The Best of Follow Friday: 2012 EditionEverybody fancies themselves as some sort of wizard that can conjure up laughter by a few strokes of a keyboard, but only a few tweeters are […]
The Year in Comedy MoviesA year ago, we reflected on a raunchy, female-dominated, fairly diverse year in comedy and concluded that 2012 would likely bring a similarly […]
The Year in Comedy Podcasts2012 saw the comedy podcast universe continue to expand, with new shows popping up from industry veterans, comedy neophytes, and everyone in […]
This Year In Web Videos: A Big Fat 2012 RecapIt seems like just a year ago that I was writing to all of you recapping 2011’s web series, because it was a year…almost exactly.
Now, here […]
ByLuke Kelly Clyne
Reading List: The Best Comedy Books of 2012The Guy Under the Sheets, by Chris Elliott
Not Elliott’s first autobiography, and not Elliot’s first fake nonfiction book written in his […]
Saturday Night’s Children: 2012 In ReviewIt’s been the year of looking back to, of all places, the 1980s – of this year’s 46 Saturday Night’s Children entries, half joined the show […]
Ten Funny People Who Passed Away in 2011“Let’s all drink to the death of a clown.”
Another year, another group of people funnier than you or I who passed away. Death’s such a bitch, […]
The Year in Comedy PodcastsThere is something to be said about the fact that podcasts are even getting a year in review. The medium, though about seven years old, has […]
ByJesse David Fox
The Lost Roles of 2011I began writing the column “Lost Roles” for Splitsider in February, taking a different actor, actress, filmmaker, movie, or TV show each week […]
ByBradford Evans
How the Most Anticipated Comedies of 2011 FaredAs the saying goes, hindsight is the shit — or something like that. At the end of 2010, beginning of 2011, there were certain comedies we […]
The Year’s Best Humor Writing 2011It’s a good thing I enjoy humor because, if I had to estimate, I’d put the number of humor pieces I’ve read this year somewhere in the low […]
ByRebecca O'Neal
11 Comedy Tourist Destinations of 2011It’s been almost a year since I first invited the readers of Splitsider to join me in asking “what is the deal with international comedy?” […]
The 10 Funniest Video Games Of 2011Just to get it out of the way: Bridesmaids.
Now, there wasn’t a Bridesmaids video game, but we are required by the Splitsider style guide to […]
ByAndy Grossman
Saturday Night’s Children: 2011 In ReviewTackling the players in SNL’s long history has been like a shopping spree with so many great names to choose from. Picking a cast member each […]
ByMegh Wright
The 10 Biggest Comedy News Stories of 2011With the global economy crumbling, citizens taking to the streets to vent their frustrations through protest, and People magazine shockingly […]
49 Funny Things to Look Forward to in 2012“Don’t Look Back in Anger” is a song by either Bob Dylan or Oasis. I can’t summon the strength right now to find out which one. In any case, […]
Welcome to Splitsider’s Year in Review WeekHello! This week Hallie and I are taking the opportunity to close our laptops and avoid all comedy, laughter, merriment, and joy completely, as […]
The Year in TVUnlike the movie industry (as seen here and here), comedy on TV is arguably as good now as it’s ever been. With South Park slipping, we’ve got […]
ByJoshua Kurp
The Year’s Best Humor WritingSave the occasional illustration, picture, or creative departure from form, print and web humorists are charged with making us laugh without […]
ByRebecca O'Neal
Zach Galifianakis’ Risky Superstar YearIn eight years, Zach Galifianakis had gone from piano-accompanied non-sequiturs on Comedy Central Presents – where he wowed us with a routine […]
ByLuke Kelly Clyne
The Comedy Trends of 2010Everything old is new again, they say. You see it each year as film, slang, fashion, and politics – especially politics – recycle themselves […]
The Year of Louis CKIn a particularly enlightening anecdote during his July 2010 interview with NPR’s Terry Gross, Louis CK shares his experiences training in the […]
How the Most Anticipated Comedies of 2010 FaredWe’re highlighting films that were heavily hyped at the beginning of 2010, the ones everyone planned to see at some point, and how they did in […]
ByJoshua Kurp
Remembering Rue McClanahan and Dixie CarterIn the late 1980s you could find me under a folding table covered in Peanuts sheets. Written under the table were the words “Caitlin Tegart […]
ByCaitlin Tegart
46 Funny Things to Look Forward to in 2011Even though 2010 is barely over, it’s never too early to start budgeting your discretionary income/time for the coming year. Spoiler alert: […]
10 Moments Comedians Made Us Think This YearOne of the benefits of being a comedian during an election year is that you get to rise above the vicious negativity of stump speeches and news […]
ByErik Voss
The 10 Funniest Video Games Of 2010Funny games are something of a rarity. There are lots of games that try to be funny, sure. But with games still in their infancy and many game […]
BySplitsider Editors
Jimmy Pardo’s Very Good YearIt’s hard to tell if naming his podcast (excuse me, pardcast) “Never Not Funny” might have been Jimmy Pardo’s clever ploy to limit internet […]
ByPhil Davidson
Comedy’s New Year’s ResolutionsAs we close out the powerhouse year that was 2010, now is as good a time as any for the comedy community to look back at the year that was. […]