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John's colleague told him he didn't belong. It was just what he needed to hear
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (337+ words) In the early 90s, John Moe moved to Seattle to follow his dream of becoming a writer or an actor. Instead, he found himself working full-time in customer service, at a software company. "It wasn't anything fun," Moe said. "But I…...
Here's why comic Craig Ferguson became an 'American On Purpose"
3+ week, 4+ day ago (279+ words) Craig Ferguson, the Scotland-born comic who hosted The Late Late Show on CBS from 2005 to 2014, has returned to television with a five-part documentary series on CNN called American On Purpose. Ferguson took a deconstructionist, David Letterman-type approach to The Late…...
'Widow's Bay' is cursed -- but manages to be both funny and frightening
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (470+ words) When people ask me to name the scariest movie I ever saw, I always tell them Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, a 1948 romp I saw on TV as a kid. It's a slightly embarrassing answer, but in recent days I've…...
An off-beat family makes some 'Big Mistakes' in this clever crime farce
3+ mon, 12+ hour ago (245+ words) A new Netflix comedy series by and starring Dan Levy is a wild inversion of Schitt's Creek. Where that show started out cartoonish and grew warmer, Big Mistakes is a frolic that grows more hellish....
'Smack Talk Open Mic': Where standup comedy meets improv and wrestling
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (76+ words) South Carolina Public Radio 'Smack Talk Open Mic': Where standup comedy meets improv and wrestling Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with actor and former wrestler Shane Hartline, the creator of the NAW or NEVER Smack Talk Open Mic in…...
Would you go to a play by yourself? Theaters are hoping so
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (637+ words) Nearly 20% of Broadway theater tickets are now being purchased by solo attendees — double the rate from just a couple of years ago, according to audience data for the 2024-25 season from the Broadway League. One major theater company is taking action....
Julian Barnes' playful new book is also his 'official departure"
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (582+ words) Departure(s) explores several of Barnes' lifelong obsessions — mortality, memory, and time. It's slim but weighty, digressive yet incisive. Barnes, who just turned 80, says it will be his last. - On Air Now Playing South Carolina Public Radio – News & Talk - On Air…...
'Wait Wait' for September 27, 2025: With Not My Job guest Cynthia Nixon
10+ mon, 7+ hour ago (152+ words) This week's show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Cynthia Nixon and panelists Negin Farsad, KC Shornima, and Adam Burke. Click the audio link above to hear the whole…...
'Bojack Horseman' creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg says childhood boredom shaped his comedy
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (64+ words) On Wild Card, guests answer the kinds of questions we often don't talk about. Long Story Short and Bojack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg reflects on how childhood boredom shaped his comedy. On Wild Card, guests answer the kinds of questions…...
The laughs land in 'The Naked Gun' reboot, but fall flat in 'Freakier Friday"
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (532+ words) Fewer and fewer mainstream comedies play in movie theaters these days, which is what I'd call a tragedy. In the post-pandemic era, the studios, figuring that audiences will only buy tickets to blockbusters and horror movies, have largely relegated laughter…...