57th annual Grammy Awards nominations in comedy, spoken word
by The Grammy Awards rolled out their nominations throughout the day on Twitter, but once they did, looks like they found some great picks out of …
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My Pod Week: Week ending 6/1/14
by Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an avid fan of the form. “My Pod Week” recaps and reviews the …
Patton Oswalt confronts his online haters, in advance of hosting the 2014 Webbys
Patton Oswalt has a real love-hate relationship with his online haters — to the point where he routinely pokes fun at them through both subtle …
Patton Oswalt, “Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time” (CD/DVD)
When Patton Oswalt walked onstage last summer at the Spreckels Theater during San Diego Comic-Con, an adoring crowd receives him with a standing ovation as the …
Here are your 10 finalists for Concert Comic in the 2014 American Comedy Awards
The American Comedy Awards just added one more category to the mix at the last minute (after voting for everything else had ended March 18 …
Patton Oswalt’s pre-comedy jobs emblazoned in wood, a birthday gift from his brother
On Thursday night’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Patton Oswalt talked about turning 45, and receiving a very special gift from his brother, writer/director …
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Nature Calls and the onscreen legacy of Patrice O’Neal
There’s a funny forest of a movie lost within the trees of Nature Calls, an otherwise forgettable 79-minute movie about a lackluster Boy Scout troop that …
Seth Olenick captures comedians uniquely entwined in “Funny Business” in this photo book
Todd Barry was first, in March 2007. Almost seven years and more than 230 unique, intimate portraits later, Seth Olenick‘s work documenting comedians and comedic …
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Conan presents “Patton Oswalt Gets The Crap Kicked Out of Him” TV/movie supercut highlight reel
“I’m very lucky in that I get a lot of good TV and movie parts. And I think for me — because you said — …
If ABC’s The Goldbergs is The Wonder Years for Generation X, how come I keep wondering what year it is?
ABC’s The Goldbergs is supposed to be The Wonder Years for Generation X. Patton Oswalt introduces each episode in voiceover as happening in “1980-something.” X marks …