The limits of “You have to see it on the big screen!” by Scott Tobias Now that I’ve taken my first few forays back into the airborne disease incubator that is the movie theater, I greatly appreciate this consideration on … Continue reading Outside Reading — In the Dark edition
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. “And so they convened … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Gary Gulman, “Abbreviating the States”
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Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. One thing has been … Continue reading Laughing Matters — SCTV, “Ronco’s Shower in a Briefcase”
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. I’m not saying all commercials would be improved by the addition of Cookie Monsters, but I’m also … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Cookie Monster and His iPhone 6
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. Charlie Hill rejected Richard … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Charlie Hill on The Richard Pryor Show
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Let us careen back in the time to the prehistoric age that was 1979. Marvel at an … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — 7-Eleven Burritos… ¡Ole!
Since great television comedy always begins with the script, this series of posts considers the individual episodes that have claimed the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series over the years. For the first four seasons of … Continue reading Golden Words — Schitt’s Creek, “Happy Ending”
There are plenty of workplace sitcoms across the history of television. A remarkable number of them don’t both to really deal with work. The assemblage of people with disparate personalities, unified by obligation only, is a handy way to generate … Continue reading That Championship Season — Superstore, Season 3
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. When Norm Macdonald was … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Norm Macdonald on Late Show with David Letterman
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