Tag Archives: comedy

The World’s Best-Top-Most-Recommended-By-Me Comedy Offerings Of SXSW 2014

So let’s see. There is Whiskey Friday. There is my panel (How Creative People Arrive At Good Ideas) featuring Scott Aukerman at 11:00 am Sunday. Then there is Baratunde’s panel (Communicating With Humor: Perils & Best Practices) featuring Baratunde at 12:30 pm Sunday. What are you doing with the rest …

The Pointless Rush To Negativity: How JCPenney Managed To Teach Us Not To Be Dicks

Twitter can often feel like a buzzing hive of Nelson Muntzs. A million people gathered around waiting for an excuse to point and laugh. During any major staged event—The Super Bowl, The Oscars, a State Of The Union—everyone’s internet phasers are set to “Shit On,” and suddenly it’s impossible to …

The Difference Between Humor & Comedy

Robert Mankoff, aside from being The New Yorker‘s cartoon editor, is a cool dude. We had the pleasure of meeting Bob for lunch last year, and barely a second passed in silence as we gushed excitedly about humor, comedy, and the most effective method of midtown jaywalking. Why do I …

My Real Puppy Teaches Kids Responsibility And That We Live In An Uncaring Universe

The teaching opportunities of a virtual pet don’t extend beyond a minor amount of detached responibility. In an effort to bring a deeper, worldview-altering lesson to the world of animated animal ownership, Comedy Hack Day virgin Benjamin Apple created My Real Puppy this past weekend at our Comedy Hack Day …

Joe Garden’s Facebook Phone Review: Good For Nudging, Bad For Sacrificial Offerings

Our good friend, former colleague, and favorite in-office bodega proprietor Joe Garden posted his review of the new Facebook Phone on Thing X today. If you’re in the market for phone that both connects you with your friends and serves as a great surface for starting fires, then clearly this …

Nutmegger, Please: How Carrie Brownstein, John Hodgman, and I created multi-dimensional Vines in Hartford, CT

This past weekend, I was invited to join John Hodgman and Carrie Brownstein on stage as part of “The Connecticut Forum.” The Forum’s final event of the year was on Funny Smart People. Here is some of what happened as retold through tweets, photos, and vines.

Comedy Hack Day SF Recap Phase 14: Our Highlight Reel Is Complete

You thought we were done wrapping up Comedy Hack Day SF? You thought wrong! Craig has finished compiling highlights from our event at Twitter, and now we are proud to present the final installment of our CHD multimedia assault. Enjoy the highlights, and we’ll see you this fall in Boston.

#FiveStarChick @DenaeDance Combines Satire and Dance, Also Ass, Ass, Ass, Ass.

For best results, press play on this video, and then start reading the post below… This past weekend, I went to one of the most innovative performances I’ve ever seen. Denae Hannah, a performance artist and educator, debuted her newest show, Five Star Chick. Inspired by the Yo Gotti song, …