jimmywellington.com

A spokesman for Jesus Christ has confirmed an entertainment reporter’s claim that a deal has been reached between humanity’s savior and Lost executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse to ensure Christ will not return to judge humanity until after Lost’s series finale on May 23.

Oh yeah, he asked for a cameo

Lindelof explains, “We are always writing about the man of science and the man of faith, but we completely forgot about the man of Nazareth. It would really suck if Jesus returned to judge the quick and the dead before our audience could find out what ends up happening with their favorite castaways.”

Jack, from The Lost Podcast with Jay and Jack, is not taking the news well. At the end of each Wednesday’s show, he gives his “crackpot theory of the week,” in which he proposes a strange, somewhat logical theory that almost always never comes true. He was about to predict the second coming on May 22, until he read about the agreement on Lostpedia.”I was so upset. I thought I really had it this time.” Jack ended up going with his theory that the entire run of Lost has just been a ploy to get Jenna Elfman back on network television with the spin-off “The Dharma Initiative and Greg.” (more…)

Martha Jackson is a healthy, young woman who exercises daily, doesn’t smoke, and is free from any chronic diseases. Therefore, she was very surprised to discover that her application for health insurance had been denied. Thinking there must have been a mix-up, she contacted United Healthcare’s customer service line to find out why her application was declined.

You guys are SO dead.

“They said something about a Jack Bauer or something,” says Jackson. “I work at a non-descript office building as a receptionist. I don’t know any Jack Bauer…oh wait…I remember seeing a man with jeans run after another man, while yelling into a cell phone, ‘This is Jack Bauer, dammit! Put me through to the President!’ I think he said something about running out of time. That’s the only time I’ve ever been close to the man, so I don’t know what’s going on here.”

Jackson is just the latest person to be denied health coverage due to contact with Jack Bauer, which is classified by insurance companies as a “pre-existing condition.” Insurance companies cite actuarial tables showing an alarming increase in the mortality rate of people who come into contact with the CTU agent. (more…)

Seemingly taking a cue from Congressman Joe Wilson, Kanye West violated the sacred decorum usually associated with the Video Music Awards when he took Taylor Swift’s microphone while she was giving her acceptance speech last night.  West went on to complain that singer Beyonce deserved the honor, only to be greeted with a chorus of boos from the audience.

This photo is completely real

While this was happening, many were wondering why West was allowed to take to the stage so easily.  Why did the broadcast not cut to commercial?  This morning, the answer to those questions became clear.

VMA host Russell Brand, “I wanted to go to commercial, but a decision that drastic had to be deferred to the President, Van Toffler.  I tried to reach him as soon as we realized what was happening.  We saw Kanye making his way to the stage.  Toffler gave us no response, he just froze.”

At the time, Toffler was giving a speech to other MTV executives.  A witness describes the scene in the room as: “Total silence.  Someone came in the room and whispered in his ear that Kanye West had just taken the microphone from Taylor Swift.  He just looked stunned, then he went back to reading from his report.  He told us after that he didn’t want people to panic.”

Toffler could not be reached for comment.

Brand is upset that more wasn’t done to prevent a Kanye attack.  “We received intelligence that Kanye West was planning on attacking the awards with douchebaggery, but nobody paid attention to it.  We even knew to focus on the stage, because Kanye would want to maximize his audience.  This situation could have easily been prevented.  It’s not like he hasn’t done this before.”

Comedian Mike Myers agrees that more should be done to prevent future Kanye West attacks.  “When he said ‘George Bush doesn’t care about black people’ you saw the shock on my face.  I was caught completely off guard.  We should know better now.  We should have learned.  I know I’ll never forget.”

Written by Jake Novak

Stung by a new study that revealed that PBS children’s broadcasting doesn’t make kids want to be gay after all, PBS president Pat Mitchell was forced to resign in disgrace earlier today.

Come on guys, Patty came out of the closet

“I failed in my duty to bring homosexuality to America’s children,” said a tearful Mitchell at a news conference this afternoon, “but I am not giving up my fight for gay values, I’ll just find another venue,” she added.

Experts say PBS’s methods were too subtle to be effective.

“Well, having Ernie and Bert living together and introducing Buster the bunny to that lesbian couple just wasn’t enough,” said child psychologist Dr. Lloyd Flaro, “I mean, they needed more leather, more piercings, maybe even some dildos with Elmo’s face on them… something!”

Other critics say the PBS programming was just too entertaining to work.

“You need to fight fire with fire in this business,” said conservative movie and TV reviewer Michael Medved. “Have you seen the average Church-funded videos for kids? They’re so God-awful they make you willing to do anything to get them to stop. Now, ‘Sesame Street’, ‘Arthur’, geez… even ‘Barney’ are all better than any of those ‘Davey & Goliath’ pieces of crap. Mitchell’s successor needs to lull the kids into submission with something preachy and low budget; like your average episode of ‘Highway to Heaven.’”

Congressional Republicans are using Mitchell’s resignation as a pretext for pulling more funding from PBS, but there’s late word that an anonymous sponsor has pledged to replace any future budget cuts dollar for dollar.

“Our generous sponsor is asking that his name not be revealed, and has only specified that the new funding be recognized as the ‘Neverland Ranch Grant’ from now on,” said a PBS spokesperson.

Last year, Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” at the hands of Justin Timberlake during the Super Bowl halftime show created an outrage among families nation wide. Most were enraged that Jackson’s breast was shown on national television for a fraction of a second, while others were just shocked that a member of the Jackson family was asked to play at the halftime show.

Your FCC approved halftime show

This year, organizers have decided to go with a “safer” act by having former Beatles member Paul McCartney perform.

The FCC (Fascist Communists Commission) does not think that simply having a family friendly artist perform is enough of a guarantee that children will not catch a flash of a nipple, a sight that would normally involve the child lifting up their own shirt in front of a mirror or other reflective object.

Paul McCartney will be required to have a metal codpiece sewn to the inside of his pants. The pants will then be surgically sutured to his thighs, to ensure minimum chance of a body part being exposed. The FCC has reluctantly allowed McCartney to flash the piece sign, but only a maximum of three times. The reasoning for this is that of course the sign could be interpreted as “the finger” by viewers with poor vision.

(Ed. Note: The FCC has ordered The Fake News to change the phrase “viewers with poor vision” from the last paragraph to “viewers whose lack of optimal vision is made up by their other contributions to society” or face a fine of $10,000.)

In a related story, Levitra will be allowed to advertise during the Super Bowl again, since explaining “erectile disfunction” or “6 hour erection” is nowhere near as awkward for a parent as explaining that women have nipples.

When reached for comment, Paul McCartney was upset, since he was hoping to unveil his new silver penis shield.

Written by Jake Novak

Country icon Dolly Parton’s plans for a breast reduction surgery plunged the nation’s Red states into a crisis today as heartbroken Southern Americans struggled with the painful news.

These boobs were made for ogling

“This is way worse than stem cell research,” said Ralf Gundy of Lumberton, North Carolina, “I feel like science is really working against man instead of with him now.”

Others shared that concern and laid the blame directly on the White House doorstep.

“We were worried something like this might happen if John Kerry were elected, but now its happened anyway,” said an angry Mable Robinson of Salem, Alabama, “you can bet I’ll be expecting something from President Bush to stop this.”

Bush administration officials huddled in the executive mansion late into the night hoping to craft some sort of response while the Pentagon put a squadron of F-16′s on alert.

“They’ll be ready to strafe any hospital in Tennessee or Arkansas within 3 minutes of the President’s order,” said Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at an impromptu press conference outside the White House.

Meanwhile, administration critics are having a field day.

“This just goes to show how the President has failed even his core supporters at a key moment,” said New York Times editorial columnist Paul Krugman. (more…)

Editor’s Note: This classic story was originally published in August 2004

Written by Jake Novak

(Rome, Italy) Achieving a life-long dream, the wooden puppet Pinocchio turned into a true flesh and blood boy today and immediately announced his intentions to sue pop star Michael Jackson for molestation.

Tell me lies, puppet!

“Now that I’m a real boy, I can finally get some recourse for the years of abuse I’ve suffered at the hands of Michael Jackson,” said a tearful Pinocchio at a news conference arranged outside his home in a quiet section of Rome. “Maybe my suffering will help stop other boys, both real and puppet, from being hurt by a man who hides behind his fame,” he added.

Pinocchio’s lawyers offered reporters detailed information about the alleged abuse.

“Mister Jackson lured Pinocchio to the Neverland Ranch with promises of candy and amusement park rides, but things rapidly deteriorated from there. In fact, we have evidence that Mister Jackson intentionally encouraged Pinocchio to lie so his nose would grow longer… something that was used for a myriad of vile sexual reasons,” said Raul Felder, a civil lawyer working with the plaintiff. (more…)

Lindsay Lohan’s breasts announced yesterday that they will set out on their own, and that they already have their own deal to star in their own situation comedy.

We'd normally write a caption here, but we're mesmerized

The Fox Network, known for its high brow programming, issued a press release trumpeting Lohan’s Breasts as the “number one attraction to our target demographic”.

Lohan filed a lawsuit against her former body parts, stating that: “It’s my body, and they can’t just like go off on their own. I mean, what would I do without my breasts?”

A judge interviewed about the case doesn’t think that Lohan will win the lawsuit. “The moment she decided to have implants, she gave up the right to decide what her breasts will and won’t do,” stated Lance Nightly. “I’ve spent hours studying photos of Lohan at awards shows, only pausing to take short five minute bathroom breaks, and I can say that there is irrefutable evidence showing that Lohan has indeed has breast surgery.”

Nightly admitted that “perhaps further research is required”.

Martha Washington cradles her son’s head in her arms as he draws his last breaths. His body is a bloody, broken mess. The murder weapons lie nearby on the cold pavement.

It is a scene that’s all too common in today’s inner cities. However, Leon Washington was killed not by bullets or knives, but large stones taken from a nearby construction site. Welcome to the latest craze in the inner cities of America, drive-by stonings.

I know this guy looks like he's sleeping, but he's really been stoned to death. Really.

Stoning used to be a common practice in biblical times, long before bullets became the preferred method of slaying one’s enemies. Los Angeles Police chief Richard Linkletter thinks this is due to the negligible costs of stones.

“These hoodlums don’t care how they ice that homey down the block that be invading their turf. Someone will be just as dead if they’re bludgeoned to shit by big fucking rocks as if they got a couple caps popped in they ass. This way, they got more bank for bitches, foties, and bling bling.”

Mel Gibson’s movie “The Passion of the Christ” has been receiving the lion’s share of the blame for the stoning trend, just a few weeks after the movie was said to be anti-semetic, violent, and “the worst date movie of all time”.

The movie has also been the biggest box office juggernaut so far this year, taking in over a quarter of a billion dollars since its release in late February.

Mrs. Washington has a message for the youths of America: “If you’re thinking about picking up a stone in anger, please don’t. Smoke a blunt, slap a ho, just please no more senseless violence. That person you kill has a mother that loves them. And about 1% of them have a father too, someone that cares for their child, and takes responsibility for impregnating a 16 year old girl and doesn’t run off to play their next game in the NBA, and never show their face around here again, isn’t that right, Kobe?”

In related news, noticing their proficiency in rock-related violence, Palestinians are recruiting American youths for “Operation Throw A Bunch of Rocks At Jews”.

The MTV network is taking reality television to a whole new level, with their new season of The Real World, now filming in Abu Gharib prison in Iraq. The setting should be familiar to anyone that’s watched the news, read the paper, or interacted with humans in the past few weeks.

This house is going to ROCK!

MTV executives felt that the casts of previous seasons of the popular show were spoiled, and had too much “cool stuff”. “We decided it was time to go back to basics,” said MTV programming executive Randall Plassky.

Cast members on the show will be housed in the same prison made famous by several of our finest men and women. “We wanted them to be in a place with a lot of creativity around them,”"said Plassky. “I mean, look at those pictures! Iraqi Rodeo! I wish we had thought of that first!”

Rich Jarvis is one of the new cast members, and has said that it’s always been a dream of his to be on the show. “Ever since the first season, I pictured myself in a cool house, with like a jacuzzi and stuff. But dude, this house blows.”

Unlike other residents of the prison, The Real World cast members are allowed to room together, and even have some say in what goes into the decoration of their rooms, called “cells”.

In another twist, the employees of the prison don’t know that the cast members are filming a television show. One of the employees, Jimmy Killington, said that they were so used to people taking pictures and videos that they don’t even notice cameras anymore. “We make a lot of movies, so it wasn’t really strange. We did wonder why all the sudden there were hot chicks as prisoners.”

The employees try to make the time fun for the prisoners by playing games with them. One of the games they play is “Hide the Glowstick”. Unfortunately, this game loses its appeal after the first few times. Apparantly, they always hide the glowstick in the same place.

Rich wasn’t very happy with the “glowstick game”. “At first I thought we were going to have a rave party,” he said. “Boy, was I wrong.”