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Interview with Mike Sacks, Author of "And Here's the Kicker"

Teddy Wayne | Posted 08.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Comedy Writing, McSweeney's, Mike Sacks, Humor, Writing, Humor and Satire, Vanity Fair, Comedy News
Teddy Wayne

As a frequent collaborator with Sacks, I decided to turn the tables and interview him about his own craft, his theory about OCD and comedy, and, inevitably, Milton Berle's penis.

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Who Is Pressing The Pressmen?

Emily Bracken | Posted 04.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Journalists, The Press, Politicians, Fourth-Branch-of-Government, Cnbc, Media Coverage, Comedy Writing, Vigilantes, Jon Stewart Jim Cramer, Media, Press, The Daily Show, Journalism, Edward R. Murrow, Jim Cramer, Checks and Balances, Comedians, Irony, Jon Stewart, Satire, Daily Show CNBC, Political Satire, Ombudsman, Media News, Idealism, Humor and Satire, Jim Cramer Daily Show, Comedy News
Emily Bracken

Humorists and comedians are a curious bunch. Quixotic by nature, they want so desperately to live in a world of decency, fairness and goodness, and in Stewart's case, in a world where the media grew some cajones.

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Innovate Like Chris Rock

Peter Sims | Posted 03.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: True North, Innovation, Peter Sims, Chris Rock, Entrepreneurship, Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Comedy Writing, Comedy, Comedy News
Peter Sims

Rock doesn't overanalyze or put all of his hopes into developing a routine in front of his bathroom mirror - he quickly, dynamically, and inexpensively uses experiments to learn.

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Taking the Stage for Improvisational Comedy

Danny Groner | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jokes, Kathy Griffin, Comics, Humor, Stand-Up, Writing, Improv, Comedy Writing, Joke, Comic, New Years 2008, Times Square, Comedians, Stand-Up Comedy, Sense of Humor, Snl, Comedy, Improvisation, Entertainment News
Danny Groner

I enrolled in a free introduction to improv course at a local theater this week to spend time working with talented performers.

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SNL's Classic Coke Year

Dennis Perrin | Posted 01.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1978, 1970's SNL, Dan Ackroyd, New York, Humor, Jane Curtain, The Samurai, Kate Bush, Comedy Writing, Devo, Saturday Night Live Fourth Season, Rickie Lee Jones, Music, Coke, New York City Eighties, Gilda Radner, Steve Martin, Emmy, John Belushi, Talking Heads, Snl, The Coneheads, New York City Seventies, Ornette Coleman, Saturday Night Live, The Nerds, Tina Fey, Laraine Newman, Peter Tosh, Comedy, Cocaine, Entertainment News
Dennis Perrin

Little wonder that Tina Fey says she would've been frightened to work on the original SNL. It wasn't for the faint-hearted.

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Let The Future Games Begin!

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 10.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Fantasy Leagues, Reality TV, Basketball, Sports, College, Happiness, Humor, Comedy Writing, Entertainment News
Jeffrey Shaffer

Forget about jammed parking lots. Goodbye crowded stadium tunnels. The future has arrived and BigU is embracing it. This isn't a tough call. It's a slam dunk.

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