How do you get Americans to care about a horrible disease that they’re likely to never see the effects of. Well, getting a bunch of very funny people together and just letting them talk is a good start. That’s what the Malaria No More organization is trying with their new “Comedy Fights Malaria” campaign. They’ve gathered everyone from Ted Danson to Elizabeth Banks to Rob Riggle and made a series of videos that are as entertaining as the subject is serious. This quickly makes the videos about a 100 times more watchable than another “We Are the World” remake and will hopefully lead to more donations.

All of you Glenn Beck haters out there with the heart of an ancient Japanese poet, today is the day you’ve been waiting for. The group Jews Funds for Justice, incensed at Beck’s “social justice” comments a few weeks ago, has created what they’re calling a “Beck Twitterstorm”. Every minute from 9 am this morning till 9 am tomorrow, the group will be Tweeting anti-Beck Haiku at the man himself. The poems were written by like-minded people and collected over the past week on haikuglennbeck.com, a website set up by the group.

It’s Comedy Night on Google Hot Trends! That’s where I double-taked to see John Mulaney — a very funny comedian and SNL writer but not yet a household name. I knew he had a comedy special tonight on TBS thanks to the Twitter feed of “Comic’s Comic” blogger Sean McCarthy ; I also knew that [...]

The latest proof that Funny or Die has a winning formula: Nick Kroll in a Jersey Shore spoof, which racked up 91,654 views in under 3 days. Impressive. (And sexy.)

A few weeks ago, Comedy Central televised a roast of Joan Rivers, hosted by Kathy Griffin and featuring a whole host of foul-mouthed comics cracking jokes about Joan’s various facelifts, how old she is, and how old her vagina is. One of those foul-mouthed comics was Donald Trump, a.k.a. her new boss after Rivers was [...]