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Jonathan Coulton and TMBG’s John Flansburgh on The Sound of Young America
Jesse Thorn of The Sound of Young America interviews Jonathan Coulton about his most ambitious album yet, Artificial Heart. Oh yeah, and John Flansburgh of a little band called They Might Be Giants produced it, he's there too. Take a listen…
British Comedian Steve Coogan on Fresh Air
From Fresh Air: “‘Comedian, writer and producer Steve Coogan, an icon of British comedy, is best known for playing his character Alan Partridge, the “nerdy radio DJ with a terrible taste in sweaters and an inflated ego.”… In Coogan’s latest film, The Trip, he reunites with Brydon — but this…
Judd Apatow on The Sound of Young America
Judd Apatow has achieved the level of success that just hearing his name makes me sad. While I might fantasize about killing him in his sleep, this interview made me want to kill him just a little bit less. Take a listen…
Football Comes To The University of Chicago
Every great comic institution grows from a single seed. This is where The Second City came from.…
Nichols & May: Physical
"A constant 'sicky' feeling…No appendix, I don't really miss it." "I want to lower the sheet, can you…
Marshall Efron: “I’m Never Gonna Stick It In Again”
From the hard-to-find comedy LP "Neutrino News Network."…
Beyond the Fringe: The End of the World
"It was GMT, wasn't it?" Wonderful sketch by Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Alan Bennett.…
The Committee: Clean Up (1973)
From the stories I heard in Chicago, this sketch is indistinguishable from Del Close's actual life.…