by Jac Kern
05.21.2013
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Jac's roundup of pop culture news and Internet findings
Happy YouTube Comedy Week! Celebs, comedians, YouTube sensations and other funny people have created a
ton of content to unfurl daily through May 25. As if the Internet doesn’t provide enough
distractions to laugh at throughout the workday.
I recently watched Parks and Recreation in its entirety over the past two weeks, so if
I cancelled plans with you, it’s not because my cat was sick. I was watching
hours and hours of Netflix. Sorry. It goes without saying that I’m now fully
obsessed with Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson), who, as it turns out, actually is married
to Megan “Tammy Two” Mullally and actually is a
master woodworker. Anyway, Offerman was on Jay Leno last week to promote his
upcoming film, Kings of Summer. He
also performed a song he wrote for his wife (NSFWish), "Rainbow Song." Apparently
he’s sung this ditty on a few other talk shows, but I’ll take anything to get
me through to P&R Season Six — which has been confirmed!
Saturday’s SNL finale was filled with lots of weirdness and sads. Ben Affleck
did a so-so hosting job, but there were a lot of awkward moments from the
start. Ben’s monologue referred back to his Argo
Oscar acceptance speech (is that really as timely as your could get, SNL writers? Oh, wait. There was also a Gigli joke. Oy.) about how he loves his
wife but marriage is work and blahblahblah because I guess some people thought
that was kind of shitty for him to say. Well, Mrs. Affleck, Jennifer Garner,
came out to faux-bicker with him but it mostly came off as a desperate “We’re
married and we love each other, OK?!” confirmation. Was anyone even worried
about them? Also, it really looked like he was crying when he introduced musical guest, Kanye
West. Kim K's baby daddy debuted two songs from his upcoming album, Yeezus, and he was in full performance art mode (also, the censors
let hella N-words slip through the cracks.)
Then came the tears. Last week it was
announced that Seth Meyers will be leaving the show to host Late Night next
year; Bill Hader also said this would be his last season. The two went out with
a bang during a Weekend Update segment with Bill’s flamboyant city correspondent,
Stefon. (Oh, and Amy Poehler co-hosted Update for old time’s sake.) Stefon took
us on a wild ride that included a wedding, Anderson Cooper and all those crazy,
presumably made-up characters from his club reviews (including Menorah the
Explorer and human traffic cones).
There had also been additional reports that
Jason Sudekis and 11-year vet Fred Armisen were heading out. Though Jason
hasn’t made an official announcement, he joined Fred and Bill onstage for a
reprisal of Fred’s fictional Punk pioneer, Ian Rubbish. Fred’s Portlandia co-star Carrie Brownstein,
Kim Gordon, Aimee Mann and others rocked the stage with The Bizarros. :'(
Beyoncé may or may not be pregnant — Gawker
considers all the possible “conspiracé theorés” here. As I go set up Google alerts for an official announcement (and ponder if/how
this would affect her summer U.S. tour, specifically the Nashville concert that
I will be attending), go look up the name of your Destiny’s Child with the Bey Bey Name Generator. And check out her
newly leaked single, “Grown Woman” (the song from that epic Pepsi commercial).
Spinderella cut it up one time! The true
star of Salt-N-Pepa, DJ Spinderella, will be in town at the Aronoff Center with
Shaquille O’Neal and a slew of comedians for Shaq’s All-Star Comedy Jam June 1.
Seriously, that’s a real thing.And here's Taylor Swift being grossed out by Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez's Billboard Awards PDA:
0 Comments · Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Big things are happening for comedian Amy Schumer. The talented comic, most widely known for her run on Last Comic Standing and the roasts of both Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr, is about to debut her own sketch comedy show called Inside Amy Schumer
0 Comments · Wednesday, December 5, 2012
With the re-election of Barack Obama last
month, many people who were closely following politics and current
events reached a burnout point the day after the election. Comedian Auggie Smith reached that stage almost a full year earlier.
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Can women be funny? It’s a question so
brain-numbingly idiotic that it’s best left ignored, but that’s
difficult when multiple facets of the media — from pop culture bloggers
to comedians on Twitter — recycle the “debate” over and over again.
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 14, 2012
For stand-up comedy fans, few comics are
as popular as Brian Regan. Like Jim Gaffigan, Mike Birbiglia and Louis
C.K., Regan has built a large and loyal fan base without having been on a
sitcom or starring in a hit movie. Now he has a career many comics
would love.
1 Comment · Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Bill Burr is undoubtedly a comedian’s
comedian, that rare comic who other stand-ups will go out of their way
to see. However, Burr also has a sizeable and loyal fanbase that
relishes in his observations on everything from Hitler to fast food.
0 Comments · Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The Capitol Steps are on their way to
Cincinnati, and they’ll stop at nothing to get audience members laughing
as this grueling election year surges forward. The Steps are a group of Capitol Hill
staffers turned political satirists, and no party is safe from ridicule
when these performers take the stage.
Comedian Carlos Alazraqui's portfolio bursts with unexpected voice roles
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The sixth annual Brew Ha-Ha is upon us. Saturday's headliner Carlos Alazraqui is probably best known as Officer James Garcia on Comedy Central’s Reno 911!.
0 Comments · Wednesday, June 27, 2012
In 300 years, when machines run the
earth, our robot scientist overlords will be able to study our ancient
society’s morals and taboos via what we allow and eventually embrace in
pop culture.
Comedy, tragedy staged in complex Shakespearean production
0 Comments · Monday, May 14, 2012
Let’s give props to Cincinnati Shakespeare Company for bringing to the stage The Merchant of Venice,
one of Shakespeare’s most difficult plays. It’s officially categorized
as a comedy, and it contains humorous and romantic elements, including a
subplot about contesting for the hand of a wealthy heiress. But the
central story of a more dire contest between a moneylender and a
businessman is anything but amusing.