Father Guido Sarducci’s Publicizes the Virtues of Art School

in Art, Comedy, Video - Arts & Culture | September 9th, 2008


Any­one remem­ber Father Gui­do Sar­duc­ci from Sat­ur­day Night Live’s bet­ter days? Below, we find him cel­e­brat­ing the virtues of art school. The clip is fun­ny. But it’s even fun­nier when you con­sid­er that this was appar­ent­ly a real TV com­mer­cial made for the San Fran­cis­co Art Insti­tute in the ear­ly 1980s. The clip has been added to our YouTube playlist.  Also for anoth­er good laugh, see this pre­vi­ous bit: Father Gui­do Sarducci’s Five Minute Uni­ver­si­ty.

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When Comedy Keeps American Politics Honest

in Comedy, Politics | September 4th, 2008

A rather sad com­men­tary on the integri­ty, depth and sin­cer­i­ty of the Amer­i­can pol­i­tics. But, it’s fun­ny and it’s Fri­day, so here it goes. Take it away John Stew­art (and thanks for the tip Lar­ry):

PS Check out this WSJ arti­cle, The Biol­o­gy of Ide­ol­o­gy, which sug­gests that our polit­i­cal choic­es may be shaped by genet­ics.

Relat­ed Con­tent:

Jon Stewart’s “Dai­ly Show” Now Online: 1999 — Present

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America Needs More Palin … Michael Palin, That Is

in Comedy, Video - Arts & Culture | September 3rd, 2008

Below, some vin­tage Mon­ty Python footage… (And see our relat­ed piece: 150 Mon­ty Python Sketch­es.

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Stephen Colbert Reads Joyce’s Ulysses

in Comedy, Literature, Uncategorized | July 2nd, 2008

Every June 16 is Blooms­day, which com­mem­o­rates Jame’s Joyce’s Ulysses (get free audio here). In Dublin and around the world, cel­e­bra­tions usu­al­ly include a read­ing of Joyce’s clas­sic. This year, in New York City, one high-pro­file event fea­tured Stephen Col­bert read­ing the part of Leopold Bloom, the char­ac­ter around which the sprawl­ing nov­el turns. You can lis­ten to Col­bert read here and here. Enjoy, and I will catch you back here after the hol­i­day week­end.

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The Candid Side of George Carlin

in Comedy | June 24th, 2008

A quick find … I want­ed to flag a good inter­view with George Car­lin where he talks can­did­ly about his evo­lu­tion as a com­ic and the strange tra­jec­to­ry of his career. The con­ver­sa­tion was held at the 92nd Street Y in New York. You can down­load it here: iTunes — Feed — MP3 — Blog Post.

Also see the 92nd Street Y’s col­lec­tion on iTunes here, which we men­tioned in our ear­li­er post today.

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RIP: George Carlin on the Tonight Show (1966)

in Comedy | June 23rd, 2008

Here’s the obit. And here’s Car­lin with John­ny Car­son over 40 years ago, sport­ing a very dif­fer­ent look. Rather remark­able to look at.

Also worth a look is his famous piece: Sev­en Dirty Words You Can’t Hear on TV because it formed the basis for a first amend­ment case that went to the US Supreme Court in the 1970s. Obvi­ous­ly, giv­en the very nature of the con­tent and case, you should know in advance that the video is not exact­ly “fam­i­ly-friend­ly” video.

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Animated Woody Allen Standup

in Comedy | June 17th, 2008

And while you’re at it also watch this old gem.

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50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time

in Comedy, Television | April 9th, 2008

Nerve and IFC have pulled togeth­er a fun list that counts down the 50 fun­ni­est sketch­es in tele­vi­sion his­to­ry. Hap­pi­ly, the list fea­tures many video clips, and this inspired us to post one of our own. Here we have John Belushi, appear­ing on Sat­ur­day Night Live in the late 1970s, per­form­ing a clas­sic bit called “Samu­rai Del­i­cat­assen.” Check out the full list of 50 here, and find many more SNL skits on Hulu.com here (if you’re liv­ing in the US).

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