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May 25, 2007
Funny Times
I have been ranting lately about the sorry state of journalism, especially on television. After reading over several of my recent blogs, I realized I may be sounding too cynical and humorless--taking myself too seriously.
This notion was reinforced when I read the results of some research that indicated that the majority of young people 18-24 get their news from "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report," which we all knew, but it was nice to get it confirmed. The most interesting thing about the research indicated that "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" were more credible than main-stream television news. Again, not surprising.
My wife, Julia, and I love the two Comedy Central programs and they are the only two television programs we regularly watch together. She often watches "The Sopranos" and "Big Love" and I often view "Bill Moyers Journal."
However, to keep my sanity, my favorite publication is The Funny Times, which I receive monthly. Here's the cover of the latest issue, which I think is a perfect comment on the current state of the media:
Cartoons in the current issue poke brilliant fun at marriage, gay marriage, gardening, the Iraq war, McCain, Bush, Cheney, Alberto Gonzales, and college graduates, among many others. And like Playboy, the articles are great--really funny, including one by Dave Barry.
So this is an unashamed plug for The Funny Times. To subscribe, go to its website, FunnyTimes.com. You'll love it--like the cartoon below.
Posted by Charles Warner at May 25, 2007 09:49 AM
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at June 15, 2007 01:53 PM writes:
Thanks for commenting, Ham. I love your cartoon! It is a brilliant comment on a major malady of our times--people aren't reading enough and are watching too much trashy television. Major newspapers in the US are dropping their reviews of books as book reading is declining and newspaper revenues are declining even faster. It's a shame.
Ham Khan at June 15, 2007 01:39 PM writes:
Hello. My name is Ham Khan. I drew the cover of Funny Times on your blog. Nice to see it there and your comments.
I have a very old website at: http://www.ham.dircon.co.uk/
The website was dedicated to a magazine co-produced by myself and another British cartoonist, Knife (Duncan McCoshan). We published the magazine for a number of years but when I moved to Argentina in 1999 it got too complicated to keep it going.
Any case just wanted to say it was great to read your comments about Funny Times.
Take care
Ham
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