Ladies and Gentlemen, Paul Lynde!
What took so long? In an age where celebrity biographies and memoirs outnumber actual celebrities, when even the life and career of Erik Estrada are deemed worthy of a 208-page meditation (opening line: “Any man’s beginning reaches back past his point of origin … to the deepest roots of his heritage”), how is it possible […]
Da Elliott Code:
An Interview with Chris Elliott
Perhaps no other comedian, save Andy Kaufman, has done more to consistently stretch the boundaries of character-driven humor than Chris Elliott. Over the course of a 23-year career that includes stints as a writer and performer on Late Night with David Letterman, his own early-90s Fox sitcom, Get a Life, and the lead role in […]
The Squid Kid:
An Interview with Noah Baumbach
At 36, Noah Baumbach is already a multi-tasker of the highest order: in addition to having been a contributor to The New Yorker since 1999, he has written five screenplays and directed four movies, including his latest, The Squid and the Whale, set to be released in early October. The film, about a Reagan-era family […]
