‘South Park’ Takes On Trump and Wins Bigly

“It’s not that we got all political,” said Trey Parker, one of the show’s creators. “It’s that politics became pop culture.”

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Fox News Wanted Greg Gutfeld to Do This Interview. He Wasn’t So Sure.

The pugnacious conservative late-night host on his “hierarchy of smears” and the risks of being a scold.

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Live From New York: Zohran Mamdani’s Got Jokes

New York City’s next mayor showed during the campaign that he has a sharp sense of humor. Keeping things light at City Hall could be trickier.

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Jon Stewart Signs Extension for ‘Daily Show’ Through 2026

Mr. Stewart’s contract was set to expire in December, though he expressed publicly last month that he wanted to keep hosting the show.

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One Sign of Mamdani’s Surge: The Impersonators Are Out in Droves

Neel Ghosh has incorporated the joke that he’s a Mamdani look-alike into his comedy act. There are other impersonators too, sometimes encouraged by the campaign itself.

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Modi Rosenfeld Is Gay. He’s Religious. His Comedy Career Is Booming.

Mordechi Rosenfeld, known as Modi, already has the synagogue crowd. Now he wants the “Goyim, gays and theys,” too.

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Why Arguments About Free Speech Don’t Apply to the Riyadh Comedy Festival

Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly vague about how much dissent is possible in Saudi Arabia.

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Indian Comedian Kunal Kamra Forced Offstage Amid Political Censorship

The Indian comedian Kunal Kamra was forced offstage after a political joke led to a mob attack. Unlike Jimmy Kimmel, he is unlikely to return anytime soon.

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‘S.N.L.’ Season 51: What to Know Before the Premiere

“Saturday Night Live” is back this weekend with several new cast members. It’s facing a particularly fraught climate for political jokes on TV.

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At Saudi Comedy Festival, American Free Speech Becomes the Punchline

American comics used Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival to skewer a debate raging at home. Critics said the event was part of Saudi efforts to draw attention away from a political crackdown.

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