A Christian, Jew, pseudo-Scientologist, agnostic, atheist, Jehovah’s Witness, and a Muslim all enroll at a dysfunctional community college. How do they celebrate the holidays? No, this isn’t the setup to a particularly long-winded joke about religion or a public school Board of Education’s call to arms. Rather, this is an honest to goodness question posed […]
Continue ReadingNetflix just dropped some last-minute surprise news: In addition to the release of Dave Chappelle’s Equanimity on New Year’s Eve, the streaming network will also release another special from Chappelle titled The Bird Revelation. Equanimity was filmed at the Warner Theater in Washington DC in September, while The Bird Revelation was filmed at The Comedy […]
Continue ReadingWhile I am not usually a fan of these kinds of lists, I do miss my annual tradition of sending holiday mix tapes, and later mix CDs, to friends and family. So a few caveats. Please note that this playlist does not suggest any particular hierarchy, but rather is sequenced in my suggested order of […]
Continue ReadingBizzy Coy is a humor writer and copywriter who ditched the mean streets of NYC for the mean bears of the Catskills. She lives and writes in her cottage in the woods, with humor pieces appearing in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Splitsider, The Belladonna, The Establishment, and The Higgs Weldon. Check bizzycoy.com for upcoming readings […]
Continue ReadingIf you’re looking for some last-minute holiday gift ideas, look no further than this clip from last night’s Tonight Show, where Jimmy Fallon welcomes Jo Firestone and Amy Sedaris to demo a few holiday toys, including a creepy Luvabella baby doll, a Play-Doh kit, and life-size reindeer. Two things about Sedaris and Firestone: they make […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central has created the perfect followup to Dave Chappelle’s Netflix standup special debuting on New Year’s Eve. The network announced today that it will air all 28 episodes of Chappelle’s Show chronologically on New Year’s Day in an all-day marathon that begins at 9:00am. At the end of the marathon, the network will air Chappelle’s 2000 hourlong […]
Continue ReadingComedy movie directors may not get as much credit as they deserve. Yes, there is Judd Apatow and Todd Phillips, but how many people could name the director of Tommy Boy (Peter Segal) or Wedding Crashers (David Dobkin) or Superbad (Greg Mottola)? And how does one even become a comedy film director to begin with? […]
Continue ReadingNetflix is closing out 2017 with Dave Chappelle’s third standup special Equanimity, and the streaming network recently released a clip from the special to get you excited. In the clip, Chappelle – who swapped a cigarette for a vape pen this time around – explains why he has sympathy for poor white voters who supported […]
Continue ReadingNetflix is closing out 2017 with Dave Chappelle’s third standup special Equanimity, and the streaming network recently released a clip from the special to get you excited. In the clip, Chappelle – who swapped a cigarette for a vape pen this time around – explains why he has sympathy for poor white voters who supported […]
Continue ReadingHoliday specials, for the most part, are a family affair. In general, they are (at best) sweet adventures or (at worst) cloying cash-grabs. There is a sweet spot for holiday specials, however, that make them entertaining for every member of the family and not something the older folks in the room dread having to watch […]
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