Prof. Eric Hoffman and Dr. Gary Rudoren are comedy researchers who've created Comedy by the Numbers: 169 Secrets of Humor and Popularity.

We're having a t-shirt contest, looking for a design for a special, super-limited-edition T for our upcoming Maximum Fun Drive.  Anyone can enter and anyone can vote on the entries.  Visit pixish.com and search for TSOYA.

Ben Karlin was editor of The Onion, Executive Producer and Head Writer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, a writer on America: The Book and co-creator of The Colbert Report.  He's just edited a book called Things I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me.

One of the LA alt-comedy scenes newest faces and one of its veterans perform standup.

A special video request from Jesse: ask your local public radio stations to carry The Sound of Young America.  The stakes are huge for the future of the show, and a quick phone call or email can make a huge difference.

Tony Millionaire is the creator of the cartoon strip Maakies, which runs in alternative newspapers around the country.  The strip has recently been picked up as a television series on adult swim called The Drinky Crow Show.