For years, there has been a progressive effort to criminalize parody and political humor.

These days, it’s hard to find anything funny in politics. With every political question now controversial and fodder for a fight, it can be downright stressful—and things only get worse as 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic via Getty Images Nikki Glaser’s comments on political jokes sparked discussion after she ...

Byron Allen, the media mogul and former stand-up comedian, is gearing up for his latest venture: bringing his show Comics Unleashed to the CBS time slot long held by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ...

Political humor can amuse, provoke or even spark outrage, as seen in Jimmy Kimmel’s recent suspension. CU Boulder Today spoke with Peter McGraw, director of the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) and a ...

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.

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 ...

As the president’s second term has wreaked new horrors, comedians reflect on whether humor can still ‘deflate the strongman’s image’ During Donald Trump’s first term, as his lies distorted reality and ...

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 ...