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I dont know how long Jon has been working on his Glenn Beck...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:37:23 -0500

I dont know how long Jon has been working on his Glenn Beck impression, but however long it’s been, it was absolutely worth it. He knocks it out of the park here.

"Yeah, and I almost never get lonely. I love being alone. I’m glad I’m married, and I love my wife...."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:51:00 -0500

“Yeah, and I almost never get lonely. I love being alone. I’m glad I’m married, and I love my wife. But there’s never been a situation in my life where my unhappiness was based on loneliness. Even when I was in a different country last year, I lived in Germany, I missed things about America, but the fact that I was there by myself wasn’t an issue. I’m good at being by myself. I guess if you’re a writer you get used to that.”

- Chuck Klosterman

Oh Chuck, I really wish you would stop stealing my thoughts and feelings and then articulating them far better than I ever could. I mean although this quote could have come straight from my head, I guess its not a totally uncommon sentiment. But the fact that in your latest book you wrote about Chris Gaines/Sasha Fierce and how they relate to the idea of authenticity, an idea which I myself had been working on writing about for some time, is pretty damn freaky.

"I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything or process anything as a career. I don’t..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:52:40 -0500

“I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought or processed, or repair anything sold, bought or processed.”

- Lloyd Dobler

20 years on, still a good life plan

NPR: Why Even People Who Hate Sports Should Be Watching ESPN's '30 For 30'

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:09:40 -0400

NPR: Why Even People Who Hate Sports Should Be Watching ESPN's '30 For 30'

Letterman and Me

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:44:11 -0400

Letterman and Me:

katespencer:

lookmom:

At this moment, there are more females serving on the United States Supreme Court than there are writing for Late Show with David Letterman, The Jay Leno Show, and The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien combined. Out of the 50 or so comedy writers working on these programs, exactly zero are women. It would be funny if it weren’t true.

Its no overstatement to say I was raised on David Letterman, so it pains me to post anything even remotely critical of him. But this isnt so much an indictment of Dave himself, but rather of an entire community, an entire culture, and dare I say it, society itself. If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a hundred times - the latent sexism of dorky comedy types is far more troubling to me than the obvious frat boy/beer commercial brand of sexism.

Come on people, we can do better than this (although part of me fears we never will).

This being tumblr and all, you can be sure I have some thoughts...

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:54:56 -0400

This being tumblr and all, you can be sure I have some thoughts on seeing Where The Wild Things Are this weekend. They’re here if you care to read them. But I think the thing that really struck me were all the trailers for kids’ movies beforehand. This one in particular.

There are just so many questions I have.
-Why would you cast someone who barely speaks English as the lead in a comedy?
-Since when are Jackie Chan, Billy Ray Cyrus, and George Lopez big enough stars to headline a movie?
-When did Uma Thurman change her name to Amber Valletta?
But most importantly: If you went back to 1994, the year Dookie was released, would anyone believe you if you told them that one day Green Day music would be used to advertise family friendly comedies?

How did we get to this place?

NY Times: The Referendum

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:42:00 -0400

NY Times: The Referendum:

(via fredtheonlinejournal)

I know this piece has been circulating the internet for awhile now, but if you havent read it yet I urge you to check it out. Its one of the best things you’ll read this year.

Q: Hey Andy can you give us an example of what you think of when...

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:30:44 -0400

Q: Hey Andy can you give us an example of what you think of when you hear the phrase “comedy at its finest”?

A: Why, of course. I’d be glad to.

Whats Up With B?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:19:43 -0400

I’ve always noticed that it takes me about five minutes to scroll through the B section of my iTunes, but I never realized until today just how many artists I love start with such a seemingly random letter. I would understand if we were talking about S or T or even M, but B seems like such a unlikely letter to be so wildly popular. By my count I have 118 artists in my iTunes whose names start with the letter B. Hell, there are 13 artists alone who start with the word “black”. S may technically outnumber B (129 to 118) but the number of heavy hitters in B is just staggering. The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Beck, The Band, The Beastie Boys, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen and of course Bone Thugs and Harmony are all some of the biggest names in the last half century of popular music. And if you want to go back further than that there’s Beethoven, Bach and Brahms. I don’t know why B is so popular, but maybe it provides some explanation as to why when I was three years old I insisted on going as the letter B for Halloween.

boringoldraphael: In case you forgot how many people live in...

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:14:38 -0400

boringoldraphael:

In case you forgot how many people live in New York.

Very Small Array is a blog full of great beautiful charts and graphs.

purns:john:whitneymcn:(via soupsoup) Nicely handled.

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:22:55 -0400

purns:john:whitneymcn:(via soupsoup)

Nicely handled.

Me: Hey look, Whoopi Goldberg is narrating the new show at the Hayden Planetarium.

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:55:32 -0400

Me: Hey look, Whoopi Goldberg is narrating the new show at the Hayden Planetarium.
Kacy: Did she just agree to do that because space is black?

Its strange to me that Zombieland and Michael Jackson’s This Is It are both being released in...

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:04:16 -0400

Its strange to me that Zombieland and Michael Jackson’s This Is It are both being released in the same month. You would think the studios would want to space their zombie movies out a little more.

patrickcassels: “Dr. Spacemean Medical Moments,” 30 Rock’s most...

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:33:00 -0400

patrickcassels:

“Dr. Spacemean Medical Moments,” 30 Rock’s most underused character gets the 3-minute montage he deserves. Spacemean continues a great tradition of hilariously unqualified doctors, in the footsteps of Dr. Nick Riviera.

Thank you Jesus (or in this case Hulu) for this. Dr. Spaceman is by FAR my favorite thing about 30 Rock, and not just because I think it would be a perfect role for Sam Reich. Its high time Chris Parnell got the recognition he so richly deserves.

A thought from last night

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:15:09 -0400

“Im having too much fun to be cool”

Tonight at U2 I’m gonna make those girls who used to lose...

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:09:04 -0400

Tonight at U2 I’m gonna make those girls who used to lose their shit at Beatles concerts look calm and collected by comparison

I feel certain that until today no one in history had ever...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:21:28 -0400

I feel certain that until today no one in history had ever bought this exact combination of CDs. I’m happy to be the first.

sarahschneider: Love this silly little remix idea I had. ...

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:04:06 -0400

sarahschneider:

Love this silly little remix idea I had. Written with Dan, obvs. If this doesn’t make conservatives rethink their positions, nothing will*!

*nothing will.

(via thedailywhat)

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:41:08 -0400

(via thedailywhat)

A modest proposal

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:14:00 -0400

If a situation where guys far outnumber girls is called a “sausage party” or “sausage fest”, then I think a situation where girls far outnumber guys should be called a “yoga class”