Recently I got into an XM radio series called UNMASKED. Host Rob Pennington interviews comics on their lives and how they made it in standup comedy. I really liked this thing Louis CK had to say about the odds of making it as a comic. It’s a bracing shot of reality, but for aspiring performers, it’s got some hope to it as well.
Louis CK – Making It As A Comic by EconomyOfMe
Here’s Louis’ most popular clip, and pretty much the only one I can share with you without getting fired. Enjoy.
I’m not gonna lie to you. This is edu-tainment. Or at the very least, info-tainment. Meaning you might learn something. But let’s be honest, because that’s how I roll. I have not seen a financial education game look like this before. It’s like an early-era FIFA. Definitely worth a look. Check it out! (And if you get a ridiculous score, throw it in the comments.)
I took a friend’s pictures from his trip to a poor part of Peru, and made a show out of them. I just wanted to communicate the experience of life in a poor town in South America. Check it out…
What does it cost to be a part of the fame game? Check out this cool article: New York Magazine put together an analysis of how much money Kanye spent this week, based on one week’s tweets…
Click the pic below to get the full rundown.
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/08/the_cost_of_being_kanye.html
Everyone knows the big green coin-counting machines standing around in our grocery stories, hungry for change. But here’s something a lot of people DON’T know…
