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• The AV Club

  • Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks on the straight man/funny man comedy dynamic, Jewish jokes, and why Brooks deserves a free pass from critics.
  • Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, Catherine Keener, Max Records, Where The Wild Things Are, and stories about Nerf guns.
  • Dana Carvey and Robert Smigel on the short-lived glory that was The Dana Carvey Show
  • I treat him like a princess: an epic chat with The Room's Tommy Wiseau
  • Heroes creator Tim Kring explains why the show sucks so bad. It's infuriating.
  • Nathan Fillion narrowly escapes the golden handcuffs of daytime TV

• GQ

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

• Variety

  • The non-mystery of the wonderful Kyle Kinane - 10 Comics To Watch
  • How Hannibal Buress catapulted onto Saturday Night Live - 10 Comics To Watch
  • Garfunkel & Oates on their uncanny chemistry - 10 Comics To Watch
  • The slow evolution of latenight TV (NOTE: This article contains the word "dayenu")
  • Funny and business, the story of Second City's corporate training division.

• Details

  • My column kicks off: What Ever Happened To...Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
  • What Ever Happened To...Undeclared

• Entertainment Weekly

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

• TV.com

  • Mark Pellegrino, aka Jacob from Lost, tells me nothing and I like it.
  • How to save Heroes, not that anyone would listen.
  • The Jay Leno Show ends as unceremoniously as it began.
  • As The Office soldiers on, its second string players are starting to step up, big time.

• WBEZ / NPR Chicago

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

• Time Out Chicago

  • Stephen Colbert talks holid—er, Christmas cheer
  • Jerry Seinfeld creates something from nothing (just a title)
  • Profile of Dave Odd, Chicago stand-up's oft-disputed figurehead
  • More Family Guy than you can shake a stick at
  • The no-training marathon: Don't try this at home
  • PBS is politically incorrect. No, really.
  • Tumblr. Whee!

• AV Chicago

  • Hey, bars: You know those tab minimums? Not allowed. Tsk tsk.
  • The Chicago Public Library's new ad campaign, in all its insulting glory
  • How I snagged a photo of Mike Ditka for a prosthetic mustache growing competition
  • The comedic persistence of Hannibal Buress one of my favorite up-and-coming stand-ups
  • Michael McKean explains the odd inspiration behind Spinal Tap's songs

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Friday, October 16th.

My article for Variety, about Second City’s corporate wing. Funny + business, etc.

via Variety

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