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Monsanto Protection Act: What All The Fuss Is About

By now, if you're involved in the food industry in any way you've probably heard of the rider sneaked into the House spending bill that's being called the "Monsanto Protection Act" by outraged parties. It's part of a bill that Obama signed last week (and basically had to sign to keep the government ... More >>

You've Got Us Feeling Emo-tions

Friends of Nicki?: Five Black Musicians Who Supported Republicans

You've probably already heard about Nicki Minaj's Mitt Romney-related lyrics, in which she claimed she was going to vote for the Republican presidential candidate. So, did she mean it? Was she being ironic? Is this a publicity stunt? The only thing we know for sure is that the online furor over this ... More >>

Fear and Loathing in Tampa: A Guide to the Republican National Convention

World's Largest Penis: Jonah Falcon's Dong Visits San Francisco, Dick Jokes Ensue

This week it was revealed that the world's largest penis and the nebbishy, 41-year-old man it's attached to visited our fair city. In the ostensibly newsworthy portion of this development, he was asked by airport security personnel if he had the world's largest penis in his pocket or was just happy ... More >>

Viacom's Insane Move to Yank Shows From The Web

Viacom's decision to yank its programming from the Web last week as a tactic in its dispute with DirecTV was absolutely insane. The last people to realize this fact were Viacom's executives. As of Tuesday, the company had restored The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Since it's the middle of summe ... More >>

Up the Establishment

The Daily Show: John Burton, Democratic Party Chair, Explains How F**ked Up California Is

-- John Burton​It's always a great day to be a reporter when politicians are dropping F-bombs, especially when they are dropping them in reference to California's depressing finances. Of course, it makes even better fodder for The Daily Show, which did a hilarious segment last night explaining jus ... More >>

Parents Can't Keep Kids from Eating Junk Food, Study Finds

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cSan Francisco's Happy Meal Banwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogThe Daily Show on Facebook San Francisco made itself the object of national attention last year with city legislators' decision to ba ... More >>

Fighting Fire with Laughter

Happy Meal 2.0: McDonald's to Cut Back on Fries

Healthier Happy Meal makes S.F. ... happy​San Francisco became the nation's laughingstock -- and Public Enemy No. 1 for children -- when it rolled out the controversial Happy Meal ban. You might recall the epic Daily Show episode where Aasif Mandvi gave the man behind the ban, Supervisor Eric Mar, ... More >>

The Daily Show Visits S.F. to Find Out Why We Aren't the Gayest City Anymore (Video)

Moving to Minneapolis ... where the new gays live​It was a disappointing, ahem, blow to learn that San Francisco, the home of the cock-shaped cookie, is no longer the gayest city in America. In fact, we didn't even make the top 10. At No. 11, San Francisco fell behind Orlando, Santa Fe, and Las Ve ... More >>

Other States Trying to Dodge Happy Meal Ban Humiliation

Happy Meal fries in Arizona and California ​Even if he had it coming, it was hard not to feel some level of sympathy for Supervisor Eric Mar after watching him get brutally mocked on The Daily Show earlier this year. Aside from perpetuating San Francisco's epic silliness, Mar's poor showing on nat ... More >>

TV on the Radio Steps Back to Gaze at the Apocalypse

Week in Gay: Ted Haggard is Bisexual and Anderson Cooper has a 'Companion'

Coming after cousin Geri​This edition of The Week in Gay is a potpourri (either a miscellaneous collection of stories or a mixture of dried flowers and spices) of four categories - plus an extra special bonus!Included are updates on the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, the latest stories from San F ... More >>

Happy Meal Ban Architect Supervisor Eric Mar on 'The Daily Show'

Eric Mar is ready for his close-up!​After poking fun at San Francisco's Happy Meal Ban not once but twice, The Daily Show took the next natural step: It had the creator of the ban, Supervisor Eric Mar, on the air. Our calls to the District 1 supe to see how it went haven't yet been returned. But i ... More >>

Special! So Special!

She's Not Laughing with You ...

John Stewart to Jobs: Microsoft Was Supposed to be the Evil One

Appholeswww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea Party In testament to the ever increasing mainstream appeal of the high drama, high stakes tech and gadget world, The Daily Show host John Stewart tore into iPhonegate during his opening monologue tonight, making an interesting ... More >>

"Furry Vengeance" is a movie with a message -- and not much else

Last Night: The Monthly Rumpus w/ Daniel Handler, Tony DuShane, DJ Real, More

DJ Real​The Monthly Rumpus w/ Daniel Handler, Tony DuShane, Robin Ekiss, Ethan Watters, Kevin Sampsell, DJ Real, the Yello Dress, & Richard Porter on hula hoopMonday, Feb. 8, 2009Make-Out RoomBetter than: Talking about the Super BowlWhere in San Francisco can you get a night of author readings ... More >>

The Way It Is

Oliver Twist

Medicine for Melancholy

Here Come the Funny People

Here Come the Funny People

The Nobody's Business Diner

By Meredith Brody How does this menu sound to you: tomato basil soup, market pasta salad, salad du jour, organic spinach salad, Philly cheesesteaks, roasted local veggie melts, organic baked French fries, steamed organic broccoli, organic pears? Or this one: zucchini bread, French dip au jus, roas ... More >>

How 'douchebag' became everyone's favorite insult

Gives Good Headline

Last Night: Rob Riggle at Cobb's Comedy Club

Drunk Tricyclists, Cardboard Tube Battles, Fillmore Jazz and Rob Riggle: Your Monday Morning Hangover

Comedian Will Franken Interview on his Two Shows At SF Sketchfest

Back to You, John

The Daily Show, The State, and Vagina Dentatas — It's Your Monday Morning Hangover

The Daily Show, The State, and Vagina Dentatas — It's Your Monday Morning Hangover

Daily Show's John Oliver Plays in SF

Demetri Martin Gets TV Show of Important Things

Goddamned Funny

In the Black

Lewis Blows His Top

I Feel Happy

A warm fuzzy art space

Weekly Obsessions

Things we were obsessing about on Jan. 19, 2005

The Jester Speaks the Truth

We know you get your news from comedians. Now here's one of the best.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

OK Then

A dozen local musicians find a silver lining in the election results. Seriously.

New Sneers' Eve

Comics skewer our weird year

Laugh Attack

TV stooges stand up

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

Inside the Soap Box

Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth