Check out some of the drag sketches in "Portlandia" or "Come Fly With Me". It's still a ripe area for humor.

"it was Peter Scolari"

No, I'm fairly certain that Peter Scolari was the lesser known member of Wham!

All the more reason to make fun of the guy.

Ridicule is a powerful weapon,

Let's see, he's clumsy, throws like a girl (and has a temper to match), dances like a white guy, can't speak without a teleprompter, plays endless rounds of golf (and isn't very good at it), has to hide his cigarettes like they were his old communist buddies, and lives with his mother-in-law.

Not to mention he is utterly incompetent.

Nope, nothing funny at all.

Using a cellphone on a plane is dangerous, because the signal interferes with navigation electronics. Masturbation in public is illegal.

Electronic Cigarettes are neither dangerous nor illegal.

It has nothing to do with the word. It has to do with the shape. (And the fact that many of them were originally white.) And if it's a "plug-in" it will be trailing a cord.

John, why do you only pay $7.99? I got the same plan and it costs me $11.99. Do you get the Blue-Ray option?

I just got "Barcelona" in the mail today. Now, if you could direct me to a Redbox (or even a video store) that has a copy of that movie, I'd GLADLY drop the disc option. It isn't available to stream either. Unfortunately, I think I'm locked into both Netflix plans. (Maybe I can just have my water turned off instead.)

Did you even bother to read it?

"This major Bono disappointment actually predates “Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark” by four years."

Atlas Shrugged was a victim of Objectivism. One of the major tenets of that faith is that a person's creation should never be altered. So when they made the movie, it had to follow the book to the letter. Heroic stoicism and god-like perfection might make interesting writing, but it just doesn't work on the big screen.
For example, if Dagny was a nail biter, wore mis-matched wrinkled clothes, or had a habit of always being late; it would have humanized her and made the film more watchable. (Ditto for the the train crash, which unfortunately doesn't happen until part three.) Unfortunately the Objectivists, particularly the rights holders of the script, would have major objections to such a rewrite.
The film wasn't made for a wide audience, it was made for fans of the book, all of whom rushed to see it opening weekend. The sad part is, people who needed to see the film probably never will. I know that compromise is a really bad word right now, but sometimes, it's important.
How ironic, that Ayn Rand's philosophy, doomed the film that was supposed to give that philosophy more notoriety.

... and Yakoff Smirinoff still packs 'em in in Branson. There's no accounting for taste.

I laughed when I first saw her do the Palin gag, but that was three years ago.