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Here’s a Handy Guide on How to Deal with Your Feelings of Your Sports Team Changing Its Native American Mascot

October 4, 2021

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Slowly (oh, so slowly), but surely, the tide is shifting towards ridding sports of racist mascots, especially when it comes to those that denigrate Native Americans. That said, there are those folks who have a hard time with change, even if it’s clearly the right thing to do because… they spent too much money on merch?

We’d really hope folks are past claiming the argument “that’s always been their name, so it should stay that way,” but, undoubtedly, there are folks that think it’s their “heritage”.

So, thanks to native comedian/writer Joey Clift, you have a handy, dandy guide to be, well, less racist. Please enjoy How To Cope With Your Team Changing Its Native American Mascot here.

Enjoy Sam Taggart’s PSA for Joe Biden (Though It’s Not for His Presidential Run)

August 24, 2020

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With the DNC passed and Joe Biden officially becoming the Democratic Nominee for POTUS in the 2020 General Election, there are still a good amount of folks that are stirring about having to settle for Biden with the alternative being the world (probably) ending (for real this time) under another 4 years of Trump.

So, Sam Taggart is setting aside his clever satirical characters to spread a message of support, albeit a special kind that has nothing to do with the race for POTUS, for Biden.

Please enjoy it here (and please, please, please go vote to make our current nightmare a little less nightmar-ish).

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Please Enjoy Joey Clift’s Short Film/PSA “Telling People You’re Native American When You’re Not Native Is A Lot Like Telling A Bear You’re A Bear When You’re Not A Bear”

November 11, 2019

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While it’s Native American Heritage Month right now and it’s pretty opportune timing to post something like this, Joey Clift’s animated short film “Telling People You’re Native American When You’re Not Native Is A Lot Like Telling A Bear You’re A Bear When You’re Not A Bear” is pretty damn great during any time of year.

In fact, it just wrapped up a great festival run and even got to screen at the Smithsonian.

So, enjoy, listen to, learn from, and enjoy some more of “Telling People You’re Native American When You’re Not Native Is A Lot Like Telling A Bear You’re A Bear When You’re Not A Bear” here.

Here’s a Gory Crafting Safety PSA from At Home with Amy Sedaris

October 26, 2017

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Amy Sedaris just want to let you know that crafting can be very unsafe in many regards including snakes.

Please watch At Home with Amy Sedaris’ old school PSA about crafting safety here (that feature some of the most innovative “deaths” ever in PSA).

Alamo Drafthouse Enlists Janeane Garofalo for Latest and Greatest PSA to Not Talk, Text, Etc. at the Movies

November 1, 2016

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As Alamo Drafthouse expands further and further across the nation, these PSAs explaining why you shouldn’t talk, text, or be on your phone in general seem to only get better and better.

Just watch their latest one with Janeane Garofalo that really gives a historical context to why you shouldn’t be on your phone during the movies.

Drennon Davis and Karen Kilgariff Have a PSA Song About Getting Too High on Weed

June 19, 2015

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Educational drug program in school would be more effective if they were like this.

Karen Kilgariff and Drennon Davis have been two of our favorites for some time on their own, but they’ve recently joined their brilliant musical comedy stylings together and make hilarious and wondrous music together.

Now, the whole country got to see what we’ve been lucky to see for the last few months when they played an anthem for getting too high on Conan.

Watch it here.

Season 3 of “Inside Amy Schumer” Hits The Ground Running with “Friday Night Lights” Parody and Last F’able Day

April 22, 2015

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Good call on the season 4 renewal, Comedy Central.

Season 3 of Inside Amy Schumer premiered last night and is in as great a form as it’s ever been.

The parody of Friday Night Lights that also serves as a subtle PSA about rape in football and Tina Fey, Patricia Arquette, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus meeting in honor of a Last F’able Day will show exactly what we’re talking about.

Watch Conan’s Scraps/Behind-The-Scenes of Their California Water Conservation PSAs

January 5, 2015

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For PSAs that encouraged Californians to conserve water during this drought, Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter had a talking toilet.

Of course, there was some great shenanigans that happened in between and after takes, which, thankfully, are captured in the latest edition of Conan Scraps.

Heed The Walsh Brothers Warnings About Gators

July 18, 2014

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The amazing Walsh Brothers know something that, apparently, we all don’t know, which is that there are gators always lurking around.

Watch and see all exactly the danger we’re in at an edition of one of favorite shows in town, The Super Serious Show (that just turned 4 years old!).

A Helpful Tip From Dan Van Kirk and Jay Larson on Dealing With Your Depressed Friends

March 24, 2014

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True friends always hear each other out and tell each other the unfiltered truth. That’s “the lesson” that comedians Dan Van Kirk and Jay Larson want you to learn from the latest episode of Van Kirk’s Nerdist web series DVK.

Watch it now and take the message to heart.

Here’s a Friendly PSA on Urinating in Pools From Andre Hyland

July 22, 2013

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Andre Hyland who you might know as Jesse Miller gives us all some helpful tips about pool etiquette, specifically when it comes to peeing in a pool. You’re going to want to know this for the rest of the pool parties you’ll be attending this summer.

Watch and ‘learn’ here.

4th of July FIreworks PSA from Rick, Seemingly Abusive Husband and Father

July 3, 2013

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Our favorite seemingly abusive husband and father (and incidentally the only one we know) Rick Jablonski (Tony Sam) gives his strongly worded, but very informative and helpful message on the dangers of fireworks this 4th of July.

Watch and listen, even if he looks like he’s day drinking in a closet.

For Comedians, It Definitely Doesn’t Get Better, It Gets Worse

June 27, 2013

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While the decision that DOMA is unconstitutional has made a promise from the “It Gets Better” campaign true, comedians don’t get the benefit of that maxim. Comedians Grant Lyon and Dave Waite have put together a web series of talking heads of several very funny people that you may or may not know, but hopefully do, like Andy Peters, Lachlan Patterson, Jim Hamilton, Ryan Singer, Tony Sam, Heidi Hayward talking about how doing comedy has almost never gotten better (losing jobs, relationships, getting various things thrown at you, being told you’re not funny etc.) except for the fact that they don’t want to do anything else.

Take it as a PSA to not do or do comedy or something where you witness how delusional we all have to be to keep doing comedy, but watch It Gets Worse because it’s pretty great. Also, you can submit your own story of comedy getting worse; details at end of each video.

Here are parts one, two, three, and four.