Category: comedy
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The obvious choice to replace Letterman …
Chris Rock, and not just because black audiences deserve a funny host on late night TV. (Arensio, the black Dave Coulier, ain’t it.) Rock has already proven he can do it, hosting a critically acclaimed show on HBO from 1997-2000. Plus, it would keep him from having to play sidekick to the likes of Adam Sandler…
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Why comedies suck
“Ben is ground zero for everything in modern comedy,” Judd (‘Tim Allen rocks!‘) Apatow said. That’s Ben as in Ben Stiller of “Night at the Museum 2,” “Little Fockers,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “Envy,” “Duplex,” “Keeping the Faith” and “Reality Bites” fame. And if you think “The Secret of Walter Mitty” doesn’t suck you probably like…
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Contesting a myth
The funny fat guy stereotype is being challenged by SNL’s resident fat guy, Bobby Moynihan, who is neither a talented mimic or funny. He’s so lame he can’t win a battle of wits with Victoria Jackson, or someone who sounds like her.
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The island of misfit gays
Finally, my decade-long movement to free my fellow gays from the harsh confines of the stereotypical closet has attracted some lackeys. Okay, so it wasn’t exactly a movement, just a caustic guest column in the L.A. Times and lots of complaining to anyone who’d listen. I wouldn’t say the tide is turning (almost every sitcom/reality…
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