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The latest in highbrow humor, from McSweeney's hilarious lists to to The Sound of Young America to online content from "The New York Times'" The Funny Pages and "The New Yorker's" Shouts and Murmurs section to video clips of the stand-up comedy of Steven Wright and Demetri Martin.

By selling tickets through social media instead of using traditional...
By selling tickets through social media instead of using traditional ticket-selling companies like Live Nation and Ticketmaster, everyman comedian Louis C.K. has effectively cut out the middleman.

McSweeney's Internet Tendency Site Profile
A site profile for novelist and screenwriter Dave Eggers' literary humor site. One of the best sites on the web.

The New Yorker's Humor Section
"The New Yorker," a mostly serious magazine that's been published since the 1920s, has a strong and rather funny humor section. The comedy found here is, like the rest of the magazine, quite smart.

Yankee Pot Roast
"Yankee Pot Roast" is a sharp online publication that specializes in smart political humor, satire, humorous lists and the occasional poem. The jokes skew towards literary, though they are always rather funny.

The Harvard Lampoon
The website for "The Harvard Lampoon," the ages-old and quite famous humor magazine written by students from America's most respected university, doesn't have the magazine's full archives online, but the selected satirical pieces you can find are squarely highbrow and completely hilarious.

Modern Humorist
Though not regularly updated, "Modern Humorist" is still a must-read. The site, created by "Harvard Lampoon" alums Michael Colton and John Aboud, specialized in biting and smart satire about the web and the media at large.

McSweeney's Internet Tendency Site Profile
A site profile for novelist and screenwriter Dave Eggers' literary humor site. One of the best sites on the web.

The New Yorker's Humor Section
"The New Yorker," a mostly serious magazine that's been published since the 1920s, has a strong and rather funny humor section. The comedy found here is, like the rest of the magazine, quite smart.

Yankee Pot Roast
"Yankee Pot Roast" is a sharp online publication that specializes in smart political humor, satire, humorous lists and the occasional poem. The jokes skew towards literary, though they are always rather funny.

10 Ground-Breaking Female Comedians
The humor world would not be the same without these trailblazers.

The Harvard Lampoon
The website for "The Harvard Lampoon," the ages-old and quite famous humor magazine written by students from America's most respected university, doesn't have the magazine's full archives online, but the selected satirical pieces you can find are squarely highbrow and completely hilarious.

Modern Humorist
Though not regularly updated, "Modern Humorist" is still a must-read. The site, created by "Harvard Lampoon" alums Michael Colton and John Aboud, specialized in biting and smart satire about the web and the media at large.

Disney Buys Lucasfilm, A Million Memes Are Born
The internet responds to the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney with hundreds of hilarious and creative images.

You Can't Tell The Interwebz What To Do
No matter how powerful you are, you can't force the internet to stop making fun of you.

Big Bird’s Time To Shine
How the beloved Sesame Street character became a web humor super star overnight

Beware Of Facebook Graph Search
How to avoid becoming the butt of an internet joke

Book Review of "Baby, You're As Sweet As 3.14159265"
Book Review of "Baby, You're As Sweet As 3.14159265," by HogWild

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