See Fewer Posts Like This, by Liz Arcury

Why Are You Hiding This Post Today? • This post is offensive • This post threatens harm • This post proposes the notion that Adam invited four people to his birthday brunch and that I was not considered to be one of those select four but Adam has never said anything to me about not liking […]

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Another Email About the Tax Brochure from “Jazz Guy” at Work, by Jeffrey Palms

From the top: Hey, this is Dorian from the tax department — we met last Thursday at the BEPS conference downstairs (I was the one whose silk shirt Pierre commented was “thunderous”)? We spoke briefly about getting some help from you marketing guys on our new Tax Bullet product? I just wanted to skit scat […]

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When Mario and Cappy Stopped by for a Particularly Surreal Episode of ‘Hard Nation’

Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Earwolf’s political talk spoof Hard Nation has emerged as one of the most consistently funny and inspired podcasts around. Hard Nation debuted in the oppressive heat of the 2016 presidential campaign, when it seemed like national politics could not get crazier […]

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If You’re Not Following Taylor Garron (@casualafro) on Twitter, Go Do It Now – I’ll Wait

Taylor Garron (@casualafro) is a standup comedian, comedy writer, and actress based in Brooklyn, NY. She is an in-house writer at Reductress, but she peaked at age 12 as a cast member on the PBS Kids shows Zoom and Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman. Garron wrote and produced a web series about her experience as a […]

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‘Too Funny to Fail’ Is the ‘Dana Carvey Show’ Doc the World Needed

It is a rare From the Archives article that covers something that not only was made in the last fifteen years, but something that was released within this year. However, when a documentary is released that digs deep into 1996’s subversive and hilarious Dana Carvey Show I must do my duty and spread the word. […]

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New Comic Gets 300k Views in 10 Hours and Deserves Them

There are plenty of overnight YouTube hits that don’t really deserve their flash in the pan. A backflip gone wrong. A toddler saying something close to the word “fuck” over and over again. We watch. We know. We forget. Comedian Brent Pella’s commentary on Spirit Airlines deserves the heat it’s drummed up over the past 24 hours […]

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I’m So Sorry My Panic Room Is Such a Mess, by Ben Hargrave

Oh, wow, this is quite embarrassing. I’m so sorry about all the clutter. Of course, I obviously knew you, Dom, and the kids were coming over for dinner – that’s why I made sure the house was spotless – but how could I know that these burglars would break into my home and kill your youngest, […]

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Taylor Kay Phillips (@TayKayPhillips) on Double Standards, Musical Theater, and Wings

Taylor Kay Phillips is a writer and comedian living in New York City. She contributes pieces to Reductress and writes for Night Late at UCB. She recently discovered both everything bagels and sparkling water and is kind of dealing with that right now. This week, Taylor talked to me about her issues with women’s magazines […]

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Ryan Mazer’s Dire Warning About NYC

Creator Ryan Mazer is no stranger to deep, disturbing introspection, and we’re no stranger to covering it. Today’s feature is Mazer’s latest descent into the recesses of unbridled anxiety and anti-social behavior, framed as an Insider’s Guide to New York City. A warning: For anyone who’s occupied “the city” for more than a holiday and does […]

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A Pairing Menu for Works of Postmodern Literature and Appropriate Beverages, by Michael A. Ferro

The paranoia-inducing The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon is best paired with a room temperature watermelon wine cooler, which should be preceded by licking two hits of LSD off an official United States Post Office stamp (or a Trystero stamp, if you can find one). Don DeLillo’s breakout novel White Noise goes down […]

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