The Definitive Guide to Comedy
MAD magazine has said farewell before. Just look at last year’s April issue cover, calling it the “Landmark FINAL Issue!,” only to return two months later in June 2018 with a new Issue #1. Cause of that premature death? MAD had closed down its midtown Manhattan offices in 2017, moving …
Chris Hardwick opened Wednesday’s episode of @midnight on Comedy Central by praising actor/wrestler Dwayne Johnson for floating the idea he might run for president of the United States in 2020. But Hardwick took issue with what the magazine that got “The Rock” to reveal his political ambitions did with that …
SPY is back?!? The satirical magazine that reigned in print from 1986 to 1998 is back online for the final month before the 2016 elections, thanks to Esquire. As SPY‘s co-founder Kurt Andersen wrote today, people have asked over the years if SPY ever would make a comeback. With so …
Will kids of all ages still read humor in print? Like, on paper, in magazines and stuff? The American Bystander proved they could find an audience of thousands — a generation after The National Lampoon and SPY — with the publication of their first issue last fall. Now Michael Gerber, …
Conan O’Brien had Shameless star Emmy Rossum on Thursday night’s episode of Conan, and after sharing the recent cover shot Rossum scored for Complex magazine, Rossum, fellow guest Joseph Gordon-Levitt and O’Brien opened up about how difficult it can be to comply with the directives of photographers. Especially, O’Brien said, …
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 …
