May 2011
14 posts
A little bias towards non-iPhones, but still... →
Just For Laughs Chicago: Why this year is going to...
(Post has been updated and expanded)
As some of you probably know, I work with the Just For Laughs comedy festival as a consultant/producer. It involves booking people to appear in Chicago and Montreal as part of the fests. It involves seeing more comedy than seems humanly possible. It also involves constantly chasing the perfect festival show: One that takes into account the best interests of...
A plea for shorter comedy shows
This is a picture of me after performing in Mortified a few months ago, in the tie. I also attended the show the other day because my roommate, The Other Steve, was in the new line-up. Watching the pieces—which prominently featured one guy confessing his childhood obsession with gnomes and gnome culture—reminded me of something I’d thought of when I was in the show: Comedy needs to be...
I see what the deal is now, and I can't help but...
At first I was annoyed with the media’s fascination with Jerry Seinfeld’s new website jerryseinfeld.com. “It only shows three jokes a day! It was designed the way Jerry wanted it to be! I’ll write about whatever Jerry tells me to write about!” are example quotes from the outpouring of stories surrounding, really, something every comedian should have. I’m sure...
