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Drawing on Politics »
Illustrator Steve Brodner discusses political satire and his new book, Freedom Fries.
November 2004 Interview by Kimberly Jeffries
The Wedding Partyer »
Do I, Kinky Friedman, take tequila-loving country singer
Pat Green to be my friend for life? I do.
August 2004 by Kinky Friedman
Arrivederci, Melanoma »
I never thought about saving my skin, until things got as
serious as cancer.
July 2004 by Kinky Friedman
Bum Gifts »
Twenty titter-producing trinkets and toys, from a Leatherface action figure and a Houston Texans Christmas Village to a Texas Shriner doll and a snap-on longneck top for boring ol' cans.
January 2004
The 2004 Bum Steer Awards »
It was a year of altitude-adjusting actors, bird-flipping benevolences, chili charlatans, dastardly deejays, embattled educators, flying freighty-cats, gubernatorial gallivantings, hip-hop hostilities, insatiable Isoptera, Judaically jolting jamborees, Kloroxed Kings, loblolly Leatherfaces, methodological manure-men, neuterings non grata, olé-less objets d'art, piscatorial policemen, queso quarrels, rear-end rectifyings, showboating second bananas, trio-trashing tractors, unamused über-actresses, vituperative vixens, wool-pulled-over Wal-Marts, x-coriated x-millionaires, "Yeehad" yuks, and zinged Ziggyburgers.
January 2004
The Funnies »
Senior executive editor Paul Burka and senior editor Anne Dingus discuss this year’s Bum Steer Awards.
January 2004
The 2003 Bum Steer Awards »
It was a year of asinine atheists, buck-naked bad guys, crud-coated coins, duct-taped duds, ex-Enron exhibitionists, felonious Ferraris, gaffe-prone guests, hijacked heads, icky incumbents, jittery java junkies, kaput kampaigns, lascivious lawyers, Munsters maniacs, ninny newlyweds, obdurate officials, pesky perfumes, quickie-minded quadrupeds, risible reading, superannuated sodas, titillating textbooks, un-dry urbanites, vamoosed vaudevillians, wandering weapons, Xena-like Xanthippes, yammering Yankees, and zealous zit-ologists.
January 2003
The 2003 Bum Steer Awards »
It was a year of asinine atheists, buck-naked bad guys, crud-coated coins, duct-taped duds, ex-Enron exhibitionists, felonious Ferraris, gaffe-prone guests, hijacked heads, icky incumbents, jittery java junkies, kaput kampaigns, lascivious lawyers, Munsters maniacs, ninny newlyweds, obdurate officials, pesky perfumes, quickie-minded quadrupeds, risible reading, superannuated sodas, titillating textbooks, un-dry urbanites, vamoosed vaudevillians, wandering weapons, Xena-like Xanthippes, yammering Yankees, and zealous zit-ologists.
January 2003
Steering the Bum Steers »
Senior editor Anne Dingus, who along with Paul Burka, organizes and supervises the annual Bum Steer Awards, gives insight on the history of the long-standing tradition.
January 2003 Interview by Stephanie Myers
Bum Steer Banter »
Paul Burka, senior executive editor and resident Bum Steer co-captain answers a few revealing questions.
January 2003 Interview by Shannon Powers
It Came A-Pun a Midnight Clear »
Before you start wrapping presents, here's a gift from us to you: a Texas-holiday-themed crossword puzzle. Sharpen your pencil and get a clue.
December 2002 by Anne Dingus
Keystone Krooks »
The robber who fled to a police station and other criminally stupid stories from our Bum Steer archives.
July 2002 Compiled by Brandi Dean
The Bad Old Days »
The 1800's had its share of criminal activity.
July 2002 by Anne Dingus
Our Towns »
What's the story behind "Bug Tussle"? "Old Dime Box"? "Frognot"? It turns out there's more to a name than I ever expected.
April 2002 by Anne Dingus
Does Not Compute »
Why I won't plug in, boot up, or log on.
April 2002 by Kinky Friedman
Unfair Game »
On the trail of Texas' unhappy hunting grounds.
March 2002 by Kinky Friedman
Kid Gloves »
Growing up in Wichita Falls, I was a skinny kid with buckteeth and a girl's name, so I got into my share of fights. To improve my odd's of winning-and turn my anger and fear into bravery and skill-I learned to box.
March 2002 by Jan Reid
Deep Thoughts About Me »
Am I a real person? (Yes.) Who died and made me king? (My father, the emperor.) Have I seen your piggy bank? (Yes, a little while ago. He was running away from home.) Any other questions?
January 2002 by Jack Handey
Grand Royal »
Director Wes Anderson's new movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, deals with death, despair, and other dark subjects. And—what do you know—it's hysterically funny.
January 2002 by Pamela Colloff
Yee-ha! »
From cornball classics to rousing rib-ticklers, these
two hundred Texas jokes are definitely on us.
January 2002 Compiled by Anne Dingus
Bum Steer Awards 2002 »
A year of avaricious Aggies, banned boogers, chagrined cheerleaders, dotty dwellings, expletive-deleted Enron, famous fugitives, Germanic goofs, horny highways, icky insects, judicial jests, kooky kidnappers, look-alike logos, misguided Mavericks, news-making nuts, ousted Osamas, problematic pachyderms, quirky quarterbacks, rampaging rats, scary skunks, tetrahydrocannibinol-filled tacos, unhealthy urbanites, volleyball vamps, wayward W's, x-rated x-hibitionists, young yahoos, and zany Zeta-Jones.
January 2002
The 2000 Bum Steer Awards »
A year of asinine actresses, bare-bottomed bongos, curious car washes, dunderheaded deejays, elongated enchiladas, furious filmgoers, Gore goofs, huge hydrants, ice in demand, jettisoned Jagger, kooky Kansans, lecherous legislators, misinformed McDonald's, newsmaker nuts, odorous ocelots, promiscuous passengers, questionable quizzes, ridiculous recipes, speedy sports-team owners, traveling toilets, ubiquitous underwear, vapid vegetarians, wrong W-2s, x-ported x-ecutioners, Y2K y'all, and zaftig Zellweger.
January 2000
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