Aaron Freeman: Have You Heard the One About George W. Bush...Comedy and Politics October 16, 2007

From vice-presidents spelling “potatoe,” to vice-presidents shooting friends in the face, politicians have always provided comedians with plenty of good material. But today, with cable TV producing programs like “The Daily Show,” and “The Colbert Report,” and websites and blogs creating humorous videos, and with creative jokes and cartoons circulated from friend-to-friend via e-mail, this seems to be the golden age of political humor…and George W. Bush in the White House certainly doesn’t hurt.

Comedian and journalist Aaron Freeman has made a career of finding humor in the headlines and in the people who serve in public office. He is a stand-up comedian, a writer of comedy sketches, a cartoonist, blogger and radio commentator. In this course, he will take a look at the history of comedy in politics, the role that comedy plays in today’s political world, and give everyone in attendance several good laughs along the way.

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