Here’s a clip from my upcoming appearance on Jackie Kashian’s “The Dork Forest.” In it, I try to explain why Sex In The City, Entourage and Pokemon are the same thing.
There are two main kinds of prostitution memoir stories: In the first kind, a sad vulnerable young girl with no self-esteem talks about numbing herself to a life of repetitive exploitation. In the second kind, a quirky young woman finds empowerment by getting paid for dominating men.
Late at night in NYC, you can watch “The Jack Benny Program” on NJ public television. I’d never seen the show before coming home for the holidays, but it’s really, really good.
It’s not a typical talk show - Jack comes out and does a minute or two of jokes, but then the rest of the episode will be one long sketch comedy style play. In one episode, he and Ed Sullivan play dueling attorneys in a crazy murder trial. In another, he can’t get Phil Silvers to leave his house for seven months. There’s an episode where his violin playing is so bad it causes the Japanese troops to kill themselves.
It’s really nutty and really good, and makes me wish I’d payed more attention to old black and white comedy.
I've written for Spike TV's MANswers, The National Lampoon & Cracked Magazine. I've also been featured on NPR's "Marketplace," had a pilot screen at the New York Television Festival, and wrote/starred in a series of commercials for Hungry Man dinners. I played Genghis Khan. I love Babylon 5, yelling at the TV with my dad, and naps. Tweeting nonstop at @asterios.