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Daily Show Makes Fool of Tucson Schools Official Over Ban of Ethnic Studies Classes

In case you missed it, here's a jaw-dropping interview with Michael Hicks, a Tucson Unified School District governing board member, by Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent Al Madrigal about the school board's  Mexican-American studies ban. Hicks advocated the ban and admits ... More >>

Stephen Colbert on"Snacksploration" and "Second Breakfast"

Responsible snacking is for the birds. As 'mericans we should be able to consume as many calories as we possibly can in one sitting. No one is going to take that right away from us! But our right to gourge ourselves on 600 calorie chocolate bars is being threatened. Mars Candy recently annonced ... More >>

Paul Babeu Clowned By Jay Leno on The Tonight Show

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu officially became part of late-night comedy TV yesterday, as The Tonight Show's Jay Leno took up the sheriff's situation as an opportunity for some Leno-esque jokes.Off the late-night laugh track, it looks like Babeu may have to deal with the state's Public Integrity ... More >>

Street Artists Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Kenny Scharf, and Robbie Conal to Appear on "The Simpsons"

​To the glee of graff fans and pop-culture fiends, creators of The Simpsons announced this morning that an upcoming episode will guest star the kings of street art: Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Kenny Scharf and Robbie Conal.  This March 4, all four will be appearing in an episode title ... More >>

Look Who's Talking

​To the glee of graff fans and pop-culture fiends, creators of The Simpsons announced this morning that an upcoming episode will guest star the kings of street art: Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Kenny Scharf and Robbie Conal.  This March 4, all four will be appearing in an episode title ... More >>

Action Figures

​To the glee of graff fans and pop-culture fiends, creators of The Simpsons announced this morning that an upcoming episode will guest star the kings of street art: Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Kenny Scharf and Robbie Conal.  This March 4, all four will be appearing in an episode title ... More >>

Pablo Francisco Talks Bourbon Street Circus, Millrats, Frank Caliendo, and Country Music

​It's kinda tough to be a stand-up comic from Arizona. No matter how successful and funny you might be, you'll always have to measure up the king of locally grown comedians, David Spade. Pablo Francisco, however, has done his best at giving the former Saturday Night Live performer a run for h ... More >>

Master Thespian

​It's kinda tough to be a stand-up comic from Arizona. No matter how successful and funny you might be, you'll always have to measure up the king of locally grown comedians, David Spade. Pablo Francisco, however, has done his best at giving the former Saturday Night Live performer a run for h ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 and musician remains pretty modest about his success."I'm lucky to be doing what I'm doing, ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Murphy's Law

Big brother gets some love

MC Chris

Big brother gets some love

Revenge of the Nerd

Big brother gets some love

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 >>

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 >>

Stephen Lynch

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine

​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 >>

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 >>

Long Live The Mean Queen

A not-very-nice girl performs at Dodge

It's A Dry Humor

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

Conchords in Concert

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

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 >>

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 >>

Macnuggets of Wisdom

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

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 >>

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 >>

The Final Countdown

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 >>

Kevin Nealon @ Tempe Improv

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 >>

Discomfort Inn

No smoking aloud for cig-free humorist/hotel critic

Bob Riggle

No smoking aloud for cig-free humorist/hotel critic

The Big Chilly

No smoking aloud for cig-free humorist/hotel critic

Any Other Preguntas?

No smoking aloud for cig-free humorist/hotel critic

New Times's top DVD picks for the week of May 23

No smoking aloud for cig-free humorist/hotel critic

David Cross

It's Not Funny (Sub Pop)

Rescue 9/11

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

Live From New York

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

A Day at the Races

Inside the black humor of Politically Incorrect's Chris Rock

Reveille Without Applause

Inside the black humor of Politically Incorrect's Chris Rock