Marriage Ref spin-offs in the works, Seinfeld and NBC confirm
March 11, 2010
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NEW YORK (FASTLAUGH.com) — Grateful NBC executives profusely thanked producer-comedian Jerry Seinfeld today for coming to the Peacock Network’s rescue, with the Seinfeld-produced The Marriage Ref placing a comedy tourniquet on their self-inflicted hemorrhage in the Thursday 10 PM time slot.
The Marriage Ref [...]
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Posted 11 March 2010
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NBC’s incessant promos for TV show Parenthood during coverage of Winter Olympics spur condom distribution record
March 2, 2010
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VANCOUVER, B.C. (FASTLAUGH.com) — The 2010 Vancouver Olympics have “captured the gold medal for most condoms distributed at a Winter Games,” it was claimed today by an official of Vancouver Coastal Health, who noted that this massive [...]
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Posted 02 March 2010
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Y2K redux, Sony’s PlayStation 3 units crippled by 8001050F error likely due to calendar rollover screw up
March 1, 2010
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FOSTER CITY, Calif. (FASTLAUGH.com) — Demonstrating a cautionary tale of the extraordinary power being ceded by humanity to advanced technology, and being wielded by seemingly innocuous calendar bugs to thoroughly disrupt daily life in our technology-dependant [...]
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Posted 01 March 2010
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Sanford to be featured in PETA ad, replacing Tiger Woods
February 28, 2010
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (FASTLAUGH.com) – South Carolina’s randy, philandering Governor Mark Sanford has been selected to replace Tiger Woods as the new poster boy for an upcoming ‘Spay or Neuter’ ad campaign by animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).
PETA’s [...]
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Posted 28 February 2010
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Holland America disappointed by minor tsunami in Hawaii, looks forward to Indian Ocean typhoon season
February 27, 2010
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SEATTLE, Wash. (FASTLAUGH.com) — Despite being clearly disappointed that the tsunami in Hawaii did not live up to their eager anticipation and expectations earlier today, senior executives at Holland America Lines — based in Seattle, Washington — were [...]
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Posted 27 February 2010
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Tsunami Cruises to Hawaii, latest trend in Disaster Zone Cruising
February 27, 2010
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SEATTLE, Wash. (FASTLAUGH.com) — Determined not to be outdone by rival Royal Caribbean Lines’ successful Disaster Zone Cruises to Haiti during last month’s devastating earthquake, Holland America Lines — based in Seattle, Washington — is rapidly mobilizing contingency plans to take advantage of [...]
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Posted 27 February 2010
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Cuss Free Week coming to California
February 25, 2010
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (FASTLAUGH.com) — Despite the massive budgetary disaster that threatens to sink California deep into the Pacific, State Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Canada Flintridge) flagrantly wasted taxpayers time and money this morning by introducing legislation to consider making next week a statewide profanity-free week.
He was [...]
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Posted 25 February 2010
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Plushenko awarded Polonium-210 medal
February 24, 2010
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VANCOUVER, B.C. (FASTLAUGH.com) — Olympic figure skater, and classless sore loser, Evgeni Plushenko was unanimously awarded a Polonium-210 medal in Vancouver yesterday.
The special medal was awarded to the Russian skater for exhibiting extremely disrespectful behavior towards the International Olympic Committee and towards his fellow competitors.
Said an Olympian who insisted [...]
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Posted 24 February 2010
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Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, Toyota apologist
February 24, 2010
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JACKSON, Miss. (FASTLAUGH.com) — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour elaborated on assertions made in his Toyota op-ed piece appearing in The Washington Post this morning, directly placing full blame for the Toyota fiasco on President Obama and his cadre of liberal lawmakers in Congress for their continued insistance [...]
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Posted 24 February 2010
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Limbaugh issues statement on Cheney cardiac episode
Febraury 23, 2010
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WASHINGTON (FASTLAUGH.com) — Bloviating archconservative U.S. radio host Rush Limbaugh quickly took to the airwaves this afternoon to issue the following statement regarding former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney’s recent cardiac episode:
“First, let me assure you — my loyal and obediant servants — that my dear [...]
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Posted 23 February 2010
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Toyota dealership unaware of recall
February 23, 2010
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TORRANCE, Calif. (FASTLAUGH.com) — Despite rabid media and congressional attention focused on the massive failures of Toyota Motor Corp. for a host of safety issues, at least one Toyota dealership in Southern California was in the dark regarding details of the recall of millions of vehicles, to the [...]
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Posted 23 February 2010
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Fiorina’s next Demon Ruminant attack ad to accuse Campbell of being a Yaks and Spend Republican
February 8, 2010
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[...] Unaltered photo (MPR Photo/Ambar Espinoza) @ http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/12/19/yak_farmer/
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Posted 08 February 2010
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Palin 2012 T-shirt, MY HEART BELONGS TO A PALM READER, selling briskly
February 7, 2010
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[...] T-shirt with the slogan MY HEART BELONGS TO A PALM READER (minus the Sarah Palin image and the Palin 2012 text) @ cafepress.com
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Posted 07 February 2010
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Fiorina’s Sheep ad fleeces facts
February 7, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (FASTLAUGH.com) — Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina fleeced the facts when she pandered to the far right with her recent internet Sheep ad in a desperate and transparent bid to use humor as a cover for her deception, and to ingratiate herself with the Republican party’s [...]
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Posted 07 February 2010
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Edwards sex tape leaked
February 07, 2010
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PITTSBORO, N.C. (FASTLAUGH.com) — Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones sternly demanded under threat of contempt that Andrew Young, sycophant former aide to two-time presidential candidate John Edwards, relinquish to his court by next Wednesday, the flagrante delicto video featuring Edwards and his then-pregnant mistress Rielle Hunter that Young [...]
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Posted 07 February 2010
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Clunkers for Toyotas
February 5, 2010
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WASHINGTON (FASTLAUGH.com) — The Obama administration smacked the smug off the corporate face of Japanese auto giant Toyota this afternoon, holding an emergency press conference to announce an unprecedented relief program for U.S. consumers stuck with defective Toyota vehicles.
U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary John D. Porcari, reading from a [...]
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Posted 05 February 2010
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