Read the latest Alabama education and schools news on public, private and state schools and teachers in Alabama on AL.com
With the writers’ strike over and late night talk shows back in full swing, it was really only a matter of time before Alabama wound up the punchline in someone’s monologue.Huntsville-Madison County Public Libraryreports the library’s executive director said “Read Me a Story, Stella,” a children’s picture book about a pair of siblings reading books together and building a doghouse, should not have been put on the list and was added because of the keyword “gay.
The punchline was accompanied by the “Late Night” graphics team’s obligatory Photoshop work featuring the fictional author folding his arms next to a stack of his would-be banned books, among them “A Dick Pervert Story.” Watch the joke in the video above. “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” also took a turn. It also marked the final joke of Colbert’s Tuesday monologue.“In censorship news, we learned that a library has flagged a book as potentially explicit due to the author’s last name.
“Now the library is facing pushback and the executive director said it was a keyword filtering mistake and that Gay’s book shouldn’t have been placed on the list. See? It was just accidental discrimination that got in the way of their on-purpose discrimination. So authors, if you want your books in Alabama libraries, make sure to adopt a very hetero penname. Look out for ‘One Fish, Two Fish: The Fish are Male and Female, and They’re Married’ by Dr. Straighty McMan-Penis.” .
If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Weather threat in Gulf to delay National Shrimp Festival openingAlabama Weather, current forecasts, weather news and Alabama radar
Read more »
Farewell to ‘Strike Force Five,’ Late Night’s Winning Podcast ExperimentStephen Colbert, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, and Jimmys Kimmel and Fallon are all back to work—but we’ll miss the shaggy audio show that brought them together.
Read more »
Seth Rollins Agrees to Next WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match at RAWSeth Rollins and Drew McIntyre are going head-to-head at WWE Crown Jewel.
Read more »