I was an extra in the pilot for a zombie romantic comedy this weekend — another one of my friend Eliza’s zany schemes to dominate Internet comedy. We filmed at Planet Rose Karaoke in the East Village, a small karaoke bar painted bright red with a lot of zebra-print furniture and a leopard-print carpet filthy […]

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To me, the Smurfs were an ambient childhood experience like the smell of apple juice, Cheerios, and urine. They were something I never consciously stepped towards or moved away from, they were just kinda around for a long time, and then gradually faded away.
The Smurfs were on for four hours every Saturday morning, and I […]

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Eliza Skinner is performing her one-woman show “Shameless!” for one night only at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater on Wednesday, February 27th.
Time Out New York said that
Both in her writing and in her nuanced performance, Skinner wrenches humor from awkward circumstances and cringe-inducing comments … And you will love her.
It’s true. Eliza plays a catty […]

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Free Love Forum, mentioned here previously, will be performing a free show Tuesday, February 26th at 6 PM at the People’s Improv Theater. They (and some other groups who are thus far unnamed) will be auditioning for a chance to perform at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival.
I’ve never seen these jokers live before, only […]

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My friend Anne is FUNNY. Real, real funny. If she were completely black-hearted and evil, the sort of person who steps on toddler toes just to hear the squeals, I’d have to grudgingly admit that she was funny. She probably could make hurting a toddler funny somehow.
Anne and a bunch of her friends have a […]

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My friend Eliza is the bee’s knees, the wasp’s nipples, the delicately tapered neck of a praying mantis. She was one of the first friends I had my first semester in college, and we’ve been buds ever since. Now she’s a standup and improv comedian here in New York — she’s taught improv comedy at […]

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