Please excuse a little bit of nerd venting before we get back to the topic of stand-up comedy.
Unobtainium and handwavium are terms that science fiction authors often use–ironically!–to describe mysterious unknown elements or technologies that are crucial to the story. They’re the sci-fi genre equivalents of the MacGuffin.1
That’s why I couldn’t believe it when [...]
Here’s a pretty good street joke1 that I recently heard, about the whole Tiger Woods circus:
What’s the difference between a car and a golf ball?
Tiger Woods can drive a golf ball 400 yards.
Funny stuff. Like most topical humor it’ll have a pretty short shelf life, but it should be funny for at least a week [...]
Now that even the most jaded alt-comedy hipsters have fallen in love with Tina Fey and Sarah Silverman, can we please stop talking about whether women are funny? Of course they are. Funny and delicious.
It’s also true that women comedians face obstacles that men do not, among them the sociological-sexual powder keg of their appearance. [...]
The NY Times has an interesting story about the New York comedy scene:
Over the years, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Chelsea has earned a reputation as a kind of mint where comedy stars are coined: in go aspiring actors, writers and ex-medical students, out come new performers and writers for “Saturday Night Live,” [...]
Fuck the Yankees, for so many obvious reasons. If you’re in need of a little pick-me-up in the wake of their five thousandth World Series victory, here’s a delightfully savage radio rant from comedian Bill Burr:
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