June 25, 2014
Long-Time Letterman Writer Bill Scheft on ‘Late Show’, Writing Novels vs. […] Tonight, when David Letterman saunters on to the Ed Sullivan Theater stage to deliver his monologue, flanking him will be two men whose tenures […]
Apr. 13, 2012
Gesundheit, Mr. Vonnegut “All the great story lines are great practical jokes that people fall for over and over again.”
— Kurt Vonnegut, The Paris Review - The […]
Mar. 30, 2012
The Curious Case of The Curious Case of Sidd Finch The notion of a significant portion of a magazine’s readership buying a very obviously fabricated story, on April Fools’ Day, no less, is so […]
Mar. 21, 2012
Timing Is… Everything: The Story Of Charlie Barnett 16 years ago last Friday, comedian Charlie Barnett’s life was cut tragically short, the ends to a drug and doubt-fueled means that had reduced […]
Dec. 19, 2011
Gangsta’s Parodist: Revisiting ‘Weird Al’ vs. Coolio Fools be in the bars unadvanced with a switch
Uppercuts and fight kicks with Weird Al Yankovic
-Coolio, “Throwdown 2000”
On a scale of pop […]
Sept. 27, 2011
Sketch Etymology: How Your Favorite Sketch Groups Got Their Names Like McSweeney’s articles and Non-Governmental Organizations, the names of sketch groups often run the gamut from hyper-literal to the […]
Aug. 25, 2011
16 Years Later, Defending David Letterman’s Notorious Oscars Hosting […] In more ways than one, David Letterman couldn’t win at the 67th Annual Academy Awards. He was there as a host, not a nominee, which meant he […]
Aug. 5, 2011
10 Funny Music Videos for Unfunny Songs There’s a scene in Dave Chappelle’s Block Party where the comedian summarizes comedy and music’s long-standing marriage by positing, “Every […]
July 6, 2011
The 20 Best Single-Serving Websites on the Internet Auto Buds: From Delocated’s Jon Glaser, Auto Buds are two cars of the same make, model, color, or as identical as possible, that are parked […]
June 15, 2011
Can Conservative Political Humor Be Funny? An Examination of ‘The 1/2 Hour […] The ½ Hour News Hour and An American Carol were a television show and feature film made by conservatives, for conservatives, at the expense of […]