“How Do I Land?” Kurt Brauohler’s Cloud Project is a humor lesson in skywriting, gift of absurdity
by On March 23, 2013, a funny thing happened in the sky above Los Angeles. A skywriting plane wrote letters in cloud form amid the blue …
Year: 2013
First look: “Whose Line Is It Anyway” 2013 celebrates CW’s 90210
For a special preview for its summer reboot on The CW, Whose Line Is It Anyway celebrates one of its new sister shows, the rebooted …
Stefon is gone? Bill Hader to exit SNL after eight seasons
A year ago, Saturday Night Live prepared a finale tribute for Kristen Wiig. What will the show do for Bill Hader this week? Hader has …
Upfront about Upfronts: The state of the sitcom at NBC, May 2013
Welcome to Upfronts! The annual TV pageant in which each network puts its new shows and returning hit series on display for potential advertisers. This …
Arnold Schwarzenegger joins YouTubers to promote YouTube’s first-ever “Comedy Week”
When you think of YouTube and comedy, you’re not usually looking for an Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation, but maybe you’re looking for a supercut of Ahnold …
An Open Letter From a Decent, White Male Comic, by Jim Tews
This essay is republished with permission from the author. Jim Tews wrote “An Open Letter From a Decent, White Male Comic” in response to several …
Meet Me In New York: Michelle Buteau
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling …
TV / Uncategorized / Video
E!’s “Fashion Police” writers on strike: Funny or Die finds them in the wrong offices
The writers for E!’s Fashion Police with Joan Rivers have been on strike for a couple of weeks, and they’re a bit restless. How restless? …
SNL #38.20 RECAP: Host Kristen Wiig, musical guest Vampire Weekend
The return of a longtime favorite cast member as host of Saturday Night Live almost certainly calls for a trip down memory lane of that …
First look: Kirk Fox as host of “The Test”
“If I’m doing my job correctly, it’s going to be a beginning to a new chapter in their life.” That’s stand-up comedian Kirk Fox. But …