IRON MAN, MAGNETO, SUE DISNEY

by Pete Grossman

Orlando, FL (INS) – It’s an unholy alliance. Disney recently announced it is buying Marvel. As the final steps go through for the merger, Iron Man and Magneto are joining forces to block the sale.

“Look, I don’t have anything against Disney,” said Iron Man, “but when Magneto called and said if we didn’t do something about this we’ll be turned into Broadway characters that dance to some schmaltzy song on stage. Well, you don’t have to twist my arm. I was on board.”

“At least Cirque Du Soleil has some edge,” says Magneto. “I can hang from the ceiling by a rope and lift people off the ground with my mutant superpowers, but putting on a costume and belting out a ditty? That’s going just too far.”

Disney is playing down the dust up saying that the merger is necessary to give them some edge.

“Let’s face it, says Robert Iger, Goofy’s CEO, “Our parks are way too happy. We need some darkness. Right now the only gloom we create is when we close down a ride for repairs.”

Marvel creator, Stan Lee, says “Iron Man and Magneto are going to have to suck it up or I’m going to make good on my threat to show why they’re really attracted to one another. Truth is, I’m doing this because it’s about time Disney revealed the alter egos of their popular characters. They’re all pretty much good personas. Once the merger goes through Mickey Mouse will be also be known as The Rabbit Rat!

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TSUNAMI BALONEY

By Bill Britton

Atlanta, GA (INS). CNN president Jonathan Klein expressed dismay at the disappointing results from Saturday’s tsunami. “We had news feeds set up from California to Pango Pango, wherever the heck that is, and what did we get? I’ve seen bigger ripples in my grandson’s wading pool.”

Klein has called a meeting of CNN’s top executives to discuss future tsunami marketing plans for its Disaster Division. “We thought we could do this with inside staff,” said Klein, “but Nancy Grace got so excited that her accent became incoherent. We would have been better off with Christiane Amanpour, despite her hair. And Sanjay was worn out from his Haiti stint.”

A confidential source at CNN said that attempts to lure David Shuster away from MSNBC failed. Shuster’s non-stop speaking style apparently impressed Klein and would have been a complementary offset to Larry King’s sometimes dithering reportage. Shuster is said to be recuperating at home and is no longer is connected to an oxygen tank.

The same source revealed that negotiations with Disney’s Pixar to assume the reins of CNN’s Disaster Division are nearing completion. Apparently, a Buzz Lightyear look-a-like is being considered with voiceovers provided by Dennis Haysbert, the spokesman for Allstate Insurance, whose sonorous intonations have staunched the flow of customers toward GEICO and its precious gecko.

Pixar has privately assured CNN that its latest animation technology will allow Lightyear’s character to be superimposed onto Haysbert’s face. Still to be decided is the flesh color, although Pantone shade number A1864F, a tan hue, is felt to be a satisfactory compromise between Haysbert and Lightyear’s skin tones.

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The Onion Goes After Peter Grossman?

By Pete Grossman

Wow! The Onion, my second fave fake news source (after Infauxtainment of course) has come after me. Well, sort of. The guy they’re talking about (see photo left and link below) is a Faux Grossman, well, sort of. That’s not my picture but it is a Peter Grossman, or so The Onion claims. Although I’m Pete Grossman, I was named Peter Grossman. Perhaps The Onion came across my likening Infauxtainment to their site and decided to satire me? If so, I’m honored! (Special thanks to Grace Bello, my co-worker at Mindspark Interactive, for bringing this to my attention. Infauxtainment salutes you – like that’s something to brag about.)

The Onion – Peter Grossman

About the real Pete Grossman (Not the guy in the above-mentiond Onion piece.)


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PGA Presents Plan for Recycling Goose Droppings

By Bill Britton

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (INS). The PGA presented a plan today to offset the cost of cleaning up the Canada goose droppings that plague golf courses around the country. Speaking on behalf of its membership, PGA President M.G. Orender traced the history of the Canada goose and its effects on America’s number one pastime.

“The Canada goose is a non-native species,” Orender stated. “Their arrival in this country began with the expulsion of several Canadian newscasters from the repressive regime to the north. The Department of Homeland Security has assured me that our northern border will be fortified to prevent further intrusions by either species.” Canada geese can be recognized by their distinctive call, which sounds like a nasal “oot.” In a strange coincidence, Canadian broadcasters utter the same sound when they pronounce the word “out.”

The PGA plan calls for converting ice hockey’s Zambonis to collect the droppings, which will then be steamed to destroy harmful bacteria. The objective is to produce a palatable goose liver pâté substitute from the muck. Laboratory efforts have yielded a product that is similar to pâté in texture and taste. However, saturated fat levels are much lower.

To avoid confusion with pâté de foie gras, initial marketing will use the trade name, “Pâté de Pooh Gras.” Hormel Foods has agreed to process the first run of Pooh Gras. First-year revenue estimates are pegged at $30 to $50 million.

Hormel pooh-poohed the rumor that Tiger Woods would be its spokesperson, but French conglomerate Peugeot has expressed interest in licensing the name Pooh Gras as a brand enhancer for its fine line of automobiles. “The synergy between Peugeot and Pooh Gras is un gagnant,” joked chairman Pierre Peugeot as he left Hormel headquarters.

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NEW TWIST IN TIGER TALE

By George Held

St. Augustine (INS). If Tiger Woods thought his scripted statement about his personal problems would clear the air, the golfer now has to contend with charges of plagiarism. A spokesman for John Edwards complained that Woods stole several phrases from Sen. Edwards’ public admission of sexual infidelity, including “I’m very sorry” and “I alone am to blame for this issue.”

Gov. Eliot Spitzer forgave the stolen expressions from his public statement about promiscuity and advised Woods to have his aggrieved wife at his side during his next televised apology.  Meantime, Woods’s speechwriter and drama coach, Lamar Tumbril, has taken responsibility for what he called “inadvertent borrowings” but claimed the expressions of remorse are now “so common that they are in the public domain.”

Some of Woods’s role models have come forward to offer support, including hoops legend Kobe Bryant, who echoed his previous advice. “Get that girl,” speaking of Woods’s wife, “a diamond as big as an Escalade.”

In addition, HuffPost has revealed that Woods had unprotected sex with his mistresses, one of whom he impregnated twice. In golf circles, this is called a hole-in-two. His practice of unsafe sex, Mr. Tumbril said, might have come from Woods’s emulation of other role models, like Gov. Spitzer, whose call girls complained he refused to wear a condom, and Sen. Edwards, whose unprotected sex led to the birth of a child by Rielle Hunter.

Elin Woods, Tiger’s wife, refused to comment on his latest miscues, though according to a spokeswoman, Mrs. Woods’s mother was overheard saying, in Swedish, “May his penis wither and drop off.”

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GOD SENDS SEVERE SNOW SOUTH

By Pete Grossman

Virginia Beach, VA (INS). Recently God contacted this reporter through an intermediary named Angel (Lopez) as to why he’s sent such severe winter weather to the southern United States.

“Look,” Angel said, channeling the man upstairs, “I sent severe winter weather to the south because I’ve had it with Pat Roberston. He always says he’s talking to me, but always manages to get his signals crossed. It began with his asinine predictions that he never gets right, like the time he predicted the end of days would be in 1982. Why would I do that? I liked 1982. The last straw was when he said Haiti was hit by an earthquake because, get this, ‘the Haitian people made a pact to the devil.’ What a douche. He can’t get anything right. If he were a Winter Olympic act he’d be known as the triple yutz.”

Angel added, continuing to channel the Big Guy, “So get ready you holy horse’s ass. I’m sending an escort your way and you’re not gonna like where he’s taking you. Bet you won’t be able to get that one right either!”

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Man, That’s Some Supernatural Shit

By Pete Grossman

Westchester, NY (INS). Infauxtainment News Service (INS) has learned that that dog poop possess special powers. Apparently, it dissolves when it hits the snow as it often disappears.

“Hey, if I can’t see it, it’s not there,” says Dee Ceptive. “Funny, this only happens in the winter. That’s the great thing about this season. I don’t have to pick up poop when the white stuff shows up.”

Pete Mossy says “I provide fertilizer for my neighbors. ‘Course that’s when my pooch makes his way onto the yard. If he leaves his gift on the street, the rain will eventually wash the crap away into the storm drain where there’s a different kind of water.”

Apparently, no thought is given to the fact that while the poop remains freeze-dried during the winter, after it recovers from its suspended animated state, it thaws and stinks. Not to mention neighbors who trip over residue dog doo, (the ‘ol slip and dip if you may), or accidentally step in it a night then track it back into the house. Brilliant.

To combat this problem the ASPCA has released a statement for the clueless and elitist. “You bought or adopted your dog. You knew it couldn’t use the toilet. You knew you had to be responsible. Picking up poop is not beneath you, it is beneath your dog, so scoop it up and respect your neighbors. The stuff’s not radio active.”

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PALIN TO POSE AS PLAYMATE

By George Held

Hollywood, CA (INS). Hugh Hefner announced today that Sarah Palin will be the November centerfold in PLAYBOY magazine. An agreement was reached after Palin spent the weekend getting a private tour of the Playboy mansion here. The November issue, which appears in October, would maximize the influence of her pictorial in helping GOP fortunes in the 2010 mid-term elections.

“We look forward to Sarah as a Venus in—Alaskan—Furs, baring what most men in America have dreamed of seeing in the pages of PLAYBOY,” Hefner said, wearing his usual pajamas and robe and puffing on his pipe. The veteran entrepreneur of male sexual fantasy said Palin’s layout would validate his sharp eye for female pulchritude at 83. “Not to mention what her appearance will do for newsstand sales,” of which Palin will reportedly receive 50 per cent.

As for Palin, a likely Presidential contender in 2012, she seemed delighted standing by Hefner’s side. She told the press that becoming the first Alaskan or the first woman President was secondary. “Heck,” she said, “I wanna be the first Playmate in the Oval Office.”

Considering her competition in 2012, Palin said, “After voters see me with a cute cottontail on my tail, the Democratic Party will think twice before running Hillary, sure as shootin’.”

In her own party, potential candidates Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are reportedly considering an offer from PLAYGIRL to follow Palin’s almost son-in-law Levi Johnston by posing in the buff.

Lionel B. Schottenheimer, head of the Hollywood Tea Baggers, approved anything Palin might do to get elected. “Heck,” he said, “at a time when our beloved country faces enemies in Washington as dangerous as those abroad, we must gain power by any means necessary. Besides, Sarah’s absolutely a babe.”

Informed of Schottenheimer’s endorsement, Palin winked and said, “You betcha!”

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Infauxtainment Celebrates 1st Anniversary! No Faux! Really!

By Pete Grossman

Yay!

To celebrate – slow mo faux fireworks! Enjoy!

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Japan Revisits Ritual Suicide

By George Held

Tokyo, (INS). Kanichiro Sato, Japan’s Minister of Accountability, announced today that the Government has appointed a committee of corporate executives to consider reinstating the practice of seppuku, or ritual suicide, for business leaders whose firms have behaved dishonorably. In the past, dating to Medieval times, Japanese samurai adhered to a code that required seppuku to atone for sin and failure or other loss of face. The last famous suicide was performed by the novelist Yukio Mishima, in 1970.

Mr. Sato hinted that the recent charges of negligence and deception among executives of Toyota Motor Company, the world’s largest automaker, had returned the idea of seppuku to public favor. “The overwhelming question,” he said, “is how dishonorable acts can best be punished in order to rebuild confidence in Japanese products. The threat of mandatory seppuku might help to restore honor to its traditional place in Japan, and perhaps throughout the world.” American CEOs, take note.

Already NBC has begun to explore televising ritual suicide in reality show format but in real time. Leslea Bing, a network spokesperson, explained that seppuku, which means “stomach cutting” or suicide by disembowelment, traditionally took place in public, with the penitent dressed in white. “We believe that a program in HDTV and living color would produce the kind of splash that guarantees high ratings during Sweeps Week,” Ms. Bing said.

Roger Ailes, head of FOX TV, said his network would compete hard for rights to any public suicides, hangings, or celebrity orgies. “We are ready to assign our top announcing team of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman to cover the first hara-kiri show in Tokyo” if FOX wins live telecast rights. Stay tuned for future blood-letting among the networks.

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