National Lampoon: A History of American Satire
The election of Donald Trump has been a boon to political
satirists. Saturday Night Live is enjoying its highest
ratings in 20 years, andThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert is now
the most successful late night program on TV. Joanne, Ed and
Brian look at
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The election of Donald Trump has been a boon to political
satirists. Saturday Night Live is enjoying its highest
ratings in 20 years, andThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert is now
the most successful late night program on TV. Joanne, Ed and
Brian look at the long history of political satire in America - how
Mark Twain became the country’s most famous satirist by mostly
sticking to safe subjects, a look at the 1987 Supreme Court case
that made political satire protected speech, and talk to the star
and director of “Ask a Slave”, the satirical web series.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
satirists. Saturday Night Live is enjoying its highest
ratings in 20 years, andThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert is now
the most successful late night program on TV. Joanne, Ed and
Brian look at the long history of political satire in America - how
Mark Twain became the country’s most famous satirist by mostly
sticking to safe subjects, a look at the 1987 Supreme Court case
that made political satire protected speech, and talk to the star
and director of “Ask a Slave”, the satirical web series.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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