REQUIRED READING

Required Reading – Dr. Katz

July 6, 2009

The morning sucks.  We can all agree on that, right?  We hate morning people soooo much.  That being said, the breaka breaka dawn just got a little bit better because Comedy Central has started playing old Dr. Katz episodes every morning starting at 8am (that’s the breaka dawn as far as I am concerned).  Once [...]

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Required Reading – Daddy Drank

June 15, 2009

In honor of The Comedy Nerds team meeting Kevin McDonald from The Kids In The Hall we just had to make him part of our Required Reading.  We were all lucky enough to watch his one man show Hammy And The Kids.  It was the story of his legendary comedy career set against the background [...]

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Required Reading – The Year 2000

June 1, 2009

The first episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien airs tonight (come back tomorrow to hear our special Tuesday podcast reviewing the whole thing) so for this week’s Required Reading we look to the future.  All the way to…The Year 2000. LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN – IN THE YEAR 2000

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Required Reading – Louis C.K.’s Kids

May 27, 2009

In this week’s podcast we talked about truth in comedy. Well no one is more truthful than Louis C.K. Louis is at his best when he’s talking about his kids. He does an awesome job of being truthful and angry while still seeming like a good guy, but I still wonder what’s going to happen [...]

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Fare Thee Well According To Jim

May 19, 2009

Lost in all the buzz coming out of the upfront is the news that ABC has canceled According To Jim.  It is a sad day for all comedy snobs.  What will we point to as a show that represents everything that is wrong with sitcoms today?  Oh yeah, Two And Half Men.  Sorry.  Go about [...]

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Required Reading – Immigrant Tale

May 11, 2009

Once again, it doesn’t need to be old to be awesome.  If you’ve listened to the podcast or seen any of my sketch shows you know I am a huge fan of meta comedy.  This week’s SNL did it pretty gosh darn well.  And if it’s Justin Timberlake and SNL it’s probably going to be [...]

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Required Reading – The Emperor Gets A Call About The Death Star

May 4, 2009

I recently started following Yahoo Starting Point on Twitter exclusively because it tells me what day it is (national fancy pants day, national turnip day, etc.).  As it turns out today is both Star Wars day and….. Respect For Chickens Day.  So of course today’s Required Reading has to come from the Star Wars Episode [...]

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