[FIPS Was There...] Running Late with Scott Rogowsky

Comedy is tough. I mean...I've been unsuccessfully attempting it on & off here in this space for over five years now.

Late night TV is tough. These days, late night TV is a rapidly-shifting area with six-to-ten hilarious white males competing for dominance over the landscape. Yeah yeah yeah...I know that Arsenio is back. C'mon now though...nobody's really noticed.

In the past year, we've seen Jimmy Fallon replace Jay Leno. Seth Meyers slid into Jimmy Fallon's spot. David Letterman announced his retirement. Stephen Colbert leapt from Comedy Central to claim his chair. Just yesterday, Craig Ferguson announced his imminent departure from the Late Late Show. Who will replace him? It most definitely won't be Chelsea Handler, who recently left her late night show on E! & is now heading to Netflix. Maybe Ferguson's replacement will be a woman. Maybe said woman will be black. As such, the A.V. Club ran a speculative article complete with Aisha Tyler's photo.

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WHASSUP: WELCOME NEWBIE EDITION

Whassup, FIPSters?  I find it a propos that, on this first day of spring, I greet you as the new writer of WHASSUP.  I couldn’t be happier to take the reigns. You likely have no clue, but I’ve been writing for FIPS for a couple years now and am so happy to take over this established, well-respected column. Do I smell a Pulitzer?

I’ll be hitting you up each week with suggestions for cool, unusual, self-fulfilling, community driven, and sometimes downright shameful goings on…s.  My curated collection shall by no means be the be-all-end-all—there’s way too much shit to weed through for that. It will instead offer cool happenings that I discover through tireless research, colleague suggestions, and referrals from you fine people.

I’m sure I don’t need to tell you this, but please don’t hesitate to share your reactions to my weekly lineups. If I’m giving you way to much ponies and ribbons, but you’re more into ball gags and pie eating contests—you better fucking tell me. If you go to an event that I suggested and it fully sucks balls—I want to know.  If you’re pleasantly surprised and want more of the same — send me a smile; it’ll last for a while.

Without further ado, here’s Whassup:

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