Free web hosting and freedom? Sadly, I can't think of any decent free host w/CGI right now. I'm on a cheap paid hosting plan right now. For me the thought of the low bandwidth limits, tacky ads, and other restrictions just rules out any free web host.
When I did "shop" for a free host, I'd use to go to the Free Web Space forums. Their members seem to know which hosts are useful.
Yes, the Chicago stuff was priceless. Salma Hayek gets points from me just for calling Renee Zellweger a man. Does anyone know the deal with the "random character walking onto the set" at the end of each Weekend Update?