"I met a guy named @fart on the Internet and I let him into my apartment and it was actually really great."
-Comedian Jake Fogelnest to Buzzfeed in an exhaustive oral history of "Weird Twitter," a name given to a subset of Twitter comedians who specialize in absurdist humor. The article itself is a weirder read than even the weirdest tweet ever.
Jackass' Dickhouse Entertainment, spawned from Dickhouse Publishing, posted a just-so story today about how got the company got its phallic name. Or it would be a just-so story if anyone actually remembered why they chose such a bonerific title. "I think I may have come up with the 'house' part," former co-owner Marc McKee mused. "I remember it was at this meeting I had with Steve [Rocco] and Jeff [Tremaine] at California Pizza Kitchen to decide on a name for the publishing company for Big Brother and Jeff wanted to call it 'Dick Incorporated.' But then Steve wasn't really into that, so I suggested Dickhouse … or was [...]
"I hope and assume that every good comedy writer, no matter the age, has a moment where they discover how great Cheers is…And I would encourage any young person getting into comedy to sit down and watch it," says Amy Poehler, in the introduction to an amazing new oral history of Cheers that was just published today in GQ. Writer Brian Raftery interviewed nearly 40 cast members, writers, and producers from the classic sitcom, and also Cheers fans from the next generation of TV like Poehler, Modern Family co-creator Christopher Lloyd, and The Shield creator Shawn Ryan. It's a long, fun, and occasionally heartbreaking read at eight pages, [...]
The staff of the short-lived Dana Carvey Show is the stuff of comedy legend: Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Louis C.K., Charlie Kaufman, and Robert Smigel all had a hand in it. And Mike Ryan talked to pretty much all of them for his extensive oral history of the show for GQ.
Forget Party Down and Arrested Development. After reading this oral history of the making of Wet Hot American Summer, I am throwing all my support behind a Wet Hot American Sequel. If only for the opportunity to drive up to the camp where it's being filmed and participate in what sounds like the most fun couple weeks anyone has ever had anywhere. As Amy Poehler described it, "We were being given the chance to take one more shot at summer camp, only we were wiser, better drinkers, and more sexually experienced."
Only read this article if you have the time and emotional stability to get really jealous and [...]
