So this election has drummed up lots and lots and lots of political humor. So what happens to all that McCain material and Obama observations come November 5th? Who knows, but if you live in NYC and need a nice dose of election humor before visiting the polls tomorrow check out The Last Chance Election Humor Show “Listen, Drink, Vent, and Hope” hosted by fabulous Jon Friedman (The Rejection Show). The show will feature some of NYC’s favorite writers and comedians gathering the night before the Election to perform their “election material” for the last time before it becomes WAY less relevant. Monday November 3rd 8PM The Slipper Room. 167 Orchard Street. Free! takepart and get ore info at http://www.rejectionshow.com

The Onion, America’s Finest News Source, has broken the news that the Department of Sanitation is unveiling an all new recycling program. The department, states the venerable (fake) news outlet, is asking the “Public To Separate Perfectly Good Stuff From Garbage.” A bold step, indeed. From The Onion’s article:

“For far too long, Americans have been throwing out working lamps, expensive coasters, and those nice wooden shelves along with their regular trash,” Sanitation Secretary Frank DiPietro told reporters at a press conference. “This wasteful practice not only threatens our environment, but it also forces certain individuals who, say, need a new ottoman, to rummage through piles and piles of dirty garbage.”

“Just look at this coffee table, for instance,” added DiPietro. “It’s not even all that cracked.”

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Last week a classy English comedian called Johnny Vegas (aka Michael Pennington) sexually assaulted a woman on stage as part of his rountine. Some are outraged while others sadly argue that it was just a “joke.”

Here is just part of a first-hand account of the incident:

Vegas insisted that she (the audience member) allow herself to be carried on to the stage by six members of the audience - he called them “pall bearers”. She must pretend to be dead, he said, and he would bring her back to life with an onstage kiss. He warned her that there probably would be tongues. As James Williams, writing on the NOTBBC forum after the gig, put it, “Honestly, you couldn’t have found a nervier or more passive girl if you’d scoured all of London - she was like a rabbit in the headlights, but she was giggling and clearly somewhat enjoying the attention, so it just sort of went ahead without so much as a yes or no from her.” As she was carried on stage, Vegas repeatedly goaded one of the pallbearers to “finger” the girl.

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As a stand-up comedian I’d like to think I have a good sense of humor and I’m fairly certain that WayOutTV’s Abortion Man video is not funny. It’s sick. It’s sad. It’s not however funny. It’s also on a site created by Damon Wayans. You know Damon Wayans? He had that lovely family oriented show called “My Wife and Kids”? Well now he has a site that embraces videos about attacking women and involuntarily killing their unborn kids. Classy.

I’d post the video here but I refuse to give it anymore face time. Essentially the hilarious sketch goes like this:

Basically, a young guy gets a call from his girlfriend, who reveals that she is pregnant. The guy mutters “Get rid of that sh*t,” but then tells the young woman in question he’s “enthused about the whole situation.” He hangs up the phone, and, Ã la Superman, runs to the window and yells “Help!” Enter Abortion Man, who wears a T-shirt displaying a fetus with a line through it. Abortion Man comes to the rescue by accosting the young woman in question, saying “Ah-hah! I have you now, fiend!” and then punching her. In the belly. When she falls to the ground, he stomps on her. And a bloody fetus flies out, into the bushes. [Salon.com]

The video is not even pro-choice or pro-life, it’s just disappointing and gross.

I first heard of this horse sh*t thanks to good ol’ Jezebel that shares this insight:

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