It’s hard to imagine that there would have been snarky jokes and memes during the assassinations of John F. Kennedy or his brother Robert. Making light of the tragic event in Pennsylvania over the ...

This post is written by Apoorva Thakur, junior research assistant at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai, India. Humor, specifically political humor, serves a purpose. It can be a ...

Here’s a thought experiment: Try to make a list of the least funny things on television. The Home Shopping Network has got to be on there, plus the Weather Channel, the Sci-Fi Network and one of those ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Well, it’s funny to me when I got hate letters — ‘You and your Republican friends.’ ‘Well, Mr. L.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only American elected president four times, had an often overlooked strength that both sustained him under the torrent of abuse he endured and served to thwart his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jay Leno believes the late-night television landscape could use more nonpartisan humor. The former The Tonight Show host had a ...

I memorized those lyrics when I was 11 or 12 years old, by watching “That Was The Week That Was,” the NBC comedy that ran from 1965 through 1967 and made Lehrer famous. I loved the show, not only ...

A sweeping new law on online speech threatens the political humor that has helped the island nation get through tough stretches. By Pamodi Waravita and Mujib Mashal Reporting from Colombo, Sri Lanka, ...

The world of late night TV was thrown into sudden upheaval when CBS announced The Late Show’s cancellation, which sparked shocked reactions from Hollywood celebs, and was soon followed by the FCC’s ...