Hey folks, I’m going live on the internet today with my old buddy Jake Goldman. He’s running a marathon show today to promote other artists with stuff on Bandcamp, as they’re doing a grande fee-waving to support all of their artists. Jake and I will be chatting about our college comedy collaborations, I’ll be chatting … Continue reading
[Adapted from the works of Charles Dickens. If you’re part of his estate please don’t sue me. Creative commons or whatever]. From the foldings of its robe, the Spirit of Standup brought two open mic’ers; wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable. They knelt down at its feet, and clung upon the outside of its garment. “Oh, … Continue reading
With contributions from many funny friends, I’ve written “One Punk’s Guide to Stand-Up Comedy,” a column in the new issue (#112) of Razorcake, hot off the presses at Gorsky. Thanks to Todd and everyone at Razorcake HQ for asking/allowing me to write this. I can’t get over what a beautiful job they did with the layout. … Continue reading
With any luck, this post will be irrelevant soon, CK having been vanquished to the dustbin of history along with other vestiges of mass culture we realized we didn’t need anymore. But until then…. Here is a handy, step-by-step guide for how to write your hot take on Louis CK most constructively. Watch or listen … Continue reading
Two things I thoroughly enjoy are the music of the Dismemberment Plan and the mid-90s Golden Age of The Simpsons. Thanks to Frinkiac and my penchant for procrastination, I’ve combined the two. I hope the incredibly niche audience who dwells within this venn diagram overlap sees this and makes it go viral. I know that … Continue reading
Never Not Funny [The segment I’m calling to your attention begins around 30:00. I tried to embed it, but WordPress is trash with most imbeds. Sorry.] Thanks to my Whiskey Bear Fest friend Pat Sievert for clue-ing me in to this appearance by an old Grayson Hugh song on Jimmy Pardo’s podcast Never Not Funny. … Continue reading
Chomping at the bit for the release of my new album Modern Life is Awesome on August 28th? Want to whet your appetite with some vintage Tyler jokes in the meantime? Of course you probably don’t, but I’ve got news either way! Head on over to the iTunes store and check out my first album Yeah, I’ve … Continue reading
Just sending this out into the ether. I see a potential application of this (or something like it) almost daily on the internet, so I decided to throw it together in case anyone needs it. Actual updates coming early next week! Continue reading
There comes a time in every comic’s life where he or she must make momentous yet difficult decisions about the state of their career. These decisions must never (and can never) come lightly, as they directly impact both the person in question as well as all of those who work closely and learn to love … Continue reading
http://splitsider.com/2018/02/how-facebook-is-killing-comedy/ There may be a bullshitty click-bait title, but as this brilliant interview suggests, that’s what Facebook has reduced us to. I read this for the second time this morning and it made me just as angry as it did upon the first read. I’ve never been a big fan of Funny or Die (or … Continue reading
