The Mash Report’s politics didn’t get it cancelled – being irrelevant did
American TV often proves political comedy can be left-wing, amusing and vital. But the now-axed Mash Report had only one of those qualities
Nish Kumar, host of The Mash Report
Credit: BBC
The problem with the just-cancelled Mash Report wasn’t its politics as much as its comedy. The series, which wore its left-leaning credentials proudly, made little secret of its desire to be the BBC’s answer to The Daily Show or Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, shows that in the US have had huge success blending humour and a progressive perspective.
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Bored Panda and today we have some that will probably make you laugh, shock you a little bit, and will hopefully lift up your spirits. This artist, known as Raph by 70k followers on Instagram, creates funny comics with unexpected and sometimes quite dark endings. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, and can transform a simple or ordinary life experience into great stories that are weirdly relatable.
The artist told us what inspires him to create these comics: It makes me feel alive, mostly. Who are you if you’re not actively creating and putting out your thoughts and expressions into the world? Or so I think, maybe it’s the likes and the dopamine rush.
11 Routine Tasks That Makes the Calmest Person Nervous
There are things we all have to do from time to time that make us nervous. Having to make a presentation to a group of people, getting called to the boss s office, or wanting to do well on a big test, for example. All perfectly good reasons for getting butterflies in your stomach. Then there are things we do every single day that shouldn t give us the jitters, yet when the time comes, so do the nerves.
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Comedy Event A Benefit for Berkshire County Covid Relief Fund
Everyone could use good hearty laughs right now, with everything that is going on in our world right now. Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) Berkshire County is collaborating with 1Berkshire for an April Fool’s Comedy program to benefit the Berkshire County Covid Relief Fund run by Berkshire United Way and the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.
Punnily named “EfoolsAll and FunBerkshire,” the event will be presented by the Laugh Dealers, recent graduates of EforAll Berkshire County’s Business Accelerator program.
The show will include the duo’s signature “digital impersonations” and four nationally-known stand-up comedians: