What Is Funny?

Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s now time for one of this blog’s most popular reoccurring features, back by popular demand (yes, I do read those e-mail requests), Whatisfunny is proud to present another edition of: MATCHING FAMOUS PEOPLE WITH THE INANIMATE OBJECTS THEY SORT-OF REMIND ME OF.

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To begin, Angelina Jolie….

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…is an Electric Knife Sharpener.

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Anderson Cooper is…

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…a Stapler.

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Rush Limbaugh is…

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…a Water Heater.

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Spencer Pratt…

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…is an Eggplant.

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And finally, Kim-Jong Il…

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…is Eggplant Salad.

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Finally, I’ve been thinking a lot about the flack David Letterman has been taking over his jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter. Regardless of who has come out ahead in the fight, it’s a tricky issue. In comedy, the line between what is acceptable and not acceptable is never as clear as perhaps it should be. My loyal readers will remember I learned this the hard way back in 2003 when I wrote a graphically, explicit S&M sex fantasy involving Dick Cheney’s wife, which at the time I thought was satirical and subversive, but ended up being just sexist and odd (Woops! Now I can’t get on an airplane without being savagely beaten by airport security! LOL!!!).  On the other hand, I was sure my ongoing bit EATING DISORDER OR SYPHILIS? would have gotten me in a lot of trouble, but I still get warm, glowing letters from Lindsay Lohan about the bit to this day. So you never know.

The real issue here is Palin is absolutely right when she says family should be off-limits in political discourse. Unless you’re trying to run for president from an obscure, remote state and you’re in danger of slipping out of the national conversation. In that case, I think anyone would agree that it’s absolutely appropriate to use them as a vehicle for inspiring faux outrage and publicity.

 

Tags: famous people, inanimate objects, Quick Hits, what is funny

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