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July 22, 2008

Listen to world music while hanging with real animals tonight -- at the zoo. / Photo by the Eye of Brad via LAist's flickr pool. ZOO MUSIC*: How cool is this event? Tonight, the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association is hosting an evening of world music at the LA Zoo and Botanical Gardens. From 6-9 pm, guests will be able to see the animals at night (until 8 pm) and listen to the music......

Continue Reading "Pencil This In: Tuesday"

January 15, 2008

As a devoted fan of Wet Hot American Summer, I feel it's my duty to give top-billing to the equally hilarious The Ten. I'm not sure there was a more surreal comic moment last year than Liev Schreiber's competition with his neighbor over--what else--CAT-scan machines. I almost resent Ricky Gervais for not sticking with Extras a few more years. There are now only three funny shows left on TV. Between grief and Good Luck......

Continue Reading "DVD Tuesday: Come on! It was a goof!"

August 5, 2007

I'm not really sure how to review a movie like The Ten. It's more a collection of skits than a movie anyway and much like, say Jackass or Borat, there's really only one question to answer: is it funny? I would enthusiastically say 'yes' to all three, but the humor in The Ten is so specific that I expect a lot of people won't like it. This was definitely the case in the screening......

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June 29, 2005

Seinfeld may have been about nothing, but “Stella,” a new show that premiered last night on Comedy Central, is about the absurd. Think about the two guys waiting on a bench for Godot, add a third, mix in some head-scratching humor, and voila, you have “Stella.” Now we don’t want to draw too many comparisons between the high concept of Beckett’s play and the low-brow humor of this television show, but it’s one of......

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