Steve Heisler's posts

There’s this clip that’s been speedboating around the Internet for the last few days. I’m sure you’ve seen it.…

Legit began as a show about Australian comic Jim Jefferies trying to be a better person. Over its first season, Jim…

NBC is seriously in the shitter, so it’s looking more and more likely that Parks And Recreation is going to get a…

1. Julian Plenti, Julian Plenti Is… Skyscraper (2009)
Band members who go solo ought to know—or at least their labels…

A lot of the value of culture comes from the way a story or song can show us a new perspective, and let us know what…

Adam Warrock, creator of other pop culture-soaked remix EPs inspired by Parks And Recreation and Futurama, says he…

1. Tig Notaro meets Taylor Dayne
Comedians tend to get great mileage out of stories about celebrities, especially…

The Game Of Thrones theme music is infectious—melodic and cocksure and not unlike the show's writing. Despite not…

I’m surprised this hasn’t come up before. Ron Swanson is as staunchly anti-government as they come. Leslie is very,…

“One Year Later” pops on the screen when the Delocated finale begins, and immediately, the elephant in the room is…

“Hoarders” is claustrophobic, and not just because the majority of the episode takes place inside Janice’s hoarding…

The conceit of Legit has all but been completely abandoned. Jim Jefferies is no longer trying to be the “legit” one…

I’ve been going around telling people all day about tonight’s Parks And Recreation double header, explaining it…

“Family” begins with a clip of Jim Jefferies’ stand-up, being watched by an agent evaluating Jim for their big…

The Internet has made the concept of scarcity in pop culture almost unheard of. Where my dad spent years of his life…

“Justice” is a sneak attack in refocusing Legit as a show about Billy. In the pilot, Jim Jefferies makes it clear…

About once a season, Parks And Recreation does an episode in which the characters realize just how much Leslie Knope…

In Money Matters, creative people discuss what they’re not supposed to: the intersection of entertainment and…

Beloved raconteur Chris Gethard is no stranger to torture. On his weekly public access show, he once drank a "Milksha…

Jim Jefferies and Peter O’Fallon conceived of Legit as a means to tell the sorts of stories Jefferies already told…