Madeleine Begun Kane
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Humorist and political satirist
Madeleine Begun Kane ("Mad Kane") won the 2008 Robert Benchley Society Humor Award (Bob Newhart
was the finals judge) and is a National Society of Newspaper Columnists award winner. Her humor and essays have been published in numerous newspapers, print magazines, and web sites and in many anthologies and text books (including Laughing Matters ; Life’s A Stitch: The Best of Contemporary Women’s Humor; Funny Times: The Best of the Best American Humor; Jest Patriotic; Cash In On Laughter; Big Bush Lies; I Killed June Cleaver; Minutes of the Lead Pencil Club; Healer {Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious Volume 2}; and The Contemporary Reader .) She is also a recovering lawyer, a funny contracts and limericks writer, and a musician whose political song parodies were popular “sing-alongs” at anti-Bush
demonstrations.
Mad Kane's humor about marriage, work, money, travel, cars, politics, the media, and other topics has appeared in numerous publications including Family Circle Magazine, First For Women, America Online, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, and the New York Times.
Dubya’s Dayly Diary (her ghostwritten satirical White House diary of George W. Bush
) garnered many awards and favorable press, including USAToday Hot Site of the Day and Fun Site of the Week, About.com parody awards, Maxim Magazine’s Hot99, Shift Magazine’s 100 Sites We Love, Political Site of the Day, and The Guardian’s Best George Bush Websites.
Madeleine Begun Kane studied at the Eastman School of Music
, the Aspen Music Festival
, California Institute of the Arts, and St. John's University School of Law
. She earned her B.F.A in music performance (oboe
) from Cal Arts in 1971 and her J.D. from St. John's University School of Law in 1979.
Mad Kane lives in Bayside, Queens
with husband Mark Kane and she publishes the humor site MadKane.com
Political satire
Political satire is a significant part of satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics; it has also been used with subversive intent where political speech and dissent are forbidden by a regime, as a method of advancing political arguments where such arguments are expressly...
Madeleine Begun Kane ("Mad Kane") won the 2008 Robert Benchley Society Humor Award (Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart
George Robert Newhart , known professionally as Bob Newhart, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery, Newhart came to prominence in the 1960s when his album of comedic monologues The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart was a worldwide...
was the finals judge) and is a National Society of Newspaper Columnists award winner. Her humor and essays have been published in numerous newspapers, print magazines, and web sites and in many anthologies and text books (including Laughing Matters ; Life’s A Stitch: The Best of Contemporary Women’s Humor; Funny Times: The Best of the Best American Humor; Jest Patriotic; Cash In On Laughter; Big Bush Lies; I Killed June Cleaver; Minutes of the Lead Pencil Club; Healer {Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious Volume 2}; and The Contemporary Reader .) She is also a recovering lawyer, a funny contracts and limericks writer, and a musician whose political song parodies were popular “sing-alongs” at anti-Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
demonstrations.
Mad Kane's humor about marriage, work, money, travel, cars, politics, the media, and other topics has appeared in numerous publications including Family Circle Magazine, First For Women, America Online, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, and the New York Times.
Dubya’s Dayly Diary (her ghostwritten satirical White House diary of George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
) garnered many awards and favorable press, including USAToday Hot Site of the Day and Fun Site of the Week, About.com parody awards, Maxim Magazine’s Hot99, Shift Magazine’s 100 Sites We Love, Political Site of the Day, and The Guardian’s Best George Bush Websites.
Madeleine Begun Kane studied at the Eastman School of Music
Eastman School of Music
The Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester...
, the Aspen Music Festival
Aspen Music Festival and School
The Aspen Music Festival and School, founded in 1949, is an internationally renowned classical music festival that presents music in an intimate, small-town setting...
, California Institute of the Arts, and St. John's University School of Law
St. John's University School of Law
St. John's University School of Law is a Roman Catholic law school in Queens, New York City, affiliated with St. John's University. The School of Law was founded in 1925, and confers Juris Doctor degrees and degrees for Master of Laws in Bankruptcy and Master of Laws in U.S. Studies. Over 13,000 St...
. She earned her B.F.A in music performance (oboe
Oboe
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
) from Cal Arts in 1971 and her J.D. from St. John's University School of Law in 1979.
Mad Kane lives in Bayside, Queens
Bayside, Queens
Bayside is a suburban neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York, New York in the United States. Bayside is known as one of the most expensive areas to live in Queens, with well kept homes and landscaping...
with husband Mark Kane and she publishes the humor site MadKane.com