Strippers Lose Jobs To The Internet • The Simpsons Are Back on Venezuelan TV

maria — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:30:00 EDT

Print journalists aren't the only ones losing jobs, strippers feel the burden of the digital age. • Iranian says Barbies are "destructive" and must be stopped. • Incarcerated 400-pound man loses 100 pounds, sues county for underfeeding. • Six conservative women talk about dating whiny liberal men. • Two teenagers are jailed for life for killing a goth woman. • Mexicans try to quell the anti-emo riots by promoting diversity among teens. • Lourdes basically has the coolest mom hand-me-downs to pick from. • National Lampoon launches website to rate prostitutes. • Scientists just realize that periods are awesome, can repair hearts. • American Family Association attack soap on lackluster gay kiss. • An ironically long article on shorthand text speak, lol grwn ups r so lam3! • The Simpsons are back in Venezuela! • Baseball star Roger Clemens had a relationship with Mindy McCready when she was 15 years old (he was 28 and married). • Easy mistake to make: Woman attacks boyfriend, thinking he is a porn actor. • "Chinese eatery specializes in penis." That is all you need to know.

'National Lampoon' Thinks Lady Humor Means Recipes, Videos of Kittens

Jessica — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Back in August, Mediaweek reported that the National Lampoon network of websites was going to add a "Female-Centric Site," called the 8228 Network. Hooray, we thought. Maybe now hilarious up-and-coming women comics will get the internet airplay they deserve! Then we went to the 8228 dummy page, and apparently "female centric" means "great articles, gossip, lists, celebrity pics and more" — not exactly a platform for burgeoning female comedic talents. Confusing! So we called Zach Posner, the Vice President of Corporate Development at National Lampoon, and he made the 8228 Network's mission even clearer: "we might even do a recipe site," he told me. "We could go there!"

"The themes of 8228 are celeb, fashion, health, food and fitness," Posner continued. "Some [of the affiliate sites] will be humorous and some won't be — that's why it's being branded 8228 network and not National Lampoon's. It's not expected that it will be a comedy site." Nope, in fact, 8228's flagship blog will be a collection of silly celebrity interviews done on film junkets called The Zaz!, hosted by Matt Zaller. "We're not targeting men or women, we're targeting everyone," Zaller said. "But it's not video games and traditional college dude stuff. A lot of the people who watch the show are women, so I've been told."

Right. Well did we really expect comedic enlightenment from the people who brought us Fat Guy Nation Movie Review and F'd Up Southern Traditions: Pig Slaughter and Cockfighting?

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Strippers Lose Jobs To The Internet • The Simpsons Are Back on Venezuelan TV

'National Lampoon' Thinks Lady Humor Means Recipes, Videos of Kittens