Jul 17th, 2008 · The Doorman offers a genial take on the absurdities of the velvet-rope culture, in the process gently lampooning the nightclub set. Bob Mondello calls the titular gatekeeper a "hilariously preposterous movie creature."
Jun 17th, 2008 · Until recently, it was hard for political comedians in India to lampoon their own government. Now, an Indian comic who usually targets American politicians is going after the leaders of his own country — even though he's facing an uphill battle.
Mar 30th, 2008 · 'National Geographic' staffers spend so much time playing around with obscure insects that they've lost touch with reality, according to Harvard Lampoon editors Hayes Davenport and Ross Arbes. They hope their April Fools issue will teach people a lesson or two.
Mar 14th, 2008 · Just days after New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was named as "Client 9" in a prostitution probe, his predicament is lampooned in an ad for cell phones in Canada. The Virgin Mobile ad shows Spitzer with a thought bubble tha reads: "I'm tired of being treated like a number."
Jan 10th, 2008 · Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee makes a tongue-in-cheek vice-presidential offer to Steven Colbert, whose TV character lampoons right-wing talk-show hosts.
Aug 28th, 2007 · Novelist Bill Flanagan wrote the comedy A&R about the smooth operators and the scatty artists who make the music business so entertaining; now he's lampooning the cable-TV industry in his novel New Bedlam. The source for his send-ups? His career as an MTV networks exec.
Aug 12th, 2007 · The on-air puzzle is called, "Where's It At?" There are clues for two words. The first word contains the consecutive letters "A-T" somewhere inside. Remove the "A-T" and you'll get a new word that answers the second clue. For example, if the clues are "a lampoon and a way to address a king," the answer would be satire and sire.
Dec 28th, 2006 · The death of former President Gerald Ford brings back memories of his most-famous moments. The accidental president prone to accidents was often lampooned, nowhere more famously than on Saturday Night Live. He was the first president to truly pervade pop culture.