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audition sign in form for ‘The Office’ - 11/06/03

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:20:30 -0400

audition sign in form for ‘The Office’ - 11/06/03

SPIKE THE VODKA

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:40:38 -0400

I made a podcast. I forgot to make it an hour of people interviewing each other and telling everyone about themselves and why they are right about everything. Instead I made it 16 minutes of nonsense. Click link below. Hope you enjoy. Best if paired with some PURPLE KUSH!!!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nick-vatterott/id627663807?mt=2

rollingstone: Twenty-two years ago tonight, Nirvana debuted an...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:20:19 -0400

rollingstone:

Twenty-two years ago tonight, Nirvana debuted an in-progress song called “Smells Like Teen Spirit” at the OK Hotel in Seattle. “I was trying to write the ultimate pop song,” Kurt Cobain told us in 1993. Click through to watch the gritty first performance of “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

comedycentral: The sun sets just in time for some dark comedy....

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:15:43 -0500

comedycentral:

The sun sets just in time for some dark comedy. The #Jeselnik Offensive starts tonight at 10:30/9:30c.

Before Matt Damon Was Bumped Off Kimmel as a Bit, David Steinberg Was Really Bumped 5 Times in a Row on Carson

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:10:19 -0500

thecomedybureau:

One of the best, longest running bits currently on late night is Matt Damon getting bumped on Jimmy Kimmel Live. However, long before that, veteran comedy writer and host of Showtime’s Inside Comedy David Steinberg was rescheduled 5 times in a row on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

Fortunately, he went on to do the show dozens of times afterwards. Watch the story on Kimmel now.

‘South Park’ Creators to Start Company, Important Studios

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:20:22 -0500

‘South Park’ Creators to Start Company, Important Studios

Writer/Comedy/Journalist/New York | Steve Heisler: Patrick Stewart joins Improvised Shakespeare Company for a night, proves they're the best improv group on the planet

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:20:20 -0500

Writer/Comedy/Journalist/New York | Steve Heisler: Patrick Stewart joins Improvised Shakespeare Company for a night, proves they're the best improv group on the planet:

steveheisler:

Last night’s Improvised Shakespeare Company show in New York had a special guest: Patrick Stewart. He’d never improvised with the group before—wherein a handful of guys creates a spontaneous play in the style of William Shakespeare—and I have a feeling he had absolutely no idea what he was…

OODLES OF PUN: All Bets Are OFF Metz!

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:40:29 -0500

OODLES OF PUN: All Bets Are OFF Metz!:

oodlesofpun:

A Review of “A Field Guide To Hecklers”

Recently on a snowy Saturday night, I curled up with a blanket, heated up some Earl Grey, and read the play “A Field Guide To Hecklers” which provocatively debates the positive side of heckling in stand-up comedy. This one act on-line…

Writer/Comedy/Journalist/New York | Steve Heisler: The Chicago Tribune apparently thinks it’s okay to heckle comedians because…wait, what?

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:20:30 -0500

Writer/Comedy/Journalist/New York | Steve Heisler: The Chicago Tribune apparently thinks it’s okay to heckle comedians because…wait, what?:

steveheisler:

I don’t envy what Patton Oswalt had to do at one of the best comedy shows I’ve ever seen. It was in 2007 at the Lakeshore Theater in Chicago. The line-up began with a young John Mulaney, Janeane Garofalo, and closed with an unbelievable set by Patton Oswalt, paired with Janeane I assume to…

The Not Ready For The Not Ready For Primetime Players: 24 lesser-known comedy incubators

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:40:32 -0500

The Not Ready For The Not Ready For Primetime Players: 24 lesser-known comedy incubators

Comedy Central Officially Making Drunk History a TV Series

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:20:30 -0500

Comedy Central Officially Making Drunk History a TV Series:

thecomedybureau:

OK, 2013, this is the news we’ve been waiting for. Drunk History, the no frills comedy web series where drunk people earnestly try to recount a historical event and re-enactors try to go along with it, is finally going to series at Comedy Central.

If you’re not familiar, start here, then keep checking everyday for a premiere date because you’ll want to.

See How Far TJ Miller and Nick Vatterott Will Go For the Sake of Their Home Shopping Network

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:21:00 -0500

thecomedybureau:

On this, RVC, one of several series that TJ Miller has going, TJ Miller, Nick Vatterott, Ron Lynch, and more all play members of a failing home shopping network. Of course, with it being TJ Miller, it gets a little more ridiculous than that, especially in this episode where there is incredibly NSFW scenes with squids and other animal parts at a restaurant with a enthusiastic Bobby Lee egging them on.

Watch all of this madness here.

Fallon Replacing Leno In 2014??

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:15:27 -0500

Fallon Replacing Leno In 2014??

huffpostcomedy: Bill Murray on Gilda Radner: “Gilda got...

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:20:40 -0500

huffpostcomedy:

Bill Murray on Gilda Radner:

“Gilda got married and went away. None of us saw her anymore. There was one good thing: Laraine had a party one night, a great party at her house. And I ended up being the disk jockey. She just had forty-fives, and not that many, so you really had to work the music end of it. There was a collection of like the funniest people in the world at this party. Somehow Sam Kinison sticks in my brain. The whole Monty Python group was there, most of us from the show, a lot of other funny people, and Gilda. Gilda showed up and she’d already had cancer and gone into remission and then had it again, I guess. Anyway she was slim. We hadn’t seen her in a long time. And she started doing, “I’ve got to go,” and she was just going to leave, and I was like, “Going to leave?” It felt like she was going to really leave forever.

So we started carrying her around, in a way that we could only do with her. We carried her up and down the stairs, around the house, repeatedly, for a long time, until I was exhausted. Then Danny did it for a while. Then I did it again. We just kept carrying her; we did it in teams. We kept carrying her around, but like upside down, every which way—over your shoulder and under your arm, carrying her like luggage. And that went on for more than an hour—maybe an hour and a half—just carrying her around and saying, “She’s leaving! This could be it! Now come on, this could be the last time we see her. Gilda’s leaving, and remember that she was very sick—hello?”

We worked all aspects of it, but it started with just, “She’s leaving, I don’t know if you’ve said good-bye to her.” And we said good-bye to the same people ten, twenty times, you know.

And because these people were really funny, every person we’d drag her up to would just do like five minutes on her, with Gilda upside down in this sort of tortured position, which she absolutely loved. She was laughing so hard we could have lost her right then and there.

It was just one of the best parties I’ve ever been to in my life. I’ll always remember it. It was the last time I saw her.”

- from Live from New York: an Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

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paulscheer: Ep. 50 - TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN Part 2 w/ Doug...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:20:23 -0500

paulscheer:

Ep. 50 - TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN Part 2 w/ Doug Benson

Finally, the Twilight saga has come to an end and Doug Benson is back to help wrap up Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2! We cover everything from the CGI baby, numerous decapitations, and vampire stereotypes. We also talk about why Jacob is literally the worst, how the movie becomes a pale version of X-Men, and the insane plot twist. Which part of the movie did Jason cry at? You’ll have to listen to find out!

LISTEN NOW

ALSO THE MOVIES FOR THE LIVE NYC SHOWS AT THE BELLHOUSE ARE….

8:30PM ANACONDA

10:30PM DEVILS ADVOCATE

BOTH SHOWS ARE SOLD OUT!

SNL/LNJF/KO source: Martin Short to Host SNL's Christmas Show, With Paul McCartney as Musical Guest

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:40:21 -0500

SNL/LNJF/KO source: Martin Short to Host SNL's Christmas Show, With Paul McCartney as Musical Guest:

cokesnlfan:

Kimberly Roots - TVLine.com

Martin Short will go home for the holidays when he hosts Saturday Night Live‘s live Christmas show. The former Not Ready for Primetime Player will return for his third hosting stint, NBC announced Tuesday. In addition to his film career, Short’s TV credits include…

Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart Returning for 'X-Men: Days Of Future Past' | @BryanSinger

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:20:23 -0500

Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart Returning for 'X-Men: Days Of Future Past' | @BryanSinger

Uh, Mel Brooks, Kristen Schaal, and Jon Dore Are on Conan Tonight

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:43:18 -0500

thecomedybureau:

Conan on TBS 11PM is what, where, and when you’ll be doing tonight. Not to mention it’s a great span of comedy history, we love all these people and can’t help but have trouble catching our breath we’re laughing so hard.

Jim Gaffigan-Peter Tolan Family Comedy Gets Put Pilot Commitment At CBS | Deadline

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:34:53 -0400

Jim Gaffigan-Peter Tolan Family Comedy Gets Put Pilot Commitment At CBS | Deadline

comedynerdsunited: Saturday Night Live announces hosts,...

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:19:58 -0400

comedynerdsunited:

Saturday Night Live announces hosts, musical guests | EW

How do you nerds feel about their choice of Seth McFarlane for the season premier? Overall, I think the season looks pretty solid so far!