Feb 4, 2022Joey Rinaldi’s Got A Crazy Story You Won’t BelieveBy Matt Levy Most people only have to potty train once. What makes New York comedian Joey Rinaldi different is he learned the process twice. Rinaldi, 26, is the writer, creator, and star of the hit long-running, award-winning one-man show “Potty Training” about a traumatic experience he underwent while in…Storytelling7 min readStorytelling7 min read
Oct 21, 2021Nikki MacCallum’s ‘Dry Run’ is a Must-Listen Memoir PodcastBy Matt Levy After every race, author, actor, and comedian Nikki MacCallum’s dad would ask, “What was your time?” For the record, her father ran the Boston Marathon in 2:48 which Nikki accurately deemed “borderline Olympic speed.” Her fastest run? Hours slower. So, she’d tell him her time, and he’d…Memoir6 min readMemoir6 min read
Jan 18, 2021Joe Pontillo’s “Social Media Killed The Super Villain” Is The Funniest YouTube Short You Haven’t SeenBy Matt Levy “A lot of people believe the Millennials are responsible for killing the supervillain industry but personally I think it was the internet. “Actually it was me. I did it to myself.” This is the opening line to writer and director Joe Pontillo’s brilliant 18-minute mockumentary Social Media…Superhero7 min readSuperhero7 min read
Jan 8, 2021Debbie Jennings Is Just As Legit As Her Zillow Reviews SayBy Matt Levy Picture this. You’ve thrown your life into renovating your home and you’ve made the sale that’s just about to close escrow. All of your hard work is about to pay off. Suddenly, the buyer backs out a few days before the closing date. You feel like everything…5 min read5 min read
Dec 11, 2020Not From Around Here Shows You A Whole New WorldBy Matt Levy Finding an apartment when you move to a new town is not easy. You don’t know the strangers interviewing you to be their future roommate and they don’t know you either. It’s a bit uncomfortable. Now, imagine in this scenario you’re from Mercury and these new roommates…Not From Around Here9 min readNot From Around Here9 min read
Oct 19, 2020Pop Culture Aficionado Alex Munguia Becomes The StoryBy Dave Stolz Alex Munguia, a Houston based pop culture commentator has an offbeat influence for a millennial — legendary television personality Dick Clark. In our interview, Munguia said about Clark, “He set the template for how to approach pop culture and become an ambassador for it. He really had…Influencers5 min readInfluencers5 min read
Sep 17, 2020Anthony J. Piccione Will Not Stop WritingBy Matt Levy 27-year-old New York City playwright Anthony J. Piccione is unflappable. While most in the theater world speculate and fret on the medium’s future amidst a pandemic, others like Piccione have been envisioning an action-packed future. Anthony, ever the upstart, has quite a few ambitious projects in the…Anthony Piccione6 min readAnthony Piccione6 min read
Sep 15, 2020Matt Hyams Is Egobaby and Egobaby Is Matt HyamsBy Matt Levy Five years ago, Philadelphia comedian Matt Hyams waited in line at the “world famous” Comic Strip comedy club on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for an audition date far in the future on an unseasonably warm March afternoon. I stood in line next to him. We…6 min read6 min read
Sep 10, 2020James Mac Is Literally A Comedy VeteranBy Matt Levy New Jersey comic James Mac steps onstage for a modest bar show in Queens, New York. He sets his phone down near a couple sitting by the makeshift stage to record his set and launches into his trademark dark ten-minute set sharing dark punchline-filled stories about his…5 min read5 min read
Aug 28, 2020NFL Novel Should Shake up Fans and Pundits Alike. The Author Wants a Deal.By Dave Stolz Lifelong NYC resident Cameron Z. Miller wanted to be a writer before they even knew how to write — “I was your classic toddler scribbling on paper.” And, when Cam was a teenager, “I threatened classmates that I would write some exposé about them.” Thankfully for Miller’s…4 min read4 min read