Tough Crowd Post Mortem

I always admire the futility of Save Our Show campaigns. To me it’s better to be a cult hit than a hit hit, the near cult hits that make up “Save _____” campaigns reflect that… Read More

Funny Video Games: No Such Animal?

A recent article in Slate bemoans the lack of funny videogames. It’s rather cursory in the limits in the medium to create funny content, but still interesting as a jumping off point. As… Read More

Saturday Night Fired or “You’re on a Charles Rocket Out of Here!”

As a successor (and possible replacement) of Last Comic Standing, but with an obvious Apprentice twist, NBC reportedly is working on a reality competition to become an SNL player. Lorne Michaels would… Read More

No. 7… They just don’t make me laugh anymore.

This article informs us that Letterman’s Top Ten list is now nearly 20 years old. Though a list is a perennial format for ha-has, I remember my distinct distaste for it developed when I heard my… Read More

I Wouldn’t Say it was a Bad Set…

Christian Finnegan supplies for starting comics a what they say/what they mean about post-bomb comments.  It’s humor, but (ha-ha) “it’s funny cuz it’s true!” My… Read More

Stewart 1, Carlson 0, The Public -243

I’m sure you’ve already heard about the huzzahs for Jon Stewart’s confrontational appearance on “Crossfire” (transcript, video). People were a little surprised to see a… Read More

An Auteur Theory Of Funny

Humorist and Author of the Harry Potter parody “Barry Trotter” Mike Gerber makes an interesting case for the singular voice of a humorist without interference from an editor. One statement… Read More
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