9 Best Articles in 2022
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The Expert (Short Comedy Sketch)
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From 2014 · Subscribe for more short comedy sketches & films! http://bit.ly/laurisb Funny business meeting illustrating how hard it is for an engineer to fit into the co... · Shared by 172, including Chris Surdak, Luzius Meisser, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Stefan Diepolder, Johannes Lenz, Patrick Sanwikarja, osioke.eth, Bertrand Maltaverne, Alberto, Phil Amour, Pat Kua, Peter Hogenkamp, Stef Walter, Nils Hitze, Data Science Renee, Matthieu de Luze, Simon 🚀, Mario Camou, Sachin Gawas, Dawid Ferenczy Rogozan 🦇🇪🇺🇨🇿
The Guardian
Comedy Wildlife Photography awards 2020 finalists
The Guardian
~11 min read · From 2020 · A selection of the finalists from this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography awards · Shared by 203, including Esther Schindler, Hannah Ritchie, Tom Connor, Christian Hartmann, Ed Hawkins, Marcos, César Sepúlveda, Neil Hart 💙
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The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy
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From 2016 · From the Marx Brothers to The Simpsons, Richard Pryor to Amy Schumer: 100 bits, sketches, and one-liners that changed humor forever. · Shared by 184, including Tarik ESSAADI, Anthony Hamelle, Dominik Grolimund, Srushti, Cameron Yick, Graham Marshall, blinch, Matthias Sala, Daniel Lawniczak, Marc Zenger, grimm, adrianleb.eth, Kris Fannin
Big Think
Why do some people love cringe comedy while others can't stand it?
Big Think
5 min read · Apr 26th · Why do will some people find cringe comedy hilarious, while others will see it as boring rubbish? The answer is your life experiences. · Shared by 166
The Pudding
The Structure of Stand-Up Comedy
The Pudding
20+ min read · From 2018 · The genius of Ali Wong’s Netflix special. · Shared by 112, including Paddy Zab, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Gökçe Ozan Toptaş, Bri Kimmel, felixmichel, Klaus Eck, christina r wodtke: the R is for radical focus, Ramit Sethi, Tom Connor, Dominik Grolimund, Charlie O'Keefe, ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina, Ricky Yean, Mara Averick, Mark Kaigwa, Tauno, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (he/him)
The Ringer
The Psychology of Cringe Comedy: Why We Love to Watch What Hurts Us
The Ringer
7 min read · Aug 18th · From ‘Da Ali G Show’ to viral TikTok videos, cringe comedy persists within pop culture. And oftentimes, the genre’s appeal is as much about the way we perceive ourselves than the comics we watch… · Shared by 112, including Felix M
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50 years ago, The Electric Company used comedy to boost kids' reading skills
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7 min read · 2021-10-25 · In October 1971, The Electric Company flipped a switch and hit the public TV airwaves, aimed at using sketch comedy and animated shorts to teach kids to read. · Shared by 106, including Gay_Men_4_Life, 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡
Variety
Julia Roberts: We Didn't Fully 'Appreciate' the Romantic-Comedy Boom in the 1990s
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2 min read · Sep 7th · Julia Roberts is returning to the romantic-comedy genre for the first time in over 20 years with the upcoming “Ticket for Paradise,” and she hopes audiences will finally appreciate the … · Shared by 82
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How Facebook Is Killing Comedy
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~13 min read · From 2018 · Last month, in its second round of layoffs in as many years, comedy hub Funny or Die reportedly eliminated its entire editorial team following a trend of comedy websites scaling back, shutting down,… · Shared by 81, including Mark Kaigwa, Nils Hitze, Cyrus, Ernie Smith, Thomas Power, Dominik Grolimund, Glyn Britton
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The Ringer
The Psychology of Cringe Comedy: Why We Love to Watch What Hurts Us
The Ringer
7 min read · Aug 18th · From ‘Da Ali G Show’ to viral TikTok videos, cringe comedy persists within pop culture. And oftentimes, the genre’s appeal is as much about the way we perceive ourselves than the comics we watch… · Shared by 112, including Felix M
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Julia Roberts: We Didn't Fully 'Appreciate' the Romantic-Comedy Boom in the 1990s
Variety
2 min read · Sep 7th · Julia Roberts is returning to the romantic-comedy genre for the first time in over 20 years with the upcoming “Ticket for Paradise,” and she hopes audiences will finally appreciate the … · Shared by 82
The Hollywood Reporter
Steve Martin on His Late Career Surge and Contemplating Retirement: "This Is, Weirdly, It"
The Hollywood Reporter
~14 min read · Aug 10th · After more than 60 years in the business, the comedy legend was ready to wind it down. Then came 'Only Murders in the Building' and his three Emmy nominations. And a new stage show. And a new book.… · Shared by 131, including Polina
The New Yorker
Ernst Lubitsch Made the Hollywood Comedy Sublime
The New Yorker
8 min read · Aug 8th · His acolyte Billy Wilder is better remembered, but Lubitsch’s wit reigns supreme. · Shared by 70, including Felix M, Rob Weinert-Kendt
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Hilarious Winners of the First Annual ‘Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards’
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3 min read · From 2017 · Hilarious Winners of the First Annual ‘Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards’ More info: Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards | Facebook These days there are countless annual photography competit… · Shared by 56, including blinch, Tom Connor, Humber Aquino, Jacob Jarnvall, Rand Fishkin, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Ryan Boren, Mark Kaigwa
The Guardian
'Love and free food': Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner share the secrets of their 70-year friendship
The Guardian
10 min read · From 2020 · The giants of American comedy tell Hadley Freeman about the hits they have had, the wives they miss – and why they still spend every evening together · Shared by 73, including thelousylinguist, Chris Moran, Esther Schindler, DonDahlmann, David Cochrane, Grzegorz Wapiński, Connie Ragen Green, Liv 😷, Ian M Calvert, HeidiCohen - Top Global Marketer
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This Week in Comedy Podcasts: The Newcomers Tackle Tyler Perry
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4 min read · 2021-03-19 · Rounding up our favorite comedy podcast episodes of the week. · Shared by 54, including Jean-Patrick
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John Swartzwelder, Sage of “The Simpsons”
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4 min read · 2021-05-02 · The first major interview with one of the most revered comedy writers of all time. · Shared by 226, including Josh Wills, Joshua Benton, zeldman, Simon Carless, Alan Sepinwall, Justin Tiehen, David Perell, Austin Kleon, hakan, Alison Willmore, Zoë McLaren, PhD, wil shipley, Kyle Bunch, Mathew Ingram, Ellen Shapiro, Kyle Chayka, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷, Ben Schwartz, Anne Thompson, Steve Portigal 🇨🇦🇺🇸
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The Secret Lives of Tumblr Teens
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20+ min read · From 2016 · How Tumblr's most popular teen comedy geniuses struck it rich—then lost it all. · Shared by 228, including Liza Sperling, Ernie Smith, Maureen, Jane, julian 🚮✨, Javi Cantón, rogerverhoeven, Honza Pav, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Rodrigo Franco (Caffo), Simon Wüthrich, Stephanie Booth, Jan Firsching 🦦™️, Kevan Lee 👋, ThomNagy, Wilhelm Su
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Literary puzzle solved for just third time in almost 100 years
Guardian Books
2 min read · 2020-11-10 · British comedy writer John Finnemore has solved Cain’s Jawbone, a murder mystery that has 32m possible combinations · Shared by 143, including Jane, Sai Kan
Mental Floss
The 30 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Mental Floss
~14 min read · 2020-11-17 · Comedy generates an immediate, undeniable audience response. If people are smiling and laughing, then there's a good chance you made an effective funny movie. · Shared by 47, including Memen Isimo, Christian Surchi
Mother Jones
I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.
Mother Jones
2020-10-09 · What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls. · Shared by 112, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Carl Morris, Bjorn Larsen, Esther Schindler, Mo Ryan, Richard Deitsch
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Comedy creators are bringing the power of a punchline to the climate fight
grist
9 min read · Jul 21st · Research shows that humor can help get climate messaging across. Activists and comedians alike are starting to take notice. · Shared by 151
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