Breaking into funny business is not easy and not often funny, as Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome have discovered. As the pair behind comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates (named after “two famous rock ‘n’ roll second bananas”) they’ve persistently sought out different platforms for their unique brand of offbeat, profane and definitely funny tunes and personae. Since they first paired up in 2007 to provide songs for a short film, they’ve carved out a successful YouTube channel and featured projects and shows with HBOGo, Comedy Central and IFC. How do they do it? They might not even be sure themselves … but as they told Cynsiders, persistence helps a great deal. Read more...
Wisdom on Hard Work | Cosmopolitan
Amazing advice from two of the funniest women ever.