Not That I Care What You Do With Your Life Or Anything, But Definitely Watch Inside Amy Schumer.

Who could have imagined that the next female sketch comedy visionary would come NOT from the hallowed ground of SNL, but from the middle of the pack of NBC's almost, kind of, not-quite watchable cringe-fest, Last Comic Standing? You know, that show your sixty-one year old Mother  brings up every single time she calls because she's convinced that not only do you fervently watch it, since you've studied comedy and live in New York, clearly you must also know some of the comics?

"His name is John Landon, honey. He was very charming, he talked a lot about masturbation."

"No, Mom."

"What about that Tucker fellow? The fat Asian man who wanted to fuck his computer game?"

"No. Mom, please stop."

Anyhoozils, Amy Schumer placed fourth on season five,  just oh-so-short-of-the-finale, which surely would have been disappointing... had she not dusted herself right off and kept on going, as befits the working mantra of the creative professional: wipe off the blood (bury the body) and keep on going.

Inappropriate and proud of it

So who could have imagined that just a few short years later, one of Reality TV's lesser-known cast-offs would be a viral comedy sensation, with material to rival SNL and (hopefully) long outlive anything on NBC's Last Comic Standing? Perhaps it was that her rise to the top was simply fated -- perhaps Amy Schumer is the a modern day Vagina Empowerment Prophet we needed.

If the sketches feel new, like new-car-smell-new, that's because the perspective certainly is. Inside Amy Schumer, ever the edgy underdog, often tackles the uncomfortable scraps left behind by hamstrung mainstream powerhouses like (the often disappointing) SNL; subjects like abortion and rape and body-shaming and birth control and ageism.  Getting the actual funny out of any topic, hot-button or not, is hard (just ask the often-flat-footed SNL). But here Amy Schumer manages to create beautifully rendered comedy while at the same time drawing attention to the media's unfair treatment of women in Hollywood, and how that treatment is often a mirror for the larger, more disturbing cultural sentiment. (Also, it's just funny shit, you guys. Seriously? This is some tight, well-done, unapologetic, funny shit.)

So come for the funny, stay for the political outrage; it's a two-fer deal!

All that said, I now present, for your viewing pleasure, two delicious Amy Schumer delights - sure to be instant classics. Watch, share, trade with your friends, collect your favorites. Happy Monday!

"Be sure to ask your doctor if birth control is right for you."

Here is the One Direction Parody you didn't realize you were so desperately waiting for:

"Just take off your makeup, you're pefect when you wake up..."

Amy Schumer: still confidently doing the lord's work.