The
Funny 115
The 115 Funniest Things to Ever Happen
on Survivor
by Mario
Lanza
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Happy reading, and have fun!
-Mario
Other
Fun Projects of mine:
(just click on any of
the pictures to go to them)
When It Was
Worth Playing For
This
is my book about the first three seasons of Survivor, and how
I
became a "Survivor writer" when the show was still
drawing in 40+ million viewers.
It's the first in a
series of books I have planned about the history of the show, but as of
right now it's the only one I have finished.
Highly recommended. It has a great rating on Amazon!
The Survivor
Historians
This
is a fun little podcast I created about ten years ago. Four Survivor
experts sit around and discuss the history of the TV show Survivor,
starting on day one and going all the way up to the present. If
you ever wanted to know why Survivor played out the way that it did,
and how the audience reacted to each season at the time that it aired,
this should be your starting point. You will never get a
more in-depth look at the show than this one. As
a side note, I also happen to think the episodes are pretty funny.
Staff Picks
This
is my movie podcast, where I talk about all the underrated and
underloved movies out there in the world, and I attempt to get people
to track them down
and appreciate them.
Each episode is an hour and a half to two hours long, they're
a lot of fun.
Sandra
Jesus-Twine
This
is maybe the funniest thing I have ever posted on this website. A
collection of Sandra Diaz-Twine quotes matched up with pictures of
Jesus. Enjoy. :)
Survivor
Breaking News
Another page similar to Sandra Jesus-Twine. Fake news stories based on
famous Survivor events. Really funny stuff here.
Mario Stories
I
had a rather bizarre childhood, and some of my favorite things to write
about are things that happened to me back when I was a kid. So here's a
new page I started putting together a little while ago, called Mario
Stories. Completely true, usually hilarious stories about my life
growing up, and how I developed the odd sense of humor that I have.
People seem to love these things, so I just keep writing them. In
particular, pay attention to the stories about me and my mom, which are
generally the funniest ones.
Norm Macdonald
- the Last Dangerous Castmember
This is a tribute page I created to my favorite comedian of
all
time, Norm Macdonald. I basically went through every single Weekend
Update he ever did on Saturday Night Live, and I picked out my
favorite (300+) jokes. And then I compiled them all into categories so
you
can see just how funny he was, and how many different ways he was able
to approach comedy. I'm especially proud of this writeup because
I've never seen another Norm tribute page quite like it.
Anyway, if you like Norm Macdonald humor, you're going to love it. RIP
Norm.
The Saturday Night Live Funny 115Here's
a fun fact about me. I haven't missed an episode of SNL since about
1985. And anyway, here are my favorite SNL moments that aired between
2000-2015. I'll probably make a sequel to this when we get up to 2030.
My Top 50 MST3k
Episodes
No
TV show has ever had a bigger influence on my sense of humor over the
years than Mystery
Science Theater 3000. So here is my homage to MST3k, where I write
about my favorite fifty episodes, and why I have always loved them so
much
over the years. (this page is still under construction, it's not quite
complete yet - the writeups are only done for #50 - #13)
The Mario Lanza
Comedy Education
A few years ago, I was a guest on a
podcast called Hail Satire! with host Vic
Shuttee. We spent four hours talking about the history of comedy
in the 80s and 90s, and all the things (and people) that inspired me
over the years to one day become a comedy writer. This is a
really good interview if you want to know more about me and how I got
my odd sense of humor, and where I get all those obscure old TV and
movie references.
The Andy
Kaufman Strategy
Here's a famous Survivor column I wrote back in September of
2002. Where I laid out how a person could become the greatest Survivor
villain of all time. And even though they might not actually
win the game, they'd still go down in history as a reality TV
legend (which is even better.) What's fun about this column is that you
can definitely see how it inspired future players like Rob Cesternino
and Jonny Fairplay (who both read it and, obviously, both took notes
from it). Anyway, here's the infamous Andy Kaufman Strategy if
you've ever wanted to read it for yourself. And I still dare someone to
try to pull off the whole "fake religion" thing.
My mom's
Kaldune recipe
Here's a fun little last link for you. My mom used to make
these things called kaldunes ("Call-doonies") when I was a kid, and
they were basically my favorite thing ever. In fact, to this day,
they're still probably my favorite food. So in honor of my mom (who
died back in 2004), here's how to make them, this is her actual recipe.
If you're curious, they're basically a polish dumpling, stuffed with
seasoned hamburger meat.
Hope
you enjoy my twenty-plus years of being an internet comedy writer!
-Mario
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If you enjoy my work, and want to see more of it in the future, please
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I don't make any money off of any of these projects (other
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