Has Jimmy Fallon Done Anything Else Bad?
It's important to remember that stories like these are usually the tip of the iceberg, especially when we've already glimpsed the rest of the iceberg.
Seth Simons
Congratulations, Racists
Revisiting Shane Gillis.
Humorism Recommends: Todd Barry's New Special, "Domestic Shorthair"
There may be a narrow level of success that heightens rather than diminishes an observational comic’s powers, and it’s whatever level Todd Barry is in.
Six Small Essays about Comedy
On forms, laughter, jokes, and more.
A Few Thoughts about John Wilson, Futurama, and "The Leap"
"How To" is one of the great shows of our time.
"Everything that was bad about comedy got worse."
Today I’d like to share a conversation with Chicago-based comedian and artist Whitney Wasson. The creator of Sober Rabbit, a webcomic about recovery, Whitney was gearing up for a tour throughout the Midwest just before Covid shut everything down. In the years since, they’ve pulled back from live
License to Stink
As promised, I want to do a quick followup on my Longreads essay (which you can read here if you haven’t yet). Mostly this will consist of stray thoughts on threads it didn’t make sense to include in the piece, but I’ll also share some interesting context