I was upside down in a garbage can. It was raining. Howie Mandel was missing. Digging deep into the darkness, fighting past the stench of socks and old milk, I could feel the neighbor’s stares as they watched, safe and warm behind their blinds. I pushed forward undeterred, driven by my concern for Howie and […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Early in the Star Wars Holiday Special episode of I Was There Too, we are treated to the ethereal crooning of the late, lamented Carrie Fisher, as she performs a musical ode to Life Day, the holiday lovingly commemorated in […]
Continue ReadingBranson Reese is a cartoonist and comedian living in NYC. He performs weekly at the Magnet Theater and monthly as an alcoholic goose puppet in Simon’s Street at UCB Chelsea. Fans of TBS’s Search Party might remember him as Chantal’s extremely sad friend Gabe. His webcomic Crimewave will be up soon and he’ll tweet about […]
Continue ReadingPaul Gale Comedy hasn’t come out with a new video in over a year, and that’s not surprising. Despite the channel’s grass roots success, PGC’s 25-year-old namesake had to get a job (a comedy job, making videos for HuffPo, but still). As someone who’s covered Paul a couple of times before, I’m surprised he held out as […]
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 ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. I’m 40, and for folks of my generation and the generations that followed, there is seemingly no experience so transcendent, joyful, terrible, excruciating, transcendent or overpowering that it cannot be instantly tagged with a corresponding article from The Onion or […]
Continue ReadingListen to “Priyanka Mattoo” on Spreaker. As 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, […]
Continue ReadingI love animals, but let’s face it, many are dumb, and some are quite useless. These are the five most useless. 1. The Rhinoceros. I hate Rhinos. They’ve been endangered for years, but I’m not sure I see the need. They’re incredibly gray, their skin is all leathery, and their meat probably tastes like crap. Rhinos […]
Continue ReadingI generally try not to timestamp these articles, because who knows? Someday somebody’s going to be searching for information about Woody Allen’s lost short film and the last thing they’re going to want is a bunch of references to Chewbacca Mom in there. However, since America’s interactions with Russia are under such scrutiny right now, […]
Continue ReadingDewayne Perkins a Chicago-based comedian and writer. He’s an alumni of the Second City, where he just finished writing and performing Black Side of the Moon at Woolly Mammoth in D.C. He also hosts a web series called “I Guess I’ll Watch It,” where he reviews movies his white friends always talk about but he’s […]
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