Professional comics threaten to strike over unfair competition from the U.S. government. An unidentified SPC (Society of Professional Comedians) spokesman summed up the outrage at a press conference on Tuesday:When you have Ashcroft redirecting the TIPS hotline to America's Most Wanted there just isn't much room left for the more traditional "made up" type of comedy. How the hell are we supposed to compete?
There's a certain beauty in the thing that doubles as its own self-parody. Have I mentioned Marx's first as tragedy, then as farce before? Why can't I tell the difference?
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- jim 8-07-2002 10:44 pm
There's a certain beauty in the thing that doubles as its own self-parody. Have I mentioned Marx's first as tragedy, then as farce before? Why can't I tell the difference?
- alex 8-08-2002 12:10 am