OK, so Jeff Kreisler is not a business journalist per se. In fact, he’s just a New York-based comedian. But somehow, he has talked TheStreet.com into giving him carte blanche once a week, typically on Saturday or Sunday, to write about the funny stuff that happens in the business world.
Today’s column made me laugh out loud three times. First, there was this: “Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling: guilty. The former Enron honchos should’ve skipped the Scooby-Doo ‘Rrrrrrrr-I didn’t know’ defense for the ‘I did not have fraud with that company’ and then pointed to Fannie Mae, which got a spanking too this week.
“A report from Fannie’s regulator said the company’s financials were ‘illusions’ created by execs in a $11 billion scheme. Oddly enough, ‘Illusions’ is also the name of the summer tour starring Fannie Mae, her cousin Daisy Duke and her sister/aunt/nanny Britney Spears.”
Then, there was this: “In other scandalous developments, executives in charge of retailer Royal Ahold were convicted of fraud this week, when a Dutch jury found them to be ‘A couple of Royal pains in the Ahold.'”
And then, finally, this: “Speaking of things going wrong, Ben Bernanke apologized for discussing policy with a CNBC anchor, noting ‘I’d be even more embarrassed if I weren’t planning on raising rates to 6% next month. … Oops! Did I say that out loud?'”
Funny stuff, my man. Funny stuff.
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Hmmm, I think that guy's pretty good, too.
Awwww...
Someone forwarded the link to me. Thanks for the support, very much appreciated.
FYI, I just got a book deal with Prentice Hall to write a parody of corporate crime, so watch for that.
AND, I'm putting together a live version of Funny Money, a fusion of stand-up and the column-as-Daily-Show. Would love to bring it to UNC...
Hope I can keep you entertained in the future,
Jeff
jeff (at) jeffkreisler.com