“Their namesake sketch series helped define Gen Xers, arresting their generational sensibility mid-eyeroll: sarcastic, sneering, derisive of authority and self-importance, yet also progressive, compassionate, wildly intelligent, and maybe more than a little self-indulgent.” -John Semley (from This is a Book About The Kids in the Hall) In the Late eighties SCTV was gone and although […]
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Let’s Start a Riot by Bruce McCulloch (HarperCollins, $29.99)
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! (@AKessaris) “…I realized that, even though I had been a young a**hole, I was right. No one should ever go to Drumheller.” -Bruce McCulloch (from Let’s Start a Riot) In 1988 a void existed in broadcast comedy/variety, with SCTV long gone and Saturday Night Live just beginning to become […]
I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend by Martin Short (HarperCollins, $33.50)
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “My Childhood was a blast. It was unequivocally happy. The difficult times were difficult, but they yielded important lessons-they gave me information about life few guys my age had, as well as a certain fearlessness.” -Martin Short It’s no secret I am a huge fan of sketch comedy, […]
Andrea Martin’s Lady Parts (Harper Avenue, $29.99)
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “You know what my father asked me after I won my first Tony Award? He said. ‘Now do you think you’ll get a break?’” -Andrea Martin For me 1975 to 1985 was a great era for comedy; a time when a talented group of young actors, writers and comedians […]