Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Leonard suggested that I follow up my bare-bones standup comedy writing HOWTO with an example. I'll start with some really unsuitable observations and anecdotes, explain why they are unsuitable for the easy procedure I'd outlined, …
Sometimes I wonder why I like House (properly House, M.D.). After all, in real life, I'd shut a jerk like Greg House out of my life entirely. But then I remember the writing - not …
I've come up with a commonsensical procedure for manufacturing observational humor. In fact, it's so commonsensical that I refuse to believe I'm the first to invent it. It won't catapult you to the standup A-list, …
Well, there are probably several, including Scott Rosenberg's instantly memorable comment on a person updating Video Dog ("I think he's walking the Dog"), but the only one I have said is: "Well, too bad Tupper …
I'm going to Will Franken's one-man show Good Luck With It tomorrow, and you should too (if you can). Tomorrow's performance includes an optional epilogue about Tookie Williams. I've confirmed with Will that Good Luck …
Funny interview with an actor who's on Arrested Development. And another and another.
Leonard is practicing a song that intentionally sounds like 1990s alt-rock. It makes me nostalgic every time he plays it. Cute child anecdote!
MC Masala this week recounts the tale of the one and only hickey I've ever gotten. I gibbered that it was a bug bite and looked, pleading, at the nurse. She saw the desperation in …
Sumana: Should we dress up for Thanksgiving at your uncle's? Leonard: No, we don't need to dress up. Sumana: OK. I'll put on my ripped Poison t-shirt, then.
Sometimes Steven Frank draws women in a way I find charming. Examples: "she likes peeping on girls" and "if you only had this years ago".