8:46 (pt. 1)
[From Nathan: All of these posts are pretty unrefined, I hope you understand.] The Show Recently, YouTube released 8:46, a 27-minute clip from Dave Chappelle &a...
Author: nwilson
Cleaning House
*Whew!* Doing some house cleaning here on the website. I had cause to look closely at the “Tags,” and found several redundancies and misspellings, e...
Michelle Wolf and Shades of Colbert
I’ve been avidly following the aftermath of the White House Correspondents Dinner, as it’s basically where my studies jumped off [i.e. with Stephen ...
Gearing up and changing gears
Hey all, Long time, no talk. I know, it’s on me. I got into the semester and lost momentum and never picked it back up. However, I’m back now, and I...
Phil Wang Isn’t Trying to Be Political
Question: Can a comic talk about politics without it being political? What about race? Class? Sex? Gender? Sexuality? What differentiates jokes on a political (...
Collin Williams on Jokes and Outrage
A lot of ink & pixels is given to the question of what is or is not an appropriate topic for humor. Collin Williams, in an interview with Rachel Jensen of S...
Jesse David Fox on the Age of a Persona
I talk a lot on here about a comic’s persona, how they create it, whether or not it differs from their person/self, if so, in what ways, and whether or no...
Jay Willis on the Limits of Humor in Politics
I write a lot here on the value of addressing political ideas through humor, it’s pretty much the sole purpose of this blog. Well, GQ‘s Jay Willis ...
Aakash Mehta’s Sometimes Contradictory World
Full disclosure: I find fodder for this Blog via both my stand-up persona’s Facebook feed, and a Google Alert for the term “stand-up comedy.” ...