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Columbia College and Second City Team Up to Offer a Comedy Degree

by | March 7th, 2013

Columbia College in Chicago has joined forces with the city's esteemed Second City Theatre to offer the country's first-ever comedy degree this fall, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Columbia has offered theater students the chance to spend a semester studying at Second City for the past five years, but this new four-year degree in Comedy Performance and Writing "requires students to study both writing and performance, to do improvisation, physical clowning, and stand-up." Not that you need a degree at all for a career in comedy, but for those interested in paying a lot more to go through Second City's program, this is a way to do that.

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CollegeHumor Is Offering the First-Ever Scholarship for Average Kids

by | January 8th, 2013

Web comedy powerhouse CollegeHumor announced this week that they're launching a new scholarship contest to specifically reward average students. Editor-in-Chief Streeter Seidell explains, "Some of the funniest, longest-serving writers at CollegeHumor—myself included—were unexceptional students… Now, in these difficult economic times, it's getting harder and harder for average students like we were to get free money for no reason at all." Click on this link for info on how you can apply for a chance at the two $5,000 scholarships the site is giving out, if that isn't too much effort for your lazy, average self.

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Julie Klausner and Ted Leo Take a Whiskey and Whittling Class

by | October 22nd, 2012

Here's a new video Julie Klausner made for her How Was Your Week? live show, in which she, rocker Ted Leo, and producer Chris "Spoony" Spooner take a whiskey and whittling class in Brooklyn. Try to guess whether or not a couple hours of whiskey-fueled woodworking causes Julie Klausner to lead the group in a spontaneous rendition of Alanis Morissette's "Hand in My Pocket" or if it makes her recite Outback Steakhouse slogans. The answer might (not) surprise you.

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