Interestingly, other satirical outlets–The Onion, National Lampoon, and The Daily Show–are regarded less as competition than as members of an extended family of subversives, fodder for both material (like its Onion takeoff) and talent. Daily Show head writer Tim Carvell writes a column for Mad called Planet Tad that he compiled into a book last spring. “We’re more akin to what The Late Show with David Letterman or The Daily Show do,” says Ficarra. “Sometimes we’ll overlap with the Daily Show. We’ll have similar jokes on our blog, or they’ll have stuff and the next morning, we’ll come in, livid, saying, ‘How did we miss that?'” … [Read more...] about The Ascent Of “Mad”: See 60 Years Of Comic Subversion
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Now you can order Girl Scout cookies with Grubhub. Here’s how
Girl Scout cookie sales date back to 1917, when the Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma, baked cookies themselves and then sold them in the local high school cafeteria, according to the organization’s website. Commercially baked cookies started in 1935 with the Girl Scout Federation of Greater New York. … [Read more...] about Now you can order Girl Scout cookies with Grubhub. Here’s how
3 reasons why Twitter took a $5 billion stock hit after banning Trump
The big social networks themselves often say they want government to create a common set of rules that all players would use for content moderation. But their enthusiasm may depend on how much they get to help write the rules. Their investors can’t know what an eventual regulatory regime for social networks might look like, especially with the growing feeling in Washington that Big Tech has simply become too powerful. … [Read more...] about 3 reasons why Twitter took a $5 billion stock hit after banning Trump
Here’s the full list of performers (so far) who will appear at Joe Biden’s inauguration
Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez are set to perform at the swearing-in ceremony earlier in the day at the U.S. Capitol, where Biden will officially take the oath of office. Lady Gaga will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” followed by Lopez, who will likely perform some of her biggest hits. … [Read more...] about Here’s the full list of performers (so far) who will appear at Joe Biden’s inauguration