comedy

Stewart Returns to the Airwaves Jon Stewart

Stewart Returns to the Airwaves

Michael Siegel February 21, 2024

Watching Stewart in his familiar set and doing his familiar schtick was a stark reminder of how...

Failure, Tragedy, & Comedy, (and a little about “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”)

Rufus F. January 28, 2024

Thoughts on Seymour Krim and George W. S. Trow that probably fail to illuminate the uses of...

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Remembering Carl Reiner

Mike Schilling July 5, 2020

Carl Reiner was one of the funniest men in show business for almost 70 years, which hardly...

And The Award for Not Thinking It’s Funny Goes Too… Golden Globes

And The Award for Not Thinking It’s Funny Goes Too…

Andrew Donaldson January 6, 2020

The Golden Globes were last night, and the very serious folks in very serious and important Hollywood...

Ron White on Hurricanes x-ronwhite

Ron White on Hurricanes

Will Truman September 3, 2019

"It's not *that* the wind is blowing. It's *what* the wind is blowing."

The Most Insidious Viral Marketing In The World Dave Chappelle

The Most Insidious Viral Marketing In The World

Jaybird August 30, 2019

Watching David Chappelle's New Comedy Special

Louis CK seems to be changing his target audience dice

Louis CK seems to be changing his target audience

Jaybird December 31, 2018

Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.

In The Not-Too-Distant Future… mst3k new cast

In The Not-Too-Distant Future…

Garrett Stiger April 14, 2017

A personal essay on Mystery Science Theater 3000 and its return.

Review!

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Review!

Glyph July 30, 2015

Funniest Show Of 2014 Returns Tonight On Comedy Central.

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Bowing Out

Burt Likko February 11, 2015

Wow, first the Fat Boys break up and now this.

Hands Up!

Hands Up!

Glyph June 13, 2014

RIP, People's Poet.

Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025As far as I can tell, the Republicans have a "whatabout" for every single "precedent" that the Democ…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I'm pretty sure that we're *ALL* members of the press. When the First Amendment was written, "the pr…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Far as I can tell, most press conferences are not open to the general public. That seems to be what…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I have to say, while I am not a Free Speech Abolutist, I am very confused. I didn't know you could a…
David TC in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I think it's worth reminding people that the Republicans are setting precedent after precedent that…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/20251. Van Hollen managed to meet with Garcia in a hotel. Bukele and/ Trump are frightened. 2. David Bro…
Dark Matter in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It's in NY, against an unpopular victim, with an attractive killer whose motivation was presumably s…
Dark Matter in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Very true. It's newsworthy only because it's rare. These sorts of "respect" killings (assuming that'…
Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Nothing to be done, I guess.
Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It’s kind of hard to believe there’s anything worth bombing still in Gaza, but I guess when you run…

comedy

Stewart Returns to the Airwaves

Failure, Tragedy, & Comedy, (and a little about “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”)

Remembering Carl Reiner

And The Award for Not Thinking It’s Funny Goes Too…

Ron White on Hurricanes

The Most Insidious Viral Marketing In The World

Louis CK seems to be changing his target audience

In The Not-Too-Distant Future…

Review!

Bowing Out

Hands Up!

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