MoviesI am serious, and don’t call me ShirleyThe smartest stupid movie ever made is having a moment at the box office
MoviesIn debt to Dumb and DumberAfter 20 years, an unlikely sequel launches in a comic universe it helped create
ArtsDo stand-up comedians have it worse?It’s become a mantra in stand-up comedy: a great laugh comes out of making lightness out of darkness. But where does that stereotype come from?
UncategorizedJohn Oliver’s twist on televisionIt’s not Jon Stewart 2.0. British import John Oliver is mobilizing viewers with a whole new kind of comedy
TelevisionFast-forward to the sitcom rerunsThere is cash is in syndication, and some networks are speeding up production at the cost of quality
On CampusAdvice to graduates: don’t become the old gay judgeWatch the commencement speech that went viral
TelevisionClosing The Office doorsAfter 200 episodes, The Office is done, but its influence is all over comedy—and even reality TV
TelevisionHow to make it in comedy: cut the jokesMarc Maron is a pioneer of an inward-looking style embraced by the likes of Louis C.K.
TelevisionCable networks should help themselves to broadcast leftoversSingle-camera, young-skewing half-hour comedy is the thing broadcast networks do best, for now
TelevisionTV networks are desperate for the next big comedy. Maybe too desperate.“Right now, people are hitting it big or not at all”