Comedian Patrice O’Neal, 41, died in November after complications caused by a stroke. While Patrice was tremendously well-respected among other comics, and had earned a decent amount of TV exposure, he wasn’t especially famous yet with the public at large. Before his untimely death, Patrice O’Neal was basically Zach Galifianakis right before The Hangover. I [...]
“I hate my fucking bank,” said my friend. He was pissed off. “Which bank?” I asked. “It’s…” he started to reply, then paused and looked at me. “Does it really matter? It’s a fucking bank.” I conceded the point. A series of new debit card fees has stirred up new outrage at banks — and [...]
There’s at least one outstanding clip from The Daily Show almost every day, but sometimes they really take it to another level. Jon Stewart with Kristin Schaal:
Most comics will come out and tell a quick joke or two to get the first laugh immediately, or will in some other way endear themselves to the audience before allowing any chance for negative opinions to form. When he appeared on Down and Dirty with Jim Norton, a stand-up comedy showcase, Aussie comic Jim [...]
I enjoyed reading the following in a book review of the new Autobiography of Mark Twain (emphasis below is mine): It is clear from this Autobiography, however, that Twain experienced the ups and downs of his life as a orator much more viscerally than he did the joys and pains of authorship. By all accounts, [...]
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