Watch Big News Episode 302: “2009: What a Tripp!”

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 in Big News Episodes, Humor, News, News & Commentary, Video
Tags: "George Bush", Angelyne, Antonio Villaraigosa, Artemis Pebdani, Barack Obama, Bernie Madoff, Bill Clinton, Bobby Rush, Boy Scouts, Brian Vestal, cable, Condoleezza Rice, Dane Cook, Dick Cheney, Footloose, Gertrude Stein, Green Zone, Greg Shouse, Gregg Lopez, harry potter, Helen Thomas, Hermione Granger, Hillary Clinton, Home Alone, in-flight birth, Iraq, Jim Nieb, K-Fed, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Federline, Kyra Sedgwick, Laura Bush, magic Negro, Matt Blitz, Matt Manser, Matthew Blitz, Matthew Harris, Melissa Okey, Michael Hughes, MTV, Neil Garguilo, New Year's Eve, Peter Soby Jr., Phillip Wilburn, Rachael Drummond, Ray Stakenas, Rod Blagojevich, Ron Weasley, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Scott Garner, Sean Cowhig, smoothies, Tammie Smalls, Times Square, Todd Palin, Tom Repetto, Tripp Palin

Big News Episode 302: “2009: What a Tripp!!”
Starring Sean Cowhig, Rachael Drummond, Neil Garguilo, Matthew Harris, Gregg Lopez, Jim Nieb, Melissa Okey, Artemis Pebdani, Tammie Smalls, Brian Vestal and Phillip Wilburn
Directed by Michael Hughes

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, December 21, 2008

Monday, December 22, 2008 in Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
Tags: "George Bush", Adolf Hitler Campbell, American Idol, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Ann Wilson, asteroids, Barack Obama, Bristol Palin, Charlie Sheen, David Paterson, Deep Throat, Denise Richards, drugs, FBI, G-spot, Garfield, HBO, Heart, Hillary Clinton, Hometown Buffet, Iraq, Iraqi shoe thrower, Katie Holmes, Las Vegas, Las Vegas snow, Leonardo da Vinci, Levi Johnston, Louvre, Majel Barrett, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Mark Felt, Michigan, Nancy Wilson, New York, Nicole Kidman, Oprah Winfrey, Person of the Year, Peru, Pulp Fiction, Roger Avary, Sarah Palin, Saved by the Bell, Sherry Johnston, shoe thrower, Simon Cowell, Star Trek, Stripper Idol, Suri Cruise, Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Time magazine, Time magazine Person of the Year, Tom Cruise, Watergate, weather, winter

The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush began his trial Wednesday on charges of attacking a head of state. When asked to predict the outcome, the judge in the case said a guilty verdict is a virtual shoo-in.
Time magazine has named Barack Obama its “Person of the Year.” Hillary Clinton [...]

Watch Big News Episode 284: “Mile High Jinx”

Sunday, November 30, 2008 in News
Tags: "George Bush", Bailee DesRocher, Barack Obama, Baywatch, Bill Clinton, Captain and Tennille, Daddy Yankee, David Hasselhoff, Democratic Convention, Democratic National Convention, DNC, Ed Salazar, education, Erich Eilenberger, exceptional students, Gary Hart, Gasolina, gifted students, Greg Shouse, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Jason Kelley, Jen Cain, Joe Biden, John McCain, K-Fed, Kevin Federline, Lance Armstrong, Matt Manser, Matt Moore, Melissa Okey, Michael Hughes, Michelle Obama, Neil Garguilo, Pamela Anderson, Phillip Wilburn, Pookie, Popozao, Ray Stakenas, roll call, Ron West, Sarah Palin, Sean Cowhig, Sheryl Crow, Tammie Smalls, Walter Mondale

The Democratic National Convention had just ended, giving us lots of great material for comedy – inane roll calls, seductive Bill Clinton speeches, and diehard Hillary supporters! Plus the comedy of Ed Salazar!

In this episode:
- The Democratic National Convention roll call gets out of hand!
- Sheryl Crow serenades Barack Obama with some specially written [...]

Watch Big News Episode 287: “Mayor, Moose-Hunter, Mother”

Saturday, November 29, 2008 in Big News Episodes
Tags: 100000 Pyramid, 2008 Election, AIG, Al Gore, Andy Sklar, Artemis Pebdani, Aydrea ten Bosch, bank failure, Bert, Big Bird, Blackberry Britney Spears, Carly Fiorina, Cindy McCain, Cookie Monster, credit crisis, David Petraeus, Dick Clark, economic crisis, Elmo, Ernie, Federal Reserve, Florida State, General Petraeus, George Caleodis, Grover, Iraq, J.B. West, Jamie Lynn Spears, Jason Kelley, Jim Nieb, John McCain, Jonas Brothers, Julia Gaudette, Kipleigh Brown, Kyle Kinane, Lehman Brothers, Matt Johnson, Matt Moore, Melissa Okey, Michael Hughes, Muppets, Neil Garguilo, Oscar the Grouch, Phil Gramm, Phillip Wilburn, Pyramid, Ron West, Sarah Palin, Sean Cowhig, Sesame Street, sorority, surge, Tammie Smalls, the Count, Todd Palin, Tom Repetto, virginity, WaMu, Washington Mutual, Zach Ayers

Sesame Street? The Jonas Brothers? But don’t mistake this show for anything on the Disney Channel – just a hilarious look at another week of the election, and the comedy of Kyle Kinane!

In this episode:
- John McCain gets roughed up by the Muppets!
- The Lehman Brothers get a good talking-to by their parents!
- [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, October 26, 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008 in Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
Tags: Alan Greenspan, Barack Obama, Batboy, Beastie Boys, Ben Affleck, Beyonce, Celebrity Championship Wrestling, College Board, Danny Bonaduce, Destiny's Child, Dolemite, drive-ins, Dustin Diamond, Expedia, Federal Reserve, Frank Stallone, George Takei, Hulk Hogan, In Your Eyes, India, India moon mission, Iraq, John Kerry, John McCain, Kevin Smith, Los Angeles Times, Michelle Williams, Mr. Blackwell, name-letter effect, New York Times, porn, porn fire, pornography, Rudy Ray Moore, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin college, Sarah Palin wardrobe, Sasha Fierce, Say Anything, sexually transmitted diseases, Star Trek, STDs, Weekly World News, William Shatner, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Zodiac Killer

The Iraqi government reported this week that it is having problems spending its $79 billion oil profit surplus.  Democrats urged President Bush to force Iraqi payment of war costs, while Republicans suggested blowing it all on Sarah Palin’s wardrobe.
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress on Thursday he is shocked at the breakdown in [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, August 24, 2008

Monday, August 25, 2008 in Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
Tags: A Little Bit Longer, Barack Obama, black Republicans, career women, Chris Kattan, Cindy McCain, concealed weapons, condom ringtone, Dave Matthews Band, France, Ft. Lauderdale, gold medals, gymnastics, India, International Table Tennis Federation, Iraq, Iraq withdrawal, John McCain, Jonas Brothers, LeRoi Moore, Mark Spitz, McCain houses, menstruation, Michael Phelps, national parks, Olympics, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Phil Collins, pubes, Shawn Johnson, Sheryl Crow, Spanair, Spanair plane crash, Special Olympics, Sussudio, swimming, table tennis, Tropical Storm Fay, Two and a Half Men

On Thursday John McCain was unable to answer a reporter’s question about how many houses he and wife Cindy own. McCain later pointed out that he could not answer because he could not lift his hands high enough to count on his fingers.
The U.S. and Iraq have reached a deal for the U.S. to [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, July 20, 2008

Saturday, July 19, 2008 in Editorial, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
Tags: Dane Cook, Iraq, Barack Obama, Larry King, San Francisco, Toyota, France, "George Bush", Japan, John McCain, Cher, Nicolas Sarkozy, Afghanistan, Taliban, Thailand, National Enquirer, Rolling Stones, Hell's Angels, Brett Favre, Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin, Taco Bell, Michigan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Guitar Hero, US Airways, Miss USA, Pope Benedict, Dmitry Medvedev, Tasmanian devil, Jessica Alba, Metallica, Italy, Gay Pride, frozen embryos, New Yorker, Barack Obama New Yorker, Barack Obama New Yorker cover, Obama New Yorker, Obama New Yorker controversy, New Yorker controversy, Barack Obama New Yorker controversy, cartoons, Phil Gramm, nation of whiners, foreclosures, housing, housing crisis, Jews, American Jews, greenhouse gases, G-8, Dari, Pashto, Uzbek, Turkmen, sex with the dead, World's Greatest Dad, Mediterranean Union, New Yorker cartoon, death from overwork, Drillbit Taylor Angelina Jolie, Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, Crystle Stewart, Miss Universe, sperm, DNA, Maury Povich, World Heritage List, Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Lagoons of New Caledonia, Bugs Bunny, world's best city, Bangkok, Florence, Travel + Leisure, Murray Head, One Night in Bangkok, happy ending, Evelyn Keyes, Suellen O'Hara, Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind, fatty foods, Daniel Allen Everett

We at Big News are still awaiting word as to when iO West will reopen. Right now our next show is scheduled for Sunday, August 3 at 9pm. But the layoff hasn’t stopped our writers from writing jokes about the events of the day – and while we may not have [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, June 29 2008

Thursday, July 3, 2008 in Big News Writers, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes
Tags: Amy Winehouse, Andy Dick, Antonin Scalia, art, Barack Obama, blind, botox, Captive Primate Safety Act, chemical castration, Chinatown, Christie's, Cosmo Lofts, Crusades, electric cars, Elizabeth II, Exxon, Fort Elizabeth, gas, gas prices, gay marriage, George Carlin, global warming, Gloucester, gravity bombs, gun control, hands-free cell phones, Hillary Clinton, Holland, Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood Boulevard car accident, Hollywood Boulevard car crash, Hollywood Boulevard June 26 car accident, Hollywood Boulevard June 26 car crash, home prices, hybrid cars, iO West, iO West accident, iO West car accident, iO West car crash, iO West crash, Iraq, Israel, John McCain, Louisiana, Love Guru, Madonna, Mike Myers, Monet, monkeys, Morgan Tsvangirai, Mormons, Netherlands, New York, Nicolas Sarkozy, oil spill, pet monkeys, pregnancy pact, Queen Elizabeth, real estate, Robert Mugabe, seven works you can't say on television, sex offenders, sex tape, Subway, Supreme Court, SUV, Tel Aviv, Trophy Wife, UCB, Upright Citizens Brigade, Valdez, Verne Troyer, Verne Troyer sex tape, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Zimbabwe

You think a little obstacle like an SUV crashing into iO West can thwart our noble Big News writers from their sworn duty of writing jokes about the week’s news?
Think again, bub!
Maybe we didn’t have a show this past week. And maybe we won’t be back on the iO West stage until Sunday, July [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, June 1, 2008 – Bonus Jokes!!

Sunday, June 1, 2008 in Big News Writers, Editorial, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
Tags: "George Bush", 1.21 gigawatts, 50 Cent, Amy Winehouse, Ashlee Simpson, Axel Foley, Back to the Future, Beverly Hills Cop, Bill Murray, Bjork, Blanka, Brazil, Britney Spears, Carol Burnett Show, China, Clay Aiken, cluster bombs, courthouse square, Dalai Lama, De Lorean, Dennis Kucinich, Doc Brown, Eddie Murphy, Fall Out Boy, Family Circus, flux capacitor, Harvey Korman, Hillary Clinton, Iceland, Iraq, Japan, Jodie Foster, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Bacon, Kirsten Dunst, Larry Craig, Las Lomas, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Mars, mercury, mosquitos, NASA, Nelson Mandela, obesity, Paul McCartney, Pete Wentz, Phoenix Lander, Ricky Martin, scorpions, Scott McClellan, Sharon Stone, Speed Racer, Spiderman, Starbucks, Street Fighter 2, Thelma Keane, Tibet, Tim Conway, Timbaland, Universal, Universal Fire, Universal Studios, Viagra, Wal-Mart, West Virginia, William Hung, Yale

Great Scott! Los Angeles woke up this morning to discover that Universal Studios was on fire! Among the sets and buildings lost – the iconic courthouse square from “Back to the Future.” But what’s the big deal – all you need is a De Lorean, a flux capacitor, and 1.21 gigawatts of [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, April 20, 2008

Monday, April 21, 2008 in Big News Writers, Editorial, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
Tags: "George Bush", Acme World Oyster Eating Contest, American Airlines, appendix, Barack Obama, Bobby Clampett, butterfly effect, Catholicism, Catholics, CBS, cell phones, Chicago, Chris Martin, coke, Coldplay, cougars, Dancing with the Stars, death penalty, Disney, Edward Lorenz, Fergalicious, Fergie, global warming, golf, Gwyneth Paltrow, Houston Astros, Iraq, John McCain, John Mellencamp, Katie Couric, lethal injection, Liang Wen-Chong, Martha Stewart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Masters, Miguel Tejada, MIT, myspace, New Orleans, nude photos, Ollie Johnson, oysters, Paw Paw, Pope Benedict, Priscilla Presley, sexually transmitted diseases, STDs, Supreme Court, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, Wesley Snipes

In a Mass at Washington’s Nationals Park on Thursday, Pope Benedict said that, despite the pedophilia scandal, American Catholics should still love their priests. The pope added that, when loving priests, American Catholics should remember to clarify that the loving was consensual.
On Wednesday, a crowd at the White House sang “Happy Birthday” to Pope [...]