D.C.: Funny?
Over at the Post’s Comic Riffs blog, Michael Cavna bravely attempts to make a case for the District as a comedy-rich zone. The inspiration for his ranting is the latest issue of GQ: The second-best glossy men’s magazine* strangely proclaimed Montreal “Funniest City.” Cavna is bothered that D.C. is behind Montreal, but I think that’s only what we deserve—after all, we took their crummy baseball team and made it worse. And I’m not buying Cavna’s argument that we’re funny because we produced Dave Chappelle, Wanda Sykes, and Lewis Black. All three of those comedians had to get out of D.C. to get any sort of traction in their careers.**
* I’m an Esquire guy. Mainly for “What I’ve Learned.” But also this.
** And, Wanda Sykes? Not that funny.
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August 12th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
GQ is waaaay better than Esquire. The writing is superior, mostly. Two words: Michael Paterniti… Esquire is too gimmicky, like that annual worst-of/most-embarassing lists they do.
August 12th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Aren’t those two mags like the Cosmo for men?
August 12th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
No, Wanda Sykes isn’t that funny, but compared to fellow DC native Martin Lawrence she’s Lenny Fucking Bruce.