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July 2, 2009

Daily Bee-Log

Hey, America, I think it goes without saying: We need the day off tomorrow like a fish needs water. So go ahead. Drink a fifth on the 4th! We deserve it. USA! USA! USA!

--According to Wikipedia, Gator Growl "has attracted well-known entertainers such as Robin Williams, Dennis Miller, Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby, Billy Crystal, Richard Jeni, Paula Poundstone, Bob Hope and Dane Cook" ... but no mention of Todd Barry [University of Florida CLASnotes]
--Claire Zulkey celebrates here sesquibicentennial (?) interview with none other than Jon Friedman! [Zulkey]
--OK, OK Last Pictures, you've got us curious: Who is Nigel Norris? [David Cross, Amber Tamblyn, Reggie Watts] ... ps. CC Insider wants to know, too
--The lads of Serious Lunch and Alexa Chung chat it up. Note to Tony DiSanto: We'd watch these four talk about pop culture all day, every day [It's On With Alexa Chung]
--Whaasssat?? Ricky Gervais says 'e's done wif ya.k. comedies on the chuffin' wizer? 'e obviously 'asn't Pearly Queen Th' Mighty Boosh, innit? [The Sun]
--This Saturday: Beer, beer, beer, beer, explosion! [Daily Grace]
--There are no new ideas in Hollywood [via Max Silvestri]

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The Honey Shot

Scott Bateman | Photo: Amy Frushour Kelly

THE PLUG
• Scott Bateman Animation Show is TONIGHT! @ 9:30PM at The PIT | Animator Scott Bateman will show several of his hilarious daily political animations for Salon.com and discuss the issues with a live panel, including Janeane Garofalo, Pete Holmes and Jamie Kilstein | Tickets

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July 1, 2009

Jon Gosselin's Match.com Profile - Eugene Cordero

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Happy Hour Survival Guide - Jessie Cantrell, Pete Holmes, Baron Vaughn, Julie Klausner, Jenny Slate

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Fred Phelps Director's Cut - Brent Sullivan

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New Video Wednesday!



Morning Feels Good - Jennifer Bartels, Jennifer Dodd

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The Honey Shot

Blewt Production's Don't Spit the Water was resurrected to perform two special shows at the first Chicago Just For Laughs festival, on June 20, 2009, and the Playground Theater in Chicago | Photo: Elizabeth McQuern

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June 30, 2009

Al Franken Wins Minnesota Senate Seat

Al Franken at a Chipotle | Photo: Matt Klaber

Nearly eight months after Election Day, Al Franken, a former comedian and an author, appeared certain on Tuesday to become the next United States senator from Minnesota, giving the Democratic Party at least symbolic control over Senate filibusters. [New York Times]

RELATED
• Watch Al Franken draw a map of the United States freehand

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Daily Bee-Log

--Oh shit, it's Raaaaaaaandy! [Laugh Your Dick Off]
--We're digging Best Week Ever's redesign! [Best Week Ever]
--SNL's Casey Wilson and Audience of Two's Sam Dingman are all growed up [The Washington Post]
--On Tuesday nights, Rebekka Johnsonand BJ Gallagher get all Internet-y and Twitter-y! [TheStream.tv]
--Hit a lick! Load up your iRiver with some hot summertime beats courtesy of mcDJ [Childish Gambino]
--Depending on how you count the Celebrity Deaths: Rule of Three, we fear there may be one more [Phazer Blast]

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The Honey Shot

Nate Kushner | Photo: Maryanne Ventrice

--Tonight's scheduled show has been cancelled

THE PLUG
• Catch Nate hosting The Ground Williams Show on JULY 14 & 28 at Legion Bar | Free

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June 29, 2009

The Honey Shot

Kenny Zimlinghaus, David Diehl (NY Giants offensive lineman), Scott Rogowsky and Neil Janowitz are 12 Angry Mascots | Photo: Kirill Bichutsky

THE PLUG
• 12 Angry Mascots is TONIGHT @ 8PM at Comix | $10 advance / $15 day of show

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June 26, 2009

Colours

Billy Scafuri and Tim Bierbaum, creators of the webcomic The Librarianist, take you to the strange town of Colours every Friday on The Apiary.

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Ask For It By Name: Chris Grace for Capital One

The way I see it, "Ask For It By Name" serves two purposes: To encourage the hiring of Comedy People We Love and to shine a light on them because they're hilarious. Chris Grace is definitely a CPWL. His weekly output on the improv stage, as well as the Information Superhighway, is inspiring. A few months ago he spoke at length about the creation of this commercial, offering valuable insight and wisdom into the Actor's World. Keep up the great work, Chris!

Ask For It By Name: Billy Keenly and Jeff Hiller for Bing.com

Attn: Microsoft directors of marketing. This commercial could be so much better. Yes, it's awesome in its scale, and we can only imagine the magnitude of the crane shots that were involved. But your editors clearly saw something special to keep that 6-second stretch of glassy-eyed Billy Keenly (Serious Lunch) staring off into the distance while Jeff Hiller (The Scam) speak-sings Eddie Money into the PA system. Yes! We want a commercial dedicated to those two! In fact, we're willing to Google -- er, "Bing" it -- to find it.

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The Honey Shot

Jessica Delfino and Ben Lerman | Photo via Ben Lerman

THE PLUG
• Ben & Jessica Are Besties in Love is TONIGHT @ 8PM at Sidewalk Cafe | $5

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June 25, 2009

Daily Bee-Log

Michael Jackson is dead! Long live Michael Jackson! We only hope his death doesn't lead to more tragedy by giving TMZ.com actual news credibility...

--MTV's Tony DiSanto flexes his metaphor muscles while talking comedy shop [Broadcasting & Cable via comedynews.org]
--We've seen photos of Elon James White's tilapia and we hope to get invited to a supper club soon [Huffington Post]
--WE care that YOU care about honking horns, Louis CK [Sandpaper Suit] + Life lessons via Louis [Videogum]
--The only birthday e-card we might consider sending [someecards]
--Jonah Ray ladles up a set of Web Soup photos [Flickr]

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The Honey Shot

Jason Saenz | Photo: Aaron Webb

THE PLUG
• Jason Saenz hosts SpotFest! TONIGHT! @ 8PM at Legion Bar in Williamsburg.

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June 24, 2009

Facebook Status-Off - Untucked Films

NVW Won't Stop Til You Get Enough
• Wanna Get Away? - The Midnight Show
• Rap Battle - The Ministry of Secret Jokes (We don't usually post 16-minute videos in NVW, but we gotta show the Philly comedy scene some love with this one!)
• A Tight 5ive Paul F. Tompkins Interview - Rooftop Comedy

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Best Worst Friends - Dan and Boon

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Oakland! - Killing My Lobster

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Stand Up Apartment 3 - Brown Levinson-Butler and King Ace

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Laptop Hunters - Funny or Die

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New Video Wednesday!


Michael Cyril Creighton reads from Cop Without A Badge

(Related)

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The Honey Shot

Stephnie Wier and Bob Dassie perform at the 2009 Phoenix Improv Festival | Photo: Kevin McShane

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June 23, 2009

Inside With: New Young Comedians
By: Andrew Singer

TAKE OUT THE BACK SEATS The New Young Comedians are Aalap Patel, Chelsea White and Matteson Perry | Photo via The New Young Comedians

The long-term success of a standup-variety showcase usually depends more on its producers than its performers. Although the members of New Young Comedians (Aalap Patel, Matteson Perry and Chelsea White) haven't known each other very long, they've landed squarely in the New York comedy scene with their monthly showcase at Karma Lounge. After meeting separately at various open mics around town, the trio created their own show and split the responsibilities evenly, if not appropriately, to match each person's skills. The Apiary recently caught up with the eponymous new young comedians to discuss their craft, the creative momentum they've built and the benefits of removing the back row of seats before opening the house. On Wednesday, The New Young Comedians will celebrate their one-year anniversary. Their answers were edited for space and clarity.

How has your show evolved and improved over this past year?
CW: For one, we have a banner now that we hang up on stage.
MP: The show itself hasn't changed a ton. What has changed is how we promote it and how we organize. It's much quicker to put a show together now. One thing that's great is that it's gotten a fairly good reputation, so we have a lot of very good comics who would like to be on the show. But it's not like every show gets 5% better. It's up and down, which is really frustrating. You just never know what will affect people coming out.
AP: We've been putting more pressure on ourselves to come up with new material. The emails we send to our performers are set up nicely with the Facebook invite, show times, link trading and other pertinent details. Each month, we put new things into place to reach out to more potential fans. We have these wonderful videos that Chelsea cuts.

Continue reading "Inside With: New Young Comedians
By: Andrew Singer"

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The Honey Shot

Moxie | Photo: garrettpalm

THE PLUG
• Don't miss Moxie at Thursday Night Out @ The Magnet Theater | $5

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June 22, 2009

A Michael and Michael Have Issues Status Report
By: Jesse Sachs

A couple of Fridays ago, some of Comedy Central's anticipated new show, Michael and Michael Have Issues, was filmed in a small and unassuming studio on the Upper West Side. Even in its unfinished and seemingly unfocused state, it is easy to see that Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black are back in big way since the demise of Stella (which was swiftly replaced with Apiary fave Mind of Mencia)

The taping started with some sketches that were already shot, which, without giving too much away, ran an extremely bizarre gamut, but we're mostly delightful--particularly one involving gray sweatpants.

Later, they filmed a couple of live sketches with the help of co-stars Andrea Rosen and Jordan Carlos. While they weren't the most intellectual of scenes (primarily consisting of farts and "forking"), Michael Ian Black was able to poke fun at himself by loudly chanting the word "genius!"

Michael Showalter said when it comes to the final product, they won't use everything they shoot, but once it all gets put together and edited, they're going to have a real monster of a show on their hands. According to the official MMHI site, the series is now wrapped and ready to go. Michael and Michael Have Issues premieres on July 15th at 10:30PM on Comedy Central.

RELATED
Be a part of MMHI's viral marketing street team
Watch behind the scenes videos from the tapings
Michael and Michael have issued laughter to the people of Bonnaroo
The Bell House presents Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black live on 7/15

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(B)AD Dialogue: Featuring Royal Pains

Terrible ads and the imagined smalltalk of the people stuck within them: (B)AD Dialogue.

MARK FUERSTEIN: So I play this doctor, right. But instead of being John Stamos in the trauma center of a hospital, I'm just some a-hole in the Hamptons with bloodwork I have to get to Quest Diagnostics right away. When millionaires have severe medical emergencies in the Hamptons, they don't want an ambulance; they want a shoeless, purse toting doofus in makeshift capris! Am I delivering a baby? Or a pepperoni pizza? Don't judge me. This show will last 20 seasons.

Create your own dialogue in the comments! Or not!

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The Honey Shot

Glennis McMurray and Eliza Skinner (and Frank Spitznagel on keys) are I Eat Pandas | Photo: WBP Labs

THE PLUG
• Don't miss I Eat Pandas TONIGHT! and MON, JUNE 29 @ 9:30PM at DR2 Theatre | $5

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June 20, 2009

Colours

Billy Scafuri and Tim Bierbaum, creators of the webcomic The Librarianist, take you to the strange town of Colours every Friday on The Apiary.

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June 19, 2009

Jesse Popp in The New York Times

Jesse Popp | Photo: Melissa Teran

The New York Times is featuring this melancholy, black-and-white slideshow 'n' sound profile piece called "Jesse Popp: The Struggling Stand-Up." It's part of The Gray Lady's online "One in 8 Million" series, which, we suppose, is sorta like winning the lottery! Sorta.

MORE STORIES
Adam Wade's Got Options Now: Martha Landlady or Martha Coolgirl
Margot Leitman Goes Down the Jersey Shore, Finds True Love

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The Honey Shot

Bobby Tisdale (seated) and Craig Baldo host Kid Rockers | Photo: Maryanne Ventrice

THE PLUG
• What is Kid Rockers?

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June 18, 2009

The Long Island City Stand Up Comedy Festival Starts Now

If you prefer your comedy bonanzas local and not, like, in Chicago, simply hop on the 7 train and take in an evening of jokes with Queens as your backdrop. Starting TONIGHT, The Creek and The Cave hosts the first annual Long Island City Stand Up Comedy Festival--aka LIC-SUC Fest--all weekend long. Every show is FREE!

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The Honey Shot

Jena Friedman | Photo: Fuzzy Gerdes

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June 17, 2009

Father's Day Instructional Vlog - Billy Reno



(Happy Father's Day!)

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