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...more political humor, visit time.com/cartoons

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punchlines: May 22, 2006 | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

...Orleans was on track to finish the year as the deadliest city in America, again. Crime had become atomized here--it was part of the culture, the air, the dark humor of the place. Under normal circumstances, criminologists believe, there are two ways to stop a cycle of gang violence: either dismantle the gangs or disrupt their business. In New Orleans, both happened overnight. Hurricane Katrina sundered what no man could, sending the criminals fleeing in all directions. So now there was a mystery: What would happen next? What would become of the criminal population when stripped of its neighborhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gangs of New Orleans | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

...cancelled “Family Guy” in 2002, saying that the show had failed to garner consistently high ratings. But after the show surged in popularity on the Cartoon Network and through DVD sales, FOX brought it back on the air in 2005. MacFarlane’s humor has put some on edge in the past. FOX executives declined to air one episode of MacFarlane’s show, entitled “When You Wish Upon a Weinstein,” in 2000, presumably because some of the jokes could be viewed as anti-Semitic. The network...

Author: By Alexander D. Blankfein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Humorist Named Class Speaker | 5/10/2006 | See Source »

MacFarlane’s humor has put some on edge in the past. FOX executives declined to air one episode of MacFarlane’s show, entitled “When You Wish Upon a Weinstein,” in 2000, presumably because some of the jokes could be viewed as anti-Semitic. The network finally aired the episode in December...

Author: By Alexander D. Blankfein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Family Guy' Creator To Be Named Class Day Speaker | 5/9/2006 | See Source »

...some of the play’s best, managing to be witty without being overly intellectual, and he had one of the best running jokes was introduced—the fear of receiving a mullet. This all might sound ridiculous—and it was—but the humor entertained the children who were the play’s primary audience. Some of the gags were a little too heavy-handed for a college audience to enjoy, but they were nonetheless redeemed by the children’s laughter. Just as importantly, however, the play was equally enjoyable...

Author: By Patrick R. Chesnut, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Two Cities’ Delights Children and Adults | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

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