March 2010
28 posts
“The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with...”
– William James (via rulesformyunbornson)
Who Is the Legendary ‘Fesh’? He’s the Star of the... →
The Chris Gethard Show changes lives.
WatchI have a comedy crush on Ty Burrell.
chriskula:
GameChangers is a new sports series I created for Funny or Die. This is the first episode, starring the super-funny Ty Burrell (of Modern Family) as the writer who composes every major athlete rant/tirade/meltdown.
SHORT SHORT STORIES
I just found these on my computer. I wrote them back when I used to sleep for only 4 hours a week.
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Good morning. It is 5:48am. I am at my night job. I have been up all night. And…I want to share some very short stories with you that I think may speak to all of us. Perhaps one day you can tell them to your...
Watchpurns:
It’s out! “WEIRD: The Weird Al Yankovic Story”
Watch this, it is amazing. Eric Appel. Get used to it.
Dict- Heads
“For most of the 20th century people fled the ghosts of communist dictators. And now you are bringing the ghosts back into this chamber.” - Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), Health Care Reform Debate, 2010
“The lash of the dictator will be felt and 25 million free American citizens will for the first time submit themselves to a fingerprint test.” - Rep. Daniel Reed (R-NY), Social...
Watch3am Improv Thoughts From Jill Bernard
First the Brain Then the Heart... Then the Fever
Before Kate and I flew to Bogota to attend the wedding of one of Kate’s high school friends, I knew very little about Colombia. I knew it was in South America, that it had a history of violence, that its population did not speak English, and that it had three major exports:
Coffee
Cocaine
Shakira
Our guidebook warned of horrifying ways the population would try to rob and murder you -...
REUBEN WILLIAMS: WHAT YOU MISSED (3/13/10)
1st Half: (Fire Hydrant)
-A dog who mimics his owner, then eventually moves next door and gets his own dog.
-Nine-year-old Bonnie & Clydes who rob banks for ice cream money.
-An product illustrator whose drawings are so horrifying that no one wants to use the products he advertises.
-A guy who accidentally gets 200lbs of water up his butt on a waterslide.
2nd Half: (Time)
-Superfans of...
IMPROV THOUGHT #10 - Connecting
What you choose to do is less important than how your scene partner reacts to it.
IMPROV THOUGHT #9: When In Doubt
Speak to what is happening in the moment.
And tell the truth.
REUBEN WILLIAMS: WHAT YOU MISSED (2/27/10)
1st Half: (Red Bull)
-A foreign-exchange student with poor Spanish pronunciation who watches her bull-fighter lover die.
-A band competition between bluegrass bands who all have exactly one good album.
-A family with secret wings.
-Turbo, the frat guy, who is so psyched all the time that he wears a parachute.
2nd Half: (Old Navy)
-Two guys spar over their love for the same mannequin...