FunnyNews.today Daily Briefing · September 16, 2026
Tonight’s lead: Saint Paul puts the scorecards in the crowd
Saint Paul’s Funniest Person contest reached its tenth preliminary night on September 15, closing a summer run that invited more than 100 local comics to take the microphone for five minutes at a time. The cheerful twist: audience members score each set from 1 to 10, so the room gets a real hand in choosing who reaches the September 22 finale.
The contest’s organizer describes a ten-week preliminary season, with the strongest scorers from the first nine weeks joining the final round. That makes the closing prelim a lovely local ritual: a performer, a room full of attentive neighbors, and a set of scorecards ready for a generous laugh.
Read the organizer’s September 15 event listing.
Two more bright spots
Egg tosses and sack races take the stage in Abilene
The West Texas Fair & Rodeo scheduled its Kids Fun Show for September 15 immediately after the Bubble Gum Show. Its program includes egg-toss, sack-race, and three-legged-race divisions across a wide range of ages—an excellent argument for sharing a little cheering with the next lane.
See the official Kids Fun Show program.
Kauaʻi’s evening lights make room for young seabirds
On Kauaʻi, the Pacific Missile Range Facility began its annual Dark Skies effort as shearwater fledging season opened September 15. The community program encourages residents and businesses to dim or shield outdoor lights while young birds make their first journeys toward the ocean.
Read the DVIDS community update.
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