Apple Macintosh Jr.: 'The power to crush the other kids'

• For stand-up comedians, the web is an open mike

  Comedians are bypassing TV networks in an effort to make more money -- and tell raunchier jokes -- online. By Chip Lebovitz

  Jul 3, 2012 12:23 PM ET
  Posted in: Comedians, Comedy, Jim Gaffigan, Joey Diaz, Louis CK

• SNL douses the Kindle Fire

  On Saturday Night Live last night, Weekend Update's Seth Meyers poured cold water on the Kindle Fire -- Amazon's (AMZN) $199 answer to Apple's (AAPL) iPad (starts at $499) -- with this line:

  "It's expected to sell well," he said, "among parents who always buy the wrong thing."

  Video here and below the fold. It's the third joke in.

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 2, 2011 1:42 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, Apple, Comedy, Ina Fried, iPad, Kindle, Kindle Fire, Saturday Night Live, Seth Meyers

• Video: Exit through the Genius Bar

  Once you get past the elaborate poop joke, South Park's Apple send-up is spot on

  Comedy Central didn't do its South Park franchise any favors with the clip it chose to promote the 15th season premier: The keynote where Steve Jobs unveils the HumancentiPad. Jobs send-ups are comedic cliches and the centiPad -- a scatalogical spoof on a Dutch horror film few Americans have seen -- is almost unwatchable.

  That's a shame, MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 30, 2011 6:17 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Best Buy, Comedy, Comedy Central, Genius Bar, HumancentiPad, iPad, South Park, Steve Jobs, Tablets

• Stephen Colbert breaks down AT&T's latest moves

  The comedian seems to have a handle on the AT&T-T-Mobile situation.

  Copyright: Comedy Central

  By the way, this aired all the way back in 2007 when SBC was absorbing AT&T wireless and the brand.  It seems even more applicable now that that T-Mobile is the latest mobile carrier to get's sucked into the "new" AT&T (T).

  via @chronic

  Seth Weintraub - Mar 21, 2011 2:29 PM ET
  Posted in: Art, AT&T, Colbert Report, Comedy, Comedy Central, Performing Arts, Stephen Colbert, television