As a fan of comedy and sometimes interviewer of comedians, I’ve never thought that comedians should have a spokesperson. Sure, there are plenty of common threads and experiences generally understood by most comics, but there is also a lot of diversity in opinion, which is a good thing. Two thi... [Read More]

Patton Oswalt wrote "a closed letter" to himself yesterday on the Internet, which means we all can read it, hopefully identify with at least part of it and take away lessons ourselves from it. Oswalt's letter is an essay in three parts, covering, as the title suggests, joke thieves, heckling and rap... [Read More]

One of our favorite photographers, Tamar Levine (who we chatted with a few months ago and fell in love with), just put out a video that is in every single [...]Author informationDavid DeanPublisher at Serial OptimistDavid is the publisher of Serial Optimist and writer of things that hopefully makes ... [Read More]

Emmy award winning comedian Jonathan Katz (Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist) and animator Mike Salva made an animated short called Death Row Diet about a prison inmate who is on death row as well as Weight Watchers. The short was successful at film festivals such as the New York Television festival,... [Read More]

At the risk of waxing pompous – and if that opening doesn’t prove that I’m willing to take that risk, really, what will? – I think comedians and humorists have a far greater responsibility than they often acknowledge. [Read More]

French filmaker, graphic designer and all around way talented artists Alizée Lafon has a created a killer set of “hipster kits.” They are movie and television shows posters in a minimal style [...]Author informationDavid ... [Read More]

As we’ve previously reported, FX will launch their brand new network, FXX on September 2nd. With the network split, new content is necessary and that’s where this story begins. Today the network announced that Brand X With Russel Brand is cancelled. However, they aren’t getting out... [Read More]

It’s been almost a year since comedian Daniel Tosh drew fire for making light of rape on stage at the Laugh Factory. After the backlash and anti-backlash backlash it seemed that, merits of the case aside, the issue was settled: no material is off-lim... [Read More]

Comedy Central has cancelled the animated show Ugly Americans after only two seasons. After a lot of time on the fence about whether or not the show would be renewed for a third season, the network could not find enough outside funding to keep the show running. Producers David M. Stern, Daniel Powel... [Read More]

Last night on W. Kamau Bell’s TV show, Totally Biased Kamau hosted a discussion between Jim Norton and Jezebel.com writer Lindy West. If you aren’t familiar, West has recently began to question comedians and the jokes they make about rape. Many have chimed in on the topic and there’... [Read More]