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, September 7, 2008

Sunday, September 14, 2008 in Editorial, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
Tags: "George Bush", Alaska, Alaskan Independence party, baby bottles, Batman, Bill Clinton, Bill Melendez, Bristol Palin, Charlie Brown, Christina Aguilera, DNA, Don LaFontaine, earmarks, Elizabeth Edwards, Georgia, good grief, Heath Ledger, Hurricane Ike, James Gandolfini, Jamie Lynn Spears, Jesse Jackson, John Edwards, John McCain, Journey, Levi Johnston, Los Angeles Subway, Mike Myers, monogamy, Moviefone, Peanuts, Pineapple express, pork, Russia, Sarah Palin, Seth Rogen, Sopranos, Thailand, The Dark Knight, The Joker, The Love Guru, Wasilla

Sarah Palin revealed on Monday that her seventeen-year-old daughter Bristol is expecting a baby. The child will be named That Dumb Redneck Hockey Player, Jr.
John McCain’s campaign is denying reports that Sarah Palin was once a part of the Alaskan Independence Party. However, McCain did admit that he once belonged to the Boston Tea [...]

Watch Big News Episode 279: “Hillary Under Water”

Thursday, August 7, 2008 in Big News Episodes, Big News Writers, Highlights, Humor, News, Video
Tags: Phillip Wilburn, drought, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Barack Obama, Jamie Lynn Spears, John McCain, Kevin Federline, K-Fed, Gregg Lopez, water, Michelle Obama, Michigan, gas prices, Vice President, West Virginia, gay marriage, Susan Deming, Jason Kelley, Michael Hughes, Ray Stakenas, Universal Studios, Jimmy Guidish, Sean Cowhig, Scott Garner, Neil Garguilo, Tammie Smalls, Nikitas Manikatos, Julia Gaudette, Matt Manser, Jim Nieb, Ed McMahon, foreclosure, Dianne Feinstein, Budweiser, Chris Matthews, Rachael Ray, Universal Studios Fire, Hummer, Grease, Erik Charles Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mr. T, Erich Eilenberger, Tom Repetto, Adam Fisher, Danny Ricker, Bailee DesRocher, The Office, Brent Forrester, gas, vice presidential selection, inbreeding, Joe Manchin, Dunkin' Donuts, Casey Aldridge, Pookie, Maddie Briann Aldridge, Grease parody, Summer Nights, Summer Nights parody, California drought, Keith Bush, Kito Buni Robinson, Catalina Rodas, Laurenne Sala, Steven Waldinger, Matt Mondlock, Howie Scheer, Kristina Adelmeyer

As all of us at Big News gear up for our first show back following the iO West reopen – Sunday, August 17 at 9pm, with special guest Brent Forrester from “The Office” – it’s the perfect time to catch up on the shows we did before a drunk driver mistook the iO West bar [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, June 22, 2008

Monday, June 23, 2008 in Big News Writers, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
Tags: Aliens, Amy Winehouse, Austin Fire Department, autism, Boston Celtics, CNN, Cocaine, college admissions, Diablo Cody, Dick Cheney, Gay, hamburger phone, homosexuality, honest to blog, horses, Italy, Ivy League, Jamie Lynn Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Joan Rivers, Juno, Jurassic Park, Kobe Bryant, Loose Women, Los Angeles Lakers, Lou Dobbs, Lukasz Zbylut, Maddie Briann Spears, McDonald's, Mexico, National Zoo, NBA, NBA Finals, Nigeria, Phil Spector, Poland, pregnancy pact, reverse vasectomy, salmonella, Scott McClellan, Sex and the City, Shell Oil, Stan Winston, Staten Island, Subway, teen pregnancy, Terminator 2, tomatoes, Valerie Plame, visual effects, weight loss, Yahoo!

The Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night to win the NBA championship. Kobe Bryant apologized for the loss by buying each of his teammates a four million dollar ring.
During his testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, former White House spokesman Scott McClellan suggested that Dick Cheney [...]

Recap Monday!

Monday, June 9, 2008 in Big News Episodes, Big News Writers, Editorial, Highlights
Tags: Add new tag, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Back to the Future, Barack Obama, Budweiser, Chris Matthews, Dianne Feinstein, Dick Cheney, Ed McMahon, Erik Charles Nielsen, Grease, Hardball, Hillary Clinton, Hummer, Jamie Lynn Spears, John McCain, K-Fed, Kevin Federline, Michelle Obama, Mr. T, Rachael Ray, same sex marriage, Universal Studios, Universal Studios Fire, West Virginia

Episode #279: “Hillary Under Water”

The good thing about the new 9pm start time: A larger audience (theoretically) since more people can justify coming out earlier. The bad thing: Unless you have self-control, which we obviously don’t, there’s more time to spend after the show drinking, which will lead to trouble sooner rather than later. With [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, April 13, 2008 – Bonus Jokes!!

Saturday, April 12, 2008 in Big News Writers, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes
Tags: Abu Ubaida al Masri, al-Qaeda, Alaska, American Airlines, Anchorage, Basketball Hall of Fame, battery, Beijing Olympics, Bob Dylan, Boston Red Sox, brain power, Bravo, Brinks, Britney Spears, cell phone, cheeseburger, Cincinnati, Colin Powell, Colombia, Conan O'Brien, David Bowie, Democrats, drugs, Elvis Presley, ER, European union, FAA, gas prices, Hepatitis C, How I Met Your Mother, Hugo Chavez, ice cream sticks, India, Iran, jail, Jamie Lynn Spears, Jimmy Hoffa, Kevin Bacon, Kim Jong-il, Laugh Factory, Lego, lethal injection, Lifetime, Lindsay Lohan, Mario Chalmers, Mark Penn, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Michael Vick, Most Oustanding Player, Nature, NBC, Neil Patrick Harris, New Kids on the Block, New York Yankees, ohio, Olympic torch, Paris Hilton, Pat Riley, peanut butter, photo, Project Runway, Pulitzer Prize, Queen, Robin Wright Penn, San Francisco, Sean Penn, smoking ban, Supreme Court of Comedy, Teller, Tommy Lee, turkeys, two faces, University of Kansas, Vanilla Ice, Viking ship, Yi So-yean

Consider this blog a nice peaceful city in the Midwest along a river of comedy. Well, the jokes just overflowed their banks, and they’re headed your way! AHHHHHH! We’ve got bonus jokes! If you’re wondering what jokes stayed inside the banks, come by the iO West in Hollywood Sunday night at 10 pm to find [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, April 6, 2008 – Bonus Jokes!!

Saturday, April 5, 2008 in Announcements, Big News Writers, Editorial, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Press, Quick Takes, The Biz, Writers
Tags: Britney Spears, Blackwater, Iraq, Georgia, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Larry King, homeless, Tonight Show, Osama bin Laden, New Jersey, "George Bush", Jamie Lynn Spears, Merle Haggard, Japan, Lindsay Lohan, Jay-Z, Mexico, John McCain, myspace, bee movie, seinfeld, Florida, sex, ohio, David Letterman, Ralph Nader, Miley Cyrus, Beyonce, 2008 Election, Raul Castro, Cuba, Heather Mills, strippers, soap operas, Philadelphia, April Fool's Day, Naomi Campbell, Heathrow Airport, Ann Mahlum, running, running clubs, Back on My Feet Again, NBC, Kathie Lee Gifford, Today, recycling, Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, crime, Late Show, Steve Allen, polls, New York Times, CBS News, unemployment, recession, State Department, Anthony Pellicano, Chris Rock, wiretapping, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, David Blaine, SAG, AFTRA, Screen Actors Guild, unions, Miss USA, Secret Service, sniper fire, defibrillator, child abuse, Melvin Levine, A Mind At a Time, International Space Station, Live Nation, Big Mac, Writers, MacGyver, Project Runway, Fox, wrestling, Long Beach, Anthrax, Episcopal High School, Naval Academy, flight school, Bucket List, sex therapists, HBO, picnic table, slip-n-slide, Okie from Muskogee, Charlton Heston, Planet of the Apes, Touch of Evil

Maybe it was April Fools, but our writers were so inspired this week that they wrote more jokes than we could possibly fit into the show. But thanks to the Internet, we still have an outlet to share these with the world at large – thanks, Internet!!! Wondering what did make the show? [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, March 30, 2008 – Bonus Jokes!

Saturday, March 29, 2008 in Announcements, Big News Writers, Editorial, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz, Writers
Tags: "George Bush", 10000 B.C., 2008 Election, 2008 Olympics, abortion, abstinence, Adobe, Afghanistan, Alex Rodriguez, Alzheimer's, American Airlines, Barack Obama, Barry Bonds, Bedrock, Beijing Olympics, Bible, birth control, Bosnia, Brian Sliter, Britney Spears, Charlie Sheen, China, Christianity, CNN, Cocaine, Confederacy, Cops, Daniel Radcliffe, David Paterson, Dax Shepard, dementia, Denise Richards, Denny's, dentures, Dick Cheney, Diet Fresca, Direct TV, Dr. Pepper, Easter Island, Egg McMuffin, Ellen DeGeneres, Fight Club, First Continental Congress, Flintstones, Florida, food stamps, George Michael, Glenn Beck, Godzilla, Greece, Guns 'n' Roses, harry potter, Hawaii, Headline News, Herb Peterson, herpes, HGH, Hillary Clinton, Hootie & the Blowfish, Houston Rockets, Iraq, Jamie Lynn Spears, Joey Buttafuoco, John McCain, Jon Heder, Jose Canseco, kidneys, Kilauea, Kirsten Bell, Kleenex, Kwame Kilpatrick, LAPD, Larry Craig, Libertarians, LIRR, LOLcatz, Long Island, Los Angeles, McDonald's, Mexico, Mike Gravel, Mike Tyson, mile high club, Milwaukee's Best Light, Missouri, Mitt Romney, Mrs. Doubtfire, Murder She Wrote, Nancy Reagan, Naperville, Napoleon Dynamite, New York, nipple rings, Not Just Another Cable News Show, nuclear warheads, obesity, ohio, Olympic torch, Olympics, Pamela Anderson, Pentagon, Photoshop, Polygrip, Pomeranian, prison, Remus, Rick Salomon, Robin Williams, Rome, Romulus, Romulus and Remus, Ronald Reagan, Rosie O'Donnell, San Francisco Giants, Scarlett Johannsen, sex education, sexually transmitted diseases, Sizzler, slavery, Starbucks, STDs, Supreme Court, Tacoma, Taiwan, taser, Texas, theology, Tibet, train wreck, transplants, TSA, Ultimate Fighting, US Airways, Van Gogh, Viagra, Wal-Mart, When in Rome, White Castle, Yale, Yao Ming, Yes We Can

The Big News writing staff is hard at work crafting great comedy each week for your enjoyment. And thanks to Al Gore, there’s a place for those jokes that can’t fit into the show – the Internet! To see what did make it in, stop by iO West in Hollywood on Sunday nights [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, March 16, 2008 – Bonus Jokes!

Saturday, March 15, 2008 in Big News Writers, Editorial, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz, Writers
Tags: "George Bush", 2008 Election, 90210, ABC, Academy Awards, Alzheimer's, American Idol, Amy Winehouse, Arizona, Ashton Kutcher, Batman, Beatles, Ben Franklin, Beverly Hills 90210, Big Bang Theory, Billy Crystal, botox, Britney Spears, Brothers Karamosov, Bruce Wayne, Carlos Mencia, Carson Daly, CBS, Cher, China, Chuck Norris, City Slickers, Client #9, Client Number Nine, congress, Connecticut, cougars, Cupid, Daniel Radcliffe, David Hernandez, David Paterson, Dawn Wells, Demi Moore, Democrats, Diablo Cody, Dick Cheney, Dr. Kevorkian, Dwayne Wade, Eliot Spitzer, endangered species, Federal Reserve, Florida, France, George Plimpton, Geraldine Ferraro, Gilligan's Island, gold, Greenpeace, Grey's Anatomy, harry potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Heather Mills, Hillary Clinton, How I Met Your Mother, Iggy Pop, Iraq, Israel, Jack Kevorkian, Jamie Lynn Spears, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson, Joan Van Ark, John McCain, Juno, K-Fed, Kevin Federline, Knots Landing, Lancaster, Last Call, Lazare Ponticelli, lesbians, Lisa Marie Presley, Lost, marijuana, Mary Ann, Miami Heat, Michael Jackson, Michigan, Middle East, mountain lions, MTV, My New BFF, myspace, Native Americans, Neverland, New York, New York Yankees, Nickelodeon, Nicole Kidman, Oklahoma, One Life To Live, Oscars, Palestinians, Paris Hilton, Patrick Dempsey, Paul McCartney, polar bears, pot, R. Kelly, Rob Reiner, Robin Hood, Saturday Night Live, sexually transmitted diseases, Showtime, Silda Spitzer, Skittles, Snoop Dogg, Southwest Airlines, sperm donors, Sperm for Tickets, STDs, Steven Segal, strippers, surgery, Susan B. Anthony, Syphillis, Taco Bell, The L Word, The Legend of Zelda, The Young and the Restless, Toxic Avenger, Triforce, Virginia, weed, When Harry Met Sally, William Tell, World War I, X-Box, Yankees, Zelda

You know how when you have a great meal and there’s too much good stuff to eat at one sitting, so you take some home for later? Well, if the Big News Report is the meal, our writers are the great chefs, cooking up more awesome jokes then we can eat at one sitting. So [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, March 2, 2008

Monday, March 3, 2008 in Big News Writers, Editorial, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz, Writers
Tags: 2008 Election, Afghanistan, Barbara Bush, Berkeley Springs, Bill Clinton, Black Crowes, Britain, Bud Light, buried treasure, condoms, congress, Election 2008, Fullerton, George Washington, Great Britain, gum disease, Harvard, hepatitis, Hillary Clinton, HIV, Jamie Lynn Spears, JC Penney, Jenna Bush, Larry Craig, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Maxim, Michael Jackson, monkeys, NASA, National Review, pant suits, Paula Abdul, porn, Prince Harry, Pussycat Dolls, Ralph Nader, Republicans, Roger Clemens, San Fernando Valley, Santa Barbara, solar probe, spanking, steroids, strokes, Taliban, TomKat, Ulysses, water, William F. Buckley, yogurt

On Saturday, Britain’s Prince Harry was pulled out of Afghanistan after news leaked that he had been fighting the Taliban for the past three months. Also on Saturday, the Bush twins were pulled out of an Austin bar on Two-For-One Margarita Night.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign announced Thursday that it had raised thirty-five million dollars in February. [...]