Culture For The Non-Cultured

Recently, on NPR’s radio show, This American Life , I learned about the creative editing process at The Onion, the uber-popular weekly satirical newspaper. Every Monday, each person on the Onion team comes in with lots and lots and lots of story ideas. The headlines are read aloud by their creators. If at least [...]

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The Holy Trinity. The Three Musketeers. Easy as 1, 2, 3.
There’s something very special about the number 3.
Years and years ago, I saw a fabulous documentary on comedy that featured the writers of the Sid Ceasar show, with the old funny men sitting around chewing the fat about the good ol’ days. In passing, they [...]

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