hello. my name is laura.
i'm afraid of the internet and yet here we are.
alex, you are funny.
Mobile Madness - By Alex Schmidt
From AT&T to Verizon to even the lowly Jitterbug, Alex has issues with them all.
Hey friends! Streeter’s White Whine ran another bit of mine and illustrated it elegantly. Maybe one or two of you can relate to it, you know, if you’ve made the jump to using a cell phone?
fun!
Another fantastic, illuminating entry in Laura Turner Garrison’s Comedy Tourism column. This time she gives us a peek at comedy under Communist rule in East Germany. Did you ever even think you could learn so much WHILE having fun??
‘There are people who tell jokes. There are people who collect jokes and tell jokes. And there are people who collect people who tell jokes.’
To be fair, this joke could apply to a myriad of dictatorships, but this specific joke belongs to the Deutsche Demokratische Republik. Don’t let the words ‘Democratic’ or “Republic” fool you; the socialist state informally known as ‘East Germany’ was Soviet-occupied making civil and political liberties there a bit shall we say… limited. Who were the people rounding up the jesters? Why, the secret police force known as the ‘Stasi.’ And the people collected? East Germans. For a population of the poor and disenfranchised, humor became a rare source of empowerment.
(via comedycentral)
Really excited (as per the usual) about my installation of Comedy Tourism this week for Splitsider. After seeing a screening of the Israeli version of The Office a few months ago, my interest in Israeli comedy was piqued. I landed on this show because of its overwhelming popularity within its country, but now I consider myself a new superfan of the show.
my team threw this together in an ungodly amount of time, and it’s awesome.
Coors Light: Martin Luther King
This MLK Day, Coors Light finally crosses the line.
Written by Zack Phillips
Directed by by Adam Sacks
Edited by Matt Mayer
Starring Justin Purnell, Josh Patten, Dan Hodapp
Extras Matt Mayer, Zack Phillips, Jon Guitierrez
behind-the-scenes photos from a recent shoot, taken by yours truly. in other news, my internet video team has a blog- follow it!
Togas and futuristic jumpsuits? It must be an upcoming sketch penned by Jon Guitierrez, starring Roman Pietrs (right) and featuring Dru Jonston (left).
