The title of this post is stolen shamelessly from the Hijinx Ensue comic, which offers us this brilliant commentary on Comedy Central’s new Jeff Dunham Show:
Some of the widespread jeering is undoubtedly due to envy over Dunham’s lucrative popularity (see also: Dane Cook, Larry the Cable Guy, etc.). On the other hand, the video clips [...]
No, not a stand-up comedy job. Not yet. I got a part-time day job, as in “don’t quit your…”
I had hoped to put this off until sometime in 2010, but my recent faceplant and subsequent dental work forced the issue. Also, a comedian needs a car, and that’s something I have to start saving back [...]
Last Thursday night was my first time back on stage after a hiatus of about two months, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I hadn’t lost too much in the interim. My stage presence wasn’t as confident as I’d like, but the stagefright beforehand wasn’t very bad at all. It helped that I [...]
I ran across this quote today, from the Zucker Brothers (of The Naked Gun, Airplane! etc.):
It’s always easier to keep people laughing than it is to get people laughing.
This is why the joke tag — the punchline after the punchline — is such a potent weapon in the comedy arsenal. For more about joke tags, [...]
I took a look at my traffic stats last night, and a small but noteworthy number of people are finding this site while searching for the similarly-named Miss J. Alexander of America’s Next Top Model.
For the record, I’m a pretty sexy bitch, but this is definitely not me:
This is Miss J. Alexander, runway coach,not [...]
