My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh. — Jim Carrey
Today, laugh away moments of frustration.
comedy
5 Summer Flicks You Won’t Want to Miss
The summer movie season is upon us! Here’s a guide to help you sift through your options when you head to the theater. #1 When…
Stephen Colbert’s Top 12 Catholicest Moments
Stephen Colbert is not just America’s most famous Catholic (and self-proclaimed most famous Catholic), but in the past he’s also been named top choice for…
Late Night Catechism
I don’t remember the first time I made someone laugh, but I must have liked it. As a boy growing up in suburban Chicago, I…
“Help Me…” — The Prayer of Stand-Up Comedians Everywhere
The following is an excerpt from What’s So Funny about Faith: A Memoir from the Intersection of Holy and Hilarious by Jake Martin, SJ (Loyola…
If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex? — Art Hoppe
Tell a joke to someone today.
Playful Politics
We all know there’s a presidential election going on, right? And presidential elections are serious affairs with serious candidates running for a serious job with serious consequences. But with campaigns running effectively nonstop for years (Mitt Romney started running in 2007 and hasn’t really stopped since), all that seriousness gets very tiring. Maybe it’s time for some laughs — a little humor to go with all of the speeches, campaign rallies, candidate e-mails, and election TV commercials that we have been reading, watching, and even avoiding for the past many, many months.
There are, thankfully, some good laughs to be had on the campaign trail. If you’re a fan of Obama, there wasn’t much funny in the first presidential debate. But the VP debate a week later had Joe Biden laughing and provided plenty of material for The New York Times to create songified debate highlights. There was a repeat performance based on this week’s presidential debate (above)…
Faith and Corn Chips
Sitting at the dinner table after Mass one evening in those incredibly dewy and pious days of Jesuit novitiate, my novice brother Gary mentioned through…
Tony Curtis
“We’re like sisters!” the big ugly woman with the Bronx baritone replied caustically and I laughed. I laughed so hard I had to roll off…
Gilda Means Golden
“Hanukkah is the festival of lights, instead of one day of presents we have eight crazy nights…” Adam Sandler, “Chanukah Song” It’s not coincidence that…
