I remember the day my mom got the call that I landed the part of Malcom in Malcom in the Middle. She was grinning from ear to ear when she told me and I thought, “Boy, I must be really special huh?” Heh. Special. Special is just a word that your mom calls you before bed, your […]
Continue ReadingMia Mercado (@miamarket) is a writer living in Kansas City originally from Wisconsin. She has written for The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, McSweeney’s, Reductress, Bustle, BUST.com, and Hallmark Cards. Her upcoming projects include giving her dog a bath later and hopefully writing for someone who will pay for her hot takes on Target’s sexual atmosphere […]
Continue ReadingAs a former comedy agent at UTA and WME, Priyanka represented numerous big-name writers and performers before leaving to start a TV production company with Jack Black. Now she writes and produces on her own, but she still encounters a tidal wave of comedy hopefuls looking for the advice, information, and pep talks that only […]
Continue ReadingDear Mr. Kensington, It is with great joy that I tender to you my deepest and sincerest “congratulations.” Over the past few decades, you have been an avid yet discreet patron of the Phillip Hendricks Institute of Ornithological Fraternity. And, considering the many anonymous donations that you’ve made to our highly-specialized Avicultural Society, you have […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. When Marc Maron began recording interviews in his garage for WTF, he probably never envisioned that the show would eventually become a sort of living, evolving museum of contemporary standup comedy. No, he was probably just trying to figure out what […]
Continue ReadingJacob Pierce is a college student whose Twitter I found while scrolling through my newsfeed. Unlike most of the people interviewed in this column, Pierce is neither an aspiring nor a professional comedian, but his tweets are hilarious and topical, and he somehow manages to be both sarcastic and sincere. Many of his jokes are […]
Continue ReadingJordan Firstman is now competing with himself for the best short of 2017. Co-starring a pitch-perfect Craig Chester, Call Your Father shows what happens when a 24-year-old goes on a date with a 50-year-old, but it’s so much better and deeper than that logline, because Firstman is–and I don’t say this lightly–a visionary. He’s a fearless Millennial voice that […]
Continue ReadingImagine a place with the musical genius of Jared Leto and the geological wonder of the La Brea Tar Pits. Two conflicting entities: One sucks any and all into its depths, robbing those that come close of their vitality and preserving them in a sort of perma-death, and the other is the La Brea Tar […]
Continue ReadingIrving Ruan is a writer and performer in the San Francisco Bay Area. He’s written for McSweeney’s, Funny or Die, and other places on the internet (more info can be found on his website). He performs with his troupe Comfort Zone despite the fact that he still sometimes feels uncomfortable on stage. Ruan also loves […]
Continue Reading“What the hell did I just watch?” will be what you ask yourself after witnessing the stylings of Australian comedy musician, Kai Smythe. And then you’ll click another video. And another. And then…you’ll basically be out of Kai Smythe videos, which is a crying shame, and the exact reason he’s being profiled here today. Some crazy mix […]
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