Comedy Is Funny Again

During George W. Bush's presidency, hospital emergency rooms were no longer busy administering split-side stitches, busted gut surgeries and laughed-off ass reattachments after comedy took a turn for the worst. The country was in need for levity, so any ol' thing would do for a laugh.


America was like one of those sad clown paintings -- a painted-on smile on the outside covering up uncontrollable tears and a penchant for murdering hobos. You know what careers and franchises were born in the name of unfunny in the past eight years? Carlos Mencia. Dane Cook. Dax Shepard. Reba. The Scary Movie franchise.

Remember in 2006 when your nearby coworker responded with "LOL" after you IM'd something funny? Did you actually hear your coworker laugh out loud? That's because comedy was officially dead. But not anymore! Comedy is back and alive thanks to the new administration, and it's actually taken me three hours to type all of this because I've been ROFL! Literally! You ever try to type from the floor? And while rolling?


This marks the second week in a row that the Kevin James comedy, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, was the number one movie in America. For the first two weeks of Barack Obama's presidency, Mall Cop has been the king of the box office. Take that, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, or, as I like to call it, "Twilight for dudes." And take that, Bush years. Comedy is back and better than ever.