Notes of a Defeatist

Louis C.K. and  Todd Barry have found their way into Milwaukee and someone convinced them to perform. The last time Todd Barry was set to take the stage here a few years back, a huge ass snow storm hit and made the travel a dicey proposition. This may be Louis C.K.’s first ever performance in Milwaukee, we’re [...]

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Today, I got around to listening to The Sound of Young America’s Live Chicago Show and laughed my ass off.

Below, two clips of the stand up of Hannibal Burress, named the Funniest Man in Chicago for excellent reasons—he tears down the house and also likes kicking pigeons.

   tags technorati : comedy, stand-up, Chicago, Sound of Young [...]

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George Saunders appeared on Letterman last week to promote the release of his new book of essays—The Braindead Megaphone.

Since we lost Kurt Vonnegut this last year it’s a good thing we have George Saunders still knocking around.



tags technorati : George Saunders, humor, David Letterman, The_Braindead_Megaphone, books

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A huge life long David Letterman fan finally gets to sit next to Dave and even gets an apology for not getting that unpaid internship years ago.

Maybe there’s hope that I’ll finally get the same satisfaction from the damn Jelly Belly factory—not enough experience…I’ll show them!

tags technorati : Judd Apatow, David Letterman, comedy, Superbad, 40-yr-Old-Virgin [...]

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There may be no bad words, but thirty-five years ago, George Carlin’s performance at Summerfest proved that when an off-duty police officer and his nine year old son are present there are inopportune moments.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Jim Stingl spoke with Elmer Lenz, the officer who filed the complaint that led to Carlin’s arrest and [...]

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Only a few more days until Knocked Up’s release!

My Judd Apatow affinity reached a life long devotion when my Mom and I spent a Saturday night watching NBC burn off the final few Freaks and Geeks episodes. We laughed, drank Rolling Rocks, and the phone never did ring from that girl that went out with [...]

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From Variety:

Knocked Up

By JOE LEYDON

Katherine Heigl gets ``Knocked Up’’ by Seth Rogen in Judd Apatow’s comedy.

A Universal release and presentation of an Apatow production. Produced by Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson, Clayton Townsend. Executive producers, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg. Directed, written by Judd Apatow.

“Knocked Up” is uproarious. Line for line, minute to minute, writer-director Judd Apatow’s [...]

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The teaser trailer for the This American Life t.v. show that premires March 22 on Showtime.

Because we can never get enough of them: bizarre sex laws! How many of them have you broken?

I’m a writer too…

Frank Miller says: “Sin City 2 is ready to go!”   Maybe, this one will try to do more [...]

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‘What are you laughing at?’

from the Guardian UK

by: Simon Pegg

You could spend a lot of time exploring the differences between British and American comedy only to reach the conclusion that, ironically, they’re pretty much the same. Back when director Edgar Wright and myself were writing our debut feature, Shaun Of The Dead, we were certainly [...]

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Can’t wait for this.

From the minds of Judd Aptaow and Seth Rogan:









tags technorati : Knocked Up, comedy, Judd Aptaow, Seth Rogan, Katherine Heigl

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