badgers Fans Eager to Taunt the Oregon Ducks at Rose Bowl

Badger Students Flock to Message Boards to Begin Verbal War
MADISON, WI - (@The Comedy News) - In anticipation of their first Rose Bowl appearance against a Pacific 12 Conference team in twelve years, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have begun their research into creating the most pointed, clever insults to shout at the Rose Bowl stadium on January 2nd in Pasadena.  The Badger fans' enemy?  The University of Oregon Ducks.

"I have never been to Oregon, but f#!k Oregon!"  Shouted junior Matt O'Conner.  "Me and the other guys in my frat are gonna be in Pasadena for the big game, we're gonna shave 'Oregon Sucks' on all of our heads.  Those Ducks fans better watch out."

Sports journalists expect the Badger faithful to make profuse rhyming of the Oregon mascot, the Duck, with the F-word and "suck".  

"Badger fans have already started taunting Oregon Ducks fans from an array of perspectives," notes a YouTube message board administrator.  "Several of the taunts have taken digs at Ducks being a relatively tame animal, but the ones that made the most sense were in regards to the Oregon Ducks being beneficiaries of apparel-maker Nike's child-labor practices."

One popular taunt is expected to make wordplay with the fact that the Badgers played the Ducks' archival, the Oregon State Beavers earlier this season.  Wisconsin earned a much more decisive victory (35-0) over the Beavers than the Ducks (49-21).  According to UrbanDictionary, "Beaver" is a slang term for a female body part.

Still, some Badgers are too excited to make any sense with their taunts.  Sam Silverman, a Freshman at Wisconsin from Westchester, New York wrote on Twitter today, "Oregon might be Pac-12 but Bucky is packing 13 for the ROSE BOWL."

The Top Ten Things Badger Fans Will Shout at Oregon Fans at the Rose Bowl
1)  "Go Duck yourself."
2)  "Eugene's an asshole!"  [Clap Clap, Clap Clap Clap]
3)  "Nike Sucks!"
4)  "You're just a stupid bird!"  "You're just a stupid bird!"
5)  "Buck Will F#!K The Duck!   Buck Will F#!K The Duck!"
6)  "QWACK IS WHACK!  QWACK IS WHACK!"
7)  "Badgers licked the Beavers better than you!"
8)  "Stop Pre!"
9)  "Ducks play hockey!" [Clap Clap, Clap Clap Clap]
10)  "Phil Knight Phil Knight, child labor ain't alright!"
Before close of deadline, no Ducks fans could be reached for comment, due to the entire state of Oregon going on a nature hike until Christmas.




November 24, 2011

Local Man Threatens, 'Anyone who says something today about "Cold November Rain" Gets a Beatdown'

ARLINGTON, VA - (@The Comedy News) - A crotchety government clerk announced to his coworkers that he will not be tolerating any puns relating to Guns 'N Roses and the rainy weather today. 

"Anyone who says something today about Cold November Rain gets a beat-down," wrote Bill Jackson in an all-office email.  "I get it.  It's November, it's rainy, it's like 51 degrees outside.  If you make any references to the Guns 'N Roses hit 'November Rain', I will beat you mercilessly."

To aggravate Jackson, coworkers have made Guns 'N Roses lyrics references throughout the day---each time drawing much ire from their coworker:
Press Secretary:  "Man this weather sure is ugly.  Good thing [singing] nothing lasts forever, even cold November rain!"
Bill's co-department colleague: "Hey Bill, I really have no choice on this matter, [singing Civil War] my hands are tied!"
Staff Director:  "Jackson, stop dividing the office, [singing] I don't need no civil war!"

Human Resources Chairwoman:  "Sorry, you'll have to fill out paperwork to take leave-time to enroll in that anger-management clinic, Bill.  [singing] Welcome to the jungle, it's all fun and games!"

Fall Intern:  "I love it when you get all pissy, I want you to mentor me, you big scary animal, Bill.  [singing seductively] You could be mine!  Oh won't you please take me home?"
Jackson, a deputy clerk for intergovernmental affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, has snapped at his coworkers in the past.  

Earlier this year, he put up threatening post-it-notes around the water cooler asking coworkers to respectfully not refer to Guns 'N Roses as "GNR".  Jackson contends that the only things that should be abbreviated should be "awesome things, like the NFL and WWE", and that "a one-album wonder like Guns 'N Roses does not qualify for abbreviation."

November 21, 2011

Occupy Springfield Protest Marred By Police Pepper Spray

Pepper-spraying cop Chief Wiggum breaks up a peaceful protest.

SPRINGFIELD - (@The Comedy News)  - A peaceful protest outside the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant turned ugly today, as Springfield Police Chief Wiggum broke up the demonstration by spraying protesters in the face with pepper spray.

"Nothing seemed to be getting out of hand, and to be honest, me and the guys were getting quite bored," commented Springfield Police Chief Wiggum.   "So I pulled out my can of pepper spray and fired some in the face of the cutest little girl.  She was playing a song on her guitar, I think it was a folk song.  She and the other protesters started moshing with each other after I sprayed them.  Hah ha it was really, really awesome."

The protesters writhed in pain, according to witnesses.  Many accounts say that the protesters had been standing in front of the Nuclear Plant to protest for health and dental care, as well as the plant's ties to Wall Street corruption in recent years. 

About an hour after the protest began, Chief Wiggum showed up at the scene, stepped out of his police cruiser and thought silently for about fifteen minutes.  Every couple of minutes, he would remove his policemen's cap and fidget with it, as if he was working up the courage to do something.  And that's when he shouted, "Ah hah", and began to pepper spray the protesters.

"Why?  Why?  Why would anyone waste so much jalapeno sauce?"  Screamed protester, Homer J. Simpson after being doused with pepper spray in his mouth.  "It's too much, even I don't like this much pepper spray in my mouth."

Simpson's daughter, Lisa, 8, was the first hit by the police officers.

"If you f*#k with a female protester, the protest will just keep multiplying," sneered Lisa Simpson from her hospital bed, face still red and irritated from the pepper spray.  Her acoustic guitar was smashed by Chief Wiggum in the melee. 

Chief Wiggum is currently on voluntary paid leave while the matter is sorted out.  He has also changed his story, saying that his only son Ralph asked him to spray the protesters with pepper spray as a birthday gift.

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November 14, 2011

Minnesota Trades Vikings to Los Angeles for the USC Football program

Vikings and Trojans Trade Locations, Beards

MINNEAPOLIS;  SOUTH LOS ANGELES. - (@The Comedy News) - In an effort to curb their respective issues, the state of Minnesota has entered an agreement with the City of Los Angeles to trade the entire Minnesota Vikings football team for the entire USC Trojans football program. 

In the agreement, the now USC Vikings will leave the NFL and join the Pac-12 athletic conference.  The move will put an end to the team's clamoring for a new stadium as they will play their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.  

For all of the Vikings players, the move from professional back down to college football will result in a complete loss in salary, prohibition from getting brand endorsements, and a mandatory 12-credit fall semester of classes.  

"Man, this sucks!  College was so gay," lamented USC Vikings defensive-end, Jared Allen.  "Going to a school like USC?   Everyone's gonna find out that I can't read or write."  After the interview, Allen was seen whimpering around Hollywood Boulevard, crying out to tourists, "I miss my purple jersey," between hits of heroin.  

On the otherside of the deal, the now Minnesota Trojans fooball team will be bumped up from college football to the NFL and begin playing in the NFC north conference next week.  The Minnesota Trojans agreed to keep paying Trojans players the same salaries they received from boosters while in college.  

Both teams decided that it was necessary to change their respective logos to fit their new locales.  The USC Vikings will shed their beard for the move to southern California, where beards are an indicator of a need to visit a salon of some sort.  The Minnesota Trojans logo will add a beard to their logo because beards look best while covered in ice and snow.