Mr. Show With Bob And David

Another list from The A.V. Club.

A new series looks at the stories behind some of our favorite comedy sketches.

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

A visit from the Mayor Of Hollywood, Andrew Lloyd Webber and an orphan, and the staff of Parks And Recreation.

The A.V. Club asked some of our favorite pop-culture people for their favorite sounds and sights of the past year. 

“I’m in this business for two reasons: the money and the anecdotes. That’s all I want. I either want to do the best films or the fucking worst films.”

The ceaseless appetite for docs about fashionistas brings a dismal study of British designer Ozwald Boateng.

“There was never any network pressure to move [Chris] out of the house. The network pressure was for him to be lucid.”

A reader asks about “Pop-Cultural Stockholm Syndrome,” where prolonged exposure gets us addicted to things we normally would avoid. 

As with her live act, Silverman’s show takes a spoonful of sugar to make the transgressive comedy go down. 

With comedy podcasting at a crossroads, maybe it’s time for comedians to go small and embrace the humanity that makes the medium unique. 

rThe SNL vet takes the seemingly inevitable step of starring in a movie with one of his comedy idols—after begging for the role.

The creator of Comedy Bang Bang brings his podcast to TV with a new IFC series. 

This week, our regualar staff-and-reader survey looks at our favorite parodies of film, from SCTV to The Simpsons. 

“They still don’t know quite what to make of it.”

The popular Comedy Central series doubles in size this season, something something “tight butthole.” 

The star of Bernie on acting and Tenacious D. 

The staff and readers examine their favorite band T-shirts, TV-related hoodies, and other pop-cultural clothing.

The Mr. Show co-creator and Breaking Bad featured player on his Adult Swim pilot, moviemaking without compromise, and directing “without being a dick.” 

Two alums of The State made a show in which they were awful to each other and yet no one watched. 

The star of The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret talks about the roles he’s taken for love, and the other ones.

Our annual call for resolutions about the pop-culture decisions we want to make—or stop making—in the year ahead.  

Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked: The kiddie franchise exerts a lot of effort in humiliating David Cross and minimal effort elsewhere. 

Examining the puzzlingly unpopular film career of Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte. 

The brothers behind H.R. Pufnstuf, Sigmund And The Sea Monsters talk about reinventing Saturday mornings and what went wrong with the Land Of The Lost movie.