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  1. Watch Vanessa Bayer and Jenny Lewis Talk Sad Music, Gel Manicures, and Weed Here’s the latest episode of Vanessa Bayer’s Above Average web series Sound Advice featuring guest Jenny Lewis, who takes all of Janessa […]
    By Megh Wright
  2. The Year in InterviewsIn 2014, the Splitsider team did over 150 interviews to get the inside information about your favorite things in comedy. Here’s a collection of […]
    By Jessye Mc Garry
  3. Cameron Esposito on Taboo Joke Topics: ‘The Best Defense Against Criticism […]“IN THE END: Tell the jokes you want to tell. But know that feedback isn’t censorship or persecution, especially when it comes from a group […]
    By Megh Wright
  4. How to Start Your Career in Comedy: A Guide for College StudentsIf you want a career in comedy, you’re probably wondering what you can do to get from Point A: Where You Are Now, to Point B: Life Dreams Achieved.
    By Nicole Dieker
  5. Paul Reubens Gives Some Unqualified Advice for ‘The Tonight Show’Recent Tonight Show guest Paul Reubens sat down for the latest installment of “Unqualified Advice,” where he offers up tons of tips for […]
    By Megh Wright
  6. John Mulaney Offers Some Relationship Advice for ‘Rookie’In the latest installment of their ongoing series “Ask a Grown Man,” Rookie recently asked John Mulaney to field questions about playing hard […]
    By Megh Wright
  7. Bob Odenkirk’s Advice to Aspiring Comedy Writers: ‘Don’t Ever Look at […]“But I honestly would tell anyone young to start looking at stories and learning story, because I think that’s the next step after people go, […]
    By Megh Wright
  8. Stephen Colbert Gives Some Grownup Advice to Girls for ‘Rookie’Rookie’s ongoing series “Ask a Grown Man” has already offered up plenty of great advice from comedy people like Danny Pudi, Kumail Nanjiani, […]
    By Megh Wright
  9. Ask the Existentially Troubled Housekeeping Expert, by Luke BurnsIt feels like no matter how hard I work, I just can’t get the dining room to stay clean. Do you have any strategies that might help me stay on […]
    By Brian Boone
  10. Jimmy Fallon Offers Some Solid Advice on Fear and Bombing in StandupHere’s a Tonight Show web extra featuring Jimmy Fallon answering a fan’s question about bombing and being scared back when he started out as a […]
    By Megh Wright
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    Vanessa Bayer Gives Drake Terrible (Fake) AdviceAnd Aidy Bryant hits on him from afar.
    By Amanda Dobbins
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    Ask a Career Coach: 4 Things Don Draper Should Do to Fix His LifeDon needs a new job. And a new life.
    By Amanda Dobbins
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    Mindy Kaling on Contemporary Teenagehood“When I was 15 I used to cry myself to sleep with how much I was in love with Dana Carvey.”
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Five Tips on How to Make a Good Stephen King Movie AdaptationTip No. 1: Don’t use the dialogue from his books.
    By Chuck Bowen
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    Come On, How Hard Can It Possibly Be to Make a Good Awards Show?Sing a song! Tell a joke! And five other ways to make them better.
    By Margaret Lyons
  16. Read Advice Louis C.K. Gave to an 18-Year-Old Standup in 2005C.J. Toledano, a standup and former writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and The Onion News Network, wrote a piece for the Chicago comedy […]
    By Bradford Evans
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    Nicolas Cage Has Some Sage Wisdom for You“If you’re in the desert and you’re dying of thirst, are you going to drink a glass of blood or you going to drink a glass a water?”
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Read Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Good WritingThe Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Justified author died this morning.
    By Gilbert Cruz
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    Vampire Weekend Did an ‘Ask a Grown Man’Or two of them did, anyway.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  20. So Your Car Broke Down on a Family Trip…What’s Next? by James Folta1) Don’t Panic The most important thing is to remain calm. You probably want to pound the dashboard until your knuckles are raw and bloody and […]
    By Brian Boone
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    Kickstarter Etiquette: Five Rules Every Fund-raising Filmmaker Needs to LearnYour offer to play a featured extra? That’s not a good reward.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  22. ‘30 Rock’s John Lutz Has Some Solid Advice for Young ImprovisersSNL writer and 30 Rock punching bag John Lutz wrote a piece for the Second City Network called “10 Things to Know About Life After The Second […]
    By Bradford Evans
  23. 4 Lessons Glee Should Take From Other Teen ShowsNo teen marriage, for starters.
    By Rae Votta
  24. Ari Shaffir Has Four Hours of Advice for Young Comedians Stand-up Ari Shaffir delivered this nearly four-hour-long lecture, chock full of helpful advice for up and coming comics, onstage at The […]
    By Bradford Evans
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    Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich Did an ‘Ask a Grown Man’It is great.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  26. The Complete Guide to Everything: Tim & Tom Solve Your Friend-Making, […]Tim starts off by promising this will be an all karaoke episode but quickly loses interest and begins discussing the harmonies in Neil Young […]
    By Splitsider Editors
  27. Things to Consider When Submitting to Write For a Late Night ShowThis piece was originally published on SaraSchaefer.com. It’s republished here with permission. This past fall, I had the amazing privilege of […]
    By Sara Schaefer
  28. David O. Russell Has Some Good Advice for Young Writers“There’s nothing like being in debt to make you work. My best work came since I’ve been in debt. The thing about being humbled or stumbling or […]
    By Bradford Evans
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    Vulture Therapy: A Relationship Expert Advises Taylor SwiftLet’s learn from the pain.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  30. Chris Gethard Wrote a Powerful and Touching Response to a Suicidal FanChris Gethard, especially through his public access show, develops a special relationship with his fans. If you watch an episode of The Chris […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  31. Every Teenage Girl Needs a Little Mike Birbiglia to Give Them Advice Those teenage years, they’re rough. That’s why I like Rookie’s Ask a Grown Man feature, as it lets those poor, confused teenagers get advice […]
    By Adam Frucci
  32. Jeff Ross on How to Roast“Roast jokes tend to be shorter and more to the point than other kinds of jokes. They‘re more based in fact, and they’re economical. The fewer […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  33. The Chase Is the Thing and the Thing Is the Chase: Learning to Love FailureThe following was posted to the Chris Gethard Show Tumblr as a response to an anonymously asked question, which follows. It’s reprinted here […]
    By Chris Gethard
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    Facebook Breakup Tips, Courtesy of Lena Dunham“All the BEST!”
    By Amanda Dobbins
  35. Learn How to Tell a Story Pixar-StylePixar might make kids movies but they are impeccably crafted kids movies. Their films tend to be simple, not because they’re dumb or shallow, […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  36. Twitter Advice From Champions of the 140 Character CountWhere the most relatable creative ambition was once to write the Great American Novel, it is now to maintain the Great American Twitter Feed. […]
    By Hallie Cantor
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    What You Should (and Shouldn’t) Include in an Awards-Show SpeechWe encourage you to drop an accidental expletive, but leave God out of it.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  38. Louis C.K. Gives the Best Autograph Advice to ChildrenIt’s been too long since we talked about Louis C.K., right? Yeah, it feels weird for me too. Luckily, a Reddit user posted the autograph C.K. […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  39. Joan Rivers Praises an Obscure Up-and-Comer Named Louis C.K.I guess when you’re Joan Rivers, even wildly successful standups who’ve been performing for 25 years are just “starting out.” Rivers pays […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  40. Six Things The Simpsons Could Do In Seasons 24 and 25 to Rejuvenate the […]Late last week, news broke that after seemingly months of speculation, even though it was in reality about a week (a HELLACIOUS week, though), […]
    By Joshua Kurp
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    Steve Martin Has Some Oscar-Hosting Wisdom for Eddie Murphy“Start slimming down now. You looked kinda paunchy in NORBIT.”
    By Amanda Dobbins
  42. How to Become a Twitter Superstar“Dance like the photo’s never going to be tagged; Love like you’ve never been defriended; Tweet like no one’s following.” -Henry David […]
    By James Hamblin
  43. Some Things I Learned As the Artistic Director of the UCB TheatreIt’s almost impossible these days to watch a comedy movie or TV sitcom that doesn’t feature a comedian from the Upright Citizens Brigade […]
    By Anthony King
  44. You Should Probably Listen to Thomas Lennon’s Comedy Career AdviceBlackbook did a interview with the wonderful Thomas Lennon in advance of the release of Bad Teacher, in which he has a small role. He gives […]
    By Adam Frucci
  45. How to Get Booked as a Standup on Late Night TVAs a part of their comedy issue, Backstage talked to some of the folks responsible for booking comedians to late night shows. It’s certainly […]
    By Adam Frucci
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    Vulture’s Career Advice for Cheryl ColeWe plot Cheryl’s post–’X Factor’ comeback.
    By Amanda Dobbins
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    Five Rappers Less Offensive Than Common, and How Fox News Could Vilify ThemDrake? B.o.B.? MC Skat Cat?
    By Amos Barshad
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    Beef Squashing, Optimism, and Getting Lindsay Lohan’s Phone Number: Life Lessons From Mobb Deep’s Prodigy“‘Lindsay who?’ I asked. ‘She’s an actress, nigga,’ he said, laughing.”
    By Sowmya Krishnamurthy
  49. George Saunders Talks About Getting Started as a WriterGeorge Saunders is, in my opinion, the best writer of humorous fiction out there today. He is also hugely inspiring when he talks about […]
    By Adam Frucci
  50. Dating Advice From The Onion: ‘Men Love Blowing Their Load Into a […] We’ve all been there: you and a guy are bringing each other to screaming orgasm, but for whatever reason you just can’t seem to catch his eye. […]
    By Halle Kiefer
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