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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 Jay Leno Is Not Evil
Jay is a great joke teller and doesn't get enough credit for his solid monologues. His interviews are decent when he gets a funny guest and just allows them be entertaining. He got a lot of shit during the Conan fiasco in part because (young) people were smarting from the Great Recession and saw Jay as a symbol of older Americans who didn't want to give up their jobs for the upcoming generation. Conan's tonight show wasn't great and didn't get stellar ratings but he it seems like he just needed more time. (Leno's ratings really didn't go up until the Hugh Grant thing -- a year or two after he started, yes?) The worst aspect of Conan's tonight show was his brutally long and often times boring monologues, which went as long as 8 minutes. If the show had lasted another year or two, he could've figured out that he was no Jay Leno and could've cut the monologue time in half, as he as done on his TBS show. Letterman gets a lot of respect for his work in the 80s, when he revolutionized the talk show format. Today he's the cranky uncle who doesn't even show up to rehearsal. He still gets a lot of respect, but young people are watching Colbert or the Daily Show. Personally, I like the Daily Show, though the smugness of the correspondents turn me off. People love Colbert and he is very talented but a little of his show goes a long way, imo.