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Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests
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Jason said, “‘Television is a medium because it’s neither rare nor well-done.’ Isn’t that how that saying goes?”
Curtis Sittenfeld • You Think It, I'll Say It: Ten scorching stories of self-deception by the Sunday Times bestselling author
It’s strange to think of a “feed” existing outside of a screen, but these apps work like an algorithmic Netflix home page for physical space.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
us. It was Peter Turner, a world-famous mentalist, a form of magic categorized by mind reading and other impossible psychological effects. A gregarious and audacious guy, he is also a skilled hypnotist. It’s rumored that he once went into the Grosvenor, a casino in London, hypnotized the roulette dealer, and made off with £40,000 in five minutes.
Ian Frisch • Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians
His material is his life—his family, his walks around the neighborhood, his French lessons—and the most amazing thing about him is that he never fails to make it fresh or meaningful. I can think of very few writers—in comedy or elsewhere—with better timing or sense of the absurd.
Judd Apatow • Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy
Awkward comedy is thus a kind of social horror.
Alexandra Plakias • Awkwardness: A Theory

