Stories about Humor from February, 2009
Philippines: Creating A Top-rating Noontime Show
Insoymada drafts a primer on how to create a top-rating noontime show for Philippine television.
Egypt: Bloggers for Terrorism
Egyptian bloggers are posting their own photographs, posing with fake guns and pistols, on their blogs and Facebook groups as part of a new gimmick to draw attention to the plight of detained blogger Mohamed Adel. Find out more about Operation General Mait in this article by Lasto Adri.
Barbados: Blogger/Writer
Barbados-based B.C. Pires has “become interested in the connection between blogging and writing.”
Trinidad & Tobago: The Breathalyser
“I don’t know if people have noticed that statements by Government Ministers are no longer featured in the Political section of the daily Newspapers but under Entertainment”: This Beach Called Life takes on the issue of breathalyser laws in Trinidad and Tobago.
China: Logo for 50 Cents
Someone has designed a logo for the 50 cent party (state sponsored online opinion maker). via wumao twitter.
Trinidad & Tobago: Dear Mr. Hart
This Beach Called Life writes an open letter to Calder Hart, the man at the center of the Commission of Enquiry into the Trinidad and Tobago construction sector.
Thailand: Obama lookalike
Andrew Biggs was delighted to meet a student in Thailand who looks like U.S. president Barack Obama.
“Obama” gets a tummy ache while visiting Manila
A Philippine TV ad features the lookalikes of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and United States President Barack Obama. The star of the ad, Indonesia's Ilham Anas, is now a celebrity because of his "similarity" to Obama.