Author Archive for Nate Rankin
Nate Rankin writes Comedy Reviews and Fiction because no one taught him any better. His fiction has been featured by Workers Writes, theNewerYork! and Used Gravitrons and is forthcoming in The Green Blotter. His work can be seen here: http://iamseamus.tumblr.com/writing You can find him on the Tweety Box @CommanderSeamus If you'd like to submit a review inquiry please send to nrankin22[at]gmail[dot]com
Mandroid: Chris Hardwick’s Comedy Central Debut
Mandroid is…an amalgamation of pop-culture, nerd-culture and sexual desires and deviance
Video Game High School: A Web Series Review
The series relies on the channel creators’ (Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatsch) expertise in visual effects
The Top 4 Reasons to Watch Workaholics
Just in time for the Workaholics Season 3B premiere, a review of the workplace sitcom that breaks the mold
Brock Wilbur: ‘28 Years Later’
Wilbur is a comedian that will quickly enrapture audiences with quirky and original material that will appeal to multiple tastes in nerdiness and pop-culture alike
Tom Garland: Leash Your Kids
There’s a checklist Garland has somewhere that he uses to see how many different groups he can offend in as few words as possible.
Vince Martin: Live From the Middle
Make no mistake, Vince Martin has fun playing with conservative stereotypes
5 YouTube Comedians You Should Be Watching
5 YouTube channels that feature some of the web’s best comedy.
Jim Norton’s ‘No Baby For You’
Norton’s humor comes from that acerbic, raunchy tradition of east coast humor where nothing and no one is off limits.
The Casual Sextor: Michael Malone
Today we are going to look at a creature called the “Casual Sextor.” In particular, comedian Michael Malone
TJ Miller’s ‘Mash Up Audiofile’
Miller has to be one of the more raw-talented comedians working. His brand is as eclectic as his Comedy Central show
Darryl Lenox’s ‘Blind Ambition’ for Political and Comedy Nerds
Blind Ambition is an album centered around a comedian’s deteriorating eyesight in a world that he may not want to watch a whole lot anyway
Taylor Williamson’s ‘Laughter? I Hardly Know Her!’
There’s an unresolved tension going on in the audience’s mind that this voice seems to be afraid but the words he expels are drenched in humor
Derek Sheen’s New Comedy Album ‘Holy Drivel’
Derek Sheen constructs a comedy hour that’s a bigger guilty pleasure than arteries stuffed with butter and cookie dough
Dan Cummins’ ‘Hear This!’
In Cummins’ third album he proves that he is one of the most effectively productive comedians performing stand-up today
Highlights of Jon Stewart vs. Bill O’Reilly in ‘Rumble 2012′
While both debaters got laughs and applause the majority seemed to favor the host of The Daily Show
