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On the Death of the Comedy Blockbuster

On the Death of the Comedy Blockbuster

Saul Austerliz Wants to Know: Where Might the Next Will Ferrell Come From?

By Saul Austerlitz | August 23, 2023

Sophia McClennen on How Satire Makes Sense of a President Who Didn’t

Sophia McClennen on How Satire Makes Sense of a President Who Didn’t

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 1, 2023

<em>The Big Door Prize</em> Masters the Art of Comedy-Spiked Pathos

The Big Door Prize Masters the Art of Comedy-Spiked Pathos

The Thoughtfully Compact M.O. Walsh Novel Balloons into Something Bigger (and Funnier) on the Small Screen

By Alexis Gunderson | March 30, 2023

Hari Kondabolu on Comedy, Race, and Being a Queens Kid in Maine

Hari Kondabolu on Comedy, Race, and Being a Queens Kid in Maine

In Conversation with Guest Host Mira Jacob on Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 1, 2023

Funny, Fearless, and Unafraid to Fail: Finding Creative Inspiration in Comedy Podcasts

Funny, Fearless, and Unafraid to Fail: Finding Creative Inspiration in Comedy Podcasts

Rebecca Ackermann on Learning to Write to a Soundtrack of Riffing Comedians

By Rebecca Ackermann | November 10, 2022

How Dick Gregory Learned to Subvert Racist Audiences

How Dick Gregory Learned to Subvert Racist Audiences

“I went all the way back to childhood.”

By Dick Gregory | October 20, 2022

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By Erin Hosier | April 25, 2022

When Joan Rivers (Finally) Got Her Big Break

When Joan Rivers (Finally) Got Her Big Break

“Thirty-one years of people saying ‘no.’ Ten minutes on television and it was all over.”

By Shawn Levy | April 8, 2022

The More Personal the Joke, the Bigger the Laugh (and More Lessons from a Career in Cartoons)

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David Sipress on Comic Timing on the Stage and the Page

By David Sipress | March 11, 2022

How Buster Keaton Became a Cinematic Superstar

How Buster Keaton Became a Cinematic Superstar

James Curtis on Buster Keaton's Transition from the Stage to the Screen

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Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

“No topic is off-limits for comedy.”

By Maeve Higgins | January 28, 2022

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