Episode #349: Rob Barnett
by Rob Barnett has been a radio DJ and program director, pivoted to TV as programming director for MTV and VH1 in the 1990s, pivoted back …
Tag: David Wain
Episode #288: David Wain
David Wain has been on the cutting edge of digital comedy since the turn of the century, making short films for his live comedy shows …
Review: “A Futile and Stupid Gesture” on Netflix
All biopics start from a grain of truth, the essential building blocks of the subject, and then weave an imaginative backstory complete with a heartwarming …
David Wain’s Doug Kenney/National Lampoon biopic, Robin Williams documentary both will premiere at 2018 Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival has announced its slate of world premieres for January 2018, and among them are two notable new comedy projects. Futile and …
52 TV pilots selected for 2017 New York Television Festival Independent Pilot Competition
The New York Television Festival has announced the 52 official selections for the 2017 Independent Pilot Competition. They include 31 comedy pilots featuring the talents …
Netflix goes back to the future, orders Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
Getting the gang back together proved so much fun last year, why not do it all again? That’s the spirit! Netflix announced today that Wet …
David Wain and Michael Showalter break “The Second Sound Barrier”
Many movies will debut at film festivals such as Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca, but The Second Sound Barrier is not one of those films. It’s …
Revisiting the “Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot” American Summer with director Amy Rice
Amy Rice directed a documentary following Barack Obama from Illinois to the White House (2009’s By the People: The Election of Barack Obama), which was …
Getting oral from Wet Hot American Summer’s cast and crew
Friend of the site Julie Seabaugh put together an oral history on Wet Hot American Summer for this week’s Variety, just in time for the …
Photos from the set of Netflix’s “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp”
How do you pull off a prequel to a cult comedy movie 15 years later? It’s not exactly movie magic, but it’ll be funny. “We thought …