Talking ‘The Problem with Apu’ with Hari Kondabolu

Hari Kondabolu first aired his beef with Simpsons character/stereotypical caricature Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Kondabolu called Apu’s voice “a white guy doing an impression of a white guy making fun of my father.” Apu has always been personal for Kondabolu: an insult to his immigrant parents, a lazy joke for […]

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Inside Season 2 of ‘Lady Dynamite’ with Ana Gasteyer

Maria Bamford’s Lady Dynamite returned to Netflix with its second season last Friday, and it’s turned up the absurdity on Maria’s world even higher. Now with flashes back to 1987 Duluth and flash forwards to Maria creating a meta version of Lady Dynamite itself, audiences get a deeper look into the various personalities in Maria’s […]

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Netflix Is a Joke: When the Platform Becomes the Bit

In September, billboards proclaiming “Netflix Is a Joke” popped up overnight in Los Angeles and New York. While some thought it was a shot by its competitors Hulu or Seeso (RIP), it turned out to be a lame attempt at guerrilla marketing by the tech-entertainment behemoth. Since their industry disrupting blitz began in 2013, Netflix has […]

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Exploring “Humamnity” with Jonny Sun

Jonny Sun released his first book this year: Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur an Aliebn Too. The book is an illustrated account following the character at the center of Sun’s Twitter account, an alien named Jomny on a never-ending quest to make sense of humanity (and himself). The message and tone of the book are […]

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Talking ‘Zero to Sixty’ and the Importance of Kindness with Bob Saget

Whether he’s playing an iconically nerdy sitcom dad, surprising and/or delighting audiences with his onstage vulgarity, or directing films, Bob Saget has one goal in mind: he just wants to entertain. In terms of entertainment, he’s closing out 2017 strong. His new standup special Zero to Sixty just dropped today, nine new episodes of Fuller […]

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For Martin Starr, the Best Roles Are as Exciting as They Are Terrifying

Whether it’s as a freak and/or geek, a caterer, or a senior security architect, Martin Starr is best known for one of his roles in three of the most well-received comedies of this century. But between those shows, which somewhat surprisingly includes a nine-year gap from Freaks and Geeks to Party Down and four years […]

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A conversation with Vulture’s Jesse David Fox about Good One podcast and Vulture Festival LA

After our obligatory Portlandia conversation, myself calling from Portland, Vulture Senior Editor Jesse David Fox was quick to joke, “Is… MORE

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Getting Personal with Gilbert Gottfried

Judd Apatow calls it “hilarious, oddly moving.” Entertainment Weekly says it’s “remarkable, fascinating, totally unexpected.” Even Anthony Jeselnik skipped the jokes for a rare minute to say, “This film is a hilarious, humanizing, and shockingly intimate portrait of a comedian we all previously thought unknowable.” The film they’re referencing is Gilbert, a new documentary about […]

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TV Land’s “Teachers” ground their antics at Fillmore Elementary School in reality

Classes are back in session at Chicagoland’s Fillmore Elementary School, where Ms. Cannon (Caitlin Barlow), Ms. Bennigan (Katie O’Brien), Ms. Snap (Katy Colloton), Ms. Feldman (Cate Freedman), Ms. Watson (Kate Lambert) and Mrs. Adler (Kathryn Renee Thomas) are fulfilling their duties, sort of, as teachers in TV Land’s Teachers. The second half of season two […]

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Chris Fleming Is Ready to Go Legit

I was patched into a conference call with comedian Chris Fleming, who was curious as to why our interview was even taking place. “I got an email that said Splitsider wanted to check in on me. It sounded like you guys were concerned, like a friend at a party,” he said. “Oh no, where is […]

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