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I’m watching The Colbert Report ...

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:05:52 -0400

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I just unlocked the I Spy Funny Coming Soon sticker on...

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Get ready. The first-ever YouTube Comedy Week kicks off on 5/19. Don’t forget to tune in to the The Big Live Comedy Show which will stream live on YouTube at 6PM PT/9PM ET at YouTube.com/ComedyWeek. Share this one proudly. It’s from our friends at YouTube.

yoisthisracist: anonymous asked: My grandpa used to say racist shit but some of my cousins and I...

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:04:30 -0400

yoisthisracist:

anonymous asked: My grandpa used to say racist shit but some of my cousins and I made it a point to yell at him about it, and he hasn’t in a long time, and my mom says it upset him that we were so bothered by it so he tried to change and did. So, you know, it isn’t fucking futile, don’t assume they’re too old to get it right; if you love them have some faith that they are capable of not being totally shitty.

SOMETIMES YOU CAN FIX RACISTS WITH YELLING

motherjones: jez-burrows: liezlwashere: Kurt...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:56:18 -0400

motherjones:

jez-burrows:

liezlwashere:

Kurt Braunohler raised $6,000 on Kickstarter to “hire a man in a plane to write stupid things in the sky.”

Perfect.

New frontiers of skywriting right here.

This is awesome!

I’m watching Maron “I’m loving this show!...

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:06:51 -0400

I’m watching Maron

“I’m loving this show! Very funny!!!”

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Trust me, I'm a nurse!: The reality about nurses

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:00:12 -0400

Trust me, I'm a nurse!: The reality about nurses:

fyeahnursingthings:

Written by a husband of a nurse…….

Ah, such mysterious, wondrous creatures are nurses. What treasures lurk beneath those crisp, white uniforms….What young man doesn’t have fantasies of discovering those secrets for himself?

SCREEEEEECH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Reality check! I’ve been…

paulftompkins: I love this a whole lot. -...

Sat, 04 May 2013 23:55:13 -0400

paulftompkins:

I love this a whole lot. - Paul

bornofanatombomb:

Paul F. Tompkins Character Alignment Chart

Top row, l-r: Dave, Up All Night; Paul F. Tompkins, Laboring Under Delusions; Cake Boss, Comedy Bang! Bang! Middle row: Prescott, There Will Be Blood; Frank Doyle, The Thrilling Adventure Hour; H.G. Wells, The Dead Authors Podcast Bottom row: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Comedy Bang! Bang! live show; “Paul F. Tompkins,” The L.A. Complex; Furnius, Adventure Time

I’m watching The Campaign ...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:42:13 -0400

I’m watching The Campaign

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I’m watching The Walking Dead ...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:36:37 -0400

I’m watching The Walking Dead

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I’m watching Super 8 “I love this movie!!!!” ...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 21:24:17 -0400

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“I love this movie!!!!”

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I’m watching Colorado Avalanche at Detroit Red...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:55:46 -0400

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I’m watching Breaking Bad “Love this show!!!” ...

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:28:56 -0500

I’m watching Breaking Bad

“Love this show!!!”

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scottaukerman: Here’s the video for “Do They Know It’s...

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:09:32 -0500

scottaukerman:

Here’s the video for “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” which we recorded and put out a couple years ago. Every comedian you’ve ever wanted to see sing this song!

You can purchase this song and many more holiday treats on our “Comedy Bang Bang Complete Christmas Collection,” at http://store.earwolf.com. All proceeds go to the LA Regional Food Bank!

Rob Delaney: After Sandy

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:10:34 -0400

Rob Delaney: After Sandy:

robdelaney:

If you were following coverage of Sandy last night, you may have seen photos of nurses and firemen transporting babies from the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) at NYU’s hospital. If you didn’t, you might consider looking them up. They’re very moving. They show courageous emergency and medical…

{UnWinona}: I debated whether or not to share this story.

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:13:27 -0400

{UnWinona}: I debated whether or not to share this story.:

unwinona:

And then I debated whether or not to put it on Tumblr…but I decided it was important. Because in my own way, I can (unfortunately) point out exactly what is wrong with men when they don’t realize how hard it is to be a woman. How we do not have equal opportunities and freedoms in everyday life….

laurataylor: flamelikeme: “Tragedy + time = comedy. But I...

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 20:29:02 -0400

laurataylor:

flamelikeme:

“Tragedy + time = comedy. But I don’t have the benefit of time. So I’m just going to tell you the tragedy and know that everything is going to be okay.”

So began Tig Notaro’s set last night at her show “Tig and friends” at the Largo.

Actually, that wasn’t the beginning of her set. It began when Ed Helms welcomed her to the stage and she crossed over, took the microphone, and said “Thank you, thank you, I have cancer, thank you, I have cancer, really, thank you.”

Applause gave way to reticent laughter as she explained how she had planned a set about bees flying alongside her car on the 405, but that she couldn’t possibly do her “silly jokes” when all this was going on. And that’s when she told us that 3 days ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, in both breasts.

But she didn’t just have cancer. She went on to explain that in some manic twist of fate, while her career is at an all-time high — she is moving to New York to work on Amy Schumer’s new television show, she was on This American Life — while concurrently, all these terrible circumstances have befallen her over the past 3 months: pneumonia made way for a debilitating bacterial infection in her digestive tract for which she was hospitalized and lost 30 pounds off of her already small frame, days after being released from the hospital, her young mother died suddenly and tragically (fell, hit her head, died), then she and her girlfriend broke up, and then, now, cancer. In both breasts. (“You have a lump.” “No, doctor, that’s my breast.” — one of her most renowned bits is about someone remarking upon her small breasts)

For the first half of her set, even though she was telling the story in perfect grace and humor, I couldn’t laugh. For the second half, for the first time in my life, as far as I can recall, I genuinely laughed and cried at the exact same time, bewildered at the tragedy and the remarkably calm, clever prism through which she assessed her terrible set of circumstances.

While telling us anecdotes from this personal tragedies, all along the way, she assured the audience “it’s okay, I’m going to be okay.” At one part, when she reached a dark place wherein most of the audience could not find the will to laugh, she said “maybe I’ll just go back to telling jokes about bees. Should I do that?” there were several “NOs” and one insistent loud male voice who cried out

“NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. THIS IS FUCKING INCREDIBLE.”

She looked genuinely taken aback, and relieved. She’d managed to make the tragic not only palatable but overwhelmingly engaging. She’d done it.

Tig’s been one of my favorite comedians for a couple of years now. I told her how much I loved her work after a set at UCB one night, and she received my words so kindly that she came towards me and gave me a hug. I’ve gone downtown to bars by myself and sat for hours alone, just waiting to see her headlining set.

At the end of her routine last night, everyone in the audience gave her a standing ovation, for me her wowed, grateful, happy face blurry with my own salty eyes. She’d released her horrific story into the hearts of her fans. I’m sure we all felt like I did; we were made witness to a truly historical moment in comedy, by one of the industry’s of comedy’s absolute greatest.

Bill Burr followed her set, inexplicably able to make the whole audience uproarious with laughter by the end. Bill Burr then brought on Louis C.K., the surprise guest of the night, which was a shock - it was my first time ever seeing him live - but it was very difficult to give him my enrapt attention after Tig’s on-stage confessions.

My head is still swimming around what happened last night. We all saw the ultimate embodiment of what comedy is supposed to do: deeply personal tragedies somehow transformed, with the enormous power of an open-hearted audience, into brilliantly-written truths that we’ll all take home with us and keep with us as long as we’ll have a sound-enough mind to remember that show.

I’m so grateful I could bear witness to what happened last night, and more than that I’m grateful to comedy and to Tig Notaro for being not only bold enough and not only spirited enough but for being so endlessly, achingly HONEST with all of us, the stunned, mouth-breathing strangers in the dark.

Last night, Tig gave us the most honest, moving and hilarious stand up show I’ve ever seen. I was laughing and crying, and still feel deeply impacted the morning after. I’ve never experienced anything like it. I can’t quite put it into words, but I’m glad Kira has. Tig Notaro is truly a remarkable human being.

I am watching Comedy Bang! Bang! ...

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:04:35 -0400

I am watching Comedy Bang! Bang!

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"Basically, the Republican strategy for the past three years has been this: 1. Do everything humanly..."

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:50:57 -0400

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Basically, the Republican strategy for the past three years has been this:

1. Do everything humanly possible to prevent the economy from recovering.

2. Wait for 2012.

3. Run a campaign focused on the fact that the economy is lousy.

”

- Kevin Drum (via wilwheaton)

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sheepy-doodle: Stefon and Seth Meyers. Drawn by me.

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:36:32 -0400

sheepy-doodle:

Stefon and Seth Meyers. Drawn by me.