Splitsider

Lately I’ve noticed a lot of you hating me, and at first I was worried, thinking it was something I’d done. “Is it because I believe in myself?” I asked, “Is it because I sometimes take their mail?” That’s when I realized how foolish I’d been; it wasn’t me, but all of you who did something, and that something was hating me. I’m writing this letter asking you to please, not hate me. You may feel you have your reasons, but I think I can address them all.

Please do not hate me for being beautiful. Someone once said they thought that was why so many people hated me, [...]

Be sure to check out Part 1 of Where Have All the Humorists Gone?, Robert Benchley, S.J. Perelman and the Decline of Modern Humor Writing.

Even established comedy writers condescend to dabbling in print, to great effect –- Allison Silverman’s (The Colbert Report) “Et Tu, Brooklyn?” being a recent favorite. That’s not the only example — in his review of Elliot Allagash, Seth Meyers reveals that Simon Rich was hired at Saturday Night Live “because of his amazing short fiction.” Before Amy Ozols ever wrote “Let Us Play With Your Look” for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, she wrote “A Mass Email” and “Looking Your Best” for The [...]