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Post Mortem – The Meltdown With Jonah And Kumail

What do you get when you host a comedy show in the back room of a comic book store and then put it on TV?  You get The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, which aired for 3 seasons on Comedy Central before coming to an end last November.  Hosted by Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani, the show was a victim of its own success, as both hosts have seen their profile rise considerably since the show started in 2014.  Jonah recently starred in the re-booted MST3K, while Kumail has been part of the Silicon Valley cast since the beginning and has just starred in his first feature film.

While I’ll miss the show, and the up and coming comedians it featured, I know that Jonah and Kumail will continue to be entertaining for years to come.

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Book 28 (of 52) – Super You

Super You: Release Your Inner Superhero – Emily V. Gordon

As I’ve mentioned once or twice, I had some difficult months earlier this year.  So what better way to prepare for 2017 than to read a self help book, especially one by a former therapist who now is part of the LA comedy scene?  Emily V. Gordon, executive producer of The Meltdown, authored this tome, couching self help techniques in nerd dressing to help people process their shit and come out on the other side as a healthier, better version of themselves.

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting this to be such a straight forward self help book.  I figured it would be more of a memoir with some interesting life lessons strewn in along the way.  So, I wasn’t exactly prepared for the deep thoughts that would follow.  Some of the behaviors she identifies as things to be overcome I identified with so much.  Things that I had literally shared with only one other person in this world.  To know that 1) other people are experiencing the same thing and that 2) it is possible to overcome it fills me with hope that next year will be better than this one.