Not all comedians are funny all the time. And not all of us who would be comedians can succeed. And some sad things just happen. Herewith a selection of unfunny moments for comedians or would be comedians.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 3:03:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42517/fox-cancels-mad-tv.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMad TV will bid adieu after 14 seasons of Saturday night sketches, the final nail in its coffin coming from a failure to boost ratings during the presidential campaign, reports Defamer. Fox's Saturday Night Live competitor, which has been on the chopping block for years, will finish up the season before being relegated to DVD collections.http://www.newser.com/story/42517/fox-cancels-mad-tv.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 12 Nov 2008 16:46:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41215/bbc-yanks-comics-for-prank-call.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe BBC suspended two leading comedians for a prank call that infuriated 18,000 viewers and that even the prime minister called “inappropriate and unacceptable,” the news service reports. Foul-mouthed Russell Brand—who, stateside, offended abstinent teens at MTV's Music Video Awards—and Jonathan Ross told a 78-year-old actor that Brand had sex with his granddaughter.http://www.newser.com/story/41215/bbc-yanks-comics-for-prank-call.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 29 Oct 2008 11:30:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40042/sacramento-gop-site-takes-down-obama-hate-images.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSacramento Republicans yesterday removed images from their website urging voters to “Waterboard Barack Obama” and declaring “The Only Difference Between Obama and Osama is a Little BS.” State party leaders condemned the content, with a spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calling it “completely and totally inappropriate,” the Sacramento Bee reports, but the county’s GOP chairman was unapologetic.http://www.newser.com/story/40042/sacramento-gop-site-takes-down-obama-hate-images.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 15 Oct 2008 13:14:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38938/bernhard-gets-the-boot-after-gang-rape-joke-about-palin.html?refid=rss_all_defaultComedian Sandra Bernhard lost her gig at a fundraiser for a Boston homeless women's shelter after making a gang-rape joke about Sarah Palin, reports the Boston Herald. Bernhard joked last month that Palin would be "gang-raped by my big black brothers" if she came to Manhattan; the women's shelter heard about it and pulled the plug yesterday. “We were horrified so we decided that we wouldn’t have her at our event,” the director said.http://www.newser.com/story/38938/bernhard-gets-the-boot-after-gang-rape-joke-about-palin.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 02 Oct 2008 7:31:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35577/study-tell-bad-jokes-at-your-own-risk.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWhat did the researcher say to the reporter? Bad jokes are a good way to lose friends. A Washington State University linguist found lame humor tends to trigger serious hostility, the AP reports. The researcher had her students slip a bad joke into 207 conversations with friends, and 44% of the responses were considered, ahem, “impolite.”http://www.newser.com/story/35577/study-tell-bad-jokes-at-your-own-risk.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 22 Aug 2008 15:14:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32422/kimmel-silverman-split-up.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAfter 5 years together, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have broken up, reps for the newly minted ex-couple confirmed to Vanity Fair today. "Jimmy and Sarah have and will have no further comment," said a joint statement. Confessions of involvement with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck apparently didn't lead to the split of the talk-show host and actress.http://www.newser.com/story/32422/kimmel-silverman-split-up.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 14 Jul 2008 16:44:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30983/murrays-divorce-settled-in-a-flash.html?refid=rss_all_defaultGossip hounds hoping for acrimonious divorce proceedings for Bill Murray aren't getting their wish, TMZ reports. The actor's divorce has already been settled, with papers signed June 13. Wife Jennifer Butler Murray, 42, gets custody of the four kids; Bill, 57, will have to pay child support. Jennifer, who also gets homes in California and South Carolina, had alleged that Murray was a sex-crazed, abusive drug addict.http://www.newser.com/story/30983/murrays-divorce-settled-in-a-flash.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 26 Jun 2008 11:21:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29178/broken-glass-lands-cheeky-mooner-in-hospital.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA Dutchman is recovering in a hospital after a mooning backfired, the AP reports. The 21-year-old prankster and two friends were running around the streets of Utrecht with their pants pulled down at the back, police said. The cheeky ringleader pushed his butt up against the glass of a restaurant window, which then broke, resulting in "deep wounds to his derriere," authorities revealed.http://www.newser.com/story/29178/broken-glass-lands-cheeky-mooner-in-hospital.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 04 Jun 2008 3:30:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25998/snl-alums-dad-murdered-in-nashville.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA hit-making Nashville songwriter was charged yesterday in the pocketknife murder of his producing partner, who—in a headline-grabbing twist out of an old country ballad—is the father of former Saturday Night Live comedienne Cheri Oteri, TMZ reports. Nashville police said Oteri’s father had a "significant laceration” to his wrist, the AP reports.http://www.newser.com/story/25998/snl-alums-dad-murdered-in-nashville.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 29 Apr 2008 8:28:13 CDT