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2003 Koufax Award Most Humorous Post Nominees

Didn’t some conservatives once argue that lefties have no sense of humor? Well, put down your coffee, I am about to explode that myth. What follows is surely the funniest post of the year. No, I do not fancy myself to be the blogger equivalent of Robin Williams, Richard Pryor or even Henny Youngman. I may not be able to write funny stuff but the lefty community is filled with comedic talent. I will link below to the posts that have, so far, received nominations for the Koufax Award for the Most Humorous Post of the year. Please click the "more" button to get to the links.

This listing does not mean that the nominations for Most Humorous Post are closed. If you know of or have written a post you think is funny, particularly if it was posted early in the year, leave a comment or send an e-mail and I will link to it.

Before I get to the funny stuff, there are a couple of details that need to be cleared up about the rules of the Koufax Awards. First, Best Group Blog is a new category and it is not surprising that there has been some confusion. Please be advised that John Lott and the Sock Puppets do not qualify as a group blog. A group blog requires more than one actual person.

Secondly, to qualify in the categories of Most Humorous Blog and Most Humorous Post, the humor must be intentional. Thus, Instapundit does not qualify for the former and the Kim Du Toit essay does not qualify for the latter. (I shamelessly stole those jokes from the comments. Thanks folks).

Now on to the nominations:

One of my personal favorites is The Horror of Blimps by Scylla posted at Teeming Extras. I found it when Mary Beth linked to it early in the year. I then linked to it under the title “Handle With Care.” It really is funny enough to be dangerous.

The Poor Man, Andrew Northrup, is just hilarious. His posts receiving nominations for Most Humorous Post include Shorter Right-Wing Punditry’s Reaction to the Valerie Plame Affair: In Internal Dialogue, So, So Sad, The Cornier Too and The Science of Deception.

Jesse Taylor of Pandagon won the 2002 Sandy for Most Humorous Post with his Peggy Noonan parody. He is back this year with his Twenty Most Annoying Conservatives of 2003 post.

Speaking of last year’s winners, Adam Felber of Fanatical Apathy won last year for Most Humorous Blog. This year, his posts entitled Rough Justice IV and The UN Spring/Summer 2003 have been nominated for Most Humorous Post.

Few bloggers can match Julia for wit or snark. Her “shorter” entry, Shorter David Brooks is nominated for Most Humorous Post.

Speaking of the “shorter” format, its originator, Daniel Davies (known as D-Squared), has been nominated in this category for Heavy Paratroopers (be sure to read the comments).

What would a listing of the year’s most humorous posts be without an entry from Neal Pollack? Take a look at Your Gonna Frey.

Atrios is usually fairly cryptic in his humor. An exception is his “give me turkee” post.

DKos alum, Billmon of Whisky Bar, has been nominated for Sitcom as well as for a post featuring a picture of Paul Wolfowitz. I have not been able to locate the latter post. Can anyone help?

The Mighty Reason Man of Very, Very Happy began his blog this year. He has multiple nominations in this category including Nicotrol For Right Wing Blog Addicts, Riding in Cars with Weiners, Parts 1 and 2, Holy Christ, Donald Luskin Has Lost His Mind and The Corner Unleashed. With that many nominations, it appears that we also have a candidate for Most Humorous Blog.

It is not really a single post but no listing of funny posts would be complete without mentioning Ted Barlow’s classic collection of light bulb jokes. Here is the Light Bulb Joke Warehouse.

John Holbo received a nomination for his essay Dead Right.

A new blog, World O’Crap has been nominated for Hercules in New York.

Mac Thomason of War Liberal prescribes a dose of “Republicen” for what ails you in
And Now, a Paid Commercial Announcement from Bristol Myers Squibb.

When Neal Pollack called for “Make Fun of Dick Cheney Day, Noho-Missives responded with MC Dick Cheney.

Last year Digby won a Sandy for Best Commentor. Bowing to the will of his public, he then created his own blog, Hullabaloo. Digby is such a good writer and has such great insight that he will undoubtedly be nominated in any number of categories. This category is no exception as he has been nominated for Maidenly Vapors.

Greg at The Talent Show has fun with action figures.

Ever wonder how the economy could go from slow growth to the third quarter explosion in GDP? Tom Burka of Opinions You Should Have lets you in on the secret in Historic GDP Hike Due to Use Of Ronco Dial-O-Matic Food Slicer, Says Ronco. Tom has also been nominated for Killing Moslems Makes Them Angry And Possibly Even Violent, Says Report.

One of my favorite new blogs is Sadly, No. l was pleased to see it receive a nomination for the parody of Kin Du Toit’s silly essay. Sadly, No’s post is entitled The Dickification of the Western Female.

While on the subject of Du Toit’s post, please do not miss Winston Smith, the Philosoraptor’s, post The duToitification of the Western Conservative.

Emma of Notes On The Atrocities is nominated for her satire of Mary Matalin’s comments on George Bush in Baghdad. The post is entitled Bush Said To Be Unconvincing as Real Self; Will Be Played By Stand-In.

To The Barricades is an unabashed liberal blog. The Pessimist snagged a nomination in the Most Humorous Post category for the poem parody Gunga Dean.

Gummo Trotsky writes at Tug Boat Potemkin. His post Can Libertarians Do Yum-Cha? received a nomination.

The Tooney Bin provides some satirical advice to presidential candidate Wes Clark in An Open Letter to the Clark Movement: Rough Draft.

See Why is nominated for this parable.

Congratulations to all nominees. You have been recognized by your readers and peers as being among the best of the year. Other than being a Koufax finalist or winner, there are few higher accolades in lefty blogging. If I have left anyone out or if a nomination has come in after this post was written, please let me know and I will try to rectify the situation.

Does anyone now care to argue that lefties have no sense of humor?

Posted by Dwight Meredith at December 14, 2003 11:14 PM | TrackBack