My article for Variety, about Second City’s corporate wing. Funny + business, etc.
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The AV Club
- A chat with Norm MacDonald, mostly about bombing onstage. [Q+A]
- Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner on the 2000 Year Old Man and why Brooks wants a free pass from critics. [Q+A]
- Mitch Hurwitz explains why the success of Running Wilde is directly related to the fate of the Arrested Development movie. [Q+A]
- Links to my Laugh Track comedy columns, in which I discuss laughs as well as tracks. [Blurbz]
- 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]
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New York Magazine / Vulture
- Comedian Mike Birbiglia: "You know what? I'm the guy who shows people his balls." [Profile]
- 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]
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Variety
- Spending a day with Daily Show director Chuck O'Neil, seeing how he handles Will Ferrell strokin' a baseball bat. [Profile]
- 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]
- Jennifer Lawrence never took an acting class, skins squirrels for realsies. [Profile]
- The slow evolution of latenight TV. (VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: This article contains the word "dayenu.") [Reportin']
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GQ
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Chicago Reader
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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
Time Out Chicago
AV Chicago
- Hey, bars: You know those tab minimums? Not allowed. Tsk tsk. [Reportin']
- The Chicago Public Library's new ad campaign, in all its insulting glory. [Laffs]
- How I snagged a photo of Mike Ditka for a prosthetic mustache growing competition. [This happened]
- Michael McKean explains the odd inspiration behind Spinal Tap's songs. [Q+A]
