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A little-known story of the brief, shining moment when comedy's stars-to-be were starving artists and friends in 1970s L.A.—and of the strike that tore them apart. Learn More

Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a comedy writer and actress prone to starting fights with her friends and coworkers with the sentence “Can I just say one last thing about this, and then I swear I’ll shut up about it?” Learn More

In 1993, network executives abruptly cut the final appearance of comedian Bill Hicks - a scathing tirade of digs on the Pope and the pro-life movement - from an episode of The Late Show with David Letterman. Learn More

The essay is for exploring; the book, for explaining. Learn More

McLuhan: A Guide for the Perplexed is a close reading of all of his work with a focus on tracing the systematic development of his thought. The overriding objective is to clarify all of McLuhan’s thinking, to consolidate it in a fashion which prevents misreadings, and to open the way to advancing his own program: ensuring that the world does not sleepwalk into the twenty-first century with nineteenth-century perceptions. Learn More

A Little Golden Girls Book. Learn More

Russell Brand learned early on to make a joke of fear and failure. Learn More

On life during the Golden Age of radio, movies, television, and music. Learn More

Anime. Manga. Gaming. J-Pop. Toys. Cosplay. Learn More