LIVE from NYPL: ANDY BOROWITZ

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The Borowitz Report on the Future

In a totally improvised and spontaneous program, cybersatirist Andy Borowitz will answer the audience's questions about what the future holds for current events, pop culture, sports, business, and Paris Hilton, with the guarantee that he will be at least as accurate as the New York Post. Borowitz, who enlightens the world daily with his Internet column, The Borowitz Report, has made a career of writing headlines for news stories that haven't happened yet:

****ANN COULTER SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTS*****

***********IRAQIS FAIL TO LOVE RAYMOND*****

****BUSH STATES OPPOSITION TO GAY DIVORCE****

to name just three.

Bring your most daring and world-stopping questions that even your personal astrologer can't answer, and Andy will ripen the possibilities that you and a roomful of intimate buddies will be the best informed gadflies on the planet.

About Andy Borowitz

Humorist, author, television personality and film actor Andy Borowitz has been called a Swiftian satirist by The Wall Street Journal. He is the recipient of the 2004 Angele Gingras Humor Award, the first-ever award given to a humorist by the National Press Club and in 2002 he was inducted into the Friars Club of New York. Millions watch him every week on CNN's American Morning, where he is on 90 Second Pop and Gimme a Minute. He is author of the daily Internet column, The Borowitz Report, Who Moved My Soap? The CEO's Guide to Surviving in Prison, The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers and National Public Radio listeners know him as the satirical commentator on Weekend Edition Sunday. His writing appears in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair and at Newsweek.com. He created the hit television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and produced the film Pleasantville. He has appeared in several films including Melinda and Melinda, Marie and Bruce, and Fired. His new book is The Republican Playbook.