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...million) and nearly doubled John McCain's take. The McCain campaign's excuse that he won't "officially" announce his candidacy until April 25 required that no one notice he has been running for eight years and was the anointed favorite until about a month ago. McCain used to joke that the media was his base; there were pundits who loved his willingness to say the unpopular thing--as long as it was unpopular with his party and not with them. Now the conventional wisdom has redeployed, and McCain gets to see if there is any edge in being viewed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Yells | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...years onstage, a lifetime of improvisation, mean his stump speech keeps getting better. At one point he solemnly tells the crowd he would like their support when they come back next year. He waits a beat, then says, "So I have it, right?" He polishes the joke through the evening, each time getting bolder in the faux demands for loyalty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Laugh at Al Franken | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

Thus spoke the revered Larry Seidlin, the presiding judge in the custody battle over Anna Nicole Smith’s body. Alas, he was not telling a new dead-baby joke; he was referring to Smith herself, or what was left after her death at age 39 from an overdose of numerous prescription drugs...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel | Title: A Model Death | 4/4/2007 | See Source »

...must work together to have a future The family from Are We There Yet? moves to what seems like a perfect suburban house. WHAT'S IN IT FOR KIDS? The kids save the world by ... um, Mom, what's DNA? Cool inventions, a dinosaur, a cute robot, a toilet joke Will Ferrell--but kid-unfriendly, vulgar, vomiting Will Let's see: Do kids enjoy seeing heavy objects falling on body parts? WHAT'S IN IT FOR PARENTS? The fun of trying to explain the plot over and over Mildly amusing homages to other films Who doesn't love vulgar, vomiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Downtime: Downtime: Apr. 9, 2007 | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

...most consistently funny and honest voices in U.S. pop culture over the past decade. But lately it seems every other punch line is about white people. Does he really think immigration can be reduced to "white people finding a loophole in slavery laws"--or was that a joke? Rock has demonstrated many times that he is smart. He doesn't need to stay trapped in the punch lines of the 1970s. The truth would be funnier and more helpful to us all. Bryce Ingman, LOS ANGELES...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Apr. 9, 2007 | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

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