10) Jezebel Though many celebrity gossip sites are obsessed with unapologetic superficiality, Jezebel.com takes the slightly higher road by mixing in some actual news with all the fluff. This is a good last stop on the celeb gossip train because it is pseudo-intellectual and provides a bit of guilt free schadenfreude. That’s right, they use ...
In a certain school in the windy city, being a class clown could just score one a 4.0. And, if everyone in a class is comical, being the class clown could mean a big career ahead. For theater majors aspiring to make audiences howl with laughter, the windy city is the place to be. The ...
Two recent events that happened almost simultaneously caused reactions that were almost polar opposites. At some point over the past two weeks, we all learned Netflix had cut a deal to air new episodes of “Arrested Development,” and that NBC removed “Community” from its midseason Thursday night lineup. When the news broke regarding “Community,” fans ...
The key thing to remember when writing standup material is that there is no formula, no rules, and no shortcuts. While the majority of comedians use similar structures, comedians as diverse as Mitch Hedberg and Richard Pryor have used unorthodox styles with impressive results. So, the most important thing to remember in comedy is to ...
Last time I told you how to create quality live action, stop animation sketch comedy. Now I touched on the fact that one of the most important parts of making sketch comedy is the writing, so I figured that I would take this time to expand a little further into what it times to write ...
