...but I kid Metafilter! Try the veal! posted by byort at 7:16 AM on August 29, 2002
Oops, sorry. folks...I'm sure you know how to find it, though. posted by byort at 7:17 AM on August 29, 2002
Heading the glaring omissions among living American humorists I'd say Michael O'Donoghue, Paul Krassner, P.J. O' Rourke, Hunter S.Thompson, Fran Lebowitz, Peter De Vries, Woody Allen and Dave Barry were obligatory in any list. Among the dead, it's shocking he doesn't mention S.J.Perelman, Stephen Leacock, Robert Benchley, Terry Southern, Mordecai Richler....
It's just a crying shame how grossly under-represented American humorists are on the Web. Never mind the British and Canadians, who each deserve a thread of their own. posted by MiguelCardoso at 7:17 AM on August 29, 2002
Michael O'Donoghue's dead Miguel. Aneurism or some such thing that made him sit straight up, and then drop dead.
Some sick part of me thinks he would have wanted it that way. posted by PinkStainlessTail at 7:21 AM on August 29, 2002
It's down now for rehab, but when it comes back up, Old Man Murray is the place to be for gut-busting funny commentary on the PC gaming world. Funnier than The Onion. posted by e.e. coli at 7:22 AM on August 29, 2002
Not that I would ever deign to call-out the great Cardoso, but we just discussed the end of SatireWire. Didja miss it, Migs? (Granted, this post goes a long way beyond just being a SatireWire R.I.P. post). posted by yhbc at 7:25 AM on August 29, 2002
There's always webcomics -- lots of good ones. WiGU, Scary-Go-Round, Diesel Sweeties, Achewood, and (at the risk of being a shameless self-promoter) Goats will all continue to amuse and delight for ages to come. There are plenty more, but these are my favorites. posted by toothgnip at 7:29 AM on August 29, 2002
Oops. sorry, blueshammer and all those who commented in that thread. Yes, I definitely did miss it, yhbc. I wish I could have linked to it in the post - that would have been dandy. Shame. :( posted by MiguelCardoso at 7:39 AM on August 29, 2002
Wait! Wait! Don't forget the hybrid humorblog by NPR Humorist (is that an oxymoron?) Adam Felber, Fanatical Apathy (now THAT's an oxymoron). And if you've been there before but not recently, note the new address: he's apparently now popular enough to lose his Earthlunk free site for excessive traffic. posted by wendell at 8:23 AM on August 29, 2002
Never mind the ... Canadians
Like Stephen Leacock, Miguel? Dead American, indeed. [Waits for barrage of Nanaimo bars and dark-chocolate Turtles to rain down on Lisbon.] posted by rory at 8:27 AM on August 29, 2002
I'm quite disappointed with the Net when it comes to humour. The only thing I've found which is professional enough and consistent enough to read regularly is The Onion. This Web-only sitcom made me laugh, but it's been up a while and I don't think any more have been made. posted by Summer at 8:33 AM on August 29, 2002
Rory: Mordecai Richler is Canadian too. But so many Canadians are great humorists and comedians and enjoy such success in the U.S. I sometimes forget. Though Stephen Leacock is indeed very Canadian, in the best way.
Wendell: how could I have forgotten Adam Felber? In fact, I wish I could just rewrite the whole post, it's so full of holes and mistakes... posted by MiguelCardoso at 8:35 AM on August 29, 2002
Terry Southern's son Nile has been maintaining an "official" site for a few years now. Lots of interesting, unpublished odds and ends from the ultra-fab guy. posted by ghastlyfop at 9:00 AM on August 29, 2002
The Every Three Weekly is a fantastic humor newspaper put out by the students of the University of Michigan, my new favorite humor site, although its only updated, er, every three weeks or so.
(Yes, I mentioned this in the last Satirewire thread and no, I have nothing to do with the publication or the university). posted by gsteff at 9:02 AM on August 29, 2002
Well, the Daily Probe is a bit newer than 1994, but Top Five has been around for ages (in Internet time). posted by aaaaa at 9:04 AM on August 29, 2002
The problem with the onion is that, like, it sucks. posted by delmoi at 9:33 AM on August 29, 2002
Modern Humorist seriously cut back its publishing, from almost-daily to every two weeks. Unfortunate. posted by panopticon at 9:41 AM on August 29, 2002
I've always loved Seanbaby. It isn't updated very regularly, but there's so much in the archives that it would take days at work to go through it all. posted by Kellydamnit at 10:51 AM on August 29, 2002
Leisure Town is an evil and sharp kind of funny. The man has gotten an amazing amount of mileage out of those cheapo bendy toys. posted by picea at 12:09 PM on August 29, 2002
Of course, the Framley Examiner is always good for a chuckle: "1st SOCKFORD BROWNIES. - This year's sponsored swear raised over two hundred pounds and eyebrows as the Sockford Brownie pack swore their way into the history book. The event, which coined three hundred new swear words and two inaudible to the human ear, was interrupted by an impromptu display of the effects of gravity on brick church towers." posted by mr_crash_davis at 12:35 PM on August 29, 2002
Main Entry: 2humor
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1588
1 : to soothe or content by indulgence
2 : to adapt oneself to
synonym see INDULGE posted by sennoma at 6:31 PM on August 29, 2002
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