Patton Oswalt

Q&A: Greg Giraldo Talks about Carrot Top, Carlos Mencia, Ray Romano, Lewis Black, Patton Oswalt, Dick Cheney and, of course, Paris Hilton

Q&A: Chewing the Fat with Christian Finnegan

Violent Miscreants and Power-Tripping Sociopaths

Mall cops on parade in Observe and Report.

Brian Posehn

The six-six, bald, nerdy comic admits he’s gassy

Outsider Comedy

Local comedians band together and embrace their dorkiness

Katt Williams

This pint-sized comedian continues his crude crusade with It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’ Tour

Ratatouille

Brad Bird does it again; health inspectors everywhere shaken to their core

Funny Business

Once upon a time Houston was a hot spot for comedy clubs. Now it's anybody's guess on who'll turn out on any given night

SXSW Preview

Once upon a time Houston was a hot spot for comedy clubs. Now it's anybody's guess on who'll turn out on any given night

Some Kind of Joke

Once upon a time Houston was a hot spot for comedy clubs. Now it's anybody's guess on who'll turn out on any given night

Sam Winch

The Lullabadeer

Get Inside. It's Summertime!

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

Humor Can Be Funny

Or so believe the Comedians of Comedy

No Exclamation Point Necessary

The Informant! gets cute with massive corporate scandal and blows the story.

Last Year's Broken Toys: The Most Depressing Christmas Songs of All Time

Lin Pernille Photography​ The Christmas season is supposed to be one of joy and fun, of eating way too much and making drunken mistakes at your office Christmas party. Yet every year we're confronted by songs that frankly aren't in keeping with the holiday spirit. Although it's an urban myth that ... More >>

Year in Film: Three Critics, One List, Ten Best

J. Hoberman, Robert Wilonsky and Scott Foundas put their minds together and come up with their favorite films of the year. Let's hear it for teamwork!

Music Cities

Texas has its own brand of March Madness

The Week In TV: Mad About Mad Men Barbie Dolls

The Barbie version of Joan appears to have just escaped from Dachau.​I have no idea what day it is, my veins run thick with taquitos, and I took my shirt off in public. This was the week in TV Land: • I'm a little amazed at the amount of TV I was able to watch this past week considering I' ... More >>

The Week In TV: NBC Comedies Are Finally Back

We've missed you.​My parking lot's flooded, I had my first crawfish on Friday, and I feel like funkin' it up. This was the week in TV Land: • Ah, the joys and frustrations of the endless news cycle: Not a couple hours after last week's round-up column went live -- in which I ruminated on C ... More >>

Why Aren't There Any Good Conservative Comedians?

​It's a valid question, even in light of the specter of Satanism rearing its seven heads over Delaware last week. Actually, maybe that's the quick and dirty answer to my question: the reality of the Tea Party is funnier than any airplane food joke Christine O'Donnell could tell at the Improv. ... More >>

Jessica Simpson Feels The Pain Of Bullying Victims

Sorry sweetheart, but even Tim Gunn would've made fun of those pants.​There's been a lot of talk about bullies lately. The suicides of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi and Hamilton Middle School's Asher Brown have prompted renewed calls for bullying prevention, leading to things like the It Gets ... More >>

Last Night: Ben Sollee At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Jessica Perry​Ben Sollee, Thousands Fitzgerald's July 21, 2011 "I don't know anything about cello or classical arrangements but I like this stuff," Aftermath said to our classical-music teacher, great friend and sometime colleague Meghan Hendley, keyboardist for local group Tyagaraj ... More >>

Fast Times: KFC Mashed Potato Bowl

If you think this is what the KFC mashed potato bowl really looks like, we've got some oceanfront property in Lawrence, Kansas that you're gonna love.​I am currently obsessed with comedian Patton Oswalt, and I'm dying to see the movie Young Adult with Charlize Theron, just because he is in it. ... More >>

Pop Rocks: You're Not Fooling Anyone, Downton Abbey

​A quick survey of status updates on Facebook Sunday night confirmed what I'd suspected for weeks: 200% of them were watching something called Downton Abbey. Season 2 just debuted on Masterpiece Classic on PBS, you see, and people responded with an enthusiasm usually reserved for when some m ... More >>

20 Albums To Leave Your Children Plus Five To Grow On...

​It started as a simple question: What albums would you leave your unborn children, if you knew you were on borrowed time and may not be around to show them the way. At first I asked for albums for sons, but then it grew broader, not out of needing to pacify the PC-thug in me, but to make sure ... More >>