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On Looking for Comedy Under Communist Rule in East Germany

As someone who once sat through a semester of economics that was comprised almost entirely of retelling of jokes told under Polish Communism, I can attest to the importance of comedy as resistance to communism. Great piece!

Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:06 pm 0

On The Day Comedy Won: How 30 Rock Beat Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

I got the impression that Studio 60 was more about "here's all the shit I ran into while trying to write The West Wing" than anything else, and for that, as a West Wing obsessive, I loved it. The 30 Rock comparison is inevitable and obvious, but at least for Sorkin, I don't quite think that's what he was talking about.

Posted on December 17, 2010 at 3:36 pm 0