Art takes practice. This shouldn’t surprise people.
One of the things I love about Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is that it acknowledges that being a successful performer takes work. Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) is a 1950s …
Category: Comedians
Sunday Morning January 7 2018
Travis introduces a new feature, Sunday Morning, with a miscellany of stuff found around the internet that you may find interesting. YMMV.
‘Saturday Night Live’ and Chance the Rapper
Travis takes another look at an episode of Saturday Night Live, with the November sweeps episode hosted by Chance the Rapper. It was pretty good.
‘Saturday Night Live’ Hosted by Tiffany Haddish
Travis talks about the Saturday Night Live episode hosted by Tiffany Haddish. He’d never heard of her before but is now going to seek out her work.
‘Saturday Night Live’ Hosted by Larry David
Travis remembers that he hasn’t talked to you about Saturday Night Live lately, and talks about the Larry David episode from November.
On Louis CK
From the people I’ve talked to about this, it seems like CK’s apology was a lot better received by men than it was by women. I think that maybe that’s because for most men, actions like CK’s are a hypothetical. Imagining this sort of thing is an intellectual exercise for us. For women, it’s just their reality.
Wasting One Last Perfectly Good Hour: The End of ‘Car Talk’ on NPR
Car Talk ends its 30 year run on NPR, and Travis talks about how much he’s enjoyed the show over the years because of Click and Clack.