50 Best Comedy Sketches

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Nerve & IFC have a whopping list of The Best 50 Comedy Sketches of All Time. Going back through these hilarious TV moments is like wading through my childhood memories. Interesting that the only truly recent show to make the list is ...

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The Webby Awards Honor Flipper Nation

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Flipper Nation was honored this morning by The Webby Awards as one of 11 honorees in the Online Video: Comedy Short or Episode category. According to the congratulatory email we received, that means Flipper Nation (Episode 3: The Flippin' Fight) was ...

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Flipper Nation Refuses to Die

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Flipper Nation lives on, no matter how many times we try to kill it. I've done some Google-sleuthing and found that Flipper Nation is going to be nominated (or at least honorably mentioned) for the 12th Annual Webby Awards. Further research informs ...

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Inside Jokes

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

I've said it for years. All jokes are inside jokes. You're either on the "inside" or the "outside." Bad stand-up comics might be bad for a number of reasons, but most commonly, it's because they can't duplicate the experience ...

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ICN: All Systems Go!

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Our friends at the Westside Eclectic have officially launched their foray into online comedy series. The Independent Comedy Network is making a play in a crowded field, but I like the direction. Some notes: Their pre-show bumper (beep beep beep...) is ...

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48 Hours to Comedy Gold

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Friends of ours just posted a video that took them 48 hours to develop, write, shoot, edit, and post. It's a quick green-screen comedy (and aren't there a million of those right now?), but has some cutaways that reveal ...

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Christmas DVDs

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

I got the Special Edition 2-Disc Transformers DVD for Christmas. Oh, my, is the acting bad, but it is literally the greatest movie in the world. I've watched it ten times now, but never straight through. I ...

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Born Standing Up

Friday, December 28th, 2007

I just got Steve Martin's new book Born Standing Up, a memoir of his younger years as a comic. A few weeks ago, he was on Charlie Rose, and he offered this great quote: "Be so good they can't ...

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Hollywood Rumble!

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Bob and I worked on a great video with our old improv friend, John Baumgaertner. It's a commentary on the WGA Writer's Strike, and, yes, there are tons of parody videos out there, but ours is the only one ...

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Hulu Review

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Shortly after writing a mini-rant against NBC and Hulu, I got my invitation to view the private beta. After four minutes of rigorous testing, I can say this: the site is fast, the clips look good, and the experience ...

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