Richelle Meiss is an actor, comic, and writer in Los Angeles. You might have seen her in commercials for Heineken, Kohl’s, eBay, and more. Catch her upcoming show The Bachelor Musical Parody at UCB and subscribe to her YouTube channel to see new videos. This week, Meiss talked to me about her personal life, tweeting […]
Continue ReadingI can’t help but root for the mean guy here. Byron Brown’s portrayal of a shitbag co-worker is somehow irresistible. Equally fun is the meandering nature of this piece. There’s no real game except “this guy’s nuts,” but it works. Somehow, Brown’s evil charisma grows The Co-Worker from crazy town roots into a comedy tree with poisonous little flowers I want to […]
Continue ReadingAs a millennial, I’m so frustrated when I see my peers complaining about their circumstances. The idea that my generation is entirely helpless victims to a failed economy is simply untrue. Look at my own story: Even though I’m only 25, I was recently able to purchase my first house through a combination of working […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Comedian, podcaster, television writer, and gentle comic genius Harris Wittels would have turned 34 this April 20th. The comedy world has never stopped mourning Wittels’ premature death or celebrating his quietly remarkable life. For the people who love Harris, up close […]
Continue ReadingPeter Kelly is a writer, director, and producer based in New York City. He currently works at The Opposition with Jordan Klepper on Comedy Central. You can check out his truly groundbreaking and innovative work on his website: peterkelly.co. This week, Kelly talked to me about making real serious art in his Moleskine notebooks, and other equally profound things, like Spongebob […]
Continue ReadingPeter Kelly is a writer, director, and producer based in New York City. He currently works at The Opposition with Jordan Klepper on Comedy Central. You can check out his truly groundbreaking and innovative work on his website: peterkelly.co. This week, Kelly talked to me about making real serious art in his Moleskine notebooks, and other equally profound things, like Spongebob […]
Continue ReadingWritten and voiced by Steven Markow and animated by Felipe Di Poi Tamargo, Weird Movies will take over your brain. No, really. I’ve watched it seven times –it’s David Firth’s Salad Fingers for a new generation. It’s depraved but evolved in its shock value and custom-built for a generation that requires its mesmerizing nightmare visuals to be accompanied by razor-sharp […]
Continue ReadingAre you there god? It’s me, Margaret. I go by Mags now. Last time we chatted, I had just gotten my period. A lot has happened since. I’m 26 now, but my body is still going through continual changes. It all started in college. When I was 21, my boyfriend Damien said, “Do I really […]
Continue ReadingCaitlin Kunkel is a comedy writer and satirist who lives in Brooklyn. She created and teaches the Online Satire program for The Second City and is a co-founder of the comedy and satire site for female writers, The Belladonna. Her first satirical book, New Erotica for Feminists, comes out in November. This week, Kunkel talked […]
Continue ReadingIt seems too easy: a Phantom Thread parody about a baker called Phantom Bread. Know what? It is that easy. Written by and starring Anna Salinas and Heather Alarcón Higginbotham, and deftly mapped to the source trailer by Colin Pierce, this sketch is the thing we never knew we always knew we never needed…and, if you’re anything like me, […]
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