Essential Reader
If you are new to the blog or J-L’s site be sure to read his best all-time posts on comedy, culture, sports and politics!
Culture
- Coco and Her White Co-Sign
- My Dog Wants to Die… Here’s Why I Will Help Her
- The Origin Story of Cookie Cauvin
- Why We Should Treat the Girl Scouts Like Old Black Musicians
- Salad Guys: The Celibate Bartenders of NYC
- To The Defense of “Girls” – It’s Not Its Fault
- Arby’s Is a Huge Piece of Sh*t
Sports
- Djokavic is The Best. But is he The GOAT?
- Kevin Durant May Have Killed The NBA
- Lebron is the Greatest, but Hakeem Already Did THIS in 1994
- My Final Trip to the Derek Jeter Shopping Mall
- The Case for Lebron James
- Why Lebron Will Never Please You
- The End Of The Diet Jordan Era
- Can Skin Color Be An “Image Problem?” The NFL vs. the NBA
- Salt Lake City Thriller
- “Tackle That Nigger” & Other Sights and Sounds At The Pittsburgh Steelers Game
Politics
- Donald Trump is a Terrorist
- The One-Dollar Bet from Price Is Right: The Political Argument of Dummies
- Donald Trump: America’s Participation Trophy
- The GOP Hates Hillary Clinton More Than They Love America
- Time Magazine’s 2015 Person of the Year: The Scared White Person
- The Culture That Gave Birth To #OccupyWallStreet
- 3 Non-Partisan Things America Should Be Doing
- Economics For Dummies
- Obamacare is the New N Word
Stand Up Comedy
- If a Comedy Club Falls Do Comedians Make a Sound?
- Gary Gulman: Putting The Funny Back in Painfully Funny
- The Comdedy Bubble Has Already Burst
- The No-Name Comedian Manifesto for 2017
- The Jim Gaffigan Show: TV’s Funniest and Best Depiction of Stand Up Comedy
- Comedy Central Announces 2016 Roster for The Half Hour
- The New Wave of Harmless Diversity in Comedy
- The Rise of the TV Comedy Without Laughter
- Comedy Career Advice: Keep Your Day Job. Seriously.
- Comedy Road Work: Fool’s Bronze
- The Silent Majority of Comedy (I hope)
- Roaches vs. Man – My Alamo in the Comedy Condo
- Stand Up Comedy – The Quintessential American Business
- 10 Observations from 10 Years In Comedy
- The Things New Comics Should Be Doing
- The Rise of the Female Heckler
- Missing the Forest for the UCB Tree
- 10 Things in Stand-Up Comedy that Should Be Retired
- The Death of Stand Up Comedy
- Adam Carolla’s Eddie Brill Moment
- The Elephant In The Room at the Comedy Awards
- Dane Cook & Comedy’s New Political Correct Police
- Patrice O’Neal – A Big Man. A Huge Loss.
- In re Bob Hellener
- How To Fail In Comedy While Really Trying – Feature Work
- Charlie Sheen – The Comedy America Deserves
- The Movies That Explain America
- Greg Giraldo: An Appreciation
- Comedy: A Love Story