April 2011
54 posts
25 Things Most Comedians Do →
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How many of these are you doing?
“Comedians always say to me, ‘I don’t know where to go. Do I go to New York or do I go to L.A.?’ I say, ‘Look, if you want to continue training, go to New York. If you think you’re ready to get in the ring, go to L.A.’ You can’t hide in L.A. The business is everywhere. Whatever you do onstage is going to be seen by somebody, and it’s going to be talked about to somebody.”
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Marc Maron via New York Magazine
(via thecomedybureau)
Any other questions?
WitStream: Wired Magazine's "Humor Issue," and what was missing →
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Every month or so a print magazine or newspaper (aka “old media”) publishes a piece that’s meant to prove their embrace of new media. They cherry-pick a handful of brilliantly funny tweets, and print them with headlines like “Follow the Laughter,” or “10 Funny Folks to Follow on Twitter.”
So when…
Female Writers in Late Night by the Numbers
NOTES:
1) The host doubles as a writer on each of these shows but we did not include them in the counts.
2) Although Jimmy Kimmel only has one female writer, she is a co-head writer. None of the other shows hosted by men have female head writers.
3) Craig Ferguson’s only female writer is his sister.
Also, this is missing counts for shows hosted by George Lopez (TBS) and Mo’Nique (BET).
And if you want to really jump into the rabbit hole, try to break down the stats further by race/ethnicity and/or how many white men, how many from a particular college, how many got writing jobs after first working as interns on the show, and how many of them owe me money.
Comedy Awards Averages 1.4 Million Viewers on Comedy Central | THR →
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Is that good? I guess when you factor in the numbers from all of the other channels simulcasting it.
Time Out New York: Did you know Eric Bana used to do stand-up comedy? We didn’t, until... →
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Did you know Eric Bana used to do stand-up comedy? We didn’t, until reading this week’s Hot Seat interview with the Aussie actor, currently starring in Hanna:
You were a stand-up in Australia before acting. Did you ever die on stage?
Well, every stand-up dies. I think you always, in…
I remember learning about this when he appeared in Judd Apatow’s “Funny People.”
