Watch Big News Episode 303: “Oh! Drama, Obama!”

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 in Big News Episodes, Humor, News, News & Commentary, Video
Tags: "George Bush", Amy Winehouse, Ann Coulter, Artemis Pebdani, Barack Obama, Barbara Bush, Betty Ford, Beyonce, Bill Clinton, Blake Fielder-Civil, Brian Vestal, Christopher Biewer, Dan Dominguez, Debbie Stabenow, Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin, Dr. House, Dr. Mario, Dr. Phil, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, economic stimulus package, Erich Eilenberger, First Ladies, Gaza Strip, George Bush Sr., George Caleodis, Gregg Lopez, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, House, Jesse James, Jill Biden, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Guidish, Joe Biden, Joe Francis, Joe Lieberman, John Hallmann, Julia Gaudette, Kipleigh Brown, KJ Middlebrooks, Larry Flynt, Laura Bush, Matt Blitz, Matt Lauer, Melissa Okey, Michael Hughes, Michelle Obama, Mike Carona, My Sharona, Nancy Reagan, Orange County Sheriff, Phillip Wilburn, porn stimulus, pornography, Ray Stakenas, Roland Burris, Rosalynn Carter, Sanjay Gupta, Single Ladies, stimulus, The Knack, Tom Cruise, Tom Repetto

BIG NEWS EPISODE 303: “Oh! Drama, Obama!”
Starring Christopher Biewer, Kipleigh Brown, George Caleodis, Jimmy Guidish, Gregg Lopez, KJ Middlebrooks, Melissa Okey, Artemis Pebdani, Brian Vestal and Phillip Wilburn
Directed by Michael Hughes

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, February 8, 2009

Monday, February 16, 2009 in Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
Tags: Katie Holmes, Microsoft, Dancing with the Stars, Barack Obama, New Jersey, Groundhog Day, South Korea, Tom Cruise, Fashion, Facebook, Bill Gates, Shaquille O'Neal, CBS, Aretha Franklin, porn, Times Square, Patrick Swayze, Guitar Hero, gay marriage, Jerry Lewis, Super Bowl, pornography, Steve Jobs, Christian Bale, Michael Phelps, Detroit Lions, Jon Bon Jovi, Dirty Dancing, inauguration, Punxsutawney Phil, Julie Goodridge, Hillary Goodridge, gay divorce, lesbian divorce, 25 Random Things, malaria, Confederate Memorial Day, Comcast, Super Bowl porn, Evan Stone, New Jersey Hall of Fame, Jackass, Steve-O, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian, Aretha Franklin's hat, Best Buy, kimonos, Canton Museum of Art, pythons, San Luis Obispo, Hotel Carter, dirtiest hotel in America, Sheyla Hershey, breast enhancement, Korean drivers, James Whitmore, Miracle Gro

Michael Phelps apologized this week for smoking marijuana at a college party in November. Phelps had no apologies for his actions later that evening, when he successfully completed three breaststrokes.
On Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, which according to legend means winter will last for another six weeks. Or like every other year, [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, January 11, 2009

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 in News
Tags: "George Bush", 24, Apple, astronomy, Australia, Barbara Walters, Bill Cosby, car sales, Caroline Kennedy, Chrysler, class bias, Country Homes magazine, Cowardly Lion, Curly Joe, Dick Cheney, dyslexia, environment, Honda, Iggy Pop, Katie Holmes, Kiefer Sutherland, lead, Lisa Bonet, Milky Way, Mississippi, Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa, Nano, New Jersey, Nicole Kidman, Pacific Ocean, Paris Hilton, Patrick Swayze, Phthalates, Robert Gates, Ron Asheton, Sarah Palin, Scientology, six year old driver, Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs health, Stooges, Ted Haggard, teen birth rate, Three Stooges, Tickle Me Elmo, Tom Cruise, toy safety, Toyota, Virginia, Waterford Wedgewood, Wizard of Oz

President Bush has designated nearly 200,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean as a protected region. Bush said he wants the area protected from all sea life while the U.S. drills it for oil.
Vice-President Dick Cheney told a CBS Radio reporter on Wednesday that his image has gotten a bad rap in the press [...]

Watch Big News Episode 300 – “I-Rod” with Emo Philips!!!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 in Big News Episodes, Video
Tags: "George Bush", 1995, AIG, Andrew Orvedahl, Antonio Villaraigosa, Artemis Pebdani, Back to the Future, Bailee DesRocher, Barack Obama, Barack Obama is not an American citizen, Barney Frank, Batman, Batman Forever, Britney Spears, Call in Gay Day, Chicago Tribune, Christopher Biewer, Conspiracy Theory Girl, Doc Brown, Dora the Explorer, economic crisis, Edward Liddy, Emo Philips, Erich Eilenberger, George Caleodis, GM, Guantanamo Bay, health care, Hillary Clinton, Jason Kelley, Jason McClain, John Hallmann, Kim Jong-il, Kipleigh Brown, Larry Craig, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Times, Marty McFly, Matt Blitz, Melissa Okey, Michael Hughes, Michael McCarthy, Neil Garguilo, Oj Simpson, Oprah Winfrey, Pat O'Brien, Patti Blagojevich, Phillip Wilburn, Proposition 8, Ray Stakenas, Rent, Rick Wagoner, Rod Blagojevich, Ron West, Sally Struthers, Sam Zell, Sarah Palin, Seasons of Love, Shanon Muir, The Dark Knight, Tom Cruise, Tom Repetto, Tribune Company, Tropic Thunder, Valkyrie

Big News celebrates its sixth year anniversary and its 300th episode, with our very special guest Emo Philips!!! And what did we get for this auspicious occasion? Why, the news that the governor of Illinois tried to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat!
So if you weren’t among the 90 or so people who packed [...]

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 [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, November 16, 2008

Monday, November 17, 2008 in Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
Tags: a cappella groups, Adam Sandler, armless thief, Barack Obama, Barbara Walters, Britney Spears, China, Drew Faust, Endeavor, feet, Frasier River, Germany, Harvard, heart transplants, Henry Paulson, Hillary Clinton, indoor tanning, International Space Station, Jayden Federline, Joe Biden, Keith Olbermann, monk riot, Monopoly, Mormons, MSNBC, MTV, New Jersey, New Jersey councilman peeing, Paula Abdul, Philadelphia Eagles, Proposition 8, recycling, Ridley Scott, Sarah Palin, Secretary of State, severed foot, sex, sex on trains, space shuttle, tanning, Tina Fey, Tom Cruise, Total Request Live, TRL, Twin Falls Idaho, Wen Jiabao, will smith

President-Elect Barack Obama met with Hillary Clinton on Thursday to discuss the possibility of Clinton serving as his Secretary of State. If selected, Clinton’s primary responsibility would be answering the phone at 3AM.
Sarah Palin told CNN this week that she would be honored to help President-elect Barack Obama in his new administration. Palin [...]

Monday, September 29, 2008 in Editorial, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
Tags: "George Bush", ABC, Alaska, bailout, Ben & Jerry's, Ben Bernanke, bicycling, Britney Spears, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, chimpanzees, China, China fire, Chinese fire drill, Chinese women's gymnastics team, congress, David Blaine, David Letterman, Detroit Lions, Don Young, Federal Reserve, gymnastics, Harvard, ice cream, John McCain, John McCain suspends campaign, Keanu Reeves, Keith Urban, Lance Armstrong, Matt Millen, Millenium Development Goals, Nicole Kidman, Paul Newman, PETA, Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, recession, Sarah Palin, Shakira, shopaholic, Ted Stevens, Tom Cruise, Ugly Betty, Wen Jiabao

Congress reached agreement over the weekend on a plan to help solve the U.S. financial crisis. So The most popular option consists of everyone packing up their things and moving to Canada.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers on Tuesday that they will see a recession if they don’t approve President Bush’s bailout [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, June 29, 2008 – Entertainment and Lifestyle News!!

Friday, July 4, 2008 in Editorial, Highlights, Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes, The Biz
Tags: abortion, alligator attacks, alligators, Amy Winehouse, Angelina Jolie, architecture, Beatles, Brad Pitt, Brooklyn Cyclones, Cambodia, chicken, David Fisher, David Spade, Def Leppard, Delaware, Dody Goodman, dolphins, Dubai, evolution, exotic dancers, Grease, Guitar Hero, Heather Locklear, images of Jesus, Jennifer Aniston, John Travolta, Larry King, Latvia, Madonna, New Jersey, Olafur Eliasson, ovarian cancer, Penthouse Forum, puffer fish, Rock Band, Ruben Studdard, Shawn Southwick King, sonogram, Sports Illustrated, Staten Island Yankees, steriods, switch hitters, teen drinking, Terry Bradshaw, Tom Cruise, waterfalls, Yoko Ono

Heather Locklear has sought treatment in an Arizona medical facility for depression and anxiety. Locklear became depressed and anxious when she remembered she had dated David Spade.

Representatives for The Beatles are reportedly in negotiations to bring songs from the band’s catalog to the videogames Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Unfortunately, as part of the deal, [...]

Recap Monday!

Monday, June 2, 2008 in Highlights, Press
Tags: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Amy Winehouse, Antonio Villaraigosa, Big News Recap, Clay Aiken, El Alcalde de la Pasion, Fargo, gay marriage, hecklers, Hillary Clinton, iO West Improv Festival, James Bond, John Fugelsang, John McCain, Los Angeles Improv Comedy Festival, Michael J. Fox, Morgan Freeman, New Zealand, Scott McClellan, sean connery, Sex and the City, space station, Ted Kennedy, Tom Cruise, tornadoes, Universal Fire, Universal Studios, Vince Cramer

Episode #278: “Hail, South Dakota!”
6/01/2008

Like Doublemint Gum, Big News celebrated two(!), two(!), two(!) big events in one last night.
The 1st, being part of Opening Night for the 6th annual iO West’s LA Improv Comedy Fest (don’t think about the seeming contradiction that an all-scripted show is part of an “Improv Fest” unless you want to give [...]

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, May 11, 2008 – Bonus Jokes!

Sunday, May 11, 2008 in Humor, News, News & Commentary, News In Brief, Quick Takes
Tags: accidental death, Avril Lavigne, bald eagle, Baskin Robbins, beak, Beauty, bong, British food, Britney Spears, computer keyboard, cults, Dick Cheney, Eight Belles, German, head, Henry Paulson, Hillary Clinton, Irvine Robbins, Jerry Garcia, Kentucky Derby, Kobe Bryant, Lord of Our Righteousness Church, marijuana, Mission Impossible, New Jersey, pizza, Roger Clemens, Santa Claus, sinkholes, Summer Redstone, Texas, Tom Cruise, turkey, Yankees Suck

Everyone loves animals. Some love them and squeeze them and call them George. Some love to watch their cute videos on YouTube. Some love to hunt them down and eat them. Some love to tie the animal’s balls tightly and ride them. No matter what, animals play a large part in all of our lives. [...]