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. In my memory, Arrested Development was … Continue reading Golden Words — Arrested Development, “Pilot”
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 I was younger, … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Jerry Seinfeld, on 1981 HBO Young Comedian’s Special
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. It is obviously going … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Inside Amy Schumer, “The Foodroom”
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. The Emmy Awards are known for … Continue reading Golden Words — “The Lou and Edie Story”
Developed for U.S. television by Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin, All in the Family debuted on CBS on this date in 1971. I wrote this a few years ago, as part of the Flashback Fridays feature that ran for a time at my former online home. Except for the unfortunate citation of a current resident of State Correctional Institution – Phoenix, I think this all holds up. In the grimness of current presidential politics, reflections on the effect of televised bigotry are perhaps even more pertinent now. In retrospect, I probably shouldn’t have been watching All in the Family when I … Continue reading From the Archive — All in the Family
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. It was hardly the dawn of broadcast television in 1958, but the medium was still finding its … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Nichols and May for GE Refrigerators
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. Due to an earlier … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Saturday Night Live, “Colon Blow”
On the occasion of Netflix sending about seventeen boxcars crammed with small bills in the direction of WarnerMedia to keep streaming rights to Friends, this was my attempt a few years ago at writing about the bygone hit sitcom, as … Continue reading From the Archive — Friends
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate the day! Continue reading Happy Thanksgiffing!
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. Earlier this week, I … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Rita Rudner on The Tonight Show
Coffee for Two 