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Continue ReadingLily Du is a comedic performer and writer based in New York. She performs at The UCB Theater on Harold Night and across the country with UCB’s Touring Company. Lily appears in the upcoming season of Broad City and in videos on MTV, Above Average, Go90, and Funny Or Die. She’s written for Reductress, and […]
Continue ReadingOne problem with comedy writers is: we’re part of the Hollywood machine. We eat and sleep the “entertainment industry,” because it’s our job to do so, no different than a heart surgeon who thinks a lot about heart surgery (okay, it’s a little different). The upshot of that is we tend to want to write what […]
Continue ReadingWith the new administration taking control of the White House, it’s important to understand the chain of command. As such, here’s a chart to consult while huddling in your bomb shelter and counting down the half-life of plutonium. Don Plattner is a comedy writer living in Chicago. Follow his descent into madness on Twitter at @dehydrogenation. […]
Continue ReadingWith the new administration taking control of the White House, it’s important to understand the chain of command. As such, here’s a chart to consult while huddling in your bomb shelter and counting down the half-life of plutonium. Don Plattner is a comedy writer living in Chicago. Follow his descent into madness on Twitter at @dehydrogenation. […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. In this column I have written about great podcasts widely heralded as milestones for the medium, like President Obama on WTF. I’ve also written extensively about podcasts that are fascinating because they so thoroughly devolve into shitshows involving some of […]
Continue Reading@Erica_Rosie is 23 and lives in Tampa, FL. She’s really tall and could be killed by a walnut. This week she spoke to me about four of her favorite tweets, plus banh mi, “mainstream Twitter,” and where to find the unfollow button. Erica: Part of me thinks you got the wrong person, another part of […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in their careers on the legendary Chicago stage. Second City has generously given us a glimpse into their extensive archive of live performances, and over the coming weeks we’ll be sharing some […]
Continue ReadingI know it, you know it, we all know it: eating out in this nuclear winter really sucks. We’ve all rummaged our way through the same abandoned kitchens and stockpiles in our neighborhoods day in and day out, and there just never seems to be anything new. And even if you can find enough layers […]
Continue ReadingShaliek Jenkins is a Los Angeles-based content creator, standup comedian, writer, and DJ hailing from New York. Jenkins is currently navigating the landscape of pitching an original series to some networks and platforms and trying to “belong” while carrying an air of avoidance at the same time. You can catch him DJ’ing at Brandon Wardell’s […]
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