The Just For Laughs Festival is taking place in Montreal, and Art Threat’s Kristi Kouchakji is there to review the politically-tinged humour for us. Greg Proops: “These are the bad old days.” The word on the street is that this Whose Line Is It Anyway? veteran has a remarkably intelligent
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Art Threat: Just For Laughs: Jerrod Carmichael, Nikki Glaser & Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It
The Just For Laughs Festival is taking place in Montreal, and Art Threat’s Kristi Kouchakji is there to review the politically-tinged humour for us. Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It: A One-lady Rape About Comedy Starring her Pussy and Little Else With a title like “Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It” and
Continue readingArt Threat: Just For Laughs: David O’Doherty & What Would Beyoncé Do?
The Just For Laughs Festival is taking place in Montreal, and Art Threat’s Kristi Kouchakji is there to review the politically-tinged humour for us. Luisa Omielan’s What Would Beyoncé Do? Despite some terrible promotional copy, Luisa Omielan’s What Would Beyoncé Do? seemed promising. A single 30-something woman moving back in
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: When is a Community Plan NOT a Community Plan?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Paul Kamill is a relative newcomer to the Cowichan Valley. He bought a small acreage bordering on the proposed Balme family gravel pit on the Cowichan Bay-Cobble dividing line. Little did he know that the ‘Black is White’ crowd controlled the local government. He was recently treated
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: The Three Stooges
I bought a DVD set called The Ultimate Three Stooges this weekend.* I was rather surprised that even 20 DVDs could not contain all of the film work the trio (more on that, below) put together in their long career. But it does contain the core – and the very
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The New Dentist
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Continue readingMelissa Fong: What is satire responsible for? #CancelColbert trending & Colbert not apologizing for racism & transphobic tweets
Is it satire if it hurts millions of people it intends to defend? Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Repor is receiving a lot of heat for recent racist and trans-phobic […]
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Dinner for One-This is Hilarious! Happy New Year
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This is one of the best New Year’s pieces that I have ever seen. Pull up a chair, pour yourself something and prepare to be entertained. Happy New Year all, 2014 is gonna be here before we know it! Cheers Richard dinner for one, vostfr, très drôle
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Corporate claustrophobia and sheer frivolity
Manic, rude, cut-throat and insane – yes, corporate culture is just lovely. No wonder two thirds of the people have one foot out the door – and the other third are looking for an exit. See the films, The Corporation, Office Space, and Brazil, if you want to better understand
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
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Continue readingThings Are Good: A Good Message Told Through Comedy
Comedy troupe Uncle Mom want you to cut the plastic that holds six packs. There are many reasons why it’s important to cut six pack rings, but for the real reason watch the video. Thanks to Evan!
Continue readingMelissa Fong: SNL and Black female comedians
Kerry Washington hosted SNL tonight and she was good. They poked fun about this scandal- that SNL didn’t hire any black women. That was a funny enough sketch. But what I found MOST refreshing was that we got to see a black woman just act and not have to be
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rick Mercer Headlines, His Latest Rant And The Canada-USA Women’s Hockey Brawl
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger Well summer is indeed over but what a great fall we are having. Garlic to be planted, garden to be put to bed for the winter and some hard hitting investigative pieces for the blog await. Well not so much for now. We all need a
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: A Canadian View of the US Government Shutdown
In the best interests of Canada-US relations we must be careful to remain focused.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Making People Laugh in The New Yorker
The New Yorker is one of my favourite magazines and the first thing I do when I open it is to read all the cartoons. Some are hilarious and others just don’t resonate with me and in the TED Talk below you can see that having a mixed bag of
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