What is Jack Black's Body?

Once upon a time not so very long ago, at a boisterous graduate school social hour, wallflowers Oline and Croftie founded a band featuring hot harmonica and accordion stylings (though they played neither). School of Rock had just been released to wide acclaim, and Jack Black-- who we find strangely attractive despite his decidedly unattractive physique-- was our inspiration. "Jack Black's Body" was born. Other inspirations: gross words, public intellectualism, biographies, mismatched socks, Anne Shirley, hummus, and a shared dislike of pushy ballerinas and people who intersperse their English with French phrases.

Newly minted Masters of the Humanities, Oline and Croftie set out to seek their fortunes, and JB's Body (a.k.a. the band we never were) had a brain freeze. When Oline and Croftie finally found jobs in their "field" (as editors at an ethnic magazine and a stationary department, respectively), they remained somehow creatively unfulfilled. In the flurry of witty emails that sustained them, Oline and Croftie were struck with the idea of developing their own publication, if only so they might one day be invited to meet the handsome nebish, Jon Stewart. They recalled their well-loved band-that-never-was, JBB (not to be confused with JTT) and realized that its name was even better suited to a magazine of far-reaching intellect.

So what is Jack Black's Body? It's about 5 ft 6 and ruggedly handsome in the manner of an early cave person. As far as the written component, JB's Body is like the Onion, but not as snarky. Like the Daily Show, but more serious and probing. Instead of mocking all things, JB's Body mocks some things and validates others that have been wrongly ridiculed. JB's Body is very much us- music, scatological humor, mini-dramas, literature, absurdity, pop culture, and wit for the post-collegiate pre-professional.