Give A Gift
MOST RECENT ARTICLES BY:

Joey Slamon

  1. Amy Schumer Has ConfidenceAmy Schumer is the Ryan Seacrest of young female comedians. She is a stand up comedian, the host of a music show of FuseTV, a writer, an […]
  2. Talking Weed and Weeds with Writer/Producers Stephen Falk and Victoria […] Stoner comedy on television is a different breed than stoner films. Sure, there are the occasional five minutes of screen time on a comedy […]
  3. How Showtime Became the New Source for Black ComedyDo you laugh when a kid falls down? Does Law & Order SVU make you snicker? Do you find it funny when a UCLA student goes on an anti-Asian […]
  4. Paul: The Art of Not Selling OutGood news comedy nerds (and just nerds): Paul is funny! Don’t be fooled by the marketing campaign and weak trailers; this is not simply a buddy […]
  5. An Idiot Abroad: Karl Comes Home“My ears have been overworked. Drums, singing, whistles, chanting, dogs, helicopters, gays.” Karl was in Brazil when he made this list, but […]
  6. An Idiot Abroad Recap: ‘Peru’“I know I’m not that old, but I reckon this is my lowest point.” – Karl Pilkington in Peru. In the final trip of the series before the recap […]
  7. An Idiot Abroad Recap: ‘Brazil’You know that cousin you have who’s from a really small town, isn’t a bigot but just doesn’t quite know how to act around people who are […]
  8. An Idiot Abroad Recap: ‘Egypt’The seven wonders of the world have never appeared so un-wonderful. This week, Karl Pilkington goes to Egypt to see the Great Pyramids. And, as […]
  9. Episodes Recap: ‘Episode Seven’It marked the end of the season for Episodes last night. It also marked the first episode where I actually liked the main character. Like a […]
  10. Episodes Recap: ‘Episode Six’Infidelity! Car Wrecks! Break-Ups! Deception! All seen in last nights episode of Episodes. Combining genres is a tricky business. And it’s […]
  11. An Idiot Abroad Recap: ‘Mexico’“The death thing’s good.” At the beginning of Saturday’s episode of An Idiot Abroad, Karl mutters this in reference to the difference between […]
  12. Why Ricky Gervais’ Sadistic An Idiot Abroad Is the Funniest Thing on TV“Nothing is funnier than Karl in a corner, being poked by a stick. I am that stick.” Every episode of An Idiot Abroad opens with this quote […]
  13. Episodes Recap: ‘Episode Five’It’s hard to make rape, ocular blindness and infidelity particularly funny, but the most recent episode of Episodes proved to be the funniest […]
  14. Episodes Recap: ‘Episode Four’“I’m fucking full of whimsy.” Matt LeBlanc utters this line in defense of a Peter Pan reference he makes while drunk. What’s ironic about this […]
  15. Roseanne, Rhea, and the Rise of the Female Sitcom StarWomen have proven they could be funny since the beginning of television; there were female comedy stars on shows like SNL, Lilly Tomlin on […]
  16. Episodes Recap: ‘Episode Three’I’d like to take a moment to apologize. I’ve avoided a huge, glaring issue about Episodes for the past two weeks in hopes that it would go […]
  17. Episodes Recap: Episode 2Matt LeBlanc is on a show! I wouldn’t have admitted it after the pilot episode of Episodes aired last week with a mere minute of airtime for […]
  18. Episodes Recap: PilotPilots are hard. Especially comedy pilots, and I do not envy those who have to write them. You have half an hour to win over an increasingly […]