Comedy Bladder Control
We had a great time at Chris Rock’s standup show this weekend, in which he offered only a couple of jokes about the Will Smith Oscars slap. But there was something that really annoyed me.
“George Carlin’s American Dream”
I have a few observations after watching the HBO documentary about the legendary comedian, including a story about the only time he guested on my radio show.
Furious and Speechless
The news about the impending SCOTUS decision reversing Roe v. Wade has left me furious and speechless. Fortunately, I have a clip of George Carlin discussing the topic as only he could.
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
Devin Gordon asks, “Whatever Happened To Jon Stewart?” The resulting piece in The Atlantic is a tone-perfect takedown of the man who will be awarded the Mark Twain Prize tomorrow night.
Gilbert Gottfried
I can’t claim to have known Gilbert Gottfried, who has died at age 67, but I have a couple of stories to share about him, including the day he dropped in on my radio show for a few minutes.
Frank Ferrante’s Groucho
As a longtime Marxist, I was thrilled to finally get to see Frank Ferrante’s one-man show about Groucho Marx, which I’d heard so much about from my friend Mark Evanier. Here’s my review.