Category Archives: comedy
If Andy Warhol and Taylor Swift were contemporaries
Yes, it’s a 10-hour loop of a Taylor Swift chorus punctuated by a goat screaming. Doesn’t this sound like something Warhol would’ve done?
Why the critics are wrong about ‘The Office’
The Office, like Saturday Night Live or any other show with a history, has always been prey for cynics. Some say it was never as good as the UK version, some say it went downhill a few years ago, some say it’s been … Continue reading
The Oatmeal, unfair critics and ink by the barrel
“Never pick a fight with a man who buys ink by the barrel.” That’s the old saying, which MediaBistro tried to update for the digital age. And it applies to people today who have popular sites — or worse, a lot … Continue reading
The life of a freelance writer in comic form
Sometimes crude, always truthful. The Oatmeal captures it perfectly. Some thoughts and musings about making things for the web – The Oatmeal.
Quick review: The Office, Season 9, Episode 2
The first episode this season was surprisingly good. Tonight, that momentum died instantly. The Office is falling into the old sitcom cliche of a married couple running into trouble over some sort of misunderstanding. It’s a betrayal of the Jim and Pam … Continue reading
Quick review: “The Burn with Jeffrey Ross”
It’s pretty clear even Jeffrey Ross doesn’t like this show. Come on, Comedy Central — taking talented comics and having them stand on stage hurling lame insults (see Tosh.0) is about as lame as a dumb idiot who can’t come … Continue reading
The Oatmeal doesn’t take the law into his own hands – he takes it to charity
It’ll be difficult to sum up the case of FunnyJunk v The Oatmeal any better than The Oatmeal does. It’s your standard “cartoonist complains about work being stolen, accused content thief gets all huffy, cartoonist laughs a little and lets … Continue reading
New Age band’s negative energy
How did not see this when it debuted on Saturday Night Live? It’s Rainn Wilson, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph, Kenan Thompson and Kristen Wiig as a New Age band with some chemistry problems. http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1404318
Too Stupid for Satire: Manufactured outrage
Being a big fan of the Three Minute Philosophy series, I decided to see what else Australian philosophy-summarizer S. Peter Davis (apparently a real person, not a Monty Python character) was doing with his life. Turns out part of it … Continue reading
SNL: Every cast member, every host, big moments
Raising the question, “Why did Buck Henry host twice a year?” Via: CableTv.com
