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I’ve said it before. I’ll say it again. Sometimes, in web series, simple is better. UCBComedy's “How to Make a Situation About You” confirms that hilarity can come out of smart, small ideas. The key to making short pieces successful? Clarity of message.

It’s easier to write a five-minute-per-episode, arc-heavy web opus than it is a sub two-minute idea good enough to have staying power. To be quick and memorable and quality demands a hyper focus on the single salient element of a funny idea, the nugget that cuts through all the fluff to the core of the most illustrative beats. Few attempt simple because it’s risky. It forces [...]

In this Funny Or Die video starring Will Ferrell, cowritten by Adam McKay and Chris Kelly, former President Bush stops by the Sizzler to confirm that his greatest nemesis was finally subdued with a garden hose and rake, before being wrapped in a bathroom mat and thrown in the neighbor's yard in accordance with local custom. Bush admits that it takes a committed leader to unite his white and Mexican staff toward one common goal, particularly when said leader should be spending his golden years relaxing on the toilet with an US Magazine. Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, Osama bin Laden is dead.

What happens when you give 30 Rock's/UCB's John Murray a shiny new Ford Focus and then have him go give rides to his comedy buddies? That's the question we're answering with our new series Hitchin' a Ride.

In episode one, John swings by the Brooklyn apartment of SNL writer Chris Kelly to drive him into midtown Manhattan for a panel he was doing at the Paley Center — a panel you can check out right here. They had a chance to talk about Chris's time at both SNL and The Onion and also John stopped to buy a giant stuffed giraffe for some reason.

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