The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Myq Kaplan and Zach Sherwin have been friends of mine for years, and together, they have a new podcast miniseries, Words of the Years, on the new podcast app, Howl. You probably saw Kaplan performing this summer as a contestant on America’s Got Talent. In 2010, Kaplan also made the final five …
Photo of Zach Sherwin by Mindy Tucker People were going Hollywood long before Bing Crosby starred in the 1933 film musical Going Hollywood. Certainly, though, countless unknowns have packed their bags and moved to Los Angeles in the years and decades since then, hoping for show business to discover them …
CollegeHumor and IFC created the hour TV special, CollegeHumor’s Comedy Music Hall of Fame, but after watching it twice over the weekend, I still cannot figure out why this exists. Both CollegeHumor and IFC enjoy reputations of existing on the fringes of mainstream comedy, but they’re not trying to make …
We were treated to a two-song hip-hop set from Zach Sherwin on Thursday night’s episode of The Pete Holmes Show. First up, “Flag Roast.” Look out, Monaco! Your flag is toast. Copied, buttered toast by so many other countries. But which country’s flag will win in a dragon fight: Bhutan …
On Jan. 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 departed New York City’s LaGuardia Airport bound for Charlotte and then onto Seattle. The plane struck a gaggle of Canadian geese shortly after takeoff, lost power, and crash-landed on the Hudson River. Or, as we all know, didn’t so much crash. Thanks …
Oh, snap. Zach Sherwin, comedian and hip-hop rhymer, returned to Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell on Monday night and presented Jay-Z with the rap battle he didn’t see coming. Or, perhaps not so much a war as much as something better, ’twas Sherwin’s suggestions in the form of an …
You may have noticed a couple of weeks ago, when Zach Sherwin appeared on FX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, Bell introduced him not as MC Mr. Napkins, but as Sherwin. That’s how it’s meant to be now. Sherwin has dropped his comedy moniker for his more common nomenclature. …
Whether you know him as Zach Sherwin or as his former alter-ego, MC Mr. Napkins, you’ll be impressed by the feat he pulls off here in this performance on FX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. For “Grit & Grin,” Sherwin raps the lyrics while doing just that. Grinning. With …
