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• The AV Club

  • Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner on the 2000 Year Old Man and why Brooks wants a free pass from critics. [Q+A]
  • "Are we nearing comedy podcast overload?" is a question with a potential answer I asked and answered, FOR YOU. [Essay]
  • A chat with Norm MacDonald, mostly about bombing onstage. [Q+A]
  • Some thoughts about Jimmy Fallon and how he should reinvent the talk show format. Because if he won't, then who will? [Review]
  • I treat him like a princess: an epic chat with The Room's Tommy Wiseau. [Q+A]
  • My take on The West Wing's brilliant season two closer, part of ongoing essays on classic TV. [Review]
  • Heroes creator Tim Kring talks about why the show sucked so bad, angers everyone. [Q+A]

• New York Magazine / Vulture

  • Comedian Mike Birbiglia: "You know what? I'm the guy who shows people his balls." [Profile]
  • Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele, of Key & Peele fame, tell me about the "race card" and really smart poop jokes. [Q+A]
  • Talkin' to Albert Brooks about his futuristic novel and Twitter hecklers. [Q+A]
  • The Daily Show's Samantha Bee wrote an awesome memoir, then talked about pornography. [Q+A]
  • Brilliant Brit comic Peter Serafinowicz achieves his life ambition. [Q+A]

• Variety

  • Spending a day with Daily Show director Chuck O'Neil, seeing how he handles Will Ferrell strokin' a baseball bat. [Profile]
  • Jennifer Lawrence never took an acting class, skins squirrels for realsies. [Profile]
  • I took a survey of the late night TV landscape post-Conan kerfuffle, and it wasn't all that satisfying for most people. [Reportin']
  • I interviewed Leonardo DiCaprio so you don't have to! [Profile]
  • The story of Adam Sandler cronie Dennis Dugan, newly minted billion dollar filmmaker. (Also, thank you for Happy Gilmore.) [Profile]
  • The non-mystery of the wonderful Kyle Kinane. [Profile]

• The Gameological Society

  • The Super Mario World level "Tubular" sends Mario to the sky, with terrifying results. [Essay]
  • So I went off and visited the headquarters of Megatouch, the makers of those bar games like Photo Hunt, and turns out they're a deeply confused company. [Reportin']
  • The only way to win at The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask and Dark Souls is to completely and utterly lose. [Essay]

• GQ

  • Carpentry, mustaches, and Ron "F-ing" Swanson. with Parks & Recreation's Nick Offerman. [Q+A]
  • Chuck's Zachary Levi's beef with Christians, even though he is one. Also: hurting himself playing video games. [Q+A]
  • Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison on why he'll always sing the greys. [Q+A]

• Chicago Reader

  • The story of The Lyons Den, the greatest comedy open mic in Chicago history. [Cover]

• Entertainment Weekly

  • Books and computers, together at last: My take on the Nook e-reader. [Review]
  • Beatles Rock Band vs. DJ Hero: Only one can be the most button-y. [Blurbz]
  • Assassin's Creed 2 vs. Left 4 Dead 2: Gore. Action. Sequels. [Blurbz]
  • Nintendo DSi w/ Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks vs. PSP and Little Big Planet: Small. [Blurbz]
  • FIFA 10 vs. NBA2K10: Sports sports sports sports sports sports sports sports... [Blurbz]
  • Super Mario Bros. Wii vs. Mario & Sonic: There can be only one game with a fat plumber throwing things. [Blurbz]
  • Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time vs. Brutal Legend: Hey, both have metal. [Blurbz]

• NPR / WBEZ Chicago

  • Mash-up maestros The Hood Internet chat about their music format of choice for 848. [Radio]

• Time Out Chicago

  • Jerry Seinfeld creates something from nothing (aka Bee Movie). [Q+A]
  • Fake, satirical congregation the Best Church Of God way more real than actual church. [Reportin']
  • Profile of Dave Odd, Chicago stand-up's oft-disputed figurehead. [Reportin']
  • PBS gets all politically incorrect on us. [Reportin']

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Thursday, October 15th.

Leonardo leads.

via thedailywhat

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