The Definitive Guide to Comedy
It’s commencement time. Why sit through 15-minute or half-hour speeches, when all you really want to hear is some sound advice. Here is Norm Macdonald with his literal keys to success. Via Funny or Die. Roll the clip!
In Case You Missed It! Comedic icon Bill Murray — famously without an online presence or an offline management/representation system to deal with all of us, and infamously famous for showing up in the most likely and unlikely of places — combined both of these traits to do the most …
Thank you for Tim Minchin. Minchin, a brilliant musician and comedian from Australia who made his comedy name in the U.K. and wrote the music for the Broadway adaptation of Matlida — among many other things he has accomplished, now has accomplished this: A sincerely lovely and noteworthy guidepost to …
A lot of aspiring comedians ask me for advice on getting into the business, and I remember from my own experiences in Seattle, those early days and nights when I would hope for a chance to corner each weekend’s headliners at the Comedy Underground and Giggles for some one-on-one conversation …
In this month’s Details magazine, comedian/actor Nick Kroll outlined 20 basic tips to improve your social media etiquette. My favorites: 1. Have a real picture of yourself as a profile pic. I need to know what you look like. It’s only fair. If your Facebook photo includes a picture of …
In 1997, while Phil Hartman was enjoying his post-SNL fame in primetime with NewsRadio, a 19-year-old aspiring comedian named Mike Scott wrote Hartman a letter and included an audio recording of his early routines. Amazingly, Scott not only received a reply, but also Hartman’s honest assessment of the recording. There’s …
