Let's see what's at the Sky Mall!

When I take my seat in an airplane the first thing I do is seek out the Sky Mall magazine. I am forever amazed by the ungodly prices they charge for bizarre hokey items. Who buys this crap? Here are some of the chotzkes in my most recent Sky...

Too Many Cooks -- too funny

This is from Adult Swim and if you haven't seen it yet you must check it out. Anyone who has ever watched '70s or '80s cheesy sitcoms will recognize these tropes... actually several genres are spoofed. Incredibly funny and well-done. The man behind...

It's always funnier in German

This is a clip from a FRASIER episode called "Miss Right Now" that David Isaacs and I wrote.  It was translated into German.  If ever there was a language perfectly suited for the rhythms of humor it's German.    Zu genieße...

Friday Questions

Friday Questions based on my writing process and recent posts about my play (closing soon so get your tickets now): Matt starts us off: You have said before that you tell actors to hold for the laugh because you don't want them talking when nobody...

Neil Patrick Harris to host a variety show

Mega-talent Neil Patrick Harris has announced he will soon host a variety show live on NBC. Variety shows used to be a mainstay of American primetime programming, but over the last thirty years or so have gone the way of the dinosaur, disco, and Fotomat....

REAL actors

How can you tell the really good actors from the mediocre ones or former models? Watch what they’re doing when they’re not talking. Generally your attention is on whoever is speaking and ping pongs around the room to whoever has the next line. But...