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Virginia Anzengruber
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Colin Mochrie is Saying “Yes, and” to Life

Legendary improv comedian performs on the Space Coast of Florida — There’s a tenant that’s the foundation of improvisational comedy: you say “yes, and” to everything you’re presented with. The philosophy is rooted in the idea that improv comedy only really works when those performing it surrender to the reality presented and advance it forward. Colin Mochrie, a comedian most famous for his decades-long tenure as a principal cast member on the long-running show Whose Line Is It Anyway? has been practicing “yes, and” both on and off stage for most of his life. “My wife and I actually made a conscious decision about 15…

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Colin Mochrie is Saying “Yes, and” to Life
Colin Mochrie is Saying “Yes, and” to Life
Culture

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Comedian Leanne Morgan Really Wants to Make You a Casserole

Leanne Morgan by Holt Webb BREVARD COUNTY — Leanne Morgan doesn’t have the typical comedian’s backstory. As a University of Tennessee graduate, she “always wanted to be in show business” but had no idea where to start. …

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Comedian Leanne Morgan Really Wants to Make You a Casserole
Comedian Leanne Morgan Really Wants to Make You a Casserole
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·Apr 26, 2022

A Buck Shot of Time Machines: an Interview with Steven Wright

In an early morning phone call interview, Steven Wright admitted that while he’s always loved doing comedy, he was surprised that during the COVID shutdown, he wasn’t really missing it. “It’s not because I don’t love it, or didn’t want to do it. It was an interesting experience for me…

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A Buck Shot of Time Machines: an Interview with Steven Wright
A Buck Shot of Time Machines: an Interview with Steven Wright
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·Apr 5, 2022

My Top 5 Favorite Podcast Guests

As an independent podcaster, I have to admit that my career has been more of an extended hobby. That being said, I’ve had some of the greatest experiences of my life with my self-produced shows, and I thought it would be fun to go down memory lane to share a…

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My Top 5 Favorite Podcast Guests
My Top 5 Favorite Podcast Guests
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·Mar 22, 2022

Three Seasons into Food Network’s Tournament of Champions, I Finally Get Sports

When I say I’m a Guy Fieri fan, you have to know how much I genuinely mean it. What started as sort of a tongue in cheek relationship has developed into a full-blown obsession. I’ve dressed as Guy for Halloween (forcing my husband into the sash-wearing complimentary costume of Mayor…

TV Series

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Three Seasons into Food Network’s Tournament of Champions, I Finally Get Sports
Three Seasons into Food Network’s Tournament of Champions, I Finally Get Sports
TV Series

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Mar 14, 2022

Ted Lasso’s Moral Compass isn’t Ted; it’s Coach Beard

The mysterious assistant coach in Apple TV’s Ted Lasso is actually the show’s Jiminy Cricket I’ve got a rule of thumb when it comes to things that quickly catch fire in American zeitgeist culture: don’t get sucked in immediately; you never know what the content will actually be. I still…

Ted Lasso

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Ted Lasso’s Moral Compass isn’t Ted; it’s Coach Beard
Ted Lasso’s Moral Compass isn’t Ted; it’s Coach Beard
Ted Lasso

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Mar 6, 2022

Family Over Everything: Is the Family at the Heart of HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones Finally Beginning to Practice What They Preach?

The first season of the HBO dark comedy The Righteous Gemstones shone a hilariously unflattering light on the hypocrisy that is often present within American Evangelical Megachurches. The Gemstone family spends the majority of the first season dealing with a blackmailer who threatens to unravel the family, and their ministry…

TV Series

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Family Over Everything: Is the Family at the Heart of HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones Finally…
Family Over Everything: Is the Family at the Heart of HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones Finally…
TV Series

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Mar 4, 2022

This is Church: HBO’s Somebody Somewhere Finds Religious Experience in Unexpected Connections

There’s a certain kind of person I typically associate as a “church-goer.” Growing up in my Southern Baptist community in Florida, I saw an archetype of people that were exactly what you’d expect them to be — especially if you’ve been watching HBO’s other current delight, The Righteous Gemstones. …

TV Series

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This is Church: HBO’s Somebody Somewhere Finds Religious Experience in Unexpected Connections
This is Church: HBO’s Somebody Somewhere Finds Religious Experience in Unexpected Connections
TV Series

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Virginia Anzengruber

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Filmmaker. Podcaster. Media Literacy nerd. Die Hard villain.

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