*Louie* and experimental sitcom form

I’ve become sort of obsessed with Louie, the sitcom starring comedian Louis C.K.  Someone I know who’s in the comedy biz raved about him a while ago which finally prompted me to check out the show (which is on FX — I think the second season is currently going?  I have it set to “record [...]

Aldous Snow

I’ll go out on a limb and declare that Aldous Snow may be the best cinematic comic character of the past few years.  He’s by far the high point of Forgetting Sarah Marshall (which is much better than I expected generally — saw it on t.v. recently) and is hilarious throughout the Aldous Snow vehicle [...]

The Conjugal Unpleasantness

For Valentine’s Day, a bit of British marital advice: Also see “Women, Keep Your Virtue” and “Women Know Your Limits“ (Thanks to Boing Boing)