Modern Humorist
Encyclopedia
Modern Humorist is a U.S.-based humor webzine founded in 2000 by John Aboud
and Michael Colton
(who later became panelists on VH1's Best Week Ever
), and managed by CEO Kate Barker. Its board of directors includes feature film producer Frank Marshall and comedian Jon Stewart
.
A competitor of the The Onion
, Modern Humorist stopped publishing new material in 2003. The site's archives remain online and free to the public. It was nominated for a Webby
award in the Humor category in 2001 and in 2004, losing to The Onion both times.
John Aboud
John Aboud III is an American writer and comedian. With Michael Colton, he is a regular commentator on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows. From 2000 to 2003, the two ran Modern Humorist, an entertainment company based in Brooklyn, NY best known for its online magazine...
and Michael Colton
Michael Colton
Michael Colton is a writer and comedian. With John Aboud, he was a regular commentator on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows, including I Love the '80s. He writes for the television show Allen Gregory...
(who later became panelists on VH1's Best Week Ever
Best Week Ever
Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in the summer of 2009...
), and managed by CEO Kate Barker. Its board of directors includes feature film producer Frank Marshall and comedian Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian...
.
A competitor of the The Onion
The Onion
The Onion is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news, in addition to a non-satirical entertainment section known as The A.V. Club...
, Modern Humorist stopped publishing new material in 2003. The site's archives remain online and free to the public. It was nominated for a Webby
Webby Awards
A Webby Award is an international award presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for excellence on the Internet with categories in websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile....
award in the Humor category in 2001 and in 2004, losing to The Onion both times.
Books
Modern Humorist produced three books:- (2001) My First Presidentiary (ISBN 0-609-80818-4)
- (2001) Rough Draft: Pop Culture the Way It Almost WasRough Draft: Pop Culture the Way It Almost WasRough Draft: Pop Culture the Way It Almost Was is a 2001 humor book by Modern Humorist, consisting of illustrations of fictional early versions of real products.-External links:* ISBN 0-609-80817-6* *...
(ISBN 0-609-80817-6) - (2002) One Nation, Extra Cheese (ISBN 0-609-80979-2)
Notable contributors
- John AboudJohn AboudJohn Aboud III is an American writer and comedian. With Michael Colton, he is a regular commentator on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows. From 2000 to 2003, the two ran Modern Humorist, an entertainment company based in Brooklyn, NY best known for its online magazine...
- Andy BorowitzAndy BorowitzAndy Borowitz is a comedian and New York Times bestselling author who won the first National Press Club award for humor. He is best known for creating the satirical website , which has an audience in the millions...
- Tim CarvellTim CarvellTim Carvell is the head writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.. As a staff writer for the show, he won Emmy Awards in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2011. He also writes the "Planet Tad" column for Mad Magazine...
- Daniel ChunDaniel ChunDaniel Chun is an American comedy writer. He has written for The Office and The Simpsons. He received a Writers Guild Award nomination and an Annie Award for his work on The Simpsons. He is now Head Writer and Co-Executive Producer of The Office...
- Michael ColtonMichael ColtonMichael Colton is a writer and comedian. With John Aboud, he was a regular commentator on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows, including I Love the '80s. He writes for the television show Allen Gregory...
- Fred GraverFred GraverFred Graver is an American writer. He wrote a Choose Your Own Adventure book, number 35, Journey to Stonehenge.Fred began performing in 1966 in a small midwestern town called Palos Park, Illinois....
- Kevin GuilfoileKevin Guilfoile-Biography:Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, Guilfoile was raised in Cooperstown, New York, where his father was an executive at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Guilfoile graduated from The University of Notre Dame in 1990, and worked briefly in media relations for the Houston Astros baseball club...
- Francis HeaneyFrancis HeaneyFrancis Heaney is the author of the humor collection Holy Tango of Literature. He is also a professional puzzle writer and editor , the composer and co-lyricist of the Off-Off-Broadway musical We're...
- Gersh KuntzmanGersh KuntzmanGersh Kuntzman is a New York City-based journalist. Previously, he worked for the New York Post, writing the column, "MetroGnome," which ran from 1994-2004. He also had a weekly column for Newsweek online that ran from Jan. 2001-July 2005...
- Seth MnookinSeth MnookinSeth Mnookin is an American writer and journalist.As of 2006, he is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair ; before that, he was a senior writer for Newsweek. He wrote the 2004 book Hard News : The Scandals at The New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media...
- Jay PinkertonJay PinkertonJay Pinkerton is a nationally published humorist and a former editor of both CRACKED.com and Cracked magazine.Prior to joining Cracked, Pinkerton served as the managing editor of NationalLampoon.com, the website of the national comedy and film brand...
- Nathan RabinNathan RabinNathan Rabin is an American film and music critic. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Rabin was the first head writer for The A.V. Club, a position he continues to hold today....
- Daniel RadoshDaniel RadoshDaniel Radosh is an American journalist and blogger. Radosh is presently a staff writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He was previously a contributing editor at The Week. He writes occasionally for The New Yorker...
- John WarnerJohn Warner (writer/editor)John Warner is an American writer and editor. He is the author of four books and the editor of McSweeney's Internet Tendency...