Character study: Lily Tomlin keeps the humor coming
After almost 50 years of entertaining audiences with her original characters and humorous, often poignant turns on film and TV, Tomlin still happily discusses her long career with fresh enthusiasm.
Strange reality: Comedy Central’s ‘Kroll Show’ enters its final season
Kroll and company understand the rhythms and beats of the world they’re lampooning in a way that can only come from people who have fully immersed themselves in the material. For as trashy as reality TV is, “Kroll Show” acknowledges that we all still kind of love it — if only because it makes our lives look better by comparison.
What your favorite standup comedian says about you
By TPC STAFF Dave Chappelle (white fans) — You are way too comfortable using the N-word. Andrew Dice Clay — You’ve been banned from r/MensRights on reddit. Pete Holmes — You think about god way too much during sex, and vice versa. Larry the Cable Guy — You fingerbanged your cousin when you were 12. And again when you were…
Daily Clicks — May 12, 2014
• To commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I, The Atlantic is featuring a weekly series of photo essays. This week’s installment: technology. (theatlintic.com) • Mother Jones sits down with comedian and musician Reggie Watts. (motherjones.com) • Adam K. Raymond gives a pretty thorough breakdown of just why the hell The Big Bang Theory is the…
New app renders decades of sock jokes useless
By JIM SABATASO | STAFF Say hello to BlackSocks, the socks with an RFID chip that ensures you’ll never have to worry about mismatching your pairs of identical black socks again. The app, which we swear to god is a real thing, starts at $189 and also boasts such nifty features as keeping track of how many…
The Plaid Crew 