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 Late Night with … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Conan Babies
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Even as I roll my eyes and grit my teeth as transparent shilling for products infiltrates ever … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — The Flintstones and Winstons
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 in … Continue reading Laughing Matters: MST3K, “Here Comes the Circus”
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. “What is this? What … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Jerry Seinfeld on Halloween candy
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. I am currently in … Continue reading Laughing Matter — Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, “One Leg Too Few”
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. This snippet of a … Continue reading Laughing Matters — George Carlin, “It’s the old American double standard….”
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. Happy Labor Day, friends! … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Lisa Simpson, “Union Strike Folk Song”
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. I swear I’m not … Continue reading Laughing Matters: The Ben Stiller Show, “Low Budget Tales of Cliched Horror”
Dominant as Marvel Studios have been on the movie landscape the past decade or so — without a doubt, the success of their model of narrative interconnectivity has completely transformed how most of commercial filmmaking works — their ride has … Continue reading That Championship Season: Agent Carter, Season Two
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. For reasons that are … Continue reading Laughing Matters: The Ben Stiller Show, “A Few Good Scouts”
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