Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. For fans of morbidly fascinating podcast trainwrecks, there is nothing quite like the anger and acrimony of a walkout. The walkout represents the ultimate breakdown of civility, when a podcaster and a guest stop being polite and start getting real. I’ve […]
Continue ReadingMad About You might be the next sitcom to return to television. According to TVLine, Sony has reportedly begun “informal talks” with Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt to return for a limited-run revival of the series, which originally ran on NBC for seven seasons from 1992-1999. Sony did not comment on the report, but a […]
Continue ReadingJamie Foxx’s new Showtime comedy starring SNL alum Jay Pharoah will not return for a second season. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has officially canceled White Famous, which premiered its debut season in October and wrapped up its 10-episode run last month. Showtime’s other freshman comedy SMILF, meanwhile, recently earned a season 2 order. […]
Continue ReadingGrowing up is difficult. We all reach adulthood at different points. For me personally, a lot of my friendships started to change at that awkward age where my friends settled down with their pet rocks. I learned a lot about myself and how to keep my friendships intact, and I wanted to share some advice […]
Continue ReadingTo: The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Wonka Chocolates and Confections, Inc. From: Charles “Charlie” Bucket, Chairman and CEO Dear Wonka Directors and Shareholders, I am writing to provide you with an update on our company’s progress. It goes without saying that my first quarter at the helm has been a challenging one on […]
Continue ReadingTo: The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Wonka Chocolates and Confections, Inc. From: Charles “Charlie” Bucket, Chairman and CEO Dear Wonka Directors and Shareholders, I am writing to provide you with an update on our company’s progress. It goes without saying that my first quarter at the helm has been a challenging one on […]
Continue Reading“Peak TV” and “Prestige Television” are lazy and lame labels for a number of reasons. For one, they’re cavernous, catch-all constructs that display a total disregard for how television is made. They also conflate volume and variety with inherent quality. So the television landscape is actually less of an oasis and more of a desert […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live entered 2017 with good ratings, millions of viral shares, and more momentum than it has had in years. Much of this upshot was due to the political climate–and the country’s need for the humorous angle of what often seems like dark times. SNL did an admirable job in 2016 of getting political […]
Continue ReadingAhead of the season 2 debut of Bill Nye Saves the World on Netflix tomorrow, here’s a sneak peek from the show featuring special guest Michael Ian Black as 19th-century physician Ignaz Semmelweis, whose whole theory that “Hey, maybe doctors should wash their hands after touching dead bodies?” was way ahead of its time — to the point where Semmelweis’s […]
Continue ReadingHear me. Hear me, you worms who do not yet know the extent of your own inferiority. I know that you can see me (for how could you not?), but now you must hear what I have to say. You “gentlemen” who limply cavort around London in your tricorn hats and your foppish buckled chapeaus…you […]
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