These days, commercial parodies are a dime a dozen, and so is dad humor, but this dad-centric commercial parody from… The Dad still deserves 60 seconds of your time. Fast and focused, what this piece lacks in commentary, it makes up for with the kind of immediately funny punchline that makes you think “Oh, shit, that’s not bad. Why didn’t […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The Dead Authors Podcast ended its run a few years back with a 50th chapter on L. Frank Baum, the man who gave us The Wizard of Oz, at the very tail end of 2015. But immediately before that episode ended […]
Continue ReadingGrace Schoeppner looks as if she has just stepped out of a dictionary, the one she occupies as the definition of the word “chic.” Floating in, she casually peels off a red pashmina of smooth Japanese silk and ties it around her waist, much like how the LAPD has recently tied a string of late […]
Continue ReadingGrace Schoeppner looks as if she has just stepped out of a dictionary, the one she occupies as the definition of the word “chic.” Floating in, she casually peels off a red pashmina of smooth Japanese silk and ties it around her waist, much like how the LAPD has recently tied a string of late […]
Continue ReadingBen Rosen is a writer and cartoonist in Los Angeles who has contributed to The Onion, BuzzFeed, and McSweeney’s. In 2015 he wrote and directed Steve’s Jobs, a comedy pilot that screened in the New York Television Festival. You can visit his website here and, for the record, his favorite Simpsons episode is “Summer of […]
Continue ReadingThere is a chance, especially if you are living in America, that you may not know who Alan Partridge is. Played by Steve Coogan, Partridge is easily one of most popular personalities to emerge from England alongside David Brent and Ali G. Alan is a parody of the worst of British television hosts, complete with […]
Continue ReadingOccasionally, we’ll feature live performances-cum-web videos (best not to Google that phrase), and this week is one of those times. See Something, Say Something somehow translates palpable energy in the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre’s new Hell’s Kitchen home to video. Written by Katie Talay, directed by Alexis Pereira, and starring Desi Domo, Nanie Mendez, Amanda Dieli, and Lauren Kahn, this […]
Continue ReadingOh, am I causing a scene? Is this too much? Maybe you’re fine with the absolute bare minimum of quality when it comes to your wardrobe. Maybe not looking like a total pile of dogshit isn’t a priority for you. Well, some of us give a damn, and I happen to prefer a more form-fitting, European cut on […]
Continue ReadingMike Ross (@MCRossIsNotaPun) is a soon-to-be-published writer of comedy and young adult fiction living in New York City. You can currently find him on Twitter, and you can soon find him on Scholastic Book Fair bookshelves by having a child and sending it to public school. A sitcom that’s nothing but Clark nursing his unrequited […]
Continue ReadingYou stupid fucking idiot. I can’t believe you just burned through your tenth free article this month and thought that we wouldn’t notice. We’re the goddamn Washington Post. You must be some kind of fell-off-the-back-of-the-turnip-truck-yesterday moron to think that we were going to keep giving this stuff away for free. We knew exactly what […]
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