Posts Tagged ‘ comedy ’

Late to the Party: Let’s Get Small and A Wild and Crazy Guy

January 20, 2011
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Late to the Party: <i>Let’s Get Small</i> and <i>A Wild and Crazy Guy</i>

In the latest installment of Late to the Party, I familiarize myself with Steve Martin's classic stand-up comedy albums.
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In Memoriam: The Late, Great Leslie Nielsen

December 13, 2010
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In Memoriam: The Late, Great Leslie Nielsen

Remembering the man Roger Ebert once called "the Olivier of spoofs."
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Discursive Disintegration

April 4, 2010
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Discursive Disintegration

Politically engaged, “discursively integrated” comedy has become quite the buzz topic both within the television industry as well as the academy, with all sorts of attention being paid to programs like South Park, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show etc. Nowhere is this expectation for up-to-the-minute political satire made more apparent than in...
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Canadian Butts to American Sitcom Jokes

December 22, 2009
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Canadian Butts to American Sitcom Jokes

Canadian characters and jokes seem to be all the rage in American sitcoms, but why is 30 Rock missing the mark?
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