Category: Sketch Comedy
SNL and What’s So Funny About Barack Obama?
Saturday Night Live found an Obama in Fred Armisen, but has anybody found a good (or lame) joke about the candidate? Read More
Human Giant Season 2 Preview: Viral Videos
A video from the UCB preview of the second season has made it online. Read More
UCBComedy Launches with “Shirts vs. Skins”
UCB launches their own web video portal starting with the original “Shirts vs Skins.” A good idea in this increasingly-crowded space?
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Interview: David Wain, Director “The Ten”
I talked with Wain about “The Ten” and interconnected sketches, absurdity and the classic comedy “Airplane.” Read More
Looking Forward (and Up) to Human Giant
A Monday night at the UCB gives some hints of what we might see in the group's second season Read More
“Wainy Days” Returns with a Second Season
I play catch up with David Wain's web series for My Damn Channel. I can't believe I hadn't watched them until yesterday. Read More
SCTV Parodies SNL: Sketch Comedy Eats Itself
Had SNL become so standardize, it could be targeted for parody five years into its run? Read More
