Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Tag
Comedy

09 Dec 2005, 19:10 p.m.

Manufacturing Consent To Laugh

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, …

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08 Dec 2005, 12:56 p.m.

Quote of the Day

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 …

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02 Dec 2005, 18:13 p.m.

Edutainment

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 …

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30 Nov 2005, 15:32 p.m.

Smart Dirty Jokes

Funny interview with an actor who's on Arrested Development. And another and another.

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29 Nov 2005, 21:08 p.m.

Music And Linking

Leonard is practicing a song that intentionally sounds like 1990s alt-rock. It makes me nostalgic every time he plays it. Cute child anecdote!

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27 Nov 2005, 8:29 a.m.

Column and Moving Sale

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 …

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24 Nov 2005, 10:59 a.m.

Nonexistent Shirt

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.

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22 Nov 2005, 12:57 p.m.

Women Have Hair, Men Don't

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".

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18 Nov 2005, 16:25 p.m.

Mike Daisey Makes Me Laugh

Slate published an excerpt from Mike Daisey's monologue Monopoly!. I may have embarrassed myself by guffawing at length in my cubicle. Invincible Summer By simultaneously exploring the bizarre history of the Manhattan Transit Authority's epic …

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17 Nov 2005, 16:37 p.m.

Old Anagrams

I Will Alarm Islamic Owls and Hen Gonads still make me laugh.

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