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  1. "Weird Al" Yankovic is a multiple #GrammyAward-winning American musician, #satirist, #parodist, #accordionist, #director, television producer, and author. He is known in particular for humorous #songs which make fun of popular culture or parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, or both. His works have earned him three #gold and five #platinumRecords in the U.S.
    youtube.com/watch?v=WSD3brpn2nE

  2. Famed #satirist andmathematician #TomLehrer enrolled at #Harvard at 15, where he studied math before joining US #Army, then returning to #Cambridge for a graduate degree. He gained renown locally for his parodies, which often took aim at divisive political issues & pushed the boundaries of propriety. His first album, which he paid to record in 1953 and sold at his performances, became a cult hit that ultimately propelled him to multiple world tours...#music #musician “That Was The Week That Was”

  3. #publishing #satire #humor #literature #essay #comedy #fun #book #satirist #essayist No swearing is as effective as humor. People who read my satirical novels burst out laughing, but when they recover, they become hostile towards me because they think I'm making fun of them.

  4. Good Morning

    6 years ago today Wiglaf Droste died.

    As a satirist, novelist, songwriter, author, publicist, he knew how to expose with the sharpest of blades

    #author #satirist #politics #unmask

  5. A quotation from Horace

    But he that touches me, (hands off! I cry, —
    Avaunt, and at your peril come not nigh!)
    Shall for his pains be chaunted up and down,
    The jest and byeword of a chuckling Town.
     
                                            [At ille,
    Qui me conmorit (melius non tangere, clamo),
    Fiebit et insignis tota cantabitur urbe.]

    Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 2, # 1, “Sunt quibus in Satira,” l. 44ff (2.2.44-46) (30 BC) [tr. Howes (1845)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/horace/14901/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #derision #mockery #retaliation #retribution #ridicule #satire #satirist #scorn #threat #warning

  6. Last month #satirist #TomLehrer posted all of his albums and lyrics for download.

    It says he no longer retains any rights to his music and that they are free to perform and post. And the site will shut down sometime in the not too distant future.

    tomlehrersongs.com

    "Lurid, licentious and vile, Make me smile.
    Novels that pander
    To my taste for candor
    Give me a pleasure sublime."

    #music #humour #humor

  7. Elon Musk was on Saturday Night Live, so was Trump. Both seem to be against satire / parody. It seems similar to Ben Shapiro or any sort of rich narcissist of power in the sense that they only laugh along if it's complimentary parody. Satire mostly punches up & THEY HATE THAT ! #satire #caricature #antiauthoritarian #antiauthoritarianism #satirist #satirical #narcissist #narcissism

  8. #TwitterMigration If you're already following me, I just migrated to a different server and transferred you over

    If you're not, my #Introduction is that I'm a #Transgender woman, a #Writer, a #satirist, a #cat mum, a #lesbian, an #activist, extremely #Leftist, #Scottish, and I recently tried #standup for the first time. I'm also a #marketing and #events #student.

    Here is my #Cats tax. The grey is Adora and the black and white is Jinx.

  9. Jan Böhmermann is a German satirist, activist and television host, you can follow at:

    ➡️ @janboehm (in German)

    You might have recently spotted the Mastodon logo :mastodon: floating through the intro of his TV programme...

    There's more info about him in English at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_B%C3 and Böhmermann has an official website at boehmermann.de

    #JanBöhmermann #Böhmermann #Deutsch #German #Germany #Satire #Satirist #Activist #Activism #Comedy #Comedian #Television #Film