Cafe’s new series Lil’ Alex Jones features a very young man doing his best Alex Jones impersonation. That’s essentially it. No, sorry, that’s precisely it. Sure, the injustices he’s wailing over are kid-ified but otherwise, everything is the same. Like, exactly, and man, some of it is pretty damn good. The strongest episode in the 7-installment mix seems to be “Censorship at the […]
Continue ReadingMen are undergoing a bit of a renaissance right now. A bad one. The Bad Renaissance, as it shall henceforth be known. Whereas the 14th Century European Renaissance we all know and love is famous for its revival and proliferation of forward-thinking art, literature, and learning… shining a light at the end of the medieval tunnel, […]
Continue ReadingThere are plenty of overnight YouTube hits that don’t really deserve their flash in the pan. A backflip gone wrong. A toddler saying something close to the word “fuck” over and over again. We watch. We know. We forget. Comedian Brent Pella’s commentary on Spirit Airlines deserves the heat it’s drummed up over the past 24 hours […]
Continue ReadingCreator Ryan Mazer is no stranger to deep, disturbing introspection, and we’re no stranger to covering it. Today’s feature is Mazer’s latest descent into the recesses of unbridled anxiety and anti-social behavior, framed as an Insider’s Guide to New York City. A warning: For anyone who’s occupied “the city” for more than a holiday and does […]
Continue ReadingShannon Brown has cracked the code…the bathroom code, and it reads “Bathrooms are where we go to cry.” In this simple send-up of workplace mockumentaries, Brown certainly doesn’t reinvent the wheel. Instead, she hones in on a fertile premise that highlights the ever-so-thin line between workplace professionalism and the kind of complete emotional implosion that can only happen inside the quiet, […]
Continue ReadingWe’ve called them “Genre Queens,” and we stand by it. Between Bounty Hunters , The Place We Live (TPWL), and now unSOLVABLE, co-creators Betsy Kenney and Dara Katz have flexed their parody muscles on action flicks, ’90s dramas about twenty-somethings built for bored thirty-somethings, and true-crime docu-series. Through each, disparate and delightful notes were hit, but they always […]
Continue ReadingJordan Firstman is now competing with himself for the best short of 2017. Co-starring a pitch-perfect Craig Chester, Call Your Father shows what happens when a 24-year-old goes on a date with a 50-year-old, but it’s so much better and deeper than that logline, because Firstman is–and I don’t say this lightly–a visionary. He’s a fearless Millennial voice that […]
Continue Reading“What the hell did I just watch?” will be what you ask yourself after witnessing the stylings of Australian comedy musician, Kai Smythe. And then you’ll click another video. And another. And then…you’ll basically be out of Kai Smythe videos, which is a crying shame, and the exact reason he’s being profiled here today. Some crazy mix […]
Continue ReadingI don’t like profiling videos or series rooted in “Hollywood” culture if I can help it. Sometimes I can’t help it. Sometimes the work is too strong to be ignored, even amidst the din of my “don’t profile any more series about Hollywood culture” mantra shames me. Hiatus is worth the shame for two reasons. First, creators Jasmine Elist and Michael […]
Continue ReadingFive long years ago, Splitsider wrote this piece on the then New York-based Harvard Sailing Team (HST) and the resurgence of sketch comedy. Well, in these past five years, HST members have gone on to do amazing things, like star and guest star on great TV shows, movies, yes, podcasts have been a part of it all. […]
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