Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: http://to.pbs.org/Donateoffbook Comedy is a huge part of entertainment and culture, but for decades there have been very limited opportunities for comedians to reach audiences and succeed. Fortunately, the internet has blown that wide open, providing new venues for the creation of comedy, removing the limitations of the old guard, and opening new doors to laughter. Podcasts, Twitter, and sketch videos are brand-new mediums that have given birth to new kinds of humor, and allow comics to connect with audiences in a deeper, more meaningful way. Featuring: Mike Lawrence http://cavecomedyradio.com/nerdofmouth Jon Friedman https://twitter.com/friedmanjon Sam Reich http://www.collegehumor.com/videos Music: Albino Funk - https://soundcloud.com/albino-funk/albinofunk27812 Kevin MacLeod - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Funk_Sampler/Presenterator stellarartwars - http://ccmixter.org/people/stellarartwars Apes on Tapes - http://soundcloud.com/apesontapes ramblinglibrarian (Ivan Chew) - http://ccmixter.org/files/ramblinglibrarian/22783 Binarpilot - http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/1125/binaerpilot Digi G'alessio - http://soundcloud.com/sostanzerecords/digi-galessio-grande-finale More Off Book: We Celebrated The Art of Creative Coding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBV14-3LT-g Our video on Bad Behavior Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVSAFhTjAdc Our short documentary on The Universal Arts of Graphic Design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTi5SNgxE3U We took a look at The Impact of Twitter on Journalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl9xI-kAE8A Follow Off Book: Twitter: @pbsoffbook Tumblr: http://pbsarts.tumblr.com/ Produced by Kornhaber Brown: http://www.kornhaberbrown.com/