Tis the Season

Something happens around this time of the year. Something, happens.

With a presidential race in full swing, children freshly out of their American History classes in school, and a nation of grumpy grownups who don't want to bother with the recession, it's the right condition for a special something to bloom.

Tis the summer of political comedy.

It's a long-standing tradition for comics to rag on the current political affairs of the United States. We tend to cherish those special folk that agree with our point of view and bash those we think evil. This style of comedy, while it tends to be dry and not very ridiculous, does have a large audience. Especially here in DC. This large demographic is partly how Air America came to be, it's a political radio station and features comedians such as Al Frankin and Janeane Garofalo. We also tend to have comedy groups like Second City and The Capital Steps begin their summer nationwide tours. Also doing nationwide tours are individual comedians, like Glenn Beck, who is also a blogger.

Glenn is a fairly funny man, on the liberal side, and runs a great little political blog. He's touring at the moment, but if you can't make it to see him in person, his Dallas show on the 17th of July will be broadcast in select movie theatres around the nation.

If you have never seen a politcal comedy show, an individual comedian is a great way to start.