‘Oaky’ Is Not a Four-Letter Word

Don’t hate Chardonnays just because you’re supposed to

By Josh Perilo

Sometimes I don’t even realize I’m doing it until I’m standing in the middle of the supermarket, my voice rising incrementally and bleating: “I don’t care how many viewers it has, I think Family Guy is the un-funniest show that has ever aired on national television!”

Do I really care all that much about Family Guy? No. But for some reason, whenever there’s a consensus about one popular thing being plunked down into a solid “good” or “bad” category, this raises red flags for me and I’ll usually take the opposite position, just to try and even out the score. Read more

The Club that Rodney Built

Comedian Rob Magnotti remembers performing in front of Rodney Dangerfield in 2004. Magnotti, who grew up a fan of the superstar, was slightly on edge before the show.

“They told me that night, ‘Rodney’s going to watch your set’,” Magnotti said. “That’s a lot of pressure!”

Dangerfield watched the act from the same booth he always occupied at Dangerfield’s Comedy Club, which he opened decades before on First Avenue and East 61st Street. Read more