It’s been a bit since I posted, but I assure you it is due to external forces and not any type of psychological malaise attacking my central nervous system the past few weeks. Ok, maybe it’s a little of both. My laptop is on it’s last legs after an Apple Store CPR operation, and my desktop, currently juiced up with RAM to keep me going while I take care of the laptop, now refuses to start. It makes me want to kick things! Other items of note: The Be-Bop Heroin Hour in San Francisco was a blast! I’ll have full recap once there are pictures online. Other than that, just straight maxin’. Oh, and you know, making my television debut! Sure, it may have been 2:30am on a Monday night, but it was Comedy Central, and I already bumped into one person who saw it randomly (as opposed to having Tivo’d it based on my Facebook update). Below is the clip that was shown on television, as part of a show called “Atom TV.” The second episode is below that. There are 7 total episodes, all of which will be released on Atom.com in the coming weeks. They all star the positively hilarious Eddie Pepitone. Three of them feature me. All of them were shot in my kitchen. More fun facts coming soon!
2009 is the year that dreams come true, which is exciting.
Did a fun set at The Punk House: Weekend Edition on Saturday evening. Here’s some pics, taken by Amy Shimoshige. In the one to your left, I am telling a funny joke about hand based Turkey art. You kinda had to be there to understand the sheer magic of it.
I have too many resolutions to share here, of course including more frequent updates to this site, but once I mention that, there are all these expectations, and I just don’t perform well with those.
In the spirit of the season I thought it would be appropriate to embed a video I made several years ago. It may be the dumbest thing ever made, but the key word is “made” and anything “made” must be “shared.” Some fun facts about the below video you are undoubtedly about to click on and watch all the way through:
-It shows my range as an actor, as in classic Eddie Murphy style fashion, I play not one but three roles. See if you can figure which out which ones are me!
-It’s way too long!
-It also stars a young Chiara Triska in the role of “wife”
-Somehow the video, which is touted as a “2 Minute Christmas Classic” is actually well over 3 minutes in length
-Don’t judge me!
I am off for a one week vacation in Hawaii tomorrow, so to the thousands of you who frequent my site daily, you will be without your “fix” for a few days. But I will be back with stories to tell. They will most likely include my discomfort in removing my shirt at the beach. Also worth noting, after a few weeks of this “test-run” I will be officially launching the site (read: sending out a mass email and hoping for the best) the first week of the year, so stay tuned for a more steady flow of content, including active use of an application called spellcheck™.
Also when I get back, more information on the inclusion of my monthly stand-up/jazz show at this years SF Sketchfest! For now, here is a link to the full line-up and how to buy tickets for my show:
I’ve had the pleasure of helping out on a couple of fun online video projects the last week. The first is a holiday edition of ICN’s Life Slices:
That’ s me, a Jew, playing Santa. Now you’ve seen everything! There are a couple of other funny ones, one called Mistletoe, the other Poinsettias. The next project was my first as officially titles Directory of Photography. It was for the Ravenstake fellas and their funny and unique brand of internet humor:
Yes, that is a chicken ejaculating into a milk carton.
Couple more holiday posts coming your way soon, because, well, it’s the holidays.
(Editor’s Note: Since this post was originally posted, the video was taken down from Youtube for legal reasons, officially taking it out of best thing ever contention. In any case, thanks for visiting this website.)
I’ve enjoyed my fair share of youtube videos over the years, but never have I seen one and immediately had to watch it 15 more times consecutively. It’s so damn catchy! (To my prominent 15 year old and under demographic, be warned that there are some naughty words in the video below.)
*The post title, “Best Thing Ever,” might be an overstatement, as surely there are better things in the world, and there have been better things in the world over the course of history. But this is top 3, easy.
I am in a major point of transition in my life, with so very much to talk about. But until I can muster up the “courage” to actually start using this blog for what it is intended (sharp, witty social commentary), I will use it for what is not intended (Family Matters Intro Remixes). It’s a little long, but well worth your time investment. It will pay off handsomely, somehow. The fellow who made the remix has some other fun videos, which you can see here. My other personal face by Scott Gairdner? E! Celebrity Cum Countdown.
It’s not every day you get to say that one of your close friends has a novel coming out. But guess what?! One of my close friends, Tim Molloy, has a novel coming out! How freaking cool am I?! It is called How To BreakBad News and it is about a news reporter who goes undercover at a fast food restaurant. It is being put out by Virgin, who also makes record stores and airplanes. I haven’t read it yet, but am looking forward to getting it, and when I do so I will probably order it from Amazon.com. “What, this supposed friend of yours didn’t just give you a copy?!” you ask. Oh, he offered me a free copy. But I was like “No. Let me support you and the arts.” Because that’s how I roll. (Also, he was out of copies at the time.)
To help promote his new book virally, Tim brought me on to produce a video, with funny people we know portraying characters in the book. With the help of Sean Barrett, here is what we came up with:
So support the damn arts, and buy a book that was written by someone I know. You’ll laugh, you’ll love, you’ll learn how to break bad news. Which is a very important life skill!
Recipe: Late Night + Growing interest in Quicktime and ease of uploading videos to youtube=Idiot Boy. Something tells me I should probably cut this down to about 1 minute. But who’s got time for that? There’s a recession going on folks!
