This is an incomplete list of writers, cartoonists and others known for involvement in satire – humorous social criticism. They are grouped by era and listed by year of birth. Included is a list of modern satires.
Under Contemporary, 1930-1960
P.J. O'Rourke
Joe Queenan
Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ' ...
Lucian
Lucian of Samosata, '; la, Lucianus Samosatensis ( 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer
Pamphleteer is a historical term for someone who creates or distributes pamphlets, unbound (and therefore ...
(c. 120–180 CE, Roman Empire)
* Apuleius (c. 123–180 CE, Roman Empire) – '' The Golden Ass''
*''Various authors'' (9th century CE and later) – ''
One Thousand and One Nights
''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian ...
Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was somet ...
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer (; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for ''The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He wa ...
(c. 1343–1400, England) – ''
The Canterbury Tales
''The Canterbury Tales'' ( enm, Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. It is widely regarded as Chaucer's ''Masterpiece, ...
Das Narrenschiff
''Ship of Fools'' (Modern German: , la, Stultifera Navis, original medieval German title: ) is a satirical allegory in German verse published in 1494 in Basel, Switzerland, by the humanist and theologian Sebastian Brant. It is the most fam ...
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
François Rabelais
François Rabelais ( , , ; born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He is primarily known as a writer of satire, of the grotesque, and of bawdy jokes and ...
Gulliver's Travels
''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan ...
Alicia D'Anvers
Alicia D'Anvers ée Clarke(baptised 1668–1725) was an England, English poet known for her satires of academic life.
Biography
Born in Oxford, her father, Samuel Clarke (bap. 1624, d. 1669), was superior beadle of Civil law (common ...
ée Clarke(baptised 1668 – 1725, England) – ''Academia, or, The Humours of the University of Oxford'', 1691; ''The Oxford-Act'', 1693
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John Gay
John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for ''The Beggar's Opera'' (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peac ...
Candide
( , ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled ''Candide: or, All for the Best'' (1759); ''Candide: or, The ...
Nicholas Amhurst
Nicholas Amhurst (16 October 1697 – 27 April 1742) was an English poet and political writer.
Life
Amhurst was born at Marden, Kent. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and at St John's College, Oxford. In 1719 he was expelled from th ...
(1697–1742, England)
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David Raphael ben Abraham Polido David Raphael ben Abraham Polido (; ) was a Jewish satirist. He wrote ''Zikhron Purim'' (), a parody on the ''piyyutim'' for Purim, followed by a testament of Haman, a poem full of coarse jokes, but a good imitation of the Sephardic ''piyyutim'' (Li ...
Jane Austen
Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...
Eaton Stannard Barrett
Eaton Stannard Barrett (1786 – 20 March 1820) was an Irish poet and author of political satires. He also wrote a comic novel: ''The Heroine, or: Adventures of a Fair Romance Reader'' (1813).
Career
Born in County Cork, son of Richard Barre ...
The Speech of Polly Baker
"The Speech of Polly Baker" (1747) is the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child. She had been convicted five times in the past for this same crime. Each time, she said, the full blame was placed on her ...
Dead Souls
''Dead Souls'' (russian: «Мёртвые души», ''Mjórtvyje dúshi'') is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adv ...
A Predicament
"A Predicament" is a humorous short story by Edgar Allan Poe, usually combined with its companion piece "How to Write a Blackwood Article". It was originally titled "The Scythe of Time". The paired stories parody the Gothic sensation tale, popul ...
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Never Bet the Devil Your Head
"Never Bet the Devil Your Head: A Moral Tale" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1841. The satirical tale pokes fun at the notion that all literature should have a moralSilverman, Kenneth. ''Edgar A. Poe: Mourn ...
Hard Times
Hard may refer to:
* Hardness, resistance of physical materials to deformation or fracture
* Hard water, water with high mineral content
Arts and entertainment
* ''Hard'' (TV series), a French TV series
* Hard (band), a Hungarian hard rock supe ...
A Fable for Critics
''A Fable for Critics'' is a book-length satirical poem by American writer James Russell Lowell, first published anonymously in 1848. The poem made fun of well-known poets and critics of the time and brought notoriety to its author.
Overview
The ...
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George Derby
George Horatio Derby (April 3, 1823 – May 15, 1861) was an early California humorist. He attended West Point with Ulysses S. Grant. Derby used the pseudonym "John P. Squibob" and its variants "John Phoenix" and "Squibob." Derby served as a l ...
Alice in Wonderland
''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
Narushima Ryūhoku
Narushima Ryūhoku (成島柳北, 1837–1884) was a Japanese author and scholar born in Asakusa. His given name was Korehiro (惟弘). The Narushima family were ''okujusha'' (奥儒者), or Confucian tutors to the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa ' ...
(成島柳北, 1837–1884,
Japan
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
''Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow'', published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author’s second published book and it helped establish him as a leading English humorist. While widely considered one of J ...
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Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...
O. Henry
William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction. His works include "The Gift of the M ...
Assamese
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* Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India
* People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam
* Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...
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* Saki, also known as H. H. Munro (1870–1916, England)
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Trilussa
Trilussa, anagrammatic pseudonym of Carlo Alberto Camillo Mariano SalustriSome biographers as Claudio Rendina report ''Marianum'' as his fourth name (Rendina, p.19) ( Rome, 26 October 1871 – 21 December 1950), was an Italian poet, writer an ...
(1873–1950, Italy)
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Alfred Jarry
Alfred Jarry (; 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907) was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play ''Ubu Roi'' (1896). He also coined the term and philosophical concept of 'pataphysics.
Jarry was born in Laval, Mayenne, France, ...
Iraj Mirza
Prince Iraj Mirza ( fa, ایرج میرزا, literally ''Prince Iraj''; October 1874 – 14 March 1926) (titled Jalāl-ol-Mamālek, fa, جلالالممالک), son of prince Gholam-Hossein Mirza, was a famous Iranian poet. He was a modern p ...
Will Rogers
William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma ...
Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda
Allameh Ali Akbar Dehkhodā ( fa, علیاکبر دهخدا; 1879–March 9, 1956) was a prominent Iranian linguist and lexicographer. He was the author of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, the most extensive dictionary of the Persian language pu ...
Sweden
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Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Soviet writer, medical doctor, and playwright active in the fir ...
(1891–1940, Russia/ Soviet Union) – '' Heart of a Dog'', '' The Master and Margarita''
* Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, US) satirical writer of humorous short stories, poetry and book reviews
* Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930, Russia/Soviet Union)
* Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) – '' Point Counter Point'', '' Brave New World''
* James Thurber (1894-1961, US) – "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
* Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894–1958, Soviet Union)
* Josep Pla (1897–1981, Spain nowiki/>Catalonia">Catalonia.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Catalonia">nowiki/>Catalonia
*Ilf and Petrov: Ilya Ilf (1897–1937, Soviet Union) and Yevgeny Petrov (writer), Yevgeni Petrov (1903–1942, Soviet Union) – ''The Twelve Chairs'', ''The Little Golden Calf''
*Yury Olesha (1899–1960, Soviet Union) – ''
Three Fat Men
''Three Fat Men'' (Три толстяка) written in 1924, by Yury Olesha, was published in 1928.
It was the first revolutionary fairy tale in Soviet literature. The critical reaction at first was varied. V. Boichevsky in an article "How Storie ...
Stella Gibbons
Stella Dorothea Gibbons (5 January 1902 – 19 December 1989) was an English writer, journalist, and poet. She established her reputation with her first novel, ''Cold Comfort Farm'' (1932) which has been reprinted many times. Although she ...
(1902–1989, England) – author of comic novel ''
Cold Comfort Farm
''Cold Comfort Farm'' is a comic novel by English author Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers such as Mary Webb.
Plot summary
Following ...
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitar ...
(1903–1950, England) – ''
Animal Farm
''Animal Farm'' is a beast fable, in the form of satirical allegorical novella, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to crea ...
Kurt Kusenberg
Kurt Kusenberg (June 24, 1904 – October 3, 1983) was a German writer of short stories.
Kusenberg was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.
His father was an engineer, who worked in various countries, so Kusenberg grew up in Lisboa, Portugal, and als ...
H. F. Ellis Humphry Francis Ellis (17 July 1907 – 8 December 2000) was an English comic writer. He created A. J. Wentworth, the ineffectual schoolmaster whose fictional diaries were first published in the magazine ''Punch''.
Life
Humphry Francis Ellis was b ...
(1907–2000, England) – ''The Papers of A. J. Wentworth, B.A.'', 1949
* Jean Effel (1908–1982, France) – cartoonist, author of the cartoon cycle ''The Creation of the World''
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Al Capp
Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip ''Li'l Abner'', which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (wi ...
Lenny Bruce
Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), known professionally as Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-wheeling, and critical style of comedy which ...
Günter Grass
Günter Wilhelm Grass (born Graß; ; 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.
He was born in the Free City of Da ...
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...
C. Northcote Parkinson
Cyril Northcote Parkinson (30 July 1909 – 9 March 1993) was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books, the most famous of which was his best-seller ''Parkinson's Law'' (1957), in which Parkinson advanced Parkinson's law, stating t ...
Myra Breckinridge
''Myra Breckinridge'' is a 1968 satirical novel by Gore Vidal written in the form of a diary. Described by the critic Dennis Altman as "part of a major cultural assault on the assumed norms of gender and sexuality which swept the western world i ...
Blazing Saddles
''Blazing Saddles'' is a 1974 American satirical western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who also wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Alan Uger. The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. ...
Stan Freberg
Stan Freberg (born Stanley Friberg; August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015) was an American actor, author, comedian, musician, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director.
His best-known works include " St. George and the Dragonet ...
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...
(1926-2017) (US) – comedian, screenwriter, director
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
''The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin'' (russian: Жизнь и необыча́йные приключе́ния солда́та Ива́на Чо́нкина, ''Zhizn i neobïchaynïe priklyucheniya soldata Ivana Chonk ...
'', ''
Moscow 2042
''Moscow 2042'' (russian: Москва́ 2042, ''Moskva 2042'') is a 1986 satirical novel (translated into English from Russian in 1987) by Vladimir Voinovich. In this book, the alter ego of the author travels to the future, where he sees how com ...
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
) – ''My Gorgeous Life'', ''The Life and Death of Sandy Stone'', stage shows
* Jonathan Miller (1934–2019, England)
* Alan Bennett (born 1934, England)
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John Kennedy O'Toole
John Kennedy Toole (; December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana whose posthumously published novel, ''A Confederacy of Dunces'', won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981; he also wrote ''The Ne ...
(born 1937, US)
* George Carlin (1937–2008, US) – stand-up comedian
* Peter Cook (1937–1995, England) – of the
Satire boom
The satire boom was the output of a generation of British satirical writers, journalists and performers at the beginning of the 1960s. The satire boom is often regarded as having begun with the first performance of '' Beyond the Fringe'' on 22 Aug ...
David Frost
Sir David Paradine Frost (7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013) was a British television host, journalist, comedian and writer. He rose to prominence during the satire boom in the United Kingdom when he was chosen to host the satirical programme ' ...
(1939–2013, England)
* Grigori Gorin (1940–2000, Soviet Union/Russia)
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Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by wikt:nonconformity, nonconformity, Free improvisation, free-form improvisation, sound experimen ...
Cruising with Ruben and the Jets
Cruising may refer to:
* Cruising, on a cruise ship
*Cruising (driving)
Cruising is a social activity that primarily consists of driving a car. Cruising can be an expression of the freedom of possessing a driver's license. Cruising is distinguis ...
Kioumars Saberi Foumani
Kioumars Saberi Foumani (August 29, 1941 – April 30, 2004) ( fa, کیومرث صابری فومنی) also known with his pen name Gol-Agha ( fa, گل آقا), was an Iranian satirist, writer, and teacher.
Education and personal life
Saberi was ...
(کیومرث صابری فومنی, 1941–2004, Iran)
* Neil Innes (1944–2019, England) – former Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band founder and member of The Rutles. Writer of satirical songs and books
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Gennady Khazanov
Gennady Viktorovich Khazanov (russian: Геннадий Викторович Хазанов; born 1 December 1945) is a Russian stand-up comedian and part-time actor. His work includes parodies of Russian and Soviet politicians, and mockery of ...
(born 1945, Soviet Union/Russia) – stand-up comedian
* Luba Goy (born 1945, Canada)
* Roger Abbott (born 1946, Canada) – sketch comedian.
* Lewis Grizzard (born 1946, US)
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Sue Townsend
Susan Lillian Townsend, FRSL (née Johnstone, 2 April 194610 April 2014), was an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole.
After writing ...
Jaafar Abbas
Jaafar Abbas is a Sudanese writer and journalist, famous for his satirical style (List of satirists and satires).
Born in Khartoum, he graduated at the University of Khartoum, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. In 1977 he was "certifi ...
(living,
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
This Is Spinal Tap
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Georg Schramm
Georg Schramm (born 11 March 1949) is a German Kabarett artist. He was a host of the Kabarett shows '' Scheibenwischer'' and ''Neues aus der Anstalt''.
Biography
Schramm was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. His father was a member of the Soc ...
(born 1949, Germany) – ''
Scheibenwischer
(German for ''windshield wipers'') was the name of a long-running German Kabarett show. It was founded in 1980 by Dieter Hildebrandt and produced by BR / RBB to be broadcast on Das Erste. The show ended in 2008 after 28 years on the air.
Con ...
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Neues aus der Anstalt
(English: "News from the (mental) institute") was a political cabaret program on German television station ZDF, hosted by Urban Priol and Frank-Markus Barwasser, who replaced Georg Schramm. Broadcast monthly from 2007 to 2013, it usually featu ...
Fran Lebowitz
Frances Ann Lebowitz (; born October 27, 1950) is an American author, public speaker, and occasional actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities and her association ...
(born 1950, US) –
The Fran Lebowitz Reader
''The Fran Lebowitz Reader'' is a 1994 collection of comedic essays by writer Fran Lebowitz.
The book is a compilation of essays from Lebowitz's previous bestsellers ''Metropolitan Life'' from 1978 and 1981's '' Social Studies''.
The book was r ...
Bailey White
June Bailey White (born May 31, 1950) is an American author and a regular radio commentator for the National Public Radio program ''All Things Considered''.
Biography
June Bailey White was born in Thomasville, Georgia, May 31, 1950. She is the da ...
Tourist Season
''Tourist Season'' is a 1986 novel by Carl Hiaasen. It was his first solo novel, after co-writing several mystery/thriller novels with William Montalbano.
Plot
''Las Noches de Diciembre'' (Spanish, "The Nights of December") is a small terrori ...
The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
''The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts'' is a novel by Louis de Bernières, first published in 1990. It is the first of his Latin American trilogy. The other two parts are ''Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord'' and ''The Troublesome Offspring of C ...
'', ''
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord
''Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord'' is a novel by Louis de Bernières, first published in 1991. It is the second of his Latin American trilogy, following on from '' The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts'' and preceding ''The Troublesome Offspring ...
'', ''
The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
''The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman'' is a novel by Louis de Bernières, first published in 1992. It is the last of his Latin American trilogy, following on from '' The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts'' and '' Señor Vivo and the ...
Futurama
''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years a ...
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George C. Wolfe
George Costello Wolfe (born September 23, 1954) is an American playwright and director of theater and film. He won a Tony Award in 1993 for directing '' Angels in America: Millennium Approaches'' and another Tony Award in 1996 for his direction o ...
Bill Maher
William Maher (; born January 20, 1956) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is known for the HBO political talk show ''Real Time with Bill Maher'' (2003–present) and the similar la ...
Victor Shenderovich
Viktor Anatolyevich Shenderovich (russian: Ви́ктор Анато́льевич Шендеро́вич; born August 15, 1958) is a Russian satirist, writer, scriptwriter and radio host.
Biography
Shenderovich was born in Moscow into a family of ...
(born 1958, Russia)
* Ebrahim Nabavi (سید ابراهیم نبوی, born 1958, Iran), winner of
Prince Claus Award
The Prince Claus Fund was established in 1996, named in honor of Prince Claus of the Netherlands. It receives an annual subsidy from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Fund has presented the international Prince Claus Awards annually si ...
CivilWarLand In Bad Decline
''CivilWarLand in Bad Decline'' is a book of short stories and a novella by the American writer George Saunders. Published in 1996, it was Saunders's first book. Many of the stories initially appeared in different forms in various magazines, incl ...
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor and author. He is best known for creating comedy songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specifi ...
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Jacob M. Appel
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(US, born 1973) – playwright (''
Causa Mortis
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Paul Beatty
Paul Beatty (born June 9, 1962) is an American author and an associate professor of writing at Columbia University. In 2016, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Booker Prize for his novel '' The Sellout''. It was the first time ...
Half Man Half Biscuit
Half Man Half Biscuit are an English rock band, formed in 1984 in Birkenhead, Merseyside. Known for their satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs, the band comprises lead singer and guitarist Nigel Blackwell, bassist and singer Neil Cr ...
Nathan Barley
''Nathan Barley'' is a British Channel 4 television sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt, Claire Keelan, Richard Ayoade, Ben Whishaw, Rhys Thomas and Charlie Condou. The series of six we ...
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Bo Burnham
Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham (born 1990) is an American comedian, musician, songwriter, actor, and filmmaker. His comedy work often combines musical, sketch, and stand-up elements with filmmaking.
Following his success as one of the earliest ...
(born 1990, US) – comedian and musician
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Dave Chappelle
David Khari Webber Chappelle ( ; born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for his satirical comedy sketch series ''Chappelle's Show'' (2003–2006), which he starred in until quitting in the middle of p ...
Mr. Show
''Mr. Show with Bob and David'', also known as ''Mr. Show'', is an American sketch comedy series starring and hosted by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. It aired on HBO from November 3, 1995, to December 28, 1998.
Cross and Odenkirk introduced m ...
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais ( ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. He co-created, co-wrote, and acted in the British television sitcoms ''The Office'' (2001–2003), '' Extras'' (2005–2007), and '' An Idiot Abroad' ...
Mishu Hilmy
Mishu Hilmy is an American comedian, writer, actor, impressionist, and playwright. He most recently wrote, performed, and executive produced the Netflix-parody comedy special ''Trapped in the Netflix.'' He has contributed to and appeared on ''Th ...
(living, US) – ''
Good Morning Gitmo
''Good Morning Gitmo'' is a one-act play written by American comedians Mishu Hilmy and Eric Simon in 2014. Hilmy and Simon were hired by the Annoyance Theater to create a dark comedy and agitprop play about the United States Detention Center at ...
Private Eye
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Mike Judge
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(born 1962, US) – creator of ''
Beavis and Butt-Head
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Kennedy
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People
* John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), 35th president of the United States
* John Kennedy (Louisiana politician), (born 1951), US Senator from Louisiana
* Kennedy (surname), a family name (including a list of persons with t ...
(born 1972, US) – radio personality and author
* Hari Kondabolu (born 1982, US) – stand-up comic and film-maker
* Erik Larsen (born 1962, US) – " Savage Dragon" comic book
* Craig Lauzon (living, Canada) – comedian and caricaturist
* Stewart Lee (born 1968, UK) – stand-up comedian and director
*
Victor Lewis-Smith
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Summer Heights High
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Seth MacFarlane
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(born 1973, US) – ''
Family Guy
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Aaron McGruder
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Early life and education
Aaron ...
(US) – ''
The Boondocks (comic strip)
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Rick Mercer
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(born 1969, Canada) – ''
Rick Mercer Report
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''
* Tim Minchin (born 1975, Australia) – comedian and musician
*
Mark Morford Mark Morford is a former columnist and culture critic for SFGATE. His opinion column was called ''Notes & Errata.'' His topics varied from sex and deviance to popular culture, technology, spirituality, music and politics.
Writing career
From 1999 ...
(living, US) – ''Notes and Errata'', ''San Francisco Chronicle'', ''SF Gate''
* Chris Morris (born 1965, UK) – '' Brass Eye'', '' The Day Today''
*
Gregory Motton
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(born 1961, UK) – playwright and author
* The Moustache Brothers (Myanmar) – screwball comedy and dance
*
Bob Odenkirk
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(born 1962, US) – ''
Mr. Show
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Cross and Odenkirk introduced m ...
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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''
*
Chuck Palahniuk
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South Park
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Mark A. Rayner
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Celia Rivenbark
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Background
Rivenbark was born and raised in Duplin County, North Carolina, She is married to Scott Whisnant, the Director of Government Relations for New Hanov ...
(living, US) – columnist and author
* Joe Rogan (born 1967, US) – comedian and podcast pioneer
* Eric Schwartz (living, US) – folk singer and satirist
*
Andrew Shaffer
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Jon Stewart
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South Park
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Howard X
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A ...
, (living, Hong Kong, Australia) – political satirist, musician, professional impersonator of
Kim Jong-un
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Rucka Rucka Ali
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(born 1987, Israel) – political satirist, song parody maker
Notable satires in contemporary popular culture
In modern culture, much satire is often the work of several individuals collectively, as in magazines and television. Hence the following list.
Print
* Astérix (French comic strip, satirizing both the Roman Empire era as well as 20th century life)
*Benchley (US comic strip created by Mort Drucker and
Jerry Dumas
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Biograph ...
, satirizing
Ronald Reagan
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and American culture)
* Bone (US comic strip)
* The Boondocks (US comic strip, satirizing
African-American culture
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Charlie Hebdo
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(weekly French satirical paper)
* The Chaser (Australian newspaper and TV shows)
*
Cho Ramaswamy
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Carl Barks
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Hemispheres
Hemisphere refers to:
* A half of a sphere
As half of the Earth
* A hemisphere of Earth
** Northern Hemisphere
** Southern Hemisphere
** Eastern Hemisphere
** Western Hemisphere
** Land and water hemispheres
* A half of the (geocentric) celestia ...
Humor Times
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History
The publication was founded in Sacramento, California by publisher/editor James Israel, with the premiere issue appearing in April, 1991, orig ...
Private Eye
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(UK magazine)
*The Inconsequential (UK magazine)
* The Second Supper (US magazine)
*
The Tart
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History
The precursor of ''The Tart'' was a Bristol University newspaper edited by Tobes Kelly in the first six months of 2007. ''The Tart'' was set up as a ...
Tom Puss
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''Tom Poes'' was a t ...
(Dutch comic strip)
* Watchmen (American comic book series)
Futurama
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On the Hour
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(UK news radio parody by Chris Morris)
* TV Offal (UK TV critique show by Victor Lewis-Smith)
* This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Canadian TV show)
*
South Park
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( Trey Parker and Matt Stone)
* The Chaser (Australian newspaper and TV shows)
* Facelift (New Zealand Political show)
* Spitting Image (UK TV show famous for its puppets of celebrities)
* Yes Minister (also "Yes, Prime Minister" – UK TV show satirising government)
*
Kukly
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(''Dolls'', 1994–2002) – Russian satirical puppet show
* Fitil (''Fuse'') – Soviet television satirical/comedy short film series
* Nip/Tuck ( Ryan Murphy)
* Have I Got News For You – Long running UK TV panel show
*
Nathan Barley
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The Chaser's War on Everything
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– Australian satire with an emphasis on attacking 'everyone'.
*
Seinfeld
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(
Jerry Seinfeld
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Monty Python's Flying Circus
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Garry Shandling
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Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms, such as '' Sanford and Son'' and ''Welcome Back, Kotter''. He made ...
)
*
30 Rock
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Aaron McGruder
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Early life and education
Aaron ...
Ben Bocquelet
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*
Family Guy
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– (
Seth MacFarlane
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Andy Borowitz
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and
Susan Borowitz
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White America
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" is a satirical song by
Eminem
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It is about his impact in rap and the impact of rap in the white communities.
*" Mercedes Benz" is a McClure-Joplin song sung by
Janis Joplin
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*
Culturcide
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's album ''Tacky Souvenirs of Pre-Revolutionary America'' overdubbed new, satirical lyrics onto such pop hits as " We Are the World".
* Vaporwave, a satirical music genre with anarcho-capitalist and cyberpunk overtones dedicated to (anti-)consumerism.
* Mark Russell is an American political satirist known for his many appearances on PBS
*
Peter Gabriel
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's song ''The Barry Williams Show'' satirizes talk shows which showcase domestic topics of a taboo or shocking nature (and the viewing public's fascination with such content).
*
Chumbawamba
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have consistently used satire to make political points throughout their musical career.
*
Pink Floyd
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Ben Folds
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, a rock pianist, and his group,
Ben Folds Five
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Blazing Saddles
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This Is Spinal Tap
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Best in Show
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Starship Troopers
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The Simpsons Movie
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*'' Smile'', a satire of beauty pageants and small-town life
*''
Bob Roberts
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War, Inc.
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Plot
The film opens in a bar in Nunavut when hitman Brand Hauser shoot ...
American Psycho
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Hollywood
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* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywood, ...
, directed by
Robert Altman
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2003 invasion of Iraq
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*'' Elvis Gratton,'' a French Canadian/Québécois series depicting a satirical
federalist
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Adequacy.org
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BBspot
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...
The Daily Mash
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(U.K. satirical news website)
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The Daily Bonnet
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The Hard Times
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Latma
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National Report
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*
Jeremy Nell
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(South African cartoonist)
*
NewsBiscuit
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ScrappleFace
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The name ScrappleFace was coined by Ott's grandmother, Jessica McMaster (1915–2006), who cared for Ott and his brothers from the a ...
parody of Wikipedia
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Vote for the Worst
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