Jason Tabrys

Tom Lennon On The ‘Reno 911!’ Holiday Special, Dildo Stores, And Getting Distracted By Robin Williams

Tis the season for using the word tis a lot and also trying to feel something by watching endless holiday movies and specials, be they ones that feature talking trees, claymation squirrels, or saccharine sweet meet-cutes. But hark, the herald Terry…

Kumail Nanjiani On Finding The Devil In The Details With ‘Welcome To Chippendales’

There are some true life stories that are destined to be told as movies or TV shows. Certain elements that feed into our shared obsessions with sex, glamour, broken dreams, and what they can do to people when desperation sets in and moral barriers…

Jessie Ennis Tells Us About ‘Mythic Quest’ And The Evolution Of Jo

As we begin season 3 of Mythic Quest (with the first two episodes now live on Apple TV+ followed by a weekly rollout), the show’s writers and actress Jessie Ennis have created quite the challenge for themselves. Ennis’ character, Jo, is quite…

Chris Redd On His Revealing Stand-Up Special, Kanye, And Why The Time Was Right For Him To Leave ‘SNL’

There’s noise and then there’s substance. Chris Redd is in front of me on a Zoom call, stitched up after getting attacked last week outside n NYC comedy club, and ready to talk about what he calls his baby, his freshly released HBO Max hour-long…

‘Blockbuster’ Star Randall Park On Video Store Nostalgia And The Iconic Film He Hasn’t Seen

The thing about Blockbuster (which just premiered with all episodes available on Netflix) is that the name, nostalgia, and bitter irony of it running on Netflix eventually fades, replaced by a different kind of wistfulness for a time of goofing off…

Jordan Klepper Isn’t Here To Make Us Feel Better About The State Of Democracy

It’s easy to feel a small amount of smug superiority over how batshit some of the folks are that Jordan Klepper talks with in his regular forays outside various MAGA rallies and hootnannies for The Daily Show and specials like tonight’s Jordan…

Roy Wood Jr. On ‘The Daily Show’ And The Sacrifice That Comes With Growth

There’s a lot to discuss with Roy Wood Jr. The Daily Show is heading to Atlanta to cover the midterms and Confess, Fletch just hit Showtime, offering people a chance to see Roy shine opposite Jon Hamm in the weirdly under-marketed film. But we can’t…

Nick Kroll On Figuring Out Adulthood, ‘Big Mouth,’ And His New Stand-Up Special

Nick Kroll‘s focus on childhood and adolescence has been central to the success and expanding universe of Big Mouth (which just returned for its 6th season after the debut of its spinoff, Human Resources). But in his recently released Netflix…

Joel McHale Talks To Us About Steak And Only Steak

A few weeks ago (days before the Community movie news), Joel McHale went up Estes Park, Colorado’s Mount Via Ferrata to have a five-star meal in a promo pop-up centered around Certified Angus Beef, reasoning that, “If there’s a platform stuck to the…

Seth Meyers On Making Something With Permanence On ‘Documentary Now!’

Sprung from the minds of SNL alums Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, Rhys Thomas, and Alex Buono, Documentary Now! continues to add to its legacy as an impossibly layered love note to documentary storytelling and varied examples of human…

Hasan Minhaj On Doing What Feels Honest With His ‘King’s Jester’ Netflix Special

The soul of Hasan Minhaj’s howlingly funny and revelatory new Netflix comedy special, The King’s Jester (which you can stream now on Netflix), came from a prompt from his director (and Patriot Act co-creator) Prashanth Venkataramanujam: “I just need…

The Fictional ‘Blonde’ Misses The Mark By Being Incurious About The Real Marilyn

The word “fictional” is writer/director Andrew Dominick’s sword and shield when it comes to Blonde (which you can now stream on Netflix), an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ novel about the icon Marilyn Monroe. Through the grace of that magical term,…

Patton Oswalt On His New Comedy Special ‘We All Scream’ And His Issues With ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

It’s hard to limit yourself to just one topic when talking with stand-up comic, actor, and pop culture oracle Patton Oswalt, and so a conversation initially focused on his fantastically smart and silly new Netflix special, We All Scream (which you…

Jon Hamm On Making A ‘Fletch’ For The 21st Century

That I didn’t greet Confess, Fletch star Jon Hamm with a far too informal, “you did it, you brilliant maniac, you actually did it!” when he logged onto our recent Zoom call is, I think, a personal triumph of restraint. For 30+ years Hollywood has…

Talking With Rafe Spall About ‘Trying,’ TVs Most Heartfelt Comedy

In Trying, Rafe Spall (The Big Short, Black Mirror, and the upcoming western The English) is one half of a young London couple trying to stay together through the slow rolling process of starting a family through adoption. It is funny and nuanced…

The Story Of The Original Naked Sly Stallone ‘Demolition Man’ Prop Involves Decapitation And Penis Theft

When you walk into an antique store you hope to be surprised by some random treasure you didn’t know you needed. You do not expect to see a naked Sylvester Stallone kneeling on the ground tied to a dolly. And yet, that’s exactly what one woman found…

A Lovely Chat With Bill Nye About The End Of The World

“Was I just too cynical for Bill Nye?” The thought ran through my head after wrapping a lengthy conversation with the beloved TV science educator who radiates can-do and faith in the human race to get out of its own way, a view I do not share and…

Danny DeVito On Playing Satan In FXX’s ‘Little Demon,’ And His Killer Music Video Moves

There really are endless things you could talk with Danny DeVito about, considering the man has been a TV legend, a big screen star, director, mega-producer, and honorary member of One Direction. So how did we wind up talking about snakes with arms,…

Simon Pegg Is Getting Serious For ‘The Undeclared War’

Simon Pegg‘s new series, The Undeclared War, is terrifying. Not in a “zombies, rural weirdos, or aliens eating, attacking, or replacing us” kind of way. More in a tiptoe toward World War III or, at the very least, utterly disrupt vital services…

Antoine Fuqua On The Differences Between ‘Winning Time’ And His Lakers Docuseries, ‘Legacy’

There are certain things you just can’t help staring at: sunsets, puppies, Twitter, and the LA Lakers, for instance. There is something intrinsically compelling about the purple and gold with all of their wins, losses, tragedies, and spectacles.…