How It Works
Splitsider Presents is a digital comedy store selling great comedy directly to you. There are no hoops to jump through, and you don't need to hand over your identity. Buying is simple and straightforward; you don't need a credit card or an existing account. You can complete payment and be watching a show in seconds, choosing to pay via either Amazon or Paypal.
Splitsider keeps only 20% of the cost of the purchase after transaction, bandwidth and legal costs, with about 70% going directly to the artist.
You can stream your purchases on whatever device you like, or download them to your computer to keep forever in DRM-free file formats.
Purchase/Playback Info
For $5 you get 5 HD or SD DRM-free downloads and 3 streams, allowing you to watch on your computer or any other device. You can choose to pay via either Amazon or PayPal, and you'll be able to log into the site whenever you want to re-download or stream your purchases.
Need Help?
Buying and watching shows on Splitsider Presents should be simple, quick and undemanding, but if you run into trouble, we have an excellent <A href="http://splitsider.com/store/docs/help">help section and customer service</a> to assist you.
On Why More Women Should Write Comedy: A Mathematical (But Not Boring) Study
Two points: 1) Rape humor is horrifyingly unavoidable in a lot of latter-day comedy. Even 30 Rock – a network sitcom created and run by a woman – has traded in some pretty awful rape humor. (In general, Pete Hornberger seems to serve as a vector for that show's writers' worst impulses). To pretend that this sort of stuff isn't repellent and disheartening to young women who might want to enter comedy writing is really disingenuous. 2) I'm surprised no one so far has mentioned the fact that Showtime is really fucking stellar in their track record for shows-by-women and about-women. Over half of Showtime's comedies and dramedies were created or co-created by women, and that network has built an enduring audience for itself on those shows (and Dexter).