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  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Macnuggets of Wisdom

    Biting sarcasm? Pop-culture quippery? We’re lovin’ it.

  • Culture

    December 26, 1996

    A Day at the Races

    Inside the black humor of Politically Incorrect's Chris Rock

  • Music

    May 27, 2004

    David Cross

    It's Not Funny (Sub Pop)

  • Home Entertainment

    May 25, 2006
  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    The Final Countdown

    It's Not Funny (Sub Pop)

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    Why the Huffington Post Needs to Get Over Chip Saltsman and "Barack the Magic Negro"

    Is Barack really "the magic negro"? Considering the state of the economy, let's hope so. The liberal political correctness posse over at the Huffington Post is doing backflips of fake outrage over RNC Chairman hopeful Chip Saltsman's sending out a humor CD to Republican committee members -- one tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2009

    Fleet Foxes To Grace SNL's Music Stage

    As reported on this past Friday, Fleet Foxes have been named the musical guest for this Saturday's episode of Saturday Night Live with host Rosario Dawson. Lorne Michaels booked the band to perform a week after sugary-sweet teen pop-star Taylor Swift graced the stage, ushering in the second time Fle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    TV on the Radio on The Colbert Report: Better than the Grammys

    The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cTV on the Radio - Dancing ChooseColbert Report Full EpisodesFunny Political NewsChristian Bale ParodyJoke of the DayTV on the Radio appeared on The Colbert Report on Monday night to perform their single "Dancing Choose," off their latest album, the cri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    Phoenix to Play Saturday Night Live

    Take a look at those handsome Frenchmen. Can you guess which one is married to Sofia Coppola? (Second from the left)Fleet Foxes? Check. TV on the Radio? Check. Parisian rockers Phoenix join the ranks as the next hip, trendy band to grace SNL's music stage this season. Their next album, Wolfgang Amad ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 18, 2008

    Will Work for Laughs

    Take a look at those handsome Frenchmen. Can you guess which one is married to Sofia Coppola? (Second from the left)Fleet Foxes? Check. TV on the Radio? Check. Parisian rockers Phoenix join the ranks as the next hip, trendy band to grace SNL's music stage this season. Their next album, Wolfgang Amad ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 23, 2008

    Kevin Nealon @ Tempe Improv

    Take a look at those handsome Frenchmen. Can you guess which one is married to Sofia Coppola? (Second from the left)Fleet Foxes? Check. TV on the Radio? Check. Parisian rockers Phoenix join the ranks as the next hip, trendy band to grace SNL's music stage this season. Their next album, Wolfgang Amad ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Discomfort Inn

    No smoking aloud for cig-free humorist/hotel critic

  • Calendar

    January 24, 2008

    Bob Riggle

    No smoking aloud for cig-free humorist/hotel critic

  • Calendar

    November 29, 2007

    The Big Chilly

    No smoking aloud for cig-free humorist/hotel critic

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Any Other Preguntas?

    No smoking aloud for cig-free humorist/hotel critic

  • Culture

    January 3, 2002

    Rescue 9/11

    This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

  • Music

    October 7, 1999

    Live From New York

    Saturday Night Live and DreamWorks Records team up for two not-ready-for-prime-time compilations

  • Film

    April 4, 1996

    Reveille Without Applause

    Saturday Night Live and DreamWorks Records team up for two not-ready-for-prime-time compilations

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Stephen Colbert Smoochin' Joe Arpaio: America's Voice Fires Up Last-Minute E-mail Campaign

    Will Arpaio be in on the joke? In a last-ditch effort to impact the way Stephen Colbert treats mean ol' Joe Arpaio on The Colbert Report tonight, the folks at the pro-immigration org America's Voice are urging people to e-mail a message to the show's producers through their Web site. Thi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2009

    Conchords in Concert

    Will Arpaio be in on the joke? In a last-ditch effort to impact the way Stephen Colbert treats mean ol' Joe Arpaio on The Colbert Report tonight, the folks at the pro-immigration org America's Voice are urging people to e-mail a message to the show's producers through their Web site. Thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    Jon Stewart's The Daily Show Skewers ASU for Barack Obama Snub

    The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M - Th 11p / 10c Arizona State Snubs Obama thedailyshow.com Daily ShowFull Episodes Economic Crisis Political HumorIn case you haven't seen this, it's a must... Why did Arizona State University snub President Barack Obama on a worthless, honorary sheepski ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2009

    It's A Dry Humor

    Whose Line funnyman is hotter than the sum of his game-show episodes

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2009

    Long Live The Mean Queen

    A not-very-nice girl performs at Dodge

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    David Cross Coming To Orpheum Theatre September 23

    Phoenix's best theater is getting a little more use: Arrested Development star David Cross will perform at downtown's beloved Orpheum Theatre on September 23.Cross is best known for his role as Tobias Funk on the Emmy winning Fox comedy, but began is career performing stand-up in his hometown of Atl ... More >>

  • Music

    September 10, 2009

    Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine

    Phoenix's best theater is getting a little more use: Arrested Development star David Cross will perform at downtown's beloved Orpheum Theatre on September 23.Cross is best known for his role as Tobias Funk on the Emmy winning Fox comedy, but began is career performing stand-up in his hometown of Atl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Obscura Does Flight of the Conchords Night on Nov. 13

    ​With the last Shake! scheduled for this Saturday, it's a safe bet a lot of hipster types are going to be looking for new indie dance nights. Obscura is stepping up to the plate at CenPho's Ruby Room with a Flight of the Conchords night on Friday, November 13.DJ Funkfinger of Shake fame is the nig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    NBC Newsman Brian Williams to Accept Cronkite Award Wednesday

    Brian Williams​NBC talking-head Brian Williams will be in the Valley Wednesday to accept the 26th annual Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. Williams, who just had a guest spot on the NBC comedy 30 Rock as the wise guy "Nicki Malarulo from Scotchdale, New Jersey," is w ... More >>

  • Music

    January 7, 2010

    Stephen Lynch

    Brian Williams​NBC talking-head Brian Williams will be in the Valley Wednesday to accept the 26th annual Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. Williams, who just had a guest spot on the NBC comedy 30 Rock as the wise guy "Nicki Malarulo from Scotchdale, New Jersey," is w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Jon Stewart Calls Arizona "The Meth Lab of Democracy" in Response to Trifecta of Wild West Legislation

    www.punditkitchen.com​Just in case you missed it -- which, if you own a TV, radio, computer, newspaper, telegraph machine, or have talked to another human being anywhere in North America in the past few days, you probably haven't -- the Arizona legislature passed a series of controversial bills la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Arnold Schwarzenegger Latest Celeb/Politician To Dis Arizona's SB 1070

    The Governator yuks it up at AZ's expenseYou know it's bad when California's tres unpopular, washed-up screen star guv -- whose dad was a member of the Nazi party back in the day -- is using your state's "papers please" law as the butt of his shuck-and-jive before a crowd of college grads."I was als ... More >>

  • Music

    June 10, 2010

    MC Chris

    The Governator yuks it up at AZ's expenseYou know it's bad when California's tres unpopular, washed-up screen star guv -- whose dad was a member of the Nazi party back in the day -- is using your state's "papers please" law as the butt of his shuck-and-jive before a crowd of college grads."I was als ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2010

    Revenge of the Nerd

    The Governator yuks it up at AZ's expenseYou know it's bad when California's tres unpopular, washed-up screen star guv -- whose dad was a member of the Nazi party back in the day -- is using your state's "papers please" law as the butt of his shuck-and-jive before a crowd of college grads."I was als ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2010

    Murphy's Law

    Big brother gets some love

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Meghan McCain Takes Shot at Bristol Palin; Apparently Looking "Like a Stripper" Not as Terrible as Being a Teen Mom

    Meghan McCain's scandalous "tweet."​What could potentially be a fairly hot cat fight is brewin' within the GOP and if it goes down, we want a front row seat.Meghan McCain, the daughter of Senator John McCain wrote a book (shocking, we know) detailing her experience as the daughter of a candidate i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2010

    The Norm

    Mr. MacDonald arrives in Tempe

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Jam Band Charity: Deadheads and Phish Phans Focus on Giving

    ​Hardcore fans of jam bands are a very giving, as are the bands they support. The Grateful Dead recently donated some band memorabilia to a charity auction, while Phishheads/Phans (call them what you will) have raised and distributed over $1 million for charity organizations started by fans of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Taco Bell to Beef-Battle Lawyers: Thank You for Suing Us. Now We're Suing You. (Double DONG!)

    ​Taco Bell is calling bullshit on a lawsuit filed two weeks ago challenging the actual beef content in its tacos with a massive marketing campaign launched last Friday. In addition to a YouTube campaign starring TB's president, Greg Creed, proclaiming the taco mixture is 88 percent beef (not 35 ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 23, 2011

    The Golden Girls at Gay Bar the Rock Is In Desperate Need of a Laugh Track

    ​Taco Bell is calling bullshit on a lawsuit filed two weeks ago challenging the actual beef content in its tacos with a massive marketing campaign launched last Friday. In addition to a YouTube campaign starring TB's president, Greg Creed, proclaiming the taco mixture is 88 percent beef (not 35 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    John McCain's Racist Wildfire Statements Mocked by Jon Stewart

    The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cAliens vs. Senatorwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogThe Daily Show on FacebookAs I suspected, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart couldn't resist slapping U.S. Senator from Arizona John McCain around for his i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Seven Favorite Fictional Chefs

    ​Yeah, yeah, we know -- these days you can get more than your fill of real-life chefs, doing real-life chef things, all over the airwaves, in books and online. But the real thing isn't nearly as fun as the made-up chefs on this list. Don't believe us? Read on. Here's our list of the Top Seve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Celebrate Your Favorite Undead Rock Star at Bar Smith's Memoriam Starting August 30

    Yeah, they're right. This guy definitely looks like he's about to die. ​​There's really no gentle way to say it. People were expecting Amy Winehouse to die young. Even her own parents were prepared for her death.  Celebrity deaths impact the public in varying ways, but there will always be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Arrested Development's Top Five Musical Moments

    ​We can't even front. The big news regarding Arrested Development-- creator Mitch Hurwitz's announcement that the series will return for a fourth season and a feature film-- has us giddy with joy here at Up on the Sun. Hurwitz plans on airing nine or ten episodes next fall, building up to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Tim Minchin Talks Gingers, Religion, Ben Folds, Sperm Banks, Flight of the Concords, and More

    Rekha GartonTim Minchin is scheduled to perform on Friday, October 7, at Mesa Arts Center.Tim Minchin is a rather humble lad. Despite having millions of fans in his homeland of the UK, Australia, and here in the states (not to mention awards up the ying-yang) the 35-year-old piano-playing comedian a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    This Has Been a Good Week For Black Star Fans

    Black Star Performing on Colbert Report​It's been a really great week for Black Star fans -- and I'm one of them. Black Star, the 1998 collaboration between Mos Def and Talib Kweli is one of my favorite hip-hop albums. The duo performed "Fix Up," produced by the nearly always awesome Madlib, on Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    South Park's Cartman as Joe Arpaio?

    www.southparkstudios.comLook familiar?​If you didn't catch last night's South Park, you missed out. Not only did it touch on Arizona's issue du-jour, illegal immigration, and introduce the world to the term "Mexi-Jew," but it also featured the show's portly, pissed off star, Cartman, portraying a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Beastie Boys' Off-Broadway, and Four Other Weird Rock Musicals

    Ad-Rock​It used to be that plays like Hair epitomized the marriage between rock and musical, but recent years have seen the combination pushed to new limits. You probably know Green Day's American Idiot and U2's constantly flailing Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, but have you heard of Serj Tank ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2011

    Blue Job

    Ad-Rock​It used to be that plays like Hair epitomized the marriage between rock and musical, but recent years have seen the combination pushed to new limits. You probably know Green Day's American Idiot and U2's constantly flailing Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, but have you heard of Serj Tank ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2011

    Master Thespian

    Ad-Rock​It used to be that plays like Hair epitomized the marriage between rock and musical, but recent years have seen the combination pushed to new limits. You probably know Green Day's American Idiot and U2's constantly flailing Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, but have you heard of Serj Tank ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2012

    Look Who's Talking

    Ad-Rock​It used to be that plays like Hair epitomized the marriage between rock and musical, but recent years have seen the combination pushed to new limits. You probably know Green Day's American Idiot and U2's constantly flailing Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, but have you heard of Serj Tank ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2012

    Action Figures

    Ad-Rock​It used to be that plays like Hair epitomized the marriage between rock and musical, but recent years have seen the combination pushed to new limits. You probably know Green Day's American Idiot and U2's constantly flailing Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, but have you heard of Serj Tank ... More >>

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