Be suspicious of packages from DotComedy

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So there I am at my desk, minding my business, when a promotional package comes in. Happens all the time. But this was no ordinary swag. Hailing NBC Universal’s new broadband channel, DotComedy, the overnighted box held one limp cannoli glopped in deeply icky goo. “Eewwww!” went my editor. “Did they mean to be disgusting?” Cubicle by cubicle, others recoiled in giddy revulsion. The chef of the campaign, NBC Universal publicist Joe Libonati, helpfully explained that funnymen Stucky & Murray improvised a song on DotComedy about one of many disgraced Republicans: “Mark

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