The conundrum of comedy criticism in 2017
by This is my 11th consecutive year covering Montreal’s Just For Laughs, but the first in which I’ve experienced serious blowback while still at the festival. …
Tag: essays
10 Things I’ve Learned in Comedy, by Tom Clark
Tom Clark is a stand-up comedian and actor who has been in comedy for 23 years. His comedy credits include TBS’s Conan, CBS’s Late Late Show, The Bob & …
The State Of Women In Comedy According To One Woman In Comedy, by Sara Schaefer
This essay originally appeared on Medium and is republished here with permission by the author. What are female comics doing these days? What’s the situation? …
Patton Oswalt’s GQ essay on suddenly becoming a single parent
The December issue of GQ includes its annual “Men of the Year” profiles, and among them, this essay from Patton Oswalt on becoming both a …
Matt Ruby: “What I’ve Learned From 10 Years of Doing Stand-Up Comedy”
Longtime reader, first-time contributor. Matt Ruby was one of the first people in New York City to come up to me and email me to …
Things That are More Likely to Ruin Stand-Up Comedy Than “Political Correctness”
By Will Weldon 1. Popular Youtube acts with no live performance experience getting booked on big shows 2. The marginalization of not-white performers into “specialty …
Stand-Up Comedy, the Bible, and the 10,000-Hour Rule
By Caleb Synan Good comedians do stand-up every night. Sometimes a wedding, a broken-down car, or some other emergency can get in the way of …
What Jealousy and Bitterness Can Do For Your Comedy Career
What Jealousy And Bitterness Can Do For Your Comedy Career By Andy Sanford Jealousy and bitterness exist in just about every pursuit, and especially artistic …
Read Patton Oswalt’s “Closed Letter to Myself About Thievery, Heckling and Rape Jokes”
Patton Oswalt wrote “a closed letter” to himself yesterday on the Internet, which means we all can read it, hopefully identify with at least part …