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Gina Gershon as Sarah Palin

From Funny or Die.
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Hilary Clinton is Tracy Flick

The Idea of Progress has been sick the last few days and apologizes for the lack of posts. Please enjoy this video from Slate in the meantime.
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They’ve got a Pepper Bar!

First, I’d like you to view what I feel is the greatest commercial ever filmed:

That has to be one of the strangest ads I’ve ever seen. Weird, ugly puppets, singing badly. With bad green screen effects. Who in their right mind would make this ad, and then try and sell sandwiches with [...]

The Best Use of a Clown in a Bankruptcy Commercial Award Goes to…

I was reminded of this fine commercial by Bubs over at the Sprawling Ramshackle Compound.
I’m proud to say that my friend and colleague Kate plays the frightened woman in this spot. She told me that the guy who played the clown came to the shoot directly after playing Othello at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. [...]

The Idea of Progress Presents a Personal History of Comedy, vol.I

This is the single funniest thing I’ve ever seen. And I don’t mean that ironically.
Most of my life I’ve been a night owl. When my family got cable TV, this didn’t help, because now instead of reading books or watching UHF television, I’d watch Comedy Central until all hours of the night. [...]

Something Is Wrong With George W. Bush

No, really. Why has his inability to speak properly become more and more pronounced over the last 12 years?

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Holy Shit! Giant Tornado!

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Some call him Loki, or Coyote, or Raven

The first plausible explanation for Dick Cheney that I’ve heard…he’s the Highlander.
From the Daily Show.

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I…uh…I don’t even know what to say about this.

Karl Rove dancing and participating in a ‘rap’ sketch.

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Ask an Ninja…On Mythbusters

I found this to be unreasonably entertaining.
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