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What? No Sexiest Cap’n Alive?

November 19th, 2009

This week People Magazine named Captain Jack Scissorhands the Sexiest Man Alive. Even more exciting, we’ve discovered the upcoming issues in which People declares several sexiest OTHER things! Check out the sexxy covers in Flotsam & Jetsam.

While we were digging around amongst the Flotsam, we uncovered this almost-forgotten gem by Jon Morris in which he decides Why I Would Not Enjoy Livig on Big Rock Candy Mountain”. Nearly lost to the ages, now preserved on our main Flotsam & Jestam page along with the rest of the enjoyable miscellany.

Also: cryin’

November 12th, 2009

This week in lists: the still somewhat-relevant Steven Tyler’s Post-Aerosmith Plans

Meanwhile, Zonar has updated his new blog several times in the last week, writing about portable pee cans, pugs, orange Crocs at the White House, and why he won’t be seeing 2012.

We return, as does Zonar’s hate.

November 5th, 2009

So how have you been?

Things have been very crazy around the Amalgamated Humor office lately. Perhaps at some point will make up some kind of story about why we haven’t updated in so long. That’s the kind of thing we do.

Anyway, in the meantime, we finally have actual new content for you: Zonar the Superion has a brand new blog! We’ll tell you about it again from time to time here on Fridays, but he may update AT ANY TIME! Check it out. So far, he’s explained why he’s kind of in favor of gay marriage and explained why he has no intention of seeing Disney’s A Christmas Carol. More to come, so bookmark that baby!

Other Cap’n updates may remain sporadic for a little while longer as we keep riding the storm out, but as we’ve been saying for a while now, we do have something big cooking. Don’t give up on us yet.

Mirth from the mothballs

August 20th, 2009

This week, let’s look back at some of the older, forgotten sections of the Boatload of Fun. While many of our classic features are still linked to from our main page, a few former features have been shuttered off for various reasons. As part of our tenth anniversary, we thought it would be fun to look back at a few of the nearly-forgotten gems.

The Jimmicam was one of the original sections of the site when we launched in August, 1999 and was a (fake, obviously), live webcam documenting the life of one of Amalgamated Humor’s Employee’s. It was a parody of the then well-known, Jennicam. When the original shut down in 2003, it didn’t make much sense to keep the original around.

It Ain’t Cool in the Basement News was a parody of Aint It Cool News, the nerd-movie site run by Harry Knowles (at the time) out of his parent’s basement. Probably we drifted away from this because the niche was a little too narrow, and Zonar picked up the slack on movie jokes (well, for a long time anyway).

Art Bypass - our art gallery in which classic works of art + young guys learning how to use photoshop = comedy fun. Just didn’t get updated that often and shuffled off to the back burner. Some enjoyable jokes and a couple of cheap gags. We’ll let you decide which are which.

The Pete Best Project - a salute to the guy who allllmost got to be part of the biggest pop band of all time from a variety of contributors.

Things have been a little nutty around the Amalgamated Humor Offices lately, requiring our staff to work on some other pressing-matters despite our 10th anniversary. Still, we’ve got some real big fun coming up real soon. We hope you’ll find it worth the wait!

Still disgruntled after all these years

August 6th, 2009

For our tenth anniversary Disgruntled Employee of the Month interview, we decided to check in with our original interviewee and see what she’s up to today. Yep, Louise Tuttle is still with us, still stuffin’, but after 60 years with the company, can still surprise us.

And going from, uh, older things to newer things, we have a new design available for shirts (and other items), let people know you aren’t a twit with this a “Twitter is for the Birds” shirt or other thingamajig:

Wacky anniversary!

August 3rd, 2009

It was ten years ago today that a humble craft bearing a cargo of comedy first set sail on the rough waters of the world wide web. Cap’n Wacky’s Boatload of Fun, www.capnwacky.com, turns ten years old today.

Thanks to everyone who has worked on the site over the years, told their friends to check it out, posted links on their sites or blogs, or just read the darn thing. We hope you’ve enjoyed it.

We hope you continue to enjoy it. If you’re inclined to get us a present today, please spread the word. New readers are always appreciated. Post a link today to either the site as a whole, or highlight one of your favorite sections.

Thanks, and happy anniversary!

Harry Potter and the Month Off

July 16th, 2009

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. Things have been busy/nutty around the Amalgamated Humor Offices lately. Let’s just call a pass on July, shall we, and meet us back here on August 7 for the start of some big fun OK?

In the meantime, since there’s a new Harry Potter movie, why not dive into our backlog of Wizardry jokes:
- The Harry Potter Hexicon to help you refresh on all the terminology of the wizard world before seeing the new movie.
- Titles of Harry Potter Fanfics We’d Rather Not Read.
- Signs Your Kid Spends Too Much Time Reading Harry Potter Books. If you have a kid. If not, just pretend. It’s still funny. Also: pretending is magic!
- Don’t miss this review of one of the previous Potter books! Lots of people take this seriously and hate us for it. Fun!
- My Hypothesis Regarding The Future Length of Ronald Weasley’s Hair (As Portrayed By Rupert Grint) Based On Current Trends by Anne E. Moloney. This trend was bucked, but back in 2005, Anne’s predictions seemed dead on. Hey, even Trelawney can’t get them all right.

Almost as traditional as Sousa by now

July 2nd, 2009

It’s Independence Day again! Before you go out and blow your fingertips off, why not independently head over to Cap’n Wacky’s Boatload of Patriotic Enthusiasm and celebrate what’s best about America: old greeting cards with snarky comments and a fictional business’s list of fake community events!

Hey, there’s something new there too - we made a new logo!

OK, stick with us folks, we have some really good stuff coming up in a few weeks. Really.

This List, This Monster!

June 18th, 2009

New in lists: Titles of Famous Works of Literature If They’d Been Written By Stan Lee. Excelsior!

Medium in lists: Unusual eBay Feedback

Old in lists: Other Ways to Trick B.A. Baracus Onto an Airplane

DEOTM

June 4th, 2009

Our most efficient Disgruntled Employee of the Month interview ever.