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2016

  1. Elif Batuman’s ‘The Possessed’ Finds Absurdity and Sadness in Grad School 2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they […]
    By Priyanka Mattoo
  2. The Uplifting Nihilism of ‘Rick & Morty’2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Philip Stamato
  3. Jenny Slate Talking to Pete Holmes for Two and a Half Hours Is a Delight 2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they […]
    By Leigh Cesiro
  4. Curl Up and Relax with a Cup of Conan’s ‘Tea Copywriter Cage Match’2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Megh Wright
  5. Why Seeing Steve Carell’s Seared Foot Lifts My Spirits2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Elizabeth Stamp
  6. box office futures
    The Movie Industry Sort of Set a New Box-Office Record. Hooray?Inflation speaks truth (that some people don’t want to hear).
    By Kevin Lincoln
  7. ‘Stop Podcasting Yourself’ and the Reliable Consistency of Podcasts 2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they […]
    By Noah Jacobs
  8. Nothing Sums Up 2016 Better Than a YouTube Compilation of Kids Falling Down2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Isaac Kozell
  9. When Things Feel Hopeless, Turn to ‘The State’s Stupidity2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Erica Lies
  10. The Cathartic Pessimism of ‘Oh Hello!’2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Arielle Gordon
  11. The Delightful Weirdness of ‘The Great Muppet Caper’ 2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they […]
    By Alex Dueben
  12. year in culture 2016
    Generation X Lost Too Many Touchstones in 2016We said good-bye to a lot of greats this year, period. But Gen-Xers in particular bid farewell to countless greats who defined their childhoods.
    By Jen Chaney
  13. The Simple Beauty of a Perfectly Constructed Vine 2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  14. The Increasingly Absurd Deaths of Gerald Ford 2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they […]
    By John Hugar
  15. The Magic of Michael Hartney’s Grandiose Choir Teacher2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Mark Kramer
  16. The In-Your-Face Queerness of Scott Thompson’s Francesca Fiore and Buddy […]2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Bethy Squires
  17. The Simple Joys of Kate Berlant and John Early’s Video, ‘Paris’2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Pablo Goldstein
  18. 2016, ‘Curb’ Season 2, and Why Positivity Is Overrated 2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  19. The Joke-Heavy, Friends-First Comedy of ‘Happy Endings’2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Jason Seligson
  20. The Pure Comedic Relaxation of ‘Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep’2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Ian Goldstein
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    Hear Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan’s Ode to 2016He’s just saying what you’re all gagging and screaming into an unfeeling sky.
    By Halle Kiefer
  22. The Pitch-Perfect Movie Parodies Embedded Within ‘The Critic’2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Jeremy Moran
  23. ‘Popstar’, the Very Underrated and Slyly Incisive Lonely Island Movie2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Nathan Rabin
  24. The Comforting, Un-Analyzable Kids in the Hall2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
    By Brian Boone
  25. How Comedy Dealt With the Shit Sandwich That Was 2016 Comedy is tragedy plus time. But in this abattoir of a year, there hasn’t been enough time between tragedies for the dang formula to work. […]
    By Bethy Squires
  26. Is the Present Worse Than Any Fictional, Futuristic Dystopia?The job of the futurist is no longer speculating about what might come. It’s trying to comprehend what’s already here.
    By Adam Sternbergh
  27. 2016
    How Seth Meyers Is Positioning Himself As Late Night’s Political KingmakerWith Letterman gone and Stewart soon to follow, the genre’s two highest-profile political voices are going silent. Enter Meyers.
    By Bruce Fretts