Most of the reactions to the passage of Proposition 8 in California have been marked, understandably, by outrage and scorn. However, a group of celebrities decided they would use humor as their tool for activism. In this hilarious video, stars like Allison Janney (who will always be C.J. Cregg to me), John C. Reilly, Margaret Cho, Sarah Chalke, Maya Rudolph, and Rashida Jones band together for "Proposition 8: The Musical." Jack Black has a special cameo as Jesus, and Neil Patrick Harris, whose voice is still in prime condition after "Dr. Horrible," shows up to bring it home.

No, Jamie Kennedy didn't become a Catholic priest. This is Fr. Michael Pfleger, doing some guest-pastoring/MCing at Obama's church. Noted without comment with two comments: (1) Everything he says about Hillary Clinton is true; (2) it occurs to me that I could get back into Judaism if I could find an Ethiopian reform synagogue --- any ideas?

Next up, meet a young Hillary Rodham, aged 10.

And last, to paraphrase scripture, my ears had heard of Joe Lieberman slobbering all over John Hagee, but now my eyes have seen it. There is no bargain too corrupt for Holy Joe:

Here's a prediction/hope for the next viral video: a mashup of Hillary Clinton threatening to torpedo the Democratic convention and comparing herself to Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luther King rolled into one, with scientologists threatening to sue everyone on earth for "enturbulation."

You would think with 65,000 new videos a day, trying to find popular YouTube videos aimed directly at Jewcy’s sweet spot wouldn’t be an arduous task, but the vast majority is about as original, thought-provoking and funny as a 2 Live Jews tribute band. They all tend to involve the same tired formats (parodies of movies, ads, hip-hop, and TV shows) with the same tired material: Rabbis, Hebrew slang, circumcisions, the Holocaust, bagels, guilt-inducing mothers, Hank Greenberg, Juice Newton. Researching what’s out and about in the YouTube world helps prove a hypothesis I’ve long held: Ethnic humor, by and large, sucks. ...