In the history of cinema, few celebrities have ever been mocked so brutally over the course of a movie as poor Michael Bolton in Office Space. We find out that one of the low-level employees the movie focuses on shares a name with him, and ever since he became famous in the late ’80s, his […]
Continue ReadingThe comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]
Continue ReadingAs irritated as I was when people said, “If Trump gets elected it will be good for comedy,” I have to admit that they were kind of right. Jackie Kashian’s new album I Am Not the Hero of This Story (out tomorrow on StandUp! Records) is evidence of this. The album is not an entirely […]
Continue ReadingAnother This Week in Web Videos installment and another go90/JASH collabo that awes. Yes. Men Don’t Whisper is that good. As with Tond before it, Men Don’t Whisper is helmed by two visionary creators. This time Jordan Firstman and Charles Rogers step up to the plate, and the result is layered, cringeworthy comedy that’s as well written as it is deftly […]
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 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 ReadingComedian Michael Palascak’s story is a classic small town Midwestern boy done good tale. Palascak started standup in Chicago after leaving a comfortable corn fields-aplenty upbringing in Indiana. He took his outsider status and childhood anxiety and — with a little help from The Secret — created a comedy career that would land him on […]
Continue Reading1. Never ever roll down the window and stick your head out like a dog. There will be thousands of antique clocks spinning around within the space-time wormhole and any one of them is liable to take your head off. 2. Whatever you do, don’t just start randomly pushing buttons, no matter how tempting the buttons look. […]
Continue Reading1. Never ever roll down the window and stick your head out like a dog. There will be thousands of antique clocks spinning around within the space-time wormhole and any one of them is liable to take your head off. 2. Whatever you do, don’t just start randomly pushing buttons, no matter how tempting the buttons look. […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. When seemingly sane, normal people snap and go on killing sprees, it inevitably invites the question, “Why?” What could have possibly happened in the lives, or in the minds, of these mass shooters that made them want to transgress every […]
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