Plugging Away

I mentioned my Jest piece the other day, but they just posted the text to their website. Check out “Sleeper Cell” here. Read More

Comedian Secrets Revealed!

One of the charms of Da Ali G Show is wondering how the hell they tricked luminaries like Boutros Boutros-Ghali into agreeing to an interview in the first place. If you like to treat your comedians… Read More

Not Only is it Liberal Media, so’s its Audience

In the following transcript of an interview with Jon Stewart to promote America (the Book), Bill O’Reilly describes The Daily Show‘s audiences as stoned slackers, most of whom are… Read More

But I Ask, Who’s Gonna Follow in Carrottop’s Footprints?

Salon published an interesting pair of articles on comedy trailblazers. The first, uses the recent Lenny Bruce box set Let The Buyer Beware as an impetus to find ten comics today who not so much carry… Read More

Emmys: Not So Hideous After All.

I normally can’t stand award shows… self-congratulatory excess is one of Hollywood’s worst traits, but awards for comedy writing went exactly where they should (and needed) to go.… Read More

Funniest Kid (Ha-Ha) Found, Funniest Kid (Strange) Still Sought.

Not really a Nickelodeon viewer. I’m way out of the demographic and when I was in the demographic, my parents thought cable was a waste of money. So I’m almost a year behind Nick’s… Read More

Plug: Article in the New Jest

If you live in New York, check out the latest issue of the humor mag Jest, which features a humor piece by yours truly entitled “Sleeper Cell.” I won’t say too much so I don’t… Read More
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