Recently on Australia's version of the Today show, anchor Karl Stefanovic sat down for an interview with the Dalai Lama, during which he attempted a joke about the religious leader going into a pizza shop. That's when things got really awkward. [via Reddit]

A guy in Nashville went to go see 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan perform a comedy show last weekend and Morgan said some wildly offensive things about gay people. The guy took to his Facebook wall in protest. Now the gays have mobilized!

The former editor in chief of Surgery News and, until yesterday, the president-elect of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Lazar Greenfield sure does have a way with words. In February, his editor's note in Surgery News basically said that contact with semen makes women happier and smarter. This made some people very angry. Here's a portion of his op-ed:

It's beyond all comprehension that a professional event planner in Washington, D.C. would offer seven minutes of freestyle standup comedy time, as the official entertainment for a black-tie banquet, to Arizona Rep. Ben Quayle, son of the former vice president and penman of Scottsdale's richest pornographic tales. And yet that's exactly what happened last night at the annual Congressional Correspondents' Dinner. Our old pal Ben Quayle, whose generic facial expression is that of a concussed deer in the highbeams, actually attempted standup comedy. And the poor guy couldn't even land the free laugh that is a "Politico sucks" joke.

Italy's greatest self-tanning sex fiend, Silvio Berlusconi, yesterday traveled to the island of Lampedusa to encourage xenophobia and to scare African migrants back to where they came from. He even said he was buying a vacation home there because the island is so fucking sexy. But aside from promising to tackle his self-made immigration problem — North Africans fleeing violence perpetrated by Berlusconi's dictator buddies — the old man found some time to joke around with the island's lovely ladies, according to the Daily Mail:

The day after a Harlem 6th grader died during a class trip to the beach, Brooklyn elementary school teacher Christine Rubio—who has been teaching for 15 years—updated her Facebook status to this:

Following his cold open, host Joel McHale took the stage at tonight's Independent Spirit Awards and delivered a genuinely funny, relevant and varied monologue. Oh, yeah... there were also sex jokes. Lots of them! Cunnilingus has never been so in.

With a wildcard like Charlie Sheen as your lead role, the producers at Two and a Half Men were smart to create this ending of the show to be used "In Case of Emergency."

How does Joe Biden like those "spoofs" depicting him as an womanizing, shirtless playboy madman in the Onion? "I think it's hilarious," he tells an interviewer. He claims he's a "square" in reality, though, which is a lie. [Image via]

How did President Obama rally the nation last night with his Newt Gingrich-lifted slogan, "Winning the Future"? Are inspired 12-year-olds across the nation already building electric cars from algae? Perhaps. But mostly, people just remember Obama's "salmon" joke.

Tonight, Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais gave his first interview since Sunday night's controversial show to Piers Morgan. Defiant as ever, Gervais not only defended his jokes, but even suggested that people were wrong to be offended. Video highlights inside.

Veteran actor Robert De Niro received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at tonight's Golden Globes. It was quite. His awkward, rambling, try-hard acceptance speech—during which he made several off-color jokes, like a drunk uncle—was not.

The amount of profane graffiti in the Brooklyn Criminal Court's men's bathrooms has gotten out of control. So bad, in fact, that even the offenders are offended: "It makes it depressing to come here," one lawbreaker told the Daily News.

As the Today Show hosts were bantering about Kathie Lee and Hoda's impending booze cruise ocean adventure, Al chimed in with a pirate joke that was nobody appreciated. Sounds of crickets would be less awkward than the silence that followed.

It might not surprise you to hear that prep school rivalry pranks are funny among the entrenched Washington classes. And last night, Republicans finally got revenge over an 18-year-old Democratic prank, involving a donkey who now hates Nancy Pelosi.

Gov. Paterson: Thanks, Al Sharpton, for "doing for justice what Tiger Woods did for cocktail waitresses."

We're still waiting for ex-CNN anchor Rick Sanchez to issue a statement about his recent firing. But Jon Stewart spoke on the issue last night. Did he issue a five-page statement poignantly denouncing prejudice, or make a joke?

Seems we've got a comedian running for Wisconsin governor. Wanna know how funny Republican nominee Scott Walker is? His opponent, Tom Barrett, released a 67-page jobs plan, so Walker goes and releases a 68-page plan, in size 10-million font! Burn?

The ten funniest jokes of the famous Edinburgh Fringe—a huge performing arts festival held in Scotland—have been named! And they are hilarious. But will you "get" them? No worries! We've provided helpful explanations right here.

On Monday, abused JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater stole two beers and left his grounded plane via the emergency slide. JetBlue has mostly kept mum—except to scold comedian Andy Borowitz for making bad jokes on Twitter.