MAD KANE’S HUMOR BLOG

Yes, I’ve been very bad about posting lately.  Okay … delinquent.  But I promise I’ll get back to my limerick and haiku business very soon.

In the meantime, I have managed a couple of political humor posts on my other blog.  If you stop buy, you’ll find my John McCain song parody and my John Edwards limerick.

Hey, I may be a liberal, but who can resist poking fun at John Edwards these days?

Technorati Tags: John McCain, John Edwards, Edwards Pom, McCain Parody

I’ve written a couple of posts & poems on my political humor blog that readers of this blog might find interesting.

The first is about New Yorker Magazine’s Barack Obama cover controversy.  My poem about the challenges of creating satire begins:

A Humorist’s Lament
Madeleine Begun Kane

A humorist like me sure knows
How tough it is to write, compose,
And sketch satiric toons and prose
And poems.  It’s not without its woes.

For instance, Barry Blitt’s lampoon,
New Yorker’s well-intentioned toon, …

The other is about a federal judge who lambasted plaintiff’s lawyer via judicial limerick.

Technorati Tags: Writing Satire, Judicial Limerick, New Yorker, Barry Blitt, Barack Obama

I’ve been wanting to launch a Humor Carnival for a long time but, until now, procrastination has gotten the better of me.  At long last, however, I’ve arisen from my torpor and, in theory at least, the first issue will appear on April 1st.  

So what’s a humor carnival? You can find some info here on my Humor Carnival page.  Basically, it will consist of the funniest posts submitted to me via this Humor Carnival submission form.  (It may also include some laugh-out-loud humor that I find on my own.) 

Any topic is fine and any type of humor is fine (satirical columns, funny lists, limericks, fake news stories, cartoons, etc.) so long as it makes me laugh out loud or giggle uncontrollably.

The carnival will appear here in regular intervals.  I’m hoping every two weeks, but its frequency will depend on how much really funny stuff I get. So please send your funny material my way via this handy carnival submission form. Thanks!

Technorati Tags: Blog Humor, Humor Carnival, Humor Submissions, Satire Submissions

I just got word that my father has died.  He was a wonderful man, and I’ll really miss him. I love you Dad!

Ernest Begun (1915-2008)

Update: Thanks so much to everyone who posted and emailed such kind comments on my father’s passing.  I really appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Here’s the somewhat unorthodox eulogy I read at my father’s funeral:

My father, who was very into politics, always enjoyed my political limericks.  I’d like to think he’d  also enjoy this limerick about him:
 
My dad, known as Ernest Begun
Will be missed by his wife and his son,
And his daughter, of course,
Cause our dad was the source
Of much joy and support and, yes, fun.

This week’s Friday Five asks us to use these five words in a poem or story: mustard, piano, elastic, moat, and notorious.  As you can see, it set me off in a rather silly direction:

The Eccentric Pianist
By Madeleine Begun Kane

The notoriously eccentric pianist
Played electric stride piano
With an elastic reach worthy of Fats Waller
While perched on the deck of his moat-surrounded castle,
Then dined on a meal of mustard sandwiches.

For a post and limerick about a real (and not-nearly-so-eccentric) stride pianist, check out my Ode To Judy Carmichael.

(You can find more of my music humor here.)

Technorati Tags: Friday Five, Fats Waller, Stride Piano, Judy Carmichael, Music Verse, Poetry Prompts

I’ve decided to join in on the fun over at this week’s 3 Word Wednesday. Here’s how it works:

Welcome to Three Word Wednesday. Each week, I will post three (or more) words. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write something using all of those words. It can be a few lines, a story, a poem, anything.

This week’s three words are Field, Hide, and Second.  They inspired me to write both a limerick and a haiku.  Here’s my limerick:

Bridling At A Question
By Madeleine Begun Kane 

At his question, I’m fit to be tied
Cuz it comes from left field.  I must hide!
He can see I might flee.
“Just a second,” says he.
“I am begging you. Please be my bride!”

And here’s my haiku:

Though I want to hide,
If only for a second,
I field her question.

Last week’s words were Initial, Knock, and Weather, for which I wrote this serious haiku:

How do they weather
that initial door knock with
news: “Your loved one’s dead.”

Technorati Tags: 3 Word Wednesday, Verse, Haiku, Limericks

The Definitive Bad Date (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane

A salty young gal is enraged
When she learns that her date is engaged,
So she curses the fellow—
Spews hate with a bellow,
Then shoots. Guess her anger ain’t staged.

NOTE: This limerick was loosely inspired by the inaugural edition of Totally Optional Prompts, which is an outgrowth of the late, lamented Poetry Thursday.

(You can find more of my dating humor here.)

Technorati Tags: Date Humor, Men and Women, Violence, Anger

4Comedy.com keeps publishing my blog posts without permission and ignores my requests (via attempted comment posts) to remove my material  and stop stealing my humor posts.  Right now dozens of my posts are at that site, mostly in a section labeled Limericks. 

Perhaps this will get 4Comedy.com’s attention.  STOP STEALING MY HUMOR POSTS AND REMOVE MY POSTS FROM YOUR SITE! 

UPDATE: Ha! Ha! Ha!  The thieves even stole this post!!!  Their theft is clearly automated:  Here’s their repoduced copy of this post: http://4comedy.com/?p=463  (I’m deliberately not linking to them, so you’ll have to copy/paste to see it.)

I wonder if an actual person will notice it and remove it.

UPDATE 2: My updated  post appeared on 4comedy.com as a second post.  Does that mean that this second update will trigger a third post there? Stand by and I’ll report back.

UPDATE 3: So far, this post hasn’t been stolen for a third time.  Is 4comedy.com’s bot slacking off?  Human intervention, perhaps?  I don’t think so, because the first two versions are still on 4comedy.com’s front page.  Surely a human would notice and remove posts accusing the site of stealing content.  Stay tuned for further reports about 4comedy.com’s copyright infringement of my posts.

Technorati Tags: 4Comedy.com Content Thief, 4Comedy.com Copyright Infringement,   Digital Millennium Copyright Act Infringement

Attention fans of Good Housekeeping’s Quick & Simple: I have a humor column in its current print issue (the Special Double Issue dated April 24, 2007).  It’s on the last page — the Smile! column — and the title is How To Read The Want Ads.

Technorati Tags: Good Housekeeping, Quick & Simple, Smile Column, Print Publications, Print Appearances

Some links, for your reading (and viewing) pleasure:
* Very Funny Classical Music Humor YouTube Video — Rachmaninov Had Big Hands
* Parental Control
* Nixon Announces Comeback, To Regain Title As ‘Most Corrupt President’
* Caption Contest over at Mattress Police
* Carnival of Satire
* Carnival of the Vanities
* Satire’s Ugly Sisters: Parody, Irony, and Sarcasm — Essay By Mark Rayner 

Technorati Tags: Blog Publicity, Linky Love, Weblog Publicity, Blog Promotion, Don Davis, Mark Rayner, Piano Humor Video

Good news!  I’ve just sold two limericks and one haiku to the upcoming political humor anthology, Jest Patriotic (Let There Be Laughter Series): Hack This Limerick;  Running From Mistakes; and Torture Bill Haiku.

So, who says crime … uh, I mean poetry … doesn’t pay? 

The political humor anthology’s due out in May, but their money humor anthology Cash In On Laughter is already out. And I’m pleased to say that two of my money humor columns appear in that anthology, as well.  

Technorati Tags: Humor Anthologies, Money Humor Anthology, Political Humor Anthology

And now some links, for your reading pleasure:
* Carnival of Satire
* Dems ‘Embrace’ Brits’ Pullout, Seek To Revoke Declaration Of Independence
* Brilliant! (James Blunt’s Songwriting Journal)
* Carnival of the Vanities
* Carnival of Family Life
* Lewis Black on Bigotry (courtesy of OneGoodMove)

Technorati Tags: Blog Publicity, Linky Love, Weblog Publicity, Blog Promotion

For your reading pleasure:
Amusing TV reviews by Ken Levine
Carnival of Animals
Carnival of Satire
Carnival of The Vanities
Personal Growth Carnival
Carnival of Success
Carnival of Shopping 

Technorati Tags: Blog Carnivals, Blog Publicity, Linky Love, Self-Promotion, Weblog Publicity, Weblog Promotion

Before I get to my Linky Love, I can’t resist mentioning that I also have a political humor blog which has recently moved here.

And now, for your reading pleasure:

Best of Me Symphony
Carnival of the Insanities
The Ringing of the Bards
Carnival of Comedy (Unauthorized Edition)
Carnival of Family Life
Personal Development Carnival
Carnival of Cars
Tech Blog Carnival
Carnival of Business
Success Carnival

Technorati Tags: Blog Carnivals, Blog Publicity, Linky Love, Self-Promotion, Weblog Publicity, Weblog Promotion

For your reading pleasure:
Carnival of Satire
Democracy and Dignity
Ask Patty - Automotive Advice for Women Blog Carnival
Carnival of Education
Carnival of the Vanities
Carnival of Family Life
Right-Wingers Rip Off Lennon’s Imagine (Don Davis Song Parody)
Best of Me Symphony
Carnival of Travel
Carnival of the Mundane
Carnival of Traffic Building
Personal Development Carnival
Success Carnival

Technorati Tags: Blog Carnivals, Blog Publicity, Linky Love, Self-Promotion, Weblog Publicity, Weblog Promotion

In my quest to avoid utter obscurity, I’ve been doing the rounds of sundry Carnivals. (If you don’t know how to locate or submit to the gazillions of topical Carnivals, these two sites will help.) But first, check out the latest editions of these Carnivals:
Carnival of Comedy #68
Funny Stuff
Best of Me Symphony #144
Carnival of Family Life #16
The Ringing of the Bards
Carnival of Real Estate
Carnival of Healing #50
Personal Development Carnival
Personal Finance Carnival #63
Carnival of the Liberals (Parody Edition)
Carnival of Cars
Story Blogging Carnival
Carnival of the Vanities

Technorati Tags: Blog Carnivals, Blog Publicity, Self-Promotion, Weblog Publicity, Weblog Promotion

There are roughly 7 zillion blogs out there already, so why another? And more to the point, why another blog written by me?

My long-standing blog, Mad Kane’s Notables, is primarily about politics — political satire, left leaning song parodies, etc.  But I do like to write humor about non-political  topics, as well.  Hence this spanking new weblog.