Watch Laughing Matters: The Funny Business of Being Sad
Rainn Wilson’s SoulPancake just put out a moving half-hour documentary via Funny or Die...
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Tag: Sara Benincasa
Writing what they know: The art of the comedy book, and the booming collection of comedian memoirs
Why are there so many more books by comedians about their lives as comedians than seemingly ever...
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My Pod Week: Week ending 5/18/14
Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an...
Read MoreMargaret Cho is “Gettin’ Wet” with Sara Benincasa
Sara Benincasa used to have a chat show called "Tub Talk." Well, Benincasa is back in batheland, and in her new show, "Gettin' Wet," she chats up Margaret Cho about how Cyndi Lauper talked her into...
Read MoreComedy nominees for 2009 Webby Awards
The Webby Awards have announced their 2009 nominees in as many categories as they can get people to pay $295 to get considered for honors, so for what that's worth, here are the comedy-related nods: In Television: The Flight...
Read MoreLiveTweeting the Oscars
Has livetweeting replaced liveblogging as the way to share the experience of watching TV events? If you have no idea what the words in that sentence mean, then, well, let me explain. TV is an abbreviation for television. Oh,...
Read MoreBest of the Sarah Palin impersonations
With all of the hullabaloo about Tina Fey hobnobbing with the object of her mockery, Sarah Palin, on Saturday Night Live, I wonder if the meeting of the mind and the mindless marked the peak of Fey’s impersonation, a peak...
Read MoreNew Yorker Festival video, recaps and a new comedy blog
Not to be undone by New York mag’s fete, and actually even before that and bigger, the New Yorker did it up earlier this month with a series of big-time panel discussions, and we can now start seeing some full video from...
Read MoreGov. (and VP nominee) Sarah Palin’s vlogs
What do Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin from Alaska and New York City comedian Sara Benincasa have in common? Well, since the former’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant and the latter worked for Planned...
Read MoreGossip Girl’s alternate killer ending
Gossip Girl’s second season starts Sept. 1, so everybody get your xoxo’s ready! Of course, if you live in New York City, you cannot go anywhere without knowing that — and in fact, they filmed another upcoming...
Read MoreVideo: Tub Talk with Sara B: Jonathan Ames
While we wait to see what Craig Bierko has bubbling up in his bathtub, Sara Benincasa isn’t waiting for a new episode of her NSFW Tub Talk series on Nerve.com. In her new episode, she has author Jonathan Ames in the tub....
Read MoreBierko shrugs off Benincasa
New York magazine talked to Craig Bierko about his bathing show on Super Deluxe and whether he should invite Tub Talk’s Sara Benincasa on his program. Bierko said, um, no. Apparently, she’s not big enough of a star...
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