Tag: Comedy

Is Political Talk Radio Dead? w/ Michael Graham

By Dave Sussman

Dad. Writes on culture, economics and business issues; published in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and others. Interviewed on Fox News, Fox Business, CNNfn, OANN, NewsMax & numerous radio shows. Purveyor at Whiskey Politics: Conversations with newsmakers on politics & culture. Guest Host on The Real Side Radio (70+ terrestrial stations on the GCN and Salem Radio Network). Whiskey Politics is found at TheIndependent, The Range Broadcasting Network, Ricochet or by subscribing at A… [more]

| December 26, 2016

What’s the future of talk radio and how can Conservatives counter-balance biased media while attracting the next generation of voters? The loquacious and hilarious Michael Graham’s background was in stand-up comedy, he coordinated several Republican campaigns including Pat Buchanan’s 1992 Presidential run, and was a talk radio host with millions of listeners in New England on WTKK and Washington DC on WMAL. Graham has appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher, The O’Reilly Factor, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Fox & Friends, and the Dr. Phil Show. Michael is now a writer at Washington Examiner and Creative Director at The Weekly Standard where he writes and hosts several podcasts.

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By Kevin Creighton

Kevin Creighton

I'm an ex-photographer, recovering nerd, online marketing guru, father to two growing young men, husband to a wonderful woman and a servant of the King. In ascending order of importance. I've led the marketing for a number of companies in the firearms world, and I'm an active competitor in USPSA, IDPA and 3 Gun. I'm an NRA-licensed firearms instructor and I have hundreds of hours of training from some of the top names in the business like Bob Vogel, Rob Leatham, Gabe Suarez, Massad Ayoob and a b… [more]

| December 7, 2016

Joel McHale and the inestimable Stephen Fry in a show that mocks snowflake millennials? I am so there. Preview Open

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By Front Seat Cat

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| July 21, 2016

The tension is maddening……….What to do??? Start drinking? Drink more? Preview Open

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Accidentally Conservative

By Aaron Miller

| July 13, 2016

Serenity was written by a flaming hippie. Yet the ultimate conflict is pitch perfect for tyrannical governments trying to remake human nature. Sure, the film is blemished by a preacher who doesn’t care about God, but there’s a nugget of good sense even in that scene.

“You don’t know what it’s like to work in the private sector. They expect results.” This was from a star of Saturday Night Live, for crying out loud! If you don’t recognize the quote, I will forgive you … eventually.

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By Titus Techera

Executive Director, American Cinema Foundation. Contributor: National Review, Law&Liberty, American Conservative, The Federalist, Modern Age, University Bookman.

| July 5, 2016

I was watching some of Mr. Newhart’s old routines–you know the one with the bomb disposal, the one with the driving instructor & so forth–with the young miss, as one does, innocently eating ice cream–when what should strike! This has Obergefell written all over it! You read it here first folks! Preview Open

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Jumping the Snark

By Jon Gabriel, Ed.

Jon Gabriel, Ed.

Jon Gabriel (a.k.a., @ExJon on Twitter) is the Editor-in-Chief of Ricochet. He is a political writer and marketing consultant, contributing articles to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and USA Today among others. Until 2012, he served as Director of Marketing for the free-market Goldwater Institute, where he converted policy initiatives into compelling stories. In the private sector, Jon led marketing efforts for Cold Stone Creamery, Honeywell, and several technology companies. In his… [more]

| June 26, 2016

really The internet features lots of snark, but precious little wit. Spend any time on social media, and you’ll find that most confuse the two.

Wit is defined as “the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure.” Snark is “to be critical in a rude or sarcastic way.” Of course, sarcasm and rudeness can be funny, but the problem with most snark is its purely negative intent. Don Rickles is obnoxiously rude but everyone knows he doesn’t mean it. And funny sarcasm contains a wink to the recipient that it’s all in good fun. But snark holds the subject in contempt and the goal is harm him while virtue-signaling to the cool kids.

David Denby wrote an entire book about snark, aptly titled Snark, where he describes it as “that nasty combination of snide and sarcasm that goes beyond irony and satire to just plain ugliness.”

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By Stephen Dawson

Freelance writer on home entertainment equipment, Blu-ray/DVD and so forth. Home site: <a title="My home site" href="http://www.hifi-writer.com">www.hifi-writer.com</a>

| June 4, 2016

Back in the 1970s Australian TV featured a variety performer under the name of Norman Gunston. His shtick was relentless self-promotion, angling to get a cigarette commercial (the route he held to winning the TV Logie Award, like Paul Hogan), comb over, misaligned buttoning of his jacket and, toilet paper dots to soak up his shaving […]

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By EJHill

Thirty years in television production. Living in a midwestern city in the productive custody of his wife and four children (Baby Girl, Marine, Future Tony Winner & Xerox). Unrelenting, unrepentant conservative. Needs a better temperament that equals his photoshop skills. Will probably die broke but believes more in freedom than the welfare state.

| June 2, 2016

We start with a confession: I am not that witty. Maybe mildly humorous on a good day. But I have good writers. When I was a teenager I fell in love with network radio from the so-called “Golden Age.” I was most certainly the only one in my high school that did. Back then you […]

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By Chris Lang

Chris is an Actor, Dialect Coach, and Theatre Practitioner who is based in Los Angeles, CA. He holds an MFA from Harvard University's A.R.T. Institute, and has worked professionally as an actor, in theatre administration, as a voice and speech coach for actors and business professionals and politicians.

| April 1, 2016

Old school stand up from the man behind “The Wheel” Preview Open

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Celebrate “Freedom Day” with a Free Speech Documentary!

By Greg Lukianoff

Greg Lukianoff is the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and has been with FIRE since 2001, when he was hired to be the organization's first director of legal and public advocacy. Greg is a member of the State Bar of California and the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. Greg is the author of both Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate and Freedom From Speech. @glukianoff

| March 30, 2016

I am pleased to announce that the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia will be holding an advance screening of the FIRE-supported documentary Can We Take a Joke? to celebrate “Freedom Day” on April 13! Can We Take a Joke? is a documentary about the threats outrage culture poses to comedy and free speech, and features interviews with famous comedians including Adam Carolla, Gilbert Gottfried, Lisa Lampanelli, Heather McDonald, Penn Jillette, and more.

If you are from the Philadelphia area (or plan on being in Philadelphia on April 13) and would like to attend the screening, please email Haley Hudler at haley@thefire.org. To learn more about Can We Take a Joke?, visit the film’s Facebook page, follow its Twitter account, and sign up for email updates at its website. You can also check out an exclusive outtake of Penn Jillette’s interview from the film below.

And if you’re a college student, there’s still time for you to apply for free exclusive screening rights to show the documentary on your campus between April 13 and April 20! The deadline is fast approaching, however, so make sure to apply ASAP.

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By tigerlily

| March 25, 2016

This is very sad news. Yesterday, comedian Garry Shandling died of an apparent heart attack at age 66. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-garry-shandling-died-66-20160324-story.html Shandling started out as a comedy writer for seventies-era sitcoms such as “Welcome Back, Kotter”, and after several years, tried his hand at stand-up comedy where he eventually caught the eye of Johnny Carson. He became […]

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By Titus Techera

Executive Director, American Cinema Foundation. Contributor: National Review, Law&Liberty, American Conservative, The Federalist, Modern Age, University Bookman.

| March 10, 2016

It feels like this is a good time to revive the best of the Marx brothers movie. Watch, weep, laugh, enjoy, & shake your head at the eerie precision, accuracy, & acribiousness of description of life under the tyranny of virtue. Preview Open

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By Titus Techera

Executive Director, American Cinema Foundation. Contributor: National Review, Law&Liberty, American Conservative, The Federalist, Modern Age, University Bookman.

| January 21, 2016

Some of my fellow Ricochetti know I am of the opinion that we do not have enough comedy. What follows is an utterly accurate account of an utterly accurate bio-pic verified by many scrupulous scholars & consulted upon by many key witnesses, all people who were sober at the time. While Hollywood has moved away from bio-pics […]

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By Sergeant America

Sergeant America

| January 8, 2016

In the paragraph regarding the *constitutional importance* of the USDA and HHS “telling adults what to eat,” this hyperlink would have been pretty good, but if someone could have found a link to an actual video clip from the episode, it would have been amazing: https://twitter.com/southpark/status/517498459239497728 My personal favorite show by conservative-leaning writers. Preview Open

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By David Deeble

Comedian, indoor enthusiast.

| December 18, 2015

How safe are your investments? Experts say the market is due for huge correction at any moment. The warning signs are everywhere: an unprecedented 18 trillion dollars in debt, loose-as-a-goose fiscal policy. And thanks to solar subsidies, politicians are now charging us for the sun. Preview Open

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By Titus Techera

Executive Director, American Cinema Foundation. Contributor: National Review, Law&Liberty, American Conservative, The Federalist, Modern Age, University Bookman.

| December 17, 2015

This is the Star wars cantina song–maybe some of my fellow Ricochetti are legally prevented from enjoying this fun song by the, one hopes, inimitable Mr. Richard Cheese. Some other version on youtube may be legal or legal-ish… Preview Open

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By Misthiocracy got drunk and

Misthiocracy got drunk and

misthios (ancient greek): salaried, hired, hired labourer krátos (ancient greek): power, strength misthiocracy: Rule by the staffers.

| December 17, 2015

One of the things I really love about Netflix is how it’s introducing me to some pretty great TV shows from around the world. One thing that’s keeps amazing me is how much programming there is from elsewhere that doesn’t follow the progressive party line in lockstep. This week, I started watching “Dreamland,” a sitcom […]

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By Aaron Miller

| November 27, 2015

Progressives have often been ridiculed on Ricochet for emphasizing feelings over actions, intentions over results. What good is a hashtag against terrorism or colored ribbons against a disease? Be serious! But must we always be serious about serious problems? If sympathetic expressions are cheap and easily dismissed, why are emotionally detached jokes not dismissed with […]

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By C. U. Douglas

Born and raised in Oregon, I've lived most my life on the West Coast, save three years near Minneapolis, Minnesota. I survived four years in the hellish paradise that is Santa Rosa, another two in a land where "Keep Portland Weird" is the first commandment, and I am happily married and living in Utah. I am an electrical designer, Protestant, and a huge nerd. I am a brand new father, and I can't shut up about it. I abuse ellipses with wild abandon.

| November 19, 2015

So it rather feels like this, at least in caricature … Me: Goodness, things are pretty bad in the Middle East. It’s a humanitarian disaster. Preview Open

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By Matt Edwards

Politics is downstream of culture. We must change the culture. I try to do that with my work as a director and producer in Los Angeles, with my film podcast, <a href="http://therearviewpodcast.com">The Rear View Podcast</a> and as program director for <a href="http://talnexus.com">Taliesin Nexus</a>. I also want the 17th Amendment repealed. I also really want the Dodgers to go the World Series.

| November 5, 2015

As a follow up to this and this, I present the second installment of the webseries Wigs… Preview Open

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