My first Entertainment Weekly clip
by The trip to Aspen literally is paying off. My first blog post for Entertainment Weekly went live about an hour ago. My alternate subject header …
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Aspen, Day Two, Part Two, 2007
In which the author attempts, despite repeated crashes of his laptop computer, to briefly describe the shows he saw Thursday at the 2007 U.S. Comedy …
Aspen, Day Two, Part One, 2007
Thursday in Aspen: The 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Before my recap, let’s get straight to the latest installment of the Shane Spotlight, in which …
Aspen, Day One, 2007
Wednesday in Aspen: The 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Twenty-four hours after I boarded a Silver Line bus in Boston for the airport, I’m sitting …
Robin Williams, “working on material”
Five years after he returned to stand-up comedy, Robin Williams appears to be attempting another return to the stage. At least, that’s what it looked …
Harry Shearer: Novelist, blogger, Simpsons voice
Harry Shearer is a man of many voices, to be sure. And that’s just on The Simpsons, where Shearer voices the characters of Mr. Burns, …
Katt Williams
Katt Williams is one n—– a roll. Wait. Hold on, hold on, just hold on one second. What’s with that "n-word"?! Oh, right. That. Avert …
Judah Friedlander, world champion
Judah Friedlander is absurd. Judah Friedlander also thrives on crowd work. Combine the two and you get a stand-up comedy show that goes beyond any …
Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, For Your Consideration
Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy’s new movie, For Your Consideration, really goes after the movie publicity process (especially on TV interviewers). Naturally, I led off …
Chelsea Handler
I was impressed Saturday night by how much people love Chelsea Handler. Apparently people really do watch the E! channel. She got loud ovations at …