Re: Very Experienced Humor Writer - National Lampoon, Vanity Fair, etc.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Comedy Recruiting <comedyrecruiting@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Barrett,

I like your stuff. It looks like politics is your strong suit, which is one of the positions we are looking to hire.

However, your political humor is a bit more tongue in cheek than we want. We're looking for really dumbed down humor. Check out vetocorleone.com.

If you're still interested, can you put together 5 samples for me that would go on that website? Make sure to make 1 of the 5 entries a list (top 10 list etc.).

Upload the samples here.
comedyrecruiting.wordpress.com/wp-admin
Username: comedrecruiting
Password: recruiting

The reason behind uploading here is to make sure you are familiar/able to figure out wordpress. Also, I want to see your writing in blog format.

If you have questions, please let me know.

-Yoon

Editor-in-Chief
Comedy.com

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Howdy-

1. Yes, I am very funny, and my very funny work has appeared in National Lampoon, Vanity Fair, The Onion AV Club, McSweeney's, Skeptic, and dozens of other publications.

2. Here are some links:

http://web.archive.org/web/20061021005301/www.opiummagazine.com/entry.asp?PageID=223

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/03/friedmans-follies.html

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/04/the-10-best-political-videos-youve-probably-never-seen.html

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2007/9/19brown.html

http://nationallampoon.com/articles/dear-abby-2099

3. I have accounts with reddit, Facebook, and YouTube.

4. I read dozens of political blogs for research (Reason, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, Red State, Andrew Sullivan, for example), as well as a couple of gaming blogs like Rock, Paper, Shotgun and destructoid.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302