Really proud to have had the opportunity to write this up for work. Such a great show, if you haven’t checked it out yet…what are you waiting for?
Reblogging myself because this is important. :)
Rob Delaney: Mitt Romney’s Twitter Nemesis
Businessweek profiles the presidential hopeful’s chief tormentor on Twitter.
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The New York Post published an interview with Adam Carolla on Sunday in which he said, among other things, “dudes are funnier than chicks,” and, regarding writing for television, “they make you hire a certain number of chicks, and they’re always the least funny on the writing staff.”
I disagree,…
If you aren’t following Marc Maron and Patton Oswalt’s flight from JFK to LAX on Twitter right now, it’s time to reevaluate your life and your choices. 
And they’ve still got over two hours to go.
UPDATE: DAMMIT, JERRY!
David O’Doherty describes the brutal heckling he endured at the hands of a six-year-old in our exclusive interview. Click the image to watch, then tune in to the premiere of David O’Doherty: The Half Hour, Friday, June 15 at 11/10c.
David O’Doherty is very funny and you should all acquaint yourselves with him on June 15th.
I second this! Meghan and I saw him perform at UCB in March and he was very, very funny. You should definitely tune in for this.
If you are not following Paula Pell (writer for SNL since 1995, Tammy Zero on Parks and Rec, and Pete’s wife on 30 Rock) on twitter than you are doing twitter wrong.
[@perlapell]
Modestly budgeted indie follows the day-to-day indecisions and nocturnal perambulations of a commitment-phobic New Yorker, played by Birbiglia, who in real life suffers from REM sleep behavior disorder — sleepwalking — which caused him to run out of a second-story motel window while on tour in Walla Walla, Wash., resulting in 33 stitches in his leg.
Lauren Ambrose (“Wanderlust”) co-stars as Birbiglia’s girlfriend, forced to endure not only his nocturnal misadventures, but his passive, noncommittal nature and less-than-aggressive pursuit of a comedy career.
Based on his one-man show, Birbiglia directed and wrote the script with Joe Birbiglia, Seth Barrish and “This American Life” host Ira Glass, who produced with Jacob Jaffke.
I have been such a big fan of Mike Birbigila’s for so long. I am so excited for this. Lauren Ambrose!
One of my favorite bits from Would I Lie To You, feature David O’Doherty - WHO I’M SEEING LIVE AT UCB TONIGHT!
YES! I saw David O’Doherty at UCB last night, knowing him solely from his appearances on Would I Lie To You and Never Mind The Buzzcocks and his show was just…amazing. I mean, he’s funny on the panel shows, don’t get me wrong, but I wasn’t expecting to laugh as hard as I did. He was so hilarious and he’s so great at storytelling which is one of my favorite kinds of comedy. It was like storytelling inception. He would start one story, go off on a tangent, go off on another tangent, and then come back out of each tangent by finishing the previous story until he had wrapped up all the loose ends and then finish with a song. It was beautiful and it he made it look so effortless. If you get a chance to see him while he’s still in the states I recommend doing so.
Hardly anything can tear me away from watching NBC’s Thursday night lineup live, but this is definitely worth it. Who wants to go with me? Meghan’s on board. Anyone else coming?
Inspired by the brilliant Louis CK, I have decided to debut my all-new hour stand-up special on my website, Jimgaffigan.com.
Beginning sometime in April, “Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe” will be available exclusively for download for only $5. A dollar from each download will go directly to The Bob Woodruff Foundation; a charity dedicated to serving injured Veterans and their families.
Click through to read the rest. Very cool that other comics are following LCK’s model, and I can’t wait to see Jim’s new special!
I am very excited about this trend!
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Given the odds of making it as a comedian, I am amazed at how little effort so many comedians make, while complaining bitterly about their lack of breaks. I mean, you should be thinking like an olympic athlete but you think like dorito-eating high school brats, doing nothign and expecting everything. Of course I’m not talking about YOU, whoever is reading this. I’m talking about YOU, over there. Yeah.
Every time I run, I reach about fifty points in my run where I want to quit. I reach about 100 points where I am SURE I’m going to quit. But I keep going and when I finish, I’ve just proven to myself that I can survive self doubt and exhaustioin. This is an invaluable tool for me as a comedian, writer and producer. Everything I do is helped by exercize. Even if I can’t spell it right.
One other thing, I NEVER listen to music when I run. This is my reason: When I get to those points, going up a horrible hill, running staright into a cold wind, I have to reach somewhere inside myself to get through it. If I have an ipod suplying me with “Eye of the Tiger” or some wonderful Cher song, then that gets me through. That’s no good to me because next time I’m on a stage getting tired, or next time I’m shooting number 9 of 20 shows or next time I just want to fucking eat a bag of poison because I get sick of my life, I’d rather have whatever tool I built inside myself on that hill, then have to listen to cher every time.
Does that make any sense?
Now, I’m sure a lot of you young folks are thinking, “Fuck you, CK , Doug Stanhope does drugs and he is cool.” Well, you’e right. you should do drugs. But this works for me.
Rebecca. 24. Pittsburgh/NYC. Deputy Editor at Upworthy. Nerd. Feminist. Comedy fan. TV enthusiast. Ally. Hoping to make the world a better place by blogging in my pajamas.
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