Comedy Is A Wideshot, Misery Is A Closeup?

Jonathan Goldstein, Jonny to family and friends, is a comedy performer on Canadian (and U.S.) public radio. Goldstein's rendition of Old Testament stories on both "This American Life" and "Wiretap" is the stuff of a cult classic. In this promotional video for his new book, Goldstein — grows a beard, has an encounter with chum Howard Chackowicz and Desmond (the dog), gets thrown out of his sister's house for boring his nieces with his rendition of Adam and Eve, and finally shaves his beard away. If this is (fair & balanced) Orthodox drollery, so be it.

[x YouTube/NewTomCity Channel]
"Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!"
By Jonathan Goldstein

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[Jonathan Goldstein was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he spent the first four years of his life before the family moved back to his mother's home town of Montreal. The family settled just outside of Montreal in the suburb of Lava where Goldstein grew up before attending McGill University and later completing a master's program in creative writing at Concordia University. After graduation, Goldstein supported himself by working in the telemarketing industry for ten years, all the while continuing to write and attend readings. In 2000, Goldstein's nascent career got a boost after he was selected to work on Ira Glass' popular public radio program "This American Life" and he relocated to Chicago to work as a producer on the show. In 2002, Goldstein moved back to Montreal and started work on several projects for CBC Radio One including his own show, "WireTap," which debuted in 2004. Goldstein's long-awaited version of the Bible, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible! (2009) is on bookstore shelves everywhere in North America.]

Copyright © 2009 Jonathan Goldstein

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From The Trickster ("Not A Cook") To Shannity ("A Real Kook")

WTF? Dan Rather wears a bad hairpiece while doing this fluff piece on The Trickster and Hammerin' Hank at a Mexican restaurant in DC. More than 30 years later, Shannity does a fluff piece on the POTUS and his preference for fancy mustard. No hairpiece for Shannity. He should have gone into his closet and gotten out his white hood with the eyeholes for his excellent report on our Communo-Fascist-Socialist-Elitist-Islamist betrayer of the national trust. The Trickster has gone to the Hot Place (if it exists) and Shannity deserves the same end. If this is (fair & balanced) condemnation with extra mustard, so be it.

[x The Daily Show — 05/06/09]
Nixon Has A Burrito (1973)
CBS News Report By Dan Rather

Dan Rather reports outside DC's Cancun Mexican Restaurant as Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger enjoy traditional Mexican entrees.

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[Dan Rather was a reporter for CBS News in 1962-1981); Rather succeeded Walter Cronkite as anchor of the CBS Evening News (1981-2005). Rather received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the Sam Houston State Teachers College (now Sam Houston State University).]
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[x Faux News Via YouTube/Sanguiness Channel]
President Poupon (2009)
By Sean Hannity

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[In 1996, Sean Hannity joined Fox News and holds forth weeknights on "Hannity." Hannity graduated in 1980 from St. Pius X Preparatory Seminary high school in Uniondale, NY. Hannity left both New York University and Adelphi University without a degree from either school.]

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