Strikeouts? Politics? Drugs? Transcendental Meditation? Ask the "Spaceman," still pitching in his late 60s. All for the love of the game.
Read MoreComedic couples come and go but there has never been a more perfect union of wit and mind than Nichols and May.
Read More“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H.L. Mencken
Read MoreFor a full generation, as the world teetered on the brink, the lone voice mocking in the wilderness was truly MAD.
Read MoreShy second grade dropout. Struggled onstage with one-liners. Without a further word, he became a clown for the ages.
Read More“There’s no secret to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.”
Read MoreA Wasabi Alarm? Astrology Charts for Bacteria? Scheduled Earthquakes? The Ig-Nobels are science for wise guys.
Read MorePresidents are rarely known for their humor, at least not their intentional humor. JFK was.
Read MoreOur National Pastime thrived on legend until Jim Bouton toppled the pedestals. Was that Mickey Mantle pinch hitting with a hangover?
Read MoreSilent film was dead. Scandal tainted his career. His mother died. The Depression began. And Charlie Chaplin made “City Lights.”
Read MoreFour score and 12 years ago, a unique candidate ran a unique campaign. We miss Pat Paulsen for President.
Read MoreLong before Netflix and Comedy Central, standup started in a single spot — the Borscht Belt.
Read MoreSnoopy is a salesman now but for five wonderful years, he broke all the cartoon rules and changed American comics.
Read MoreA refrigerator note. A spark of genius. A classic poem and the senders it inspired.
Read MoreOwing team after team, Bill Veeck loved baseball and fans and fun. Not necessarily in that order.
Read MoreBaseball was a fading relic. Then a Chaplinesque college kid put on a chicken suit.
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