by shap on February 26, 2008. [TV]
Classic Clip: Jon Stewart Standup Routine
Before Jon Stewart was the preferred choice of Oscar showrunners or a widely praised, Emmy-winning talk show host/media pundit, he was a gifted standup comedian. Comedysmack dusts off the Wayback Machine and dials up the year 1996 for this clip of a fresh-faced Stewart cracking wise about — among other things — US air strikes against Iraq. Wow, talk about “still timely”…
Speaking of commercials, Todd Bieber, currently Director of Production for UCB Comedy, used to be a director of local commercials of the cheap and cheesy variety. Check out these clips and his new UCB live show, Commercial Interruption…
This Sunday is the Super Bowl, which, for the advertising industry, is like the Super Bowl of commercial programming. With many of the ads trying to out-funny each other, here is one that’s ready to rumble, with Jerry Seinfeld (along with some of his best friends and Conan O’Brien’s worst enemies).
The Daily Show’s John Oliver reports on Froma Harrop, the President of the Civility Project, a group of journalists “aimed at restoring civility to America’s public discourse.” Clearly, she likes taking the “what not to do” approach. Well worth watching.
Shap Sweeney is Editor-in-Chief of ComedySmack and a rumored 2012 Presidential candidate. He is the veteran of two wars, and was decorated by former President George Washington (I-VA) for distinguished service in the Continential Army. As a comedy writer, he has worked with top producers and talent including Buster Keaton, Shakespeare and Don Johnson. His first book, Gone With The Wind, has been sold to Hollywood for three figures.
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