Re: Very Experienced Humor Writer - National Lampoon, Vanity Fair, etc.
Subject: Re: Very Experienced Humor Writer - National Lampoon, Vanity Fair, etc.
From: Comedy Recruiting <comedyrecruiting@gmail.com>
Date: 7/7/09, 00:24
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>

Either.  For example, the Top 10 Videos of Politicians or whatever it was was great.  The taglines/explanations could lean a bit more on the humorous side but that would be an example of 10 links.

A good Top 10 list would be, like you mentioned, 10 Lines about X.  Or whatever.  Be creative - and relevant to humor first, then recent political events second.

Ok, shoot over more questions, otherwise, hope I like what I see on that wordpress site.

-Yoon

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Regarding the lists, you'd like pieces that are in the format of, say, 10 funny lines about X, or a list of links to funny things?


Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Comedy Recruiting <comedyrecruiting@gmail.com> wrote:
I'd prefer to see 3 articles that are interesting on YouTube videos, embarrassing images, or whatever.

Then 2 lists.  Ok, shoot over any more questions.

-Yoon


On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, Yoon-

Sure, I'd be happy to put together some samples. Just to be clear, you want a humor piece in list format and four entries based around humorous YouTube videos?


Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302

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