I really enjoyed Conan’s final Tonight Show, especially his parting message (embedding disabled, unfortunately, or I’d include it here). I fully endorse the thoughtful posts that my friends Andrew and Eva made on the subject.
I would start watching local news again if it was half as awesome as this: I don’t care how many copyright laws and trade agreements were broken when Conan morphed into the Incredible Hulk — that kicked serious ass. Pretty much the entire planet has already had a bite at this apple, but to restate [...]
I first heard about this Tom Rhodes joke from Andrew, who performed with him at Laughs Comedy Spot in Kirkland. You can watch the whole video if you want, but the joke I’m talking about comes about 25 seconds in (or click here to jump straight to the joke in YouTube): Brilliant. After the “My [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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