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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

satire

'What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine,' an exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum, features Norman Mingo's 1973 cover illustration for MAD Magazine #156 depicting Alfred E. Neuman as a character in 'Fiddler on the Roof.' (JTA Photo; MAD and all related elements © & ™ E.C. Publications. Courtesy of DC. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.)
August 31, 2024, 5:57 am
Americana meets meshuggeneh at a museum exhibit about MAD magazine
‘What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine’ runs at the Norman Rockwell Museum through October 27, showcasing the periodical’s American satire with Jewish bite
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Cleavon Little, left, and Gene Wilder in a still from 'Blazing Saddles,' directed by Mel Brooks in 1974. (Warner Bros./Getty Images/ via JTA)
February 10, 2024, 1:35 am
‘Blazing Saddles’ marks a half-century of hilarity — and controversy
Released 50 years ago this week, the film juggles bawdiness, genre satire and political critique, and is still revered even as most admit today’s Hollywood would never let it fly
By Stephen Silver
File: Mad Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee attends an event to honor veteran contributors of MAD Magazine at the Savannah College of Art and Design and the National Cartoonists Society in Savannah, Georgia, October 11, 2011. (AP/Stephen Morton)
April 11, 2023, 8:40 am
Al Jaffee, cartoonist and creator of Mad’s Fold-In, dies at 102
An essential member of satirical magazine’s ‘Useful Gang of Idiots,’ he created self-explanatory ‘Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,’ amused fans for decades until retiring at 99
By Hillel Italie
Author Jennifer Caplan alongside her new book, 'Funny You Don't Look Funny.' (Courtesy)
March 7, 2023, 5:45 am
Is that (still) funny? Scholar explores generational shifts in Jewish humor
In her new book, ‘Funny, You Don’t Look Funny,’ Jennifer Caplan traces attitudes toward American Jewish comedy from Philip Roth to ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘SNL’ and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’
By Amy Spiro
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as depicted on 'South Park,' February 2023 (Screenshot; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 19, 2023, 11:28 am
‘South Park’ rips into Harry and Meghan in latest episode
Show makes fun of the couple for supposedly shying away from the media while also making the most of their fame
By Harry Roper
A thread about Easter from the Twitter account 'Jew Who Has It All.' (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA; images from Getty Images and @JewWhoHasItAll)
April 21, 2022, 8:18 am
Twitter account goes viral for sharing Easter explainer thread using Jewish jargon
One of the people behind ‘JewWhoHasitAll’ handle says goal is ‘to make people more aware of the dominant culture, more aware of the Christian-normative society that we live in’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
This image released shows Sacha Baron Cohen in a scene from "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm." (Amazon Studios)
October 25, 2020, 3:49 pm
Borat 2’s Jewish gags run the gamut from anti-Semitic to very nice
Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Subsequent Moviefilm’ doesn’t just mock age-old stereotypes; it also tackles Holocaust denial and the hate that now pervades social media
By Gabe Friedman
A still of Sacha Baron Cohen from 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.' (Courtesy Amazon)
October 21, 2020, 7:07 pm
‘Borat 2’: Original’s insanity and anti-Semitism, multiplied by a factor of 2020
In the long-awaited sequel starring Sacha Baron Cohen, out Oct. 23 on Amazon, the undercover comedian exposes real-life Jew-haters, creepy conservative fathers — and Rudy Giuliani
By Jordan Hoffman
Hundreds of Orthodox Jews protest outside the studios of Kan, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, against the program, 'The Jews Are Coming,' on August 17, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 17, 2020, 10:46 pm
Here come the Jews: 1,500 protest satire TV show over depiction of religion
Demonstrators decry Kan public broadcaster’s acclaimed comedy show for mocking biblical figures and what they call ‘blasphemy’
By ToI Staff
Gil Schwartz, head of corporate communications for CBS Corp., poses in his office in New York, June 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
May 3, 2020, 10:05 pm
CBS executive Gil Schwartz, aka humorist Stanley Bing, has died at 68
US network says veteran communications chief, who famously satirized the business world he was a part of under pen name, died unexpectedly but of natural causes
By Lindsey Bahr
Popular YouTube satirist Randy Rainbow. (courtesy)
September 11, 2018, 2:55 pm
Randy Rainbow’s colorful Broadway parody songs make politics a bit less painful
The internet sensation will take a jab at just about anyone — especially the Trump administration. But with his self-deprecating humor and catchy tunes, who can help but smile?
By Danielle Ziri
Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, attends a meeting at the United Nations in New York City, March 27, 2018. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP)
September 4, 2018, 6:39 pm
Saudi Arabia declares online satire a punishable offense
Riyadh, which has been criticized for rights record, bans social media content that ‘ridicules, mocks, provokes and disrupts public order, religious values and public morals’
By AFP
Chananya Weissman
March 18, 2018, 2:58 pm
Chananya Weissman
The senior singles crisis of 2040
When an efficient matchmaker stops getting to know her clients and just mixes and matches their names
Illustrative: Employees checking the arrival of the then forthcoming edition of the weekly satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, on January 13, 2015, Paris, France. (AFP/Martin Bureau)
November 6, 2017, 8:26 pm
Charlie Hebdo gets new death threats over Islam cartoon
Cover of French satirical daily mocks Swiss scholar on Islam accused of sexual harassment
By AFP
Cartoonist and satirist Eli Valley. (Loubna Mrie)
September 22, 2017, 6:06 am
How satire got a cartoonist fired from a Jewish newspaper
Eli Valley has never been afraid to point his pen at the most venerated Jewish institutions — but it costs him
By Cathryn J. Prince
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