We’ve heard rumblings about this when it was first recorded back in June and the awesome news is that right before the year ends we get news that Rory Scovel will release a new stand-up comedy album, just in time for all the people in my life to take note when they have to buy […]Rory S... [Read More]

Podtoons is a fun, animated web series from Left Handed Radio and Above Average. Left Handed Radio is an audio sketch comedy show written and performed by Adam Bozarth, Matt Little, Anna Rubanova and Brett White, […]Author informationDavid DeanPublisher at Serial... [Read More]

Beth Melewski is the über-talented performer known from her multiple revues with The Second City, as well for being Chicago’s own “Cash Cab” host. Her bawdy performance style, fun character work […]Author informationMonique MadridWest Coast Editor at Serial Optimis... [Read More]

This is the funniest Christmas video you'll see today, if not all season. Billy Eichner, host of Funny or Die's Billy on the Street on FUSE, welcomed Amy Poehler to join him in New York City's Flatiron district to see if anyone would sing Christmas carols with them. For a dollar. Any ... [Read More]

Having holiday anxiety on top of your everyday anxiety? Good! I’m not alone! Pop Up Yoga NYC, EAT and Imagination in Space have the answer though, and are putting together the most […]Author informationDavid DeanPublisher at Serial OptimistDavid is the publisher of Serial Opti... [Read More]

You're not going to catch Luenell wearing Spanx. Not that that was the first thing you were thinking when she walked onstage for Wednesday night's episode of The Arsenio Hall Show. Instead, think about why men are sexting and what they're sexting you, and whether you should believe any of what you s... [Read More]

by Brad Becker-Parton Back in a time when our primary source of film-watching outside the movie theatre involved a trip to a video store, it was much harder to be a young boy curious about what might exist beyond the G-rated family comedies we would watch on Sunday nights (my family would do this &l... [Read More]

Keeping a positive attitude can be rough in this negative world sometimes. Your dinner is not agreeing with you, your roommates smell bad, and that damn band downstairs won’t knock […]Author informationJimmy CallawayAuthor at Serial OptimistJimmy Callaway lives in San Diego. He works in... [Read More]

We all know that rapper Kanye West says some of the craziest things, especially when it comes to talking about himself. This time, West stated that only comedians should be heckled. LaughSpin reported that this past Sunday at a show in San Antonio, West stopped mid-performance to deal with a heckler... [Read More]

by Bradford Evans Jason Segel has been cast as late author David Foster Wallace in an upcoming film called The End of the Tour, The Wrap reports. The movie is based on the book Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace, which journalist David Lipsky wrote... [Read More]