Keeping up with the Kardashians
I signed a release form today for my likeness to appear on E! and Keeping Up With The Kardashians. That’s a little more than slightly funny, right?
Uncategorized
Gabe & Max, bong bong for Boing Boing
Gabriel Delahaye and Max Silvestri produced a short video about Internet tips that tore up the Internet so much that the folks at Boing Boing asked them to do another. And here it is. If you want to see Max live, he hosts a monthly show at Rififi in NYC’s …
Dave Attell, not quite “Miserable” yet
Dave Attell is watching a clip of himself from Comedy Central’s Last Laugh ’07 on my cell phone (thank you, Verizon LG Voyager!). He’s joking about how the Kardashians are hot and hairy. "That’s good. I can watch that and write that down in case I do Conan again," Attell …
Uncategorized
One-time-only lesson for comedy marketing
Name-dropping works. At least the first time. Thanks, Stuckey & Murray. Their show, Slightly Buzzed, is tonight at Rififi. This is their ode to people they know in New York City and environs. I wonder how many of the people referenced therein already have managed to mention it on their …
RIP, Rasheed Thurmond
Funeral services were held earlier today for Brooklyn comedian Rasheed Thurmond, who died last week of a heart attack, much too soon at 36. The Laugh Factory in Midtown Manhattan offered its own tribute for comedians on Sunday. Friends continue to offer condolences on Rasheed’s MySpace page. My condolences go …
Dave Attell on his new short, Dave’s Place
Dave Attell’s new live-action animation short, Dave’s Place, debuts today on Funny or Die. Here’s what Attell told me last night about it… "I want to do a drunken Pee Wee’s Playhouse where comics can come in and we have adventures and stuff. I don’t know if I’ve got it …
Dave Hill as Santa
Those of you with the MOJO HD-TV channel may know Dave Hill as the King of Miami. Those of you who frequent the UCB Theatre in NYC know him as the host of the Dave Hill Explosion. But this month, think of Dave Hill as Santa. A very, very, very …
A fresh take on the Seattle comedy scene
The Seattle Times dropped in on its local comedy scene for a random portrait. So, as with most random portraits of comedy, the piece opens with things not going swimmingly at an open mic! The focus seems to be on the "hipsters" (not my word, nor ever my word) of …
Dane Cook as “Bill Hicks Lite”???
Dane Cook recently brought his "Rough Around the Edges" arena tour of greatest hit bits and new material to Dallas, where about 13,000 fans screamed their approval. But Matt Weitz, writing for the Dallas Morning News, had a slightly different take on Cook and his comedy. I’m going to give …
High Fives Gone Hollywood
First we had the high fives. Now we have the high fives gone Hollywood. Thanks, Funny or Die. And note to Seth: Kudos on your new gig helping celebrities get in on the funny. Looks like it’s working. Alrighty then…onto the videos. Here’s the Hollywood version. And here’s the original.