Culture of Pop
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: Lewis Black, Ricky Gervais
Image courtesy of the "Lewis Black insists The Rant is Due" video posted on YouTube. 14. Lewis Black Not since Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark has there been a more perfect casting than Lewis...
Culture of Pop
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: Maria Bamford, Mitch Hedberg
Image courtesy of the "Maria Bamford - Opening a Pot Clinic" video posted on YouTube. 16. Maria Bamford Maria Bamford is … weird. She is so strange, in fact, that one of the voices she...
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 22 - The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises - the third film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy - has more flaws and is less historically significant than Batman Begins, so why is it higher on this list? In a...
Podcasts
The Cross/Over with DC & Ryan: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Original Trilogy, & the Denver Broncos
On Episode 14, DC and Ryan give their SPOILER filled review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The Poe and Finn of the podcasting world also relive the original trilogy and the prequels after a...
Culture of Pop
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: Steven Wright, Dana Carvey
Image courtesy of the "Inside Joke interviews Steven Wright" video posted on YouTube. 18. Steven Wright The original dry-wit, deadpanning joke-teller, Steven Wright creates storms of laughter without ever raising his heart rate. His monotonous...
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 23 - Spawn
Despite an abhorrent critical reception, 1997’s Spawn - adapted from Todd McFarlane’s graphic novels - was an exceptional film that was just a bit before its time. A quick scan of Rotten Tomatoes reviews shows...
Culture of Pop
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: Patton Oswalt, Brian Regan
Image courtesy of the 'Patton Oswalt on Die Hard' video posted on YouTube. 20. Patton Oswalt I mentioned earlier in this series that Aziz Ansari was my “spirit animal” but alluded to another. That “other”...
Culture of Pop
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: Kevin Smith, Tig Notaro
Image courtesy of the "Kevin Smith Stands Up For Video Gamers With Youtube Channels" link posted on YouTube. 22. Kevin Smith It is debateable whether or not Kevin Smith even belongs on this list. That...
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 24 - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season Two
(Note: MASSIVE SPOILERS ahead! Do not read this if you don’t want major plot points revealed) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season Two is a prime and complex cog in the machine that is the Marvel...
Culture of Pop
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: Bob Hope, Jim Carrey
Image courtesy of JimCarreyisHere's YouTube Channel. 24. Bob Hope If you ask someone over the age of 40 to name their favorite stand-up comedians, Bob Hope’s name is likely to be among the first ones...
