Kategorie: Humor

  • Atypical

    Atypical

    I recently finished watching the first 2 seasons of this amazing story about a family with a neuro-atypical or autistic kid and have to admit that I absolutely love it.

    I hadn‘t read any reviews before watching it, but this show definitely calls for at least 2 Oscars: one for Robia Rashid who came up with the story and one for Keir Gilchrist for playing Sam Gardner.


    Robia was asked by Maria Elena Fernandez what her inspiration for the story was. Here’s part of her reply:

    After working in network TV for a while, I just wanted to do something for myself. I was very aware that more people were being diagnosed with autism, and it was interesting to me that a whole generation of kids were growing up knowing that they were on the spectrum and wanting independence. That point of view seemed so interesting to me — and such a cool way to tell a dating story. You’ve seen the story of somebody looking for independence and looking for love before, but not from that specific point of view. I really was drawn to that. I was a little annoyed because it sounded really hard! I had to do a lot of research…

    I also love Nik Donani’s role as Sam’s best friend, Zahid, he is absolutely hilarious and wise beyond his years. Sam’s little sister and his parents are also doing a great job. Michael Rapaport was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert just last week.

    If you want to learn something about autism in an entertaining way, this is a good start.

  • iPod’s Dirty Secret

    iPod’s Dirty Secret

    How come I never heard about Casey Neistat until reading about him in the cover story of Business Punk magazine? Although I’m watching the occasional YouTube video, I wasn’t aware that he is one of the most successful YouTube producers and YouTube film makers in New York.

    3 years before YouTube was launched by 3 former PayPal employees in February 2005, he made a pivotal film in his career with his brother Van. It was viewed over six million times in the first month of its release online. They built their own website to be able to host iPod’s Dirty Secret, a public service announcement from the Neistat Brothers.

    Snowboarding with the NYPD was another stroke of creativity, published in January 2016, watched 2.7 million times so far. If the YouTube video doesn’t play in your country, try the Facebook version.

    (Picture courtesy of designboom.com)

  • Asül für Alle

    Asül für Alle

    Einer der wenigen Schweizer, die auch ohne Schweizer Akzent sprechen können. Andreas Thiel hat Berliner Wurzeln und erinnert frisurtechnisch durchaus an den Berliner Sascha Lobo, der zwar kein Kabarettist und Satiriker ist, aber auch sehr politisch. Einer der wenigen deutschsprachigen «Comedians», die nicht peinlich sind.

    In diesem Auftritt beim Bayerischen Rundfunk spricht er über die Hauptsache, dass jeder studieren kann und wie man als Schweizer in Deutschland Teilzeitflüchtling mit Shopping Asyl wird.

    Asül für Alle!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzHqgbJ-Pog