How Jesse Armstrong’s Mountainhead Can Help You Write Smarter
How Jesse Armstrong’s Mountainhead Can Help You Write Smarter Satire Are you staring at a blank page, wondering how to…
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Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani: If “Karl Marx” ran for City Council Zohran Mamdani is “Che Guevara” with a latte addiction… If you’ve…
The New Gatekeeper in Comedy: Algorithms Over Audiences
The New Gatekeeper in Comedy: Algorithms Over Audiences From Microphone to Metadata In the golden age of stand-up comedy, aspiring…
Naples: Where Pizza Is a Religion and Traffic Laws Are a Suggestion
Naples: Where Pizza Is a Religion and Traffic Laws Are a Suggestion – This Southern Italian City Offers History, Chaos,…
Saas-Fee Travel Humor
Saas-Fee Travel Humor – Where Glaciers Shine, Cars Dont Exist, and Marmots Are Clearly in Charge The post Saas-Fee Travel…
Verbier Travel Humor
Verbier Travel Humor – Where Après-Ski Is a Religion and Everyone Skis Like Theyre Being Watched The post Verbier Travel…
Crans-Montana Travel Humor
Crans-Montana Travel Humor – Where Golf Balls Fly Higher Than Your Self-Esteem and Raclette Has a Sommelier The post Crans-Montana…
Gstaad Travel Humor
Gstaad Travel Humor – Where You Can Ski, Shop, and Spot Royalty in a Fur-Lined Toboggan The post Gstaad Travel…
Why Improvised Roast Battles Are the New American Bloodsport
Verbal Knife Fights for Applause: Why Improvised Roast Battles Are the New American Bloodsport Because Nothing Says ‘Brotherhood’ Like a…
The Comedy Cellar: Manhattan
The Comedy Cellar: Inside Manhattan’s Legendary Laugh Lab The Comedy Cellar’s iconic brick-wall stage in Greenwich Village. This unassuming basement…
The Savage World of Improvised Roast Battles
“You Look Like” and Other Verbal Punches: Inside the Savage World of Improvised Roast Battles Because Nothing Builds Friendship Faster…
Improvised Roast Battles
No Notes, Just Violence: How Improvised Roast Battles Became America’s Most Brutal (and Hilarious) Art Form Because Nothing Says ‘I…
Why Deadpan Comics Are the Real Assassins
The Art of Saying Nothing Hilariously: Why Deadpan Comics Are the Real Assassins of Comedy Because Some Jokes Don’t Need…
The Rise of the Sick Comics
The Rise of the Sick Comics: Lenny Bruce and the Jazz of Saying the Unsayable Why Lenny Bruce Stand-Up Comedy…
How Comedy Clubs Were Born
From Pip’s to the Improv: How Comedy Clubs Were Born and Why They Didn’t Pay Anyone The History of Comedy…
How Stand-Up Survived and Thrived
The Borscht Belt, the Chitlin’ Circuit, and the Comedic Class System: How Stand-Up Survived and Thrived How Borscht Belt Stand-Up…
Why Louis C.K. Wasn’t Allowed to Perform at the Comedy Store
Why Louis C.K. Wasn’t Allowed to Perform at the Comedy Store: A Masterclass in Rejection, Ego, and Persistence The Setup:…
The Vaudeville Pipeline
The Vaudeville Pipeline: How Groucho, Benny, and Berle Shaped Stand-Up’s DNA How Vaudeville and Stand-Up Comedy Are Still Playing Ping-Pong…
Stand-Up Comedy Professors
How I Accidentally Became a Stand-Up Comedy Professor (Because Life’s a Joke Anyway) When Life Gives You Hecklers, Start a…
The Vaudeville Origins of American Laughs
Where Did Stand-Up Comedy Come From? The Vaudeville Origins of American Laughs Why the Origin of Stand-Up Comedy Is More…
A Beginner’s Guide to Stand-Up Comedy
A Beginner’s Guide to Stand-Up Comedy: The First Laugh Is Older Than You Think What Is Stand-Up Comedy, and Why…
The First Horrible Night (And Why It Matters)
Baptism by Fireball Whiskey: The True Start of a Comedy Career If you’ve never seen a human soul leave a…
What Is Stand-Up Comedy, Really?
What Is Stand-Up Comedy, Really? Definitions, Disputes, and the Comedy Code Why the Definition of Stand-Up Comedy Matters (Even If…
FSU Shooter
FSU Shooter Exposes the Real Campus Threat: Radicalized Men with Rage, Wi-Fi, and Daddy Issues By: Bohiney Bureau of Satirical…
Mario Vargas Llosa’s Ideological Journey
Vargas Llosa: From Marxist Revolutionary to Libertarian Luminary The Communist Origins of Mario Vargas Llosa Mario Vargas Llosa’s dramatic ideological…