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Jerry Springer tapes an episode of his show in December 1998.

From Wendy Williams’s “Dula Peep” coinage to a guest’s death on ‘The Dick Cavett Show,’ here are the talk show incidents we’ll never stop talking about.

Ellen Gutoskey
Not even cats were safe from being a part of the epic Japanese fart battles depicted in a series of art scrolls produced during the Edo period.

So much has changed over the past several thousands of years that it's easy to forget about some of the things that have not. Like the fact that we’re still the same people we always were—fallible, farting people.

Mike Rampton




A 2018 Kidz Bop performance in New York City.

Unfortunately, there’s no official Kidz Bop version of “WAP.” But there’s no shortage of other comical covers to amuse yourself with.

Ellen Gutoskey












Steve Martin is The Jerk (1979).

Comedy generates an immediate, undeniable audience response. If people are smiling and laughing, then there's a good chance you made an effective funny movie.

Matthew Jackson