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 a … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Abbott and Costello, “Two Tens for a Five”
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. I have nothing to add here, save an acknowledgement that I’m glad I recently discovered the existence … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Eugene Levy for Tab
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. Many comic performers are … Continue reading Laughing Matters — The Slipnutz Open for Slipknot
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. To understand how distinctly unique Malcolm … Continue reading Golden Words — Malcolm in the Middle, “Pilot”
New College is a warning about the price of populist incompetence by Don Moynihan Watching Republicans continue to savage the U.S. education system in every way they can think of, I’m reminded of George Carlin’s long-ago explanation for why this … Continue reading Outside Reading — Lower Learning edition
There are many building blocks of the internet, but the cornerstones are think pieces, offhand lists, and other hollow provocations meant to stir arguments and, therefore, briefly redirect web traffic. Engaging such material is utterly pointless. Then again, it’s not like I … Continue reading Bait Taken — Vanity Fair’s 25 Perfect TV Episodes From the Last 25 Years
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 maintain that Cheers … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Brooklyn Nine-Nine Cold Open: “Holt’s Mysterious Injury”
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 wonder if people … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Pee-wee Herman on Late Night
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. As I’ve mentioned before, … Continue reading Laughing Matters — The Ben Stiller Show, “Pan America Insurance Company Salesman of the Year”
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. Among the overabundance of … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Ben Stiller as Tom Crooze
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