‘Structurally Sound’ is a recurring feature where each week a different structurally unusual, rule-breaking anomaly of an episode from a comedy series is examined. “I promise, one day this will all be a pleasant memory.” BoJack Horseman not only tackles some very heavy issues for a show about an animated horse, but it’s also no […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. This has been a very strange, rollercoaster month or so for fans of Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements’ feverishly adored cult podcast Hollywood Handbook. The Earwolf bad boys have been talking how bad, exhausted, worn out, and comedically threadbare they find […]
Continue ReadingJoe Palana is an improviser and standup comic who recently graduated from Harvard. He is currently on a year-long adventure traveling to all 50 states and performing at open mics in each one. Check out his website, and see if you can catch him at a local show here. If you live in a state […]
Continue Reading“But it’s 2:57 of the same joke.” First of all, it’s not, imaginary person saying this. It’s more like 2:30 and, know what? It works. Well. Because that joke is so damn particular, so damn weird, so damn adept at commenting on the banality of our daily working lives. Thank you, Tim Platt. Thank you […]
Continue Reading“But it’s 2:57 of the same joke.” First of all, it’s not, imaginary person saying this. It’s more like 2:30 and, know what? It works. Well. Because that joke is so damn particular, so damn weird, so damn adept at commenting on the banality of our daily working lives. Thank you, Tim Platt. Thank you […]
Continue ReadingMORNING: MY ROUTINE I wake up in my Brooklyn apartment, put my Pomeranian in her sweater, take the elevator downstairs, and avoid eye contact with my doorman so I don’t have to talk about sports. Blah blah blah my son is the Knicks’ point guard. Who cares? I head for the apple orchard’s table at […]
Continue ReadingLiz Hynes (@chancellorliz) is an aspiring corpse based in New York City who once vomited directly in front of Brian Williams. A renowned multitasker, she often writes screenplays and performs standup comedy while simultaneously decomposing. This week, Liz and I talked about a few things, but most importantly the time her comedy sketch went viral online and […]
Continue ReadingWhen John Cleese looks back on his life in the first volume of his memoir, So, Anyway…, he doesn’t say that the happiest time in his life was starring in an immensely popular sit-com with his then-wife. It’s not working on Monty Python’s Flying Circus, or being in a Bond film, or performing comedy on […]
Continue ReadingThe line between saccharine and sweet is oh-so-thin. Landing on the wrong side means your “funny” project has turned heavy-handed at best, and totally insufferable at worst. Just ask Judd Apatow (he’s on Twitter a lot, he may respond), a master at this kind of dance. Will and Aaron Eisenberg’s Security Deposit is as lightheartedly sweet as it is […]
Continue ReadingTO: mikeymilwaukee33@gmail.com Marginally Attractive Men in Milwaukee. Do you live in Milwaukee? Do you consider yourself a man who’s at least marginally attractive? Then this podcast is for you! Okay, we know that’s wildly specific, but that’s just the type of zany fun you’ll find in our hour-long episodes where we only discuss the guy stuff […]
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