Six Degrees: Frank Lesser writes another piece for ‘Slate’ Magazine

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‘Colbert Report’ writer Frank Lesser has written a new piece for ‘Slate’ magazine that’s another wonderful example of Frank’s dry and amazingly weird sense of humor. Here’s an excerpt, but you should check out the whole thing to feel the full comedic (and oddly furry) effect. The Yeti Wears Prada The Abominable Snowman applies to [...]

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Six Degrees: Mekalekahi Meka Hiney Ho

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‘Colbert Report’ writer and friend of the blog Frank Lesser has a piece in this week’s Slate magazine that is cute yet off-kilter and slightly demented. Because, well, it’s Frank Lesser. That’s why we adore him ever so. It amuses me that Slate put this in the “Low Concept: Dubious and far-fetched ideas” category. I [...]

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Six Degrees: ‘Colbert Report’ writers bring us a vampy good time

‘Colbert Report’ writers Frank Lesser and Michael Brumm have been moonlighting this past couple of weeks, working on a video project that gives a whole new perspective on the Vampire craze being fueled by the “Twilight” franchise. Enjoy the absurdity, kids! [Warning: Language and topics are a smidge NSFW]

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Six Degrees: The “McLaughin’ Group” takes us through a post-Super Tuesday routine

Oh, that crazy “McLaughin’ Group“! From the New York Times: Comedy Stop: Cold Turkey Wednesday By The McLaughin’ Group The first 24 post-Super-Tuesday hours are the hardest. . . . 11:00 a.m.: I’ve got the shakes. The kind that can only be calmed by Anderson Cooper explaining a pie chart. Why doesn’t that come in [...]

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Better Know A Staffer: Frank Lesser

Frank Lesser is another one of the talented writers over at ‘The Colbert Report’. Lesser is from Ohio, growing up as an only child in Pickerington and Bexley and graduating from Bexley High School. He was educated at Brown University in Providence, RI, where he founded “The Beasts of Funny” comedy group and wrote for [...]

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