In her TED talk and HBO special, “autistic, pathologically shy” Hannah Gadsby tells how she came to be the most talked about comedian on the planet. It started when she asked herself an essential question:
Read MoreSublime Chaplin: Wise Words and a ‘Nonsense Song’
(Full video here). We laughed out loud when we saw this riff of Charlie Chaplin whose only prop was his baggy pants and his body. Laughing made us feel a whole lot better. As did Chaplin’s very wise words:
Read MoreRobin Williams Helps Carole Burnett Express Herself
(Video link HERE.) After a reader mentioned an episode of the Carole Burnett show riffing on The Princess and the Pea (a reference to our inability to sleep no matter what fix we do to the myseriously vibrating bed) we went hunting for it. We never found it* but stumbled on this extraordinary bit from…
Read Morethe collected wisdom of louis c.k.
Bradford Evans at Sidesplitter collected wildman-wiseman-truthteller-comedian Louis C.K’s best bits of wisdom from shows, interviews, and appearances. (His ‘everything is so amazing, but nobody is happy’ video on Conan is still the bomb.) Here are our favorites: It seems like the better it gets, the more miserable people become. There’s never a technological advancement where people think,…
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