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John Belushi as John “Bluto” Blutarsky in Animal House (John Landis, 1978)

The Delta Variant

John Landis’s 1978 comedy classic ‘Animal House’ is a time capsule from an era when humor and campus politics were very different.

George Case

8 Apr 2024 · 9 min read

The Inimitable Barry Humphries

Farewell to Australia’s best-known comic and social satirist.

Andrew Gleeson

25 Apr 2023 · 8 min read

Dave Chappelle vs. the New Puritans

As the legendary comedian chalks up prestigious awards and plays to packed houses, his progressive critics look increasingly ridiculous.

Allan Stratton

3 Aug 2022 · 9 min read

Ricky Gervais Knows No Fear

The comedian's new Netflix special has its weak spots. But when it comes to goring gender ideology's sacred cows, no one does it better

Allan Stratton

16 Jun 2022 · 9 min read

Life as a Stand-Up Comic Can Be Brutal. ‘Safe Space’ Call-out Culture Is Making it Unbearable

“Cancel culture” has become a trendy term in recent years. But public shaming has always existed. It’s a social tool, and like all tools can be used for good or ill.

Jessica Pigeau

1 Aug 2021 · 35 min read

PODCAST 72: Jamie Kilstein and Paul Provenza on the state of comedy

Comedian and podcast host Jamie Kilstein talks to fellow stand-up Paul Provenza about Ricky Gervais’s monologue at the Golden Globes and whether comedy is finally emerging from under a cloud of woke humourlessness. You can listen to more podcasts hosted by Jamie Kilstein here.

Quillette / Jamie Kilstein

18 Jan 2020 · 1 min read

Quillette Podcast 28 – Jamie Kilstein on leaving the Social Justice cult and becoming a non-tribal comedian

Jonathan Kay talks to stand-up comedian Jamie Kilstein about leaving the Social Justice Left, having Robin Williams as a patron, being blocked by David Frum, moving to LA, and his new, non-tribal, un-woke podcast. You can listen to Jamie’s stand-up at the Quillette Social in Toronto here and read

Quillette / Jamie Kilstein

19 Apr 2019 · 1 min read

The New War on Comedy

Once you make it acceptable to tell the jester what is off limits in one context, you enable those who would seek to silence him elsewhere.

Konstantin Kisin

3 Jan 2019 · 5 min read

Breaking the Norm

We now treat people who dissent from the progressive orthodoxy about certain offenses as being no different from the people who actually committed the offenses in the first place.

Jamie Kilstein

16 Sep 2018 · 8 min read