“Summer beach read” lists are all well and good, but the roundup a person really wants to know is: Which books do funny people find the funniest?
With this in mind, Vulture spoke with eight comedians, all contributors to Notes From the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic From 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy, a modern pantheon selected by Amy Solomon, producer on Silicon Valley and Barry.
Jurda parem is a big deal, and not just because it means we might finally be getting some version of the Six of Crows novel plot. Season two of Shadow and Bone is packed with plot. Our fearless Sun Summoner Alina is trying to tear down the Shadow Fold and bring peace to Ravka and stop General Kirigan and his insatiable appetite for power. Meanwhile, Kaz Brekker and his Crows are involved in a deeply personal turf war over in Ketterdam before being sent on an important heist mission in Shu Han to obtain a sword that could mean life or death for Alina.
There was a lot of sketch comedy on TV in the ‘90s. Emerging cable networks, particularly Comedy Central, had lots of airtime to fill, as did other networks, particularly if they were youth-oriented, like MTV, Fox, or The WB. And what did the kids in the ‘90s like? Inventive comedy. Scenes were thriving in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Toronto, and Austin, among other places, where TV talent was rapidly being developed.
January, 2012: Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol reigned at the box office, a new show called Girls premiered on HBO, Lana Del Rey told us we were Born to Die … and a young-adult novel about two kids with cancer falling in love became a massive sensation. The sixth book from John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, debuted January 10 at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list, where it would stay for months.
How Everything Works Brought to you by How Everything Works Brought to you by Seven years after its debut, why does the fish loom so large in our memories? The food stylist responsible for it all explains. The end of the decade is drawing near, and as we begin to look back on ten years’ worth of cinematic achievements, we beg you: Spare a moment for the dinner scene in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man.
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