The Day the Clown Cried
If Jerry Lewis’s recent Special Academy Award for his humanitarian work piqued your interest in his creative work, you’ll be interested to learn of one of cinema’s great lost gems:…
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Jono
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Jonathan Nathan is a writer and a comedian who lives in Kansas. He is smugly superior.
Comic Book Legends Revealed
Think you know the origin of Superman? Think again. Comic Book Legends Revealed weaves the kinds of stories you didn’t know you cared about. CBLR is often for the hardcore…
Bootleg/Out of Print Comedy Records
At the A Special Thing message board, users have devoted a thread to posting bootlegged standup comedy shows and out of print comedy records. Many of these shows feature familiar…
Woke Up Way Too Late
The genius of Ben Folds is not just the albums he releases. You don’t understand the intense creativity and expression of the man until you see or hear him perform…
How to Irritate People
The various Monty Python box sets available have made it easy to be a fan of the greatest sketch comedy troupe of all time. But if you want to impress…
Shortpacked
If Kevin Smith’s original slacker story Clerks took place in a slightly happier universe, with a larger and more functional friend circle, who worked in a bright toy store instead…
Porn Pirates 1, Disney Pirates 0
When is porn better than mainstream Hollywood fare? When it’s Digital Playground’s (NSFW) Pirates 2: Stagnetti’s Revenge, billed as the biggest-budget porno ever made. The trailer alone puts it light…