comedy
Humor and comedy from all geeky fandoms.
Pretend I’m Fran Lebowitz
I, like most mentally ill jews obsessed with comedy, spend my nights anxiously awaiting sleep pretending to be on a 70s NBC stage, covered in cigarette ash, being interviewed for late night news. Also, like most mentally ill young jews, I found Fran Lebowitz and watched her Netflix special the day it came out. I have entertained the delusion of morphing into her through nothing but my own sheer willpower, mastery of illusion and desire to escape reality.
By Julia Neal5 years ago in Geeks
"Veteran Actor Charlie Chaplin"
Chaplin became the world's highest-paid film actor after signing a $ 670,000-a-year contract with a joint film company. This tramp, created at Essanay Studios in 1915 and directed by Chaplin, was his most outstanding creation and began to transform ordinary characters that the public already knew. The Lost film also starred Chaplin and Mabel Normand, with some of the directors.
By saurab sharma5 years ago in Geeks
News Flash: I Relate To Tankmen
Spoiler Alert: This contains spoilers for Tankmen 0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2. This title isn't clickbait, but before I start on the main topic, I might have to explain where this is coming from. So a few days ago, I watched the web series Tankmen on Youtube. I had been wanting to watch it for a little bit as it had come across my Pinterest feed in the form of Friday Night Funkin' week 7, and I can't express this enough: It has exceeded my expectations. Without revealing my age, I will say that I was not around when Newgrounds was founded, nor was I even into it until a few weeks ago. So, honestly, I was not ready for what I was going to see, especially because I wasn't watching it alone (and you know how things can get when you aren't watching something alone.)
By Samantha Rhyalynn Hendrix5 years ago in Geeks
Luca - A Movie Review
Everything good is above the surface. Let’s have an adventure on a Vespa. Luca is Pixar’s latest animated film, released to Disney+ in 2021. Dreaming of what the world is like out of the ocean, Luca meets Alberto. Discovering that he can turn from a fish into a human on land, the boys go on an adventure, exploring the world.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Geeks
Truck-kun the Malefic God of Isekai
I was walking by the town square when I notice an unusually crowd in front of the town’s central clock tower. I was recently isekaied, or rather transported to this world when I was ran over by a truck. I’ve been here for three months now and have accrued student loans in this fantasy world’s version of college. Where’s my overpowered weapon or my harem of cute girls? This is not what I signed up for! I walk over to the crowd with my bag of groceries in hand hearing chatter throughout, but I can’t make any of it out until “Truck-kun! It’s truck-kun!” A woman yells out in excitement. I look and see a large truck parked in the middle of the square. Wait, truck? But there’s no cars here!
By Jeremiah Ellison5 years ago in Geeks
Bad Dog Learns New Tricks
When you just say “yes” to moving forward, you will be amazed at the path that unfolds before you. My passion is improvised comedy. It’s given me skills and confidence in both work and life but most of all, it’s given me joy even when life isn’t joyful. If you love the comedy of the likes of Tina Fey, Eugene Levy and Alan Arkin, chances are that you are someone who loves improv, too.
By Brian Jantzi5 years ago in Geeks
"Relatively Speaking", a play by Alan Ayckbourn
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!” So wrote Sir Walter Scott in his poem “Marmion”. However, this line could be the motto for many plays that have graced the British stage in the 20th and 21st centuries, with Alan Ayckbourn’s “Relatively Speaking” definitely being among their number. It is a typical example of the English “comedy of confusion” that has proved popular with audiences for many years. Indeed, the genre has its roots as far back as the comedies of Shakespeare and Sheridan, with many more since then.
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
Spin Cycle
It's possible that a seminal moment in the history of electronic news occurred when a comedian confronted commentators … Not long after Jon Stewart - host of the Comedy Central cable channel's amusing newscast, The Daily Show - appeared on CNN's staid Crossfire and roundly scorched its principals in a well-publicized confrontation over journalistic integrity (or the lack thereof), the news network announced that Crossfire was being canceled. Ostensibly, the network said this move was due to the departure of conservative commentator Tucker Carlson. However, he wasn't the original 'right-wing' representative on that show and there were surely more of that flock who would have willingly stepped into the position. CNN has probably assembled a litany of rationalizations for their decision to dump the program, but none of them will dare to broach the actual undertone of perception that would trump anything on their list.
By Muhammad Faheem5 years ago in Geeks
Laughter is the Best Medicine
I've been trying to make people laugh since I was four years old. My first heroes were comedians, starting with Jerry Lewis, Don Knotts, Tim Conway, and Robin Williams. I loved watching Happy Days, Mork & Mindy, Three's Company, Taxi, The Jeffersons, and Good Times. I was even a fan of lesser known sitcoms such as Bosom Buddies (starring Tom Hanks), Duck Factory (starring Jim Carrey), Ace Crawford: Private Eye (starring Tim Conway), It's Your Move (starring Jason Bateman) and Sledge Hammer! As I got older I watched Cheers, Night Court, and Seinfeld. I'm sure I could list over a hundred sitcoms that I've enjoyed throughout my life.
By Keggercast5 years ago in Geeks
5 Takeaways From Bo Burnham's 'Inside'
Welcome to the internet, come take a seat. This weekend (Memorial Day 2021), Bo Burnham, who had previously said that he wouldn’t be doing comedy or stand up anymore, released a Netflix special. It’s called Inside, and was filmed over the past year in quarantine. The special is self-shot, written, and produced by Burnham and chronicles the mental and emotional ups a downs of the year. For those of us who are Bo fans, this was a day we thought would never come. And while 8th Grade, and Promising Young Woman were *chef's kiss* masterpieces in their own right, there is something about a Bo Burnham comedy special that gives us the feels; happy, sad, ironic, or otherwise. Inside does little bit of them all, while always making us think. Here are a few of those thoughts.
By Emily McCay5 years ago in Geeks
Such Is Life
It's been days and I still haven't heard from her. No one has. She isn't returning any of my calls or my texts. Michelle hasn't either. She said that Venus left in the middle of the night or very early morning before she or Janet had woken up the next day. Her mom said that she came home and packed a bag and was going to be gone for a bit - to clear her head. Working overnights, I don't get to see her at work. Guess she hasn't been there. I'm concerned. Why would she just up an-
By Dwan L Hearn5 years ago in Geeks
All Members Rise
In my life I have been a member of several organizations like 4-H, Co-operative Groups, Farm Associations, Teacher Organizations, Hockey clubs, Baseball teams and Social Media groups. I have belonged to Book clubs and Record clubs. I have been a card-carrying member of my favored political party for over 50 years. However, the most “memberable” groups to which I have ever belonged are the one’s that didn’t take me seriously as a member. What I mean by that , is that I was seriously a member of a few Comedy groups, clubs and organizations in which I never had to be serious while being a member. Groucho Marx once stated that, “He would never want to be a member of a club that would accept him as a member.” Comedy clubs are like that – if you are serious about being a member of the group, then you can’t be a serious member. Seriously!!!
By John Oliver Smith5 years ago in Geeks
