Recently on Twitter, I linked to an article about Michael Ian Black, a comedian, telling off an audience member who compared President Obama to Hitler. Black, who supports Obama, went on tirade against the audience member, then later reflected on the encounter on his own blog. I presented the link and said only that my [...]
Some people think I’m a snommety cob. I mean a comedy snob. These people are so dumb—for real. Fact is, I like to spend time figuring out why something is funny (or unfunny)[1]. For a lot of people, it’s enough to simply know that something is funny and leave it at that. But I’m the [...]
I can understand despair at the irrationality of humanity as a whole. I can get behind the mockery of hypocrites, scoundrels, and reality television fans. I can even laugh at offensive and disagreeable comedy—if it’s well-considered. What troubles me however, is poorly executed social commentary that amounts to little more than a formula along these [...]
Commenter frumpy writes to me regarding this line from a previous post: “I wish they’d invent some way to erase stuff on the computer. Anyway.” She says, I read this yesterday. It continues to pop into my head, making me ‘LOL’ at inappropriate times. I came thiiiiis close to spewing iced tea on my friend. [...]