December 2011
20 posts
Devil's Advocacy →
Interesting.
“In comedy, there is such a thing as squatter’s rights,” says Mark Breslin,...”
– Article on Robin Williams’ reputation as a joke thief.
Watchadambozarth:
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Last night, Taylor mentioned this chart from the webcomic XKCD that illustrates how most of the Christmas music we listen to on the radio is from the Baby Boomer’s childhood. Similarly, A Charlie Brown Christmas was released in 1965 (when my parents were 10 and 6 years old) became the longest running special of all time.
Watching it now, you can hear the...
“In some ways, comedy is fortifying its place in New York City culture: Theaters...”
– TimeOut NY’s summary of comedy in New York in 2011. Hm. Interesting. (via iamachilles)
Hm.
Watchdavebluvband:
Sleep Well Trailer
This is coming soon!
Directed by Morgan Evans
Cool. Very excited for Bluvband and everyone involved.
ilanaglazer:
nohetero:
jsepublic:
Actual Children’s Answers to The Question “What Is Love?”
“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” - Chrissy, age 6 “Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” - Terri, age 4 “Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to...
WatchWatch Rob Michael Hugel say my name out loud in a list of people who have donated to help him finish his web series! Then go to his Kickstarter page and put your name on the list!
The Pentagon Is Offering Free Military Hardware To... →
Benjamin Carlson at The Daily reports on a little known endeavor called the “1033 Program” that gave more than $500 million of military gear to U.S. police forces in 2011 alone.
1033 was passed by Congress in 1997 to help law-enforcement fight terrorism and drugs, but despite a 40-year low in violent crime, police are snapping up hardware like never before. While this year’s...
Dan Harmon Poops: Crucial Update on my Bodily... →
danharmon:
If creatives were running things, we would try to create a situation in which everybody got to see everything they wanted to see. And that is the landscape that is emerging, and it’s a less profitable one for the previous generation’s conglomerates, and it is those companies that prefer you to think your selection of one show over defines you as a person and is a matter of life and...
November 2011
22 posts
The Political Notebook: How We Talk About War:... →
salgentile:
thepoliticalnotebook:
Thomas Friedman says he has… “nothing but regret for the excessive price that America and Iraq have had to pay in lives and treasure.”
Mitt Romney says… “The decision to pull our troops out [of Afghanistan] before that, they believe, would put at risk the extraordinary investment of…
We are so far removed from the actual human costs of war, and the...
Watchjasonsaenz:
frankhejl:
Check it out. I’m in this video for College Humor (along with a few other members of Onassis)!
My first College Humor video! Awesome to debut with so many funny friends. Enjoy.
Bunch of Onassis folks in this one, check it out.
Deadline: FX Developing TV Version Of Web Series... →
adambozarth:
chamberlain:
ABBI. ILANA. AMY.
That’s a bingo!
Hooray for successful friends!
Holy cow!!!
Militarization of Campus Police by Bob Ostertag ... →
alyson-noele:
Yesterday, police at UC Davis attacked seated students with a chemical gas.
I teach at UC Davis and I personally know many of the students who were the victims of this brutal and unprovoked assault. They are top students. In fact, I can report that among the students I know, the higher a student’s grade point average, the more likely it is that they are centrally involved in...
“I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing...”
– Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism. (via lukehackney)
sal gentile: Police harass journalists in order to... →
salgentile:
According to Josh Stearns of Free Press, a media reform and advocacy group that has been tracking arrests of journalists at Occupy protests, Tuesday was “the worst day yet in terms of police suppression of the press.” At least 10 journalists were detained, from outlets like the AP, NPR and the…
Watchonassiscomedy:
Forgot My Tools - August 2011
Watchonassiscomedy:
Brian Shazams “Like a Rolling Stone” - August 2011
I’m annoyed with myself for how bad I steamrolled Jason with my dumb “robot” lines in this. It’s still one of my favorite of my own sketches though.
I think every sketch is automatically funnier if you have the characters eat food during it.
Watchonassiscomedy:
Prayer For Vanessa - August 2011
I love this sketch.
Cops With Machine Guns: How the War on Terror Has...
At around 9:00 a.m. on May 5, 2011, officers with the Pima County, Arizona, Sheriff’s Department’s Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T.) team surrounded the home of 26-year-old José Guerena, a former U.S. Marine and veteran of two tours of duty in Iraq, to serve a search warrant for narcotics. As the officers approached, Guerena lay sleeping in his bedroom after working the graveyard...
“And recognizing that our male dominated culture is fucked up doesn’t make you a...”
– David Combs (http://www.punknews.org/article/42845)
A+
(via pregnant-teen-mom)
True for any artistic community or environment. All the genders, please!
(via healywu)
eject: THESE skeletons of a Roman-era couple... →
kellyoxford:
THESE skeletons of a Roman-era couple buried in a final embrace have been unearthed in Italy. Archaeologists excavating a palace found the remains of the lovers, who have held hands for 1,500 years. The man and woman were discovered in a joint tomb in a palace in Modena. Excavation director…
October 2011
20 posts
“The Police Department is a very angry work force, and that is something that...”
– Eugene J. O’Donnell, a professor of police studies at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. From Times article Officers Jeer at Arraignment of 16 Colleagues in Ticket-Fixing Investigation.
I Genuinely Enjoy Science: Don't Worry. Be Happy. →
drujohnston:
You know what’s great? Watching a bunch of people on stage have genuine love and play happy characters. It doesn’t always have to be sad right?
Last night while watching Fambly’s fucking amazing show “Brand New Day” I kept wondering why, and more importantly how, a show based solely around a 1999…
