List of satirists and satires

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This is an incomplete list of writers, cartoonists and others known for involvement in satire – humorous social criticism. They are grouped by era and listed by year of birth. Included is a list of modern satires.

Early satirical authors[]

  • Aesop (c. 620–560 BCE, Ancient Greece) – Aesop's Fables
  • Diogenes (c. 412–323 BCE, Ancient Greece)
  • Aristophanes (c. 448–380 BCE, Ancient Greece) – The Frogs, The Birds, and The Clouds
  • Gaius Lucilius (c. 180–103 BCE, Roman Republic)
  • Horace (65–8 BCE, Roman Republic) – Satires
  • Ovid (43 BCE – 17 CE, Roman Republic/Roman Empire) – The Art of Love
  • Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Hispania/Rome) – Apocolocyntosis
  • Persius (34–62 CE, Roman Empire)
  • Petronius (c. 27–66 CE, Roman Empire) – Satyricon
  • Juvenal (1st to early 2nd cc. CE, Roman Empire) – Satires
  • Lucian (c. 120–180 CE, Roman Empire)
  • Apuleius (c. 123–180 CE, Roman Empire) – The Golden Ass
  • Various authors (9th century CE and later) – One Thousand and One Nights, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ

Medieval, early modern and 18th-century satirists[]

  • Godfrey of Winchester (died 1107, England)
  • Ubayd Zakani (عبید زاکانی, died 1370, Persia) – Akhlaq al-Ashraf (Ethics of the Aristocracy)
  • Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375, Italy) – The Decameron
  • James Bramston (1694–1743, England) – satirical poet
  • Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400, England) – The Canterbury Tales
  • Gil Vicente (c. 1465–1536, Portugal)
  • Erasmus (1466–1536, Burgundian Netherlands/Switzerland) – The Praise of Folly
  • François Rabelais (c. 1493–1553, France) – Gargantua and Pantagruel
  • Various authors (16th century CE and later, Italy) – Talking statues of Rome
  • Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616, Spain) – Don Quixote
  • Luis de Góngora (1561–1627, Spain)
  • William Shakespeare (1564–1616, England) – Sonnet 130
  • Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645, Spain)
  • Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana (1582–1622, Spain)
  • Martin Marprelate (true identity unknown, fl. 1588–1589, England) – Marprelate tracts
  • Samuel Butler (1612–1680, England) – Hudibras
  • Molière (1622–1673, France) – Le Malade imaginaire
  • Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673, England)
  • John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680, England)
  • Jonathan Swift (1667–1745, Ireland/England) – Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Tale of a Tub
  • John Gay (1685–1732, England) – The Beggar's Opera
  • Alexander Pope (1688–1744, England)
  • Voltaire (1694–1778, France) – Candide
  • James Bramston (1694–1744, England)
  • William Hogarth (1697–1764, England) – Beer Street and Gin Lane
  • Nicholas Amhurst (1697–1742, England)
  • David Raphael ben Abraham Polido (fl. 17th and 18th cc.)
  • Henry Fielding (1707–1754, England)
  • Laurence Sterne (1713–1768, Ireland/England) – The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
  • James Beresford (1764–1840, England) – The Miseries of Human Life
  • Ivan Krylov (1769–1844, Russia)
  • Jane Austen (1775–1817, England) – Love and Freindship
  • Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866, England) – Nightmare Abbey, Crochet Castle
  • Eaton Stannard Barrett (1786–1820, Ireland) – The Heroine
  • Charles Etienne Boniface (1787–1853, France/South Africa) – De Nieuwe Ridderorde of De Temperantisten (in Dutch, The New Knighthood or the Temperance Societies)
  • Giuseppe Gioachino Belli – (1791–1863, Italy)

Modern satirists (born 1800–1900)[]

  • Evan Bevan (1803–1866, Wales) – satirical poetry in Welsh
  • Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852, Russia) – The Government Inspector, Dead Souls
  • Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US) – The Man That Was Used Up, A Predicament, Never Bet the Devil Your Head
  • William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863, England) – Vanity Fair
  • Charles Dickens (1812–1870, England) – Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities
  • James Russell Lowell (1819–1891, US) – A Fable for Critics
  • George Derby, also known as John P. Squibob and John Phoenix (1823–1861, US)
  • Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889, Russia)
  • Lewis Carroll (1832–1898, England) – Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass
  • Samuel Butler (1835–1902, England) – Erewhon
  • Mark Twain (1835–1910, US) – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
  • W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911, England)
  • Narushima Ryūhoku (成島柳北, 1837–1884, Japan)
  • Thomas Nast (1840–1902, US)
  • Ambrose Bierce (1842 – c. 1914, US) – The Devil's Dictionary
  • Anatole France (1844–1924, France)
  • José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845–1900, Portugal)
  • Oscar Wilde (1854–1900, Ireland/England) – The Importance of Being Earnest
  • George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950, England)
  • Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927, England) – Three Men in a Boat, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
  • Anton Chekhov (1860–1904, Russia) – The Lady with the Dog
  • O. Henry (1862–1910, US) short story writer known for surprise endings, namesake of the O. Henry Award
  • Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1866–1931, Azerbaijan)
  • Lakshminath Bezbaroa (1868–1938, India, writing in Assamese)
  • Saki, also known as H. H. Munro (1870–1916, England)
  • Trilussa (1873–1950, Italy)
  • Alfred Jarry (1873–1907, France) – Ubu Roi
  • Radoje Domanović (1873–1908, Serbia)
  • Iraj Mirza (ایرج میرزا, 1874–1926, Iran)
  • Karl Kraus (1874–1936, Austria)
  • Will Rogers (1879–1935, US)
  • James Branch Cabell (1879–1958, US)
  • Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (علی‌اکبر دهخدا, 1879–1959, Iran)
  • H. L. Mencken (1880–1956, US) – cultural critic and author
  • Arkady Averchenko (1881–1925, Russia)
  • P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975, England/US)
  • Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957, England)
  • Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia) – The Good Soldier Švejk
  • Oscar Cesare (1885–1948, Sweden/US)
  • Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977, England) – Modern Times, The Great Dictator, Monsieur Verdoux
  • Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935, Germany)
  • Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940, Russia/Soviet Union) – Heart of a Dog, The Master and Margarita
  • Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, US) satirical writer of humorous short stories, poetry and book reviews
  • Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930, Russia/Soviet Union)
  • Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) – Point Counter Point, Brave New World
  • James Thurber (1894-1961, US) – "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
  • Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894–1958, Soviet Union)
  • Josep Pla (1897–1981, Spain [Catalonia])
  • Ilf and Petrov: Ilya Ilf (1897–1937, Soviet Union) and Yevgeni Petrov (1903–1942, Soviet Union) – The Twelve Chairs, The Little Golden Calf
  • Yury Olesha (1899–1960, Soviet Union) – Three Fat Men, Envy

Modern satirists (born 1900–1930)[]

  • Stella Gibbons (1902–1989, England) – author of comic novel Cold Comfort Farm
  • Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966, England) – Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Scoop
  • George Orwell (1903–1950, England) – Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four
  • Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990, England)
  • Dr. Seuss (1904–1991, US) – The Lorax (1971), The Butter Battle Book (1984)
  • Kurt Kusenberg (1904–1983, Germany)
  • Daniil Kharms (1905–1942, Russia/USSR)
  • H. F. Ellis (1907–2000, England) – The Papers of A. J. Wentworth, B.A., 1949
  • Jean Effel (1908–1982, France) – cartoonist, author of the cartoon cycle The Creation of the World
  • Al Capp (1909–1979, US)
  • Arkady Raikin (1911–1987, Russia/USSR) – stand-up comedian
  • Aubrey Menen (1912–1989, Britain, India) – satirist, novelist and philosopher
  • Walt Kelly (1913–1973, US)
  • Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England) – A Clockwork Orange
  • Warrington Colescott (1921–2018, US)
  • Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007, US) – Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, Cat's Cradle
  • Lenny Bruce (1925–1966, US) – stand-up comedian
  • Joseph Heller (1923–1999, US) – Catch-22
  • Art Buchwald (1924–2007) – political humor column in The Washington Post
  • Terry Southern (1924–1995, US) – The Magic Christian, Dr. Strangelove
  • Günter Grass (1927–2015, Germany) – The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse
  • Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999, US) – Dr. Strangelove
  • Harvey Kurtzman (1924–1993, US)
  • Tom Lehrer (born 1928, US) – That Was the Year That Was
  • Jules Feiffer (1929, US) – satirical cartoonist who wrote the original play and screenplay for Little Murders
  • Ray Bradbury (US)
  • William S. Burroughs (US) – Naked Lunch
  • Dario Fo (Italy)
  • Flannery O'Connor (US)
  • C. Northcote Parkinson (England)
  • Anna Russell (England/Canada)
  • Gore Vidal (US) – Myra Breckinridge
  • Mel Brooks (US) – The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein
  • Erma Bombeck (1927, US)
  • Allan Sherman (1924–1973, US) – musician, parodist, television producer, voice actor
  • Stan Freberg (1926, US) – musician, parodist, voice actor
  • Brian O'Nolan (1911–1966, Ireland) – At Swim-Two-Birds (as Flann O'Brien)
  • Ephraim Kishon (1924, Israel)
  • Jerry Lewis (1926-2017) (US) – comedian, screenwriter, director

Contemporary satirists (born 1930–1960)[]

  • Mordecai Richler (1931–2001, Canada)
  • Tom Wolfe (born 1931, US) – The Bonfire of the Vanities
  • Vladimir Voinovich (born 1932, Soviet Union/Russia) – The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Moscow 2042
  • Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007, US) – The Illuminatus! Trilogy
  • Barry Humphries (born 1934, Australia) – My Gorgeous Life, The Life and Death of Sandy Stone, stage shows
  • Jonathan Miller (1934–2019, England)
  • Alan Bennett (born 1934, England)
  • Mykhailo Zhvanetskyi (born 1934, Soviet Union/Russia)
  • Dudley Moore (1935–2002, England)
  • David Lodge (born 1935, US) – author of "Campus Trilogy"
  • Woody Allen (born 1935, US)
  • Thomas Pynchon (born 1937, US) – V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow
  • Richard Ingrams (born 1937, England)
  • John Kennedy O'Toole (born 1937, US)
  • George Carlin (1937–2008, US) – stand-up comedian
  • Peter Cook (1937–1995, England) – of the Satire boom, Beyond the Fringe
  • Eleanor Bron (born 1938, England)
  • David Frost (1939–2013, England)
  • Grigori Gorin (1940–2000, Soviet Union/Russia)
  • Frank Zappa (1940–1993, US) – We're Only in It for the Money,
  • Sergei Dovlatov (1941–1990, Soviet Union/Russia)
  • Kioumars Saberi Foumani (کیومرث صابری فومنی, 1941–2004, Iran)
  • Neil Innes (1944–2019, England) – former Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band founder and member of The Rutles. Writer of satirical songs and books
  • Gennady Khazanov (born 1945, Soviet Union/Russia) – stand-up comedian
  • Luba Goy (born 1945, Canada)
  • Roger Abbott (born 1946, Canada) – sketch comedian.
  • Lewis Grizzard (born 1946, US)
  • Sue Townsend (1946–2014, England) – Adrian Mole
  • Don Ferguson (born 1946, Canada)
  • Jonathan Meades (born 1947, England) – writer, broadcaster and satirist
  • Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) – humorist and fantasy novelist
  • Lewis Black (born 1948, US) – stand-up comic, The Daily Show
  • Terry Pratchett (1948–2015, England) – The Discworld book series
  • Mikhail Zadornov (born 1948, Soviet Union/Russia)
  • Garry Trudeau (born 1948, US)
  • Jaafar Abbas (living, Sudan)
  • Christopher Guest (born 1948, US) – This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman
  • Georg Schramm (born 1949, Germany) – Scheibenwischer, Neues aus der Anstalt, kabarett artist
  • Gary Larson (born 1950, US) – cartoonist
  • Fran Lebowitz (born 1950, US) – The Fran Lebowitz Reader, Public Speaking (film) – NYC public intellectual
  • Bailey White (born 1950, US)
  • Steve Bell (born 1951, England)
  • Bill Bryson (born 1951, US)
  • Al Franken (born 1951, US)
  • Douglas Adams (1952–2001, England) – The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • Mary Walsh (born 1952, Canada)
  • Phil Hendrie (born 1952, US) – radio host of The Phil Hendrie Show
  • Robert Zubrin (born 1952, US)
  • Christopher Buckley (born 1952) – Thank You for Smoking, The White House Mess
  • Carl Hiaasen (born 1953) – Tourist Season, Double Whammy, Basket Case, Skinny Dip
  • Stoney Burke (born 1953, US)
  • Louis de Bernières (born 1954, UK) – Latin America Trilogy: The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts, Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord, The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
  • Matt Groening (born 1954, US) – The Simpsons, Futurama
  • George C. Wolfe (born 1954, US) – The Colored Museum
  • Howard Stern (born 1954, US)
  • Jaspal Bhatti (1955–2012, India)
  • Cathy Jones (born 1955, Canada)
  • Bill Maher (born 1956, US) – Real Time with Bill Maher
  • Percival Everett (born 1956, US)
  • Ziad Rahbani (زياد الرحباني, born 1956, Lebanon)
  • David Sedaris (born 1956, US) – Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day
  • Craig Brown (born 1957, UK)
  • Scott Adams (born 1957, US) – Dilbert
  • Stephen Fry (born 1957, England)
  • Christopher Moore (born 1957, US)
  • Victor Shenderovich (born 1958, Russia)
  • Ebrahim Nabavi (سید ابراهیم نبوی, born 1958, Iran), winner of Prince Claus Award (2005)
  • Bill Watterson (born 1958, US) – cartoonist, Calvin and Hobbes
  • Jello Biafra (born 1958, US)
  • George Saunders (born 1958, US) – author of CivilWarLand In Bad Decline, Tenth of December and Lincoln in the Bardo.
  • Wayne Federman (born 1959, US)
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic (born 1959, US)
  • Hugh Laurie (born 1959, England)
  • Jeffrey Morgan (living, Canada) – CREEM, Metro Times

Contemporary satirists (born 1960–present)[]

In alphabetical order (many birth dates not known):

  • Jacob M. Appel (US, born 1973) – playwright (Causa Mortis, Arborophilia)
  • Michael "Atters" Attree (born 1965, UK)
  • Max Barry (born 1973, Australia) – author
  • Paul Beatty (born 1962, US) – (The White Boy Shuffle, The Sellout)
  • Nigel Blackwell (living, UK) – Half Man Half Biscuit
  • Jan Böhmermann (born 1981, Germany)
  • Charlie Brooker (born 1971, UK) – Nathan Barley
  • Bo Burnham (born 1990, US) – comedian and musician
  • Dave Chappelle (born 1973, US) – stand-up comedian, Chappelle's Show
  • David Cross (born 1964, US) – Mr. Show, Arrested Development
  • Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971) – Borat, Da Ali G Show
  • Stephen Colbert (born 1964, US) – The Colbert Report, The Daily Show
  • Sarah Cooper (born 1977, US) – blogger, vlogger, author, comedian
  • Douglas Coupland (born 1961, Canada) – Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
  • Scott Dikkers (born 1965, US) – comedy writer and speaker
  • Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964, US) – screenwriter and director
  • Ricky Gervais (born 1961, UK) – comedian, creator of The Office (British TV series)
  • Sabina Guzzanti (born 1963, Italy) – satirist and writer
  • Bill Hicks (1961–1994, US) – stand-up comedian
  • Mishu Hilmy (living, US) – Good Morning Gitmo
  • Ian Hislop (born 1960, UK) – Private Eye
  • Jessica Holmes (born 1973, Canada) – comedian and actress
  • Armando Iannucci (born 1963, UK) – Brass Eye, The Day Today
  • Mike Judge (born 1962, US) – creator of Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill
  • Elnathan John (born 1982, Nigeria) — Be(com)ing Nigerian: A Guide
  • Kennedy (born 1972, US) – radio personality and author
  • Hari Kondabolu (born 1982, US) – stand-up comic and film-maker
  • Erik Larsen (born 1962, US) – "Savage Dragon" comic book
  • Craig Lauzon (living, Canada) – comedian and caricaturist
  • Stewart Lee (born 1968, UK) – stand-up comedian and director
  • Victor Lewis-Smith (living, UK) – TV Offal
  • Chris Lilley (born 1974, Australia) – Summer Heights High, We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year
  • Daniele Luttazzi (born 1961, Italy) – satirist and songwriter
  • Maddox (born 1978, US) – website The Best Page in the Universe
  • Seth MacFarlane (born 1973, US) – Family Guy
  • Scarlet Monahan (born 1983, UK) - British Satire
  • Aaron McGruder (US) – The Boondocks (comic strip), The Boondocks (TV series)
  • Rick Mercer (born 1969, Canada) – Rick Mercer Report
  • Tim Minchin (born 1975, Australia) – comedian and musician
  • Mark Morford (living, US) – Notes and Errata, San Francisco Chronicle, SF Gate
  • Chris Morris (born 1965, UK) – Brass Eye, The Day Today
  • Gregory Motton (born 1961, UK) – playwright and author
  • The Moustache Brothers (Myanmar) – screwball comedy and dance
  • Bob Odenkirk (born 1962, US) – Mr. Show, Saturday Night Live, The Larry Sanders Show
  • John Oliver (born 1977, England) – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver[1]
  • Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962, US) – Fight Club and Choke
  • Alan Park (born 1962, Canada) – comedian and satirist
  • Trey Parker (born 1969, US) – South Park, Team America: World Police, The Book of Mormon
  • Alexandra Petri (born 1988, US) – author and columnist
  • Mark A. Rayner (living, Canada) – satirist and fiction writer
  • Pablo Reyes Jr (born 1989, US) – website The Daily Currant and Huzlers
  • Celia Rivenbark (living, US) – columnist and author
  • Joe Rogan (born 1967, US) – comedian and podcast pioneer
  • Eric Schwartz (living, US) – folk singer and satirist
  • Andrew Shaffer (living, US) – author
  • Amy Sedaris (born 1961, US) – actress and comedian
  • Sarah Silverman (born 1970, US) – stand-up comedian, The Sarah Silverman Program
  • Martin Sonneborn (born 1965, Germany) – political jokester and satirist
  • Jon Stewart (born 1962, US) – The Daily Show
  • Matt Stone (born 1971, US) – South Park, The Book of Mormon
  • Vermin Supreme (born 1961, US) – performance artist, comedian and political satirist
  • Greg Thomey (born 1961, Canada) – comedian and playwright
  • David Thorne (living, Australia) – humorist and satirist
  • Andrew Unger, (living, Canada) – Mennonite satirist
  • Jhonen Vasquez (born 1974, US) – Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Squee
  • Oliver Welke (born 1966, Germany) - heute-show
  • Mark Whitney (born 1959, US) – satirist and comedian
  • Howard X, (living, Hong Kong, Australia) – political satirist, musician, professional impersonator of Kim Jong-un
  • Bassem Youssef (باسم رأفت محمد يوسف, born 1974, Egypt) – comedian
  • Rucka Rucka Ali (born 1987, Israel) – political satirist, song parody maker

Notable satires in contemporary popular culture[]

In modern culture, much satire is often the work of several individuals collectively, as in magazines and television. Hence the following list.

Print[]

  • Astérix (French comic strip, satirizing both the Roman Empire era as well as 20th century life)
  • Benchley (US comic strip created by Mort Drucker and Jerry Dumas, satirizing Ronald Reagan and American culture)
  • Bone (US comic strip)
  • The Boondocks (US comic strip, satirizing African-American culture)
  • Le Canard enchaîné (weekly French satirical newspaper)
  • Charlie Hebdo (weekly French satirical paper)
  • The Chaser (Australian newspaper and TV shows)
  • Cho Ramaswamy (Thuglak – Tamil magazine)
  • Dilbert (US comic strip)
  • The Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics by Carl Barks
  • Doonesbury (US comic strip)
  • The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (US comic strip)
  • Faux Faulkner contest (annually published in Hemispheres magazine until 2005)
  • Fritz the Cat by Robert Crumb
  • Humor Times (monthly US magazine)
  • Idées noires (Belgian comic strip)
  • Li'l Abner (US comic strip)
  • Life in Hell (US comic strip)
  • Mad (satirical comic book and magazine)
  • The Medium (weekly newspaper printed by students of Rutgers University)
  • Mr. Natural by Robert Crumb
  • Nero (Belgian comic strip)
  • The New Yorker (Shouts and Murmurs)
  • The Onion (US magazine)
  • Peanuts (US comic strip)
  • Pogo (US comic strip)
  • Private Eye (UK magazine)
  • The Inconsequential (UK magazine)
  • The Second Supper (US magazine)
  • The Tart (Fortnightly UK newspaper)
  • The Adventures of Tintin (Belgian comic strip)
  • Titanic (German magazine)
  • Tom Puss (Dutch comic strip)
  • Watchmen (American comic book series)

Television and radio[]

  • The Simpsons and Futurama (Matt Groening)
  • Howard Stern (radio personality "The Howard Stern Show")
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (US Talk Show)
  • The Colbert Report (US Talk Show)
  • The Day Today (UK TV news parody by Chris Morris)
  • Brass Eye (UK current affairs TV-show parody by Chris Morris)
  • On the Hour (UK news radio parody by Chris Morris)
  • TV Offal (UK TV critique show by Victor Lewis-Smith)
  • This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Canadian TV show)
  • South Park (Trey Parker and Matt Stone)
  • The Chaser (Australian newspaper and TV shows)
  • Facelift (New Zealand Political show)
  • Spitting Image (UK TV show famous for its puppets of celebrities)
  • Yes Minister (also "Yes, Prime Minister" – UK TV show satirising government)
  • Kukly (Dolls, 1994–2002) – Russian satirical puppet show
  • Fitil (Fuse) – Soviet television satirical/comedy short film series
  • Nip/Tuck (Ryan Murphy)
  • Have I Got News For You – Long running UK TV panel show
  • Nathan Barley – 2005 UK TV satire by Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker.
  • The Chaser's War on Everything – Australian satire with an emphasis on attacking 'everyone'.
  • Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)
  • Royal Canadian Air Farce (1993–2007) (Don Ferguson, Roger Abbott, Luba Goy)
  • Air Farce Live (2007–present) (Don Ferguson, Roger Abbott, Luba Goy)
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus
  • Phil Hendrie (radio personality "The Phil Hendrie Show")
  • Mock the Week – UK TV comedy panel show
  • The Larry Sanders Show – (Garry Shandling)
  • 30 Rock – (Tina Fey)
  • Glenn Martin, DDS – A Nick@Nite show
  • Episodes – David Crane
  • Better Off Ted – (Victor Fresco)
  • Onion News Network
  • The Boondocks – (Aaron McGruder)
  • heute-show (German TV series)
  • The Amazing World of Gumball – Ben Bocquelet
  • Family Guy – (Seth McFarlane)
  • On Cinema at the Cinema – (Tim Heidecker, Gregg Turkington)
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – (Andy Borowitz and Susan Borowitz)

Music[]

  • "White America" is a satirical song by Eminem It is about his impact in rap and the impact of rap in the white communities.
  • "Mercedes Benz" is a McClure-Joplin song sung by Janis Joplin
  • Culturcide's album Tacky Souvenirs of Pre-Revolutionary America overdubbed new, satirical lyrics onto such pop hits as "We Are the World".
  • Vaporwave, a satirical music genre with anarcho-capitalist and cyberpunk overtones dedicated to (anti-)consumerism.[2]
  • Mark Russell is an American political satirist known for his many appearances on PBS
  • Peter Gabriel's song The Barry Williams Show satirizes talk shows which showcase domestic topics of a taboo or shocking nature (and the viewing public's fascination with such content).
  • Chumbawamba have consistently used satire to make political points throughout their musical career.
  • Pink Floyd's albums Animals and The Dark Side of the Moon are conceptual and satirical albums.
  • The Lonely Island is a satirical music group known for their work on Saturday Night Live.
  • Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone's Tony-sweeping Broadway show The Book of Mormon (musical) satirizes the applicability of first-world religion to third-world problems.
  • The Dead Milkmen is a satirical punk rock/cowpunk band from the early 1980s.
  • Ben Folds, a rock pianist, and his group, Ben Folds Five, have multiple songs including satirical elements. Some of them being, "Underground", "Sports and Wine", and "Rock Star".
  • Dead Kennedys, an American punk band, often used satire in their songs, most notably Kill the Poor.
  • Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention's We're Only in It for the Money.

Film[]

Video games[]

  • Fallout
  • Fallout 2
  • Fallout 3
  • Fallout: New Vegas
  • Fallout 4
  • Dead Rising (デッドライジング, Deddo Raijingu), a satire on US consumer culture
  • Dead Rising 2: Off the Record (デッドライジング2 オフ・ザ・レコード, Deddo Raijingu 2: Ofu za rekōdo), a satire on US consumer culture
  • Grand Theft Auto[4]
  • Crash: Mind over Mutant[5]

Internet[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Edward Helmore. "How John Oliver started a revolution in US TV's political satire | Television & radio". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
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