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An “All Purpose Rant” for Michaelmoore.com
Inspired by an insane Wall Streeter’s whingeing, I was moved to write a Mad-Lib like sayonara to rationality, suitable for any occupation. You can check it out here. As an example, I filled it in for “comedy writers,” the only profession in America less essential than Wall Street.
Continue reading...The Devastator Did It!
Monday, May 3, 2010
The Devastator, a new quarterly book of comics and satire, has reached its Kickstarter goal of $4,500! What this means is that the editors, Geoffrey Golden and Amanda Meadows, will receive the pledges and can produce 2,000 copies of their first issue. I met with Geoffrey and Amanda last Monday, and can’t wait to see [...]
Continue reading...Devastator Update!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Ten days and $822 to go for The Devastator, a proposed humor quarterly based here in LA under the stewardship of Geoffrey Golden and Amanda Meadows. I met with Geoffrey and Amanda yesterday, and they seem like just the people for the job, so anybody out there in favor of print humor should go donate [...]
Continue reading...The Realist Archive Project
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
In 1958, Paul Krassner founded a “magazine of freethought and satire” called The Realist. Around four decades—and lots of unlikely adventures—later, Krassner closed up shop. Though Krassner’s probably better known for his activities as a Yippie, The Realist is his true legacy and, I would argue, infinitely more substantial. The lovechild of Harvey Kurtzman and [...]
Continue reading...A 4/20 pot humor roundup!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Bill Cosby on pot: “Am I falling out of this chair?” George Carlin talking with Jon Stewart about drugs and comedy. Really insightful—Carlin’s so wonderful when he actually talks about his life, and stops the whole “old guy kvetching” schtick. And of course, don’t forget Carlin’s alma mater, Iamso High. I see they now have [...]
Continue reading...Dennis Perrin at the UCB
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Dennis Perrin is the only person I know who is as obsessed as I am with the comedy of the 1970s. Actually, who am I kidding? For all the best reasons, Dennis is MORE obsessed than I am, as anyone who has ever picked up his tremendous biography of NatLamp/SNL stalwart Michael O’Donoghue can attest. [...]
Continue reading...“Wubble Down, m*therf*ckers!”
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Today is Theodor Geisel’s 106th birthday; friends Andrew Chittenden, Jessica Poter and the rest of the comedy troupe Half Day Today are celebrating by releasing this rap video. The video, Andrew says, “was shot in two 14+ hour days one rainy December weekend across LA, from Pasadena to Hollywood to Westchester. Unfazed by the rain, [...]
Continue reading...Some British Comedy videos
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Unfortunately, I can’t find “The Running, Jumping, Standing Still Film” anymore, but here are a couple of videos that fans of classic British Comedy might enjoy. Peter Sellers…it gets interesting about halfway through. Jonatham Miller talking about Peter Sellers and Peter Cook (nirvana, indeed) Stephen Fry’s postmortem defense of Peter Cook
Continue reading...More on John Hughes
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Kate forwarded me this wonderful blog post, where a woman talks about a long correspondence she once had with John Hughes. The ability to connect with great people–especially great young people–is the best part of writing. I really value the pen pals and e-pals I’ve picked up over the years, but the normal crush of [...]
Continue reading...A few thoughts on John Hughes
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Last night at 11:45, my wife was in the bathroom, washing bits of Burbank off her face. I was in the bedroom twenty feet away, petting my cat, looking at the moon outside our window. Kate and I were doing the married thing, getting our stories straight after a long day. I’d just come back [...]
Continue reading...At last! It's here!
For 30 years, Ravin fans wondered: What if Tom Larkin had survived? Now, the story can be told.
Mixing alternative history, hardboiled noir, parody and satire, Life After Death for Beginners is a must-read for every Beatles fan. "A cross between The Rutles and Three Days of the Condor. I loved it."—Jonathan Schwarz
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