If the Workaholics writers’ board of terrible joke clichés is a solid resource for what phrases not to use as a writer or comedian, then the below so-called “transitions list” that Conan writer Laurie Kilmartin shared on Twitter earlier this week is the perfect resource for phrases that are perfectly acceptable to use when you’re feeling stuck in your joke writing. The list is a […]
Continue ReadingRichelle Meiss is an actor, comic, and writer in Los Angeles. You might have seen her in commercials for Heineken, Kohl’s, eBay, and more. Catch her upcoming show The Bachelor Musical Parody at UCB and subscribe to her YouTube channel to see new videos. This week, Meiss talked to me about her personal life, tweeting […]
Continue ReadingRichelle Meiss is an actor, comic, and writer in Los Angeles. You might have seen her in commercials for Heineken, Kohl’s, eBay, and more. Catch her upcoming show The Bachelor Musical Parody at UCB and subscribe to her YouTube channel to see new videos. This week, Meiss talked to me about her personal life, tweeting […]
Continue ReadingW. Kamau Bell returns to CNN this weekend with a brand new season of his Emmy-winning series United Shades of America, and the network released a promo to give you a sense of what issues Bell tackles in the new batch of episodes. Here’s more info about what Bell will explore in the 8-episode third season: In season three, […]
Continue ReadingW. Kamau Bell returns to CNN this weekend with a brand new season of his Emmy-winning series United Shades of America, and the network released a promo to give you a sense of what issues Bell tackles in the new batch of episodes. Here’s more info about what Bell will explore in the 8-episode third season: In season three, […]
Continue ReadingDonald might have been too busy to get his wife a birthday present yesterday, but thankfully, during last night’s The Opposition, Citizen Journalists Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp stepped in to provide the birthday gift and wishes for Melania that her husband couldn’t be bothered to give. That gift is a good one: a completely new covers-only magazine called Plead the Fifth that allows […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at the long bizarre rant Trump went on during yesterday’s Fox & Friends, or as Meyers calls it, “the first time in history that a TV show had to change its phone number because of a stalker.” During the Fox & Friends interview, Trump also spoke […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live Weekend Update anchors and co-head writers Michael Che and Colin Jost just landed another big TV gig. According to Variety, Che and Jost have signed on to host this year’s Emmys together, which is slated to air on NBC Monday, September 17th and will count Lorne Michaels as executive producer. In addition to Che and Jost, […]
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 ReadingNetflix wants a lot of Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias. According to Variety, the streaming network has ordered two standup specials from Iglesias as well 10 episodes of a multi-cam series titled Mr. Iglesias. In the series, the comedian plays “a good-natured public high school teacher who works at his alma mater. He takes on teaching gifted but misfit kids to not […]
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