Archive for the ‘comedy’ Category
23
Dec
Posted by John S in Aught Lang Syne, TV, comedy. Tagged: comedy, Arrested Development, The Simpsons, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, How I Met Your Mother, Kristen Schaal, Dwight's Speech, the demise of The Office, The Office (UK), The Table Read, the Aughts, Aught Lang Syne, South Park, david brent, Flight of the Conchords, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Charlie Wants an Abortion, Slap Bet, Robin Sparkles, good sitcoms, Mugged, Samuel L. Jackson, Orlando Bloom, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, the death of eric cartman, Saddlesore Galactica, Training, David Brent sings, Righteous Brothers, Franklin Comes Alive, Franklin Bluth. 2 Comments
Our look last week at the decade in television focused mainly on dramas. But the creative advancements in the medium were not limited to that genre; it’s only more obvious there. The Aughts have been a great decade for comedies as well, seeing such brilliant shows as Arrested Development, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and many [...]
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22
Dec
Posted by John S in Aught Lang Syne, Film, comedy. Tagged: A Mighty Wind, Anchorman, Aught Lang Syne, Ben Stiller, Christopher Guest, comedy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Jason Segel, Jonah Hill, Judd Apatow, Knocked Up, McLovin', Meet the Parents, michael cera, Paul Rudd, Puff the Magic Dragon, Robert De Niro, Seth Rogen, Steve Carell, Superbad, The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Hangover, Wet Hot American Summer, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Zoolander. 1 Comment
Yesterday we gave you the definitive list of the funniest comedians of the decade. Today, NPI continues its look at the comedy of the Aughts by looking at the ten funniest films of the decade. Evaluating comedies can be tricky. Is the sheer number of laughs more important than the overall quality of the movie? [...]
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21
Dec
Posted by John S in Aught Lang Syne, comedy. Tagged: comedy, Larry David, Arrested Development, michael cera, stand-up comedy, Judd Apatow, mitch hedberg, Jon Stewart, seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Zach Galifianakis, Ricky Gervais, Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Stephen Merchant, The Office (UK), Extras, Stephen Colbert, george w. bush, Aught Lang Syne, South Park, The Daily Show, comedians, Will Arnett, Tobias Funke, David Cross, the Bluth family, Portia Di Rossi, Tony Hale, Henry Winkler, Ed Begley Jr., John Michael Higgins, Will Ferrell, Mugatu, Celebrity Jeopardy, Ron Burgundy, More Cowbell, The Colbert Report, This Week in God, Strangers with Candy, Dave Chappelle, Seth Galifianakis, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Conan O'Brien, old-timey baseball, The Tonight Show. 1 Comment
Comedy is a broad subject. It’s not confined to any one medium, genre, style, or format. It’s hard to define and almost impossible to quantify. But here at NPI, we take comedy very seriously. The comedy of the Aughts in particular will always have an important role in shaping our senses of humor. So today we [...]
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20
Dec
Posted by NPI in Aught Lang Syne, Culture, Food, comedy, economics. Tagged: Chuck Klosterman, In defense of Food, Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational, Michael Lewis, moneyball, randy barnett, restoring the lost constitution, Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, noam chomsky, A.J. Jacobs, Hegemony or Survival, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Blink, The Tipping Point, The Mystery of Capital, The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki. Leave a Comment
In case you missed Part I of our analysis of the decade’s best nonfiction, you can check it out here.
9/11, Pirates and Emperors, Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, et. al. – Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky has always been prolific in his political writings, but the aftermath of 9/11 saw an increase in the relevance of his criticisms [...]
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16
Dec
Posted by NPI in Aught Lang Syne, TV, comedy. Tagged: Arrested Development, The Wire, Lost, The Office, Mad Men, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, How I Met Your Mother, dexter, 24, John Krasinski, Ricky Gervais, Jason Bateman, Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Bauer, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, tony shalhoub, adrian monk, monk, golden age of television, jim halpert, barney stinson, neil patrick harris, david brent, the british office, omar little, michael k. williams, michael bluth, john locke, terry o'quinn. 4 Comments
John S already called the Aughts the “Golden Age of Television.” Now, he’s joined by Tim to help further justify that statement by recalling some of the most original and memorable characters the medium has produced over the last 10 years. We had one criterion: The character had to debut this decade. Some notable characters [...]
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5
Dec
Posted by NPI in Aught Lang Syne, Culture, comedy. Tagged: Chuck Klosterman, Arrested Development, The Hills, The Wire, The Dark Knight, The Simpsons, Superbad, Barack Obama, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Kanye West, jonathan safran foer, dick vitale, george w. bush, september 11th, John Kerry, Politics, Samantha Power, Hillary Clinton, Isaac from the Real World, The OC, Bill O'Reilly, South Park, quotes, quotes of the decade, Allen Iverson, Dennis Green. Leave a Comment
To accurately and sufficiently summarize the Aughts, we at NPI have compiled and organized what we believe to be the defining list of quotes from this decade. Some of these were soundbytes, some were entire news cycles, some were quoted ad nauseam, some are poignant, some are sad, and most are hilarious.
“Either you are with [...]
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25
Nov
Posted by John S in TV, comedy. Tagged: Acting Without Acting, Bernie Madoff, Cheryl David, cheryl hines, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Danny Duberstein, Denise Handicapped, Elaine, George Costanza, Groat's disease, iPhone, iphone apps, itoilet, J.B. Smoove, Jason Alexander, jerry seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kramer, Leon Black, Marty Funkhouser, Michael Richards, Michael Richards racism incident, Season Seven, Season Seven Finale, seinfeld, Seinfeld Reunion, sitcom finales, the Blacks, The Car Pool Lane, the doll, the Seinfeld finale, The Table Read, Vehicular Fellatio, Wizards of Waverly Place. 6 Comments
In case we haven’t made it clear yet, we’re pretty big fans of Curb Your Enthusiasm here at NPI, and we were rather excited for Season Seven. Now that Season Seven has concluded, though, it’s worthwhile to go back and compare our expectations to what we actually got.
Back when F.P., Josh and I went over [...]
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31
Oct
Posted by NPI in comedy. Tagged: Candy, comedy, Costumes, fond childhood memories, halloween, jerry seinfeld, stand-up comedy. Leave a Comment
In honor of today’s festivities, here is Jerry Seinfeld with some thoughts on Halloween:
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