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A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life.

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TGIF: Strangers with candy.
Ill take Calitexicans bike for dessert. with a side of yehuda moon. easy on the flirting, Im vegetarian. – to go, thanks. los flowerized. flowerized.

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A transcript, from Season 1, Episode 4 of Strangers With Candy: Jellineck: Say, Jerri. What was that all about? Jerri: Mr. Noblet wants me to snitch on a friend. Jellineck: Snitching doesnt seem like you, Jerri. …

Sprites Keeper: SPOOKY Cycle: "Go ask that stranger for candy."
My girls go at my husbands office so I dont know if that counts as asking strangers for candy (they are strangers, but we know a lot about them). Otherwise, they only go to the 8 houses in our neighborhood and while those people are …

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If I drink nothing but water, will it help me lose weight?
I’m taking a creative writing course down at a university because I want to be an author one day. I am currently 17 years old and I go to a private catholic high school. I am also in 11th grade. Turns out that I’m the only boy in that class…The other 7 students are girls and the professor is as well. The class is open discussion and stuff, so we all talk to one another and we also take turns reviewing each others work. There’s these 2 girls who sit across from me in that class: One is a junior, like me, and the others a sophomore…They’re both pretty but I think the sophomore is especially cute. I myself, I guess I’m not too bad looking… I’ve had girls tell me I’m cute before…Honestly, I’m a really shy person…I’m not very outgoing or enthusiastic. When I’m supposed to do something in class I’m usually really sarcastic and funny about it and I can make a lot of the girls in class laugh. I honestly don’t know what exactly these girls think of me….. I’m not interested in hooking up with them or anything, but I don’t know if they like me (in a friendly way) or if they’re just teasing me for fun and think I’m a loser… Some stuff that’s happened includes… 1.) On Halloween, just for fun, we played this game where we went around in a circle and had to make up a continuation of a random story… Everyone in the class laughed when I said something… (usually it was really random or stupid..) The sophomore, when it was her turn, said I got eaten by a bunch of zombies and she was like all “haha, your dead..” (kind of like a 5 year old) I would sometimes say some random horror icon entered the story when it was my turn… The junior across from me ‘freaked out’ in like a funny way and was like “WHAT IS WITH YOU AND THESE MONSTERS??” (She didn’t really say it in an angry way..) 2.) All the girls in class were constantly taking candy from the table and the 2 girls across from me started arguing (again, in a goofing off way) that the other one was going to get fat from eating all the candy. The sophomore then was like “I think YOU should get all the candy” (cuz i hadn’t taken any..) Then the Junior was like SHOVE THAT ALL IN YOUR MOUTH RIGHT NOW (it was a lot of candy..) I just smiled and I was like “Maybe next time…” 3.) These two girls have given very long reviews of my work in class, first off saying that they liked it, and explaining how it interested them, but also saying very dramatic things like “It was beautiful!” and “That was awesome!!” (I don’t think those were really sarcastic remarks though, I think they honestly liked what I wrote…) 4.) Today, the sophomore asked me why I never talked and begged me to talk more. The two girls asked what my full name was, age, where I lived, what it was like there, and they also talked about what their homes and schools were like…The sophomore asked me if I had seen that new horror movie “The Fourth Kind”, which I hadn’t, and said that it was so scary that she slept with her parents that night. 5.) The two girls started calling me by my entire name (First, middle and last) and asked if I thought they were annoying. Later, when walking around in a book store, they spotted me and I acted like I was running away and then the junior caught up to me and gave me a hug. The two of them then started following me around the store like stalkers so I just acted like I didn’t notice them. The junior commented on how she was acting like she was in kindergarten again. When we were walking around, she would keep looking back at me, smiling. 6.) While walking through the city, some dude came up to me (speaking in rhymes) and said he could tell I liked hip-hop. I told him “No, actually…” and he asked if there was something wrong with my head and I was just like “I guess so…” The sophomore came up to me and asked what happened and said I should have negotiated to get the cd the guy was selling for free. I said I wasn’t supposed to take things from strangers…what if I listened to the cd and then got HIV or something??… I think she thought that was kind of funny. I’m not interested in having girlfriends or hooking up with these girls..They live in a different city than I do anyway. Honestly, I don’t really have much experience being around girls, so I don’t really know what to think.

Do you think these girls like me in any way, shape or form?
I’m taking a creative writing course down at a university because I want to be an author one day. I am currently 17 years old and I go to a private catholic high school. I am also in 11th grade. Turns out that I’m the only boy in that class…The other 7 students are girls and the professor is as well. The class is open discussion and stuff, so we all talk to one another and we also take turns reviewing each others work. There’s these 2 girls who sit across from me in that class: One is a junior, like me, and the others a sophomore…They’re both pretty but I think the sophomore is especially cute. I myself, I guess I’m not too bad looking… I’ve had girls tell me I’m cute before…Honestly, I’m a really shy person…I’m not very outgoing or enthusiastic. When I’m supposed to do something in class I’m usually really sarcastic and funny about it and I can make a lot of the girls in class laugh. I honestly don’t know what exactly these girls think of me….. I’m not interested in hooking up with them or anything, but I don’t know if they like me (in a friendly way) or if they’re just teasing me for fun and think I’m a loser… Some stuff that’s happened includes… 1.) On Halloween, just for fun, we played this game where we went around in a circle and had to make up a continuation of a random story… Everyone in the class laughed when I said something… (usually it was really random or stupid..) The sophomore, when it was her turn, said I got eaten by a bunch of zombies and she was like all “haha, your dead..” (kind of like a 5 year old) I would sometimes say some random horror icon entered the story when it was my turn… The junior across from me ‘freaked out’ in like a funny way and was like “WHAT IS WITH YOU AND THESE MONSTERS??” (She didn’t really say it in an angry way..) 2.) All the girls in class were constantly taking candy from the table and the 2 girls across from me started arguing (again, in a goofing off way) that the other one was going to get fat from eating all the candy. The sophomore then was like “I think YOU should get all the candy” (cuz i hadn’t taken any..) Then the Junior was like SHOVE THAT ALL IN YOUR MOUTH RIGHT NOW (it was a lot of candy..) I just smiled and I was like “Maybe next time…” 3.) These two girls have given very long reviews of my work in class, first off saying that they liked it, and explaining how it interested them, but also saying very dramatic things like “It was beautiful!” and “That was awesome!!” (I don’t think those were really sarcastic remarks though, I think they honestly liked what I wrote…) 4.) Today, the sophomore asked me why I never talked and begged me to talk more. The two girls asked what my full name was, age, where I lived, what it was like there, and they also talked about what their homes and schools were like…The sophomore asked me if I had seen that new horror movie “The Fourth Kind”, which I hadn’t, and said that it was so scary that she slept with her parents that night. 5.) The two girls started calling me by my entire name (First, middle and last) and asked if I thought they were annoying. Later, when walking around in a book store, they spotted me and I acted like I was running away and then the junior caught up to me and gave me a hug. The two of them then started following me around the store like stalkers so I just acted like I didn’t notice them. The junior commented on how she was acting like she was in kindergarten again. When we were walking around, she would keep looking back at me, smiling. 6.) While walking through the city, some dude came up to me (speaking in rhymes) and said he could tell I liked hip-hop. I told him “No, actually…” and he asked if there was something wrong with my head and I was just like “I guess so…” The sophomore came up to me and asked what happened and said I should have negotiated to get the cd the guy was selling for free. I said I wasn’t supposed to take things from strangers…what if I listened to the cd and then got HIV or something??… I think she thought that was kind of funny. I’m not interested in having girlfriends or hooking up with these girls..They live in a different city than I do anyway. Honestly, I don’t really have much experience being around girls, so I don’t really know what to think.

Do you think these girls like me in anyway, shape or form?
i just got a new bike, and everyone (including strangers) have stopped me to tell me how nice it looks. my goal now, is to make the bicycle less appealing (no eye candy), and i’ve heard you can “tape” your bike. how? google search got me nowhere.

How do you duct tape a bicycle?
1.If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation? 2.If parents say, “Never take candy from strangers” then why do we celebrate Halloween? 3.Why do doctors leave the room when you change? They’re going to see you naked anyway. 4.If girls with large breasts work at Hooters, then do girls with one leg work at IHOP? 5.Why do we sing “Rock a bye baby” to lull a baby to sleep when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle on the ground? 6.Why do people say “heads up” when you should duck? 7.Why do they report power outages on TV?

How would you answer these random questions?

If parents say, “Never take candy from strangers” then why trick or treat?
I live in NSW Oz and on the 31st i had alot of children and teenagers come to my house. I was concerned as some of these children were little and were un supervised. We spend so much time explaining stranger danger to our children and make sure they know not to go into a strangers house, is halloween diminishing our efforts of keeping our kids safe?? Candy is enticing to children and there are so many ways people could use it to manipulate the innocence of a child. I think its an American tradition and one that they hold importantly and i respect that, but should we encourage it in Australia? If u asked any child the history of Halloween would they be able to explain it? Am i just over reacting or does anyone else feel the same?Its just a thought of mine and i would be interested to hear your thoughts. I am 20years old and a child care worker i do not have children of my own but i do know easily a child can be manipulated!

Parents of Aussie kids and halloween. your opinions please voice yours!!?
I live in NSW Oz and on the 31st i had alot of children and teenagers come to my house. I was concerned as some of these children were little and were un supervised. We spend so much time explaining stranger danger to our children and make sure they know not to go into a strangers house, is halloween diminishing our efforts of keeping our kids safe?? Candy is enticing to children and there are so many ways people could use it to manipulate the innocence of a child. I think its an American tradition and one that they hold importantly and i respect that, but should we encourage it in Australia? If u asked any child the history of Halloween would they be able to explain it? Am i just over reacting or does anyone else feel the same?Its just a thought of mine and i would be interested to hear your thoughts. I am 20years old and a child care worker i do not have children of my own but i do know easily a child can be manipulated!

Halloween i Australia what are your views? please read all opinions encouraged!?
Who had the best candy? Who’s candy was hard and long? And who went trick or treating a second time?first answer floppedooooh hooflex u had lots of it LOL

How many strangers gave you candy last night?
Okay, i’ve never ever been trick-or-treating. Not even as a little kid. Its wrong! The number of times people say to their kids ‘Don’t take candy from strangers, you don’t know what can happen’ Or ‘Don’t talk to strangers’ And by letting them go trick or treating your encourging them to knock on strangers doors and get candy from them! What do you think?

Trick-or-treating is WRONG (read decription)?
I know what most Australians do, but do Americans parents really send their kids out at night knocking on strangers doors, asking for candy?? Isnt this a bit dangerous?

Strangers with Candy is a television series produced by Comedy Central. It first aired on April 7, 1999, and concluded its third and final season on October 2, 2000. Its timeslot was Sundays at 10 p.m. (ET). It was replaced by the Comedy Central show Strip Mall.

The series’ main character, Jerri Blank (played by Amy Sedaris), was a runaway returning to high school as a freshman at age 46 at the fictional Flatpoint High School in the town of Flatpoint.

Created and written by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert, and Mitch Rouse, the show was a spoof of the after school specials of the 1970s and 1980s and was also inspired, at least in part, by a 1970 public-service film, The Trip Back, that featured a reformed drug addict named Florrie Fisher (see “Origin” below). Sedaris, Colbert, Dinello, and Rouse were cast members of the short-lived Comedy Central series Exit 57; they, along with Greg Hollimon and many other stars of the series, were also alumni of Chicago’s Second City comedy troupe.

According to the show’s animated introduction, Jerri ran away from home and became “a boozer, a user, and a loser” after dropping out of high school as a teenager, supporting her drug habits through prostitution, stripping, and larceny. She has been to prison several times, the last time because she, in her words, “stole the TV.”

Every episode featured a theme or moral lesson, although the lessons were often amoral or warped; in an episode about eating disorders, Jerri learns that it’s OK to become an anorexic because it will get people to pay attention to you. When Jerri’s father passes away in the episode “The Goodbye Guy,” Jerri learns the valuable lesson, “You never really ‘lose’ your parents. Unless of course they die. Then they’re gone forever. And nothing will bring them back.” In another episode, Jerri learned that “violence really isn’t the only way to resolve a conflict, but it’s the only way to win it.”

Each episode ends with the cast and other featured actors from the episode dancing.

The series was first envisioned by Dinello and Colbert, both of whom had seen a Scared Straight!–type public-service film called The Trip Back, in which motivational speaker Florrie Fisher recalled her days as a New York prostitute to a group of high-school students. Seeing that Fisher strongly resembled their friend Amy Sedaris, they showed her a copy of the tape and, suitably impressed with Sedaris’s imitation of Fisher, began developing a series based around the idea of Fisher going back to high school herself. The three, along with Mitch Rouse, combined this concept with lampooning the after school specials they had all been subjected to in high school, along with the short-lived mid-1990s teen series My So-Called Life. Much of Jerri’s past is taken from anecdotes in The Trip Back, some of which were also included in Fisher’s autobiography, The Lonely Trip Back. Several lines of dialog in the series were taken verbatim from Fisher’s public-service film.

It is arguable that Jerri Blank has become even more famous than the woman that inspired her; while Strangers with Candy became a cult success, Florrie Fisher sank into obscurity in the 1980s. Today, much speculation among fans of the series revolves around finding out whatever happened to Fisher.

On February 7, 2006, movie company ThinkFilm announced that it had acquired the distribution rights to a feature film based on the series. The film, a prequel to the television show, was completed in 2004 and acquired by Warner Independent at Sundance in 2005, but release of the film was delayed due to legal clearance issues. Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, and Paul Dinello reprised their roles for the film; several other characters were recast. In addition to acting, Colbert is a co-producer and Dinello is a director for the film. Worldwide Pants, a production company owned by comedian David Letterman, was also a producer. This is the company’s first feature film production. A teaser trailer for the film was released in April 2006 (see “External links”). The initial theater release was June 28, 2006, in the New York City area, followed by the remainder of the United States on July 7. A DVD of the film was released in November 2006. Amy Sedaris said of Jerri Blank that “she’s like a rash; you never know when she’s going to pop up.”

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Careful...she'll cut a bitch.

Against all conventional logic, the glass ceiling in the comedy world remains intact. One would think that if Joan Rivers and Phyllis Diller could achieve great success almost half a century ago, we’d be flush with popular and successful female comics in 2009. Instead, the woman with the biggest draw is Lisa Lampanelli, who has extrapolated “I’m fat and I bang black guys” into a large venue following. Meanwhile, the brilliant Maria Bamford – easily one of the ten best comics working today regardless of gender – is better known for her recent commercials for Target than for her consistent excellence as a writer and performer. Don’t blame her for that.

Over the years we’ve seen Roseanne Barr and Ellen Degeneres and Whoopi Goldberg find tremendous success, and during the 80’s comedy boom there were several that were household names. So what’s wrong in 2009? There’s no shortage of strong current female comedians worthy of adulation, but fewer are breaking through at the level that many of the male comedians attain. Try asking a friend to name five current female comedians. You’ll likely get Lampanelli, Sarah Silverman…and a blank stare. 

Maybe they’ll come up with Wanda Sykes or Margaret Cho or Kathy Griffin, all of whom have had wider exposure thanks to multiple television shows. I doubt many would come up with Whitney Cummings, but after laughing my ass off listening to her first album (Emotional Ninja) I predict that will change very soon.

Cummings doesn’t have a schtick or a character, and her material is pretty much old school observational comedy about sex and relationships. But while she can be crude and vulgar, she’s also ferociously funny. She’s strong with a quick one liner but also has well-structured longer pieces that pile one laugh on top of another. She’s able to play both ends of the men vs. women card in such a way that you laugh at all of it regardless of your gender…probably because you realize most of what she’s talking about is absolutely true.

Cummings doesn’t talk down to the audience, she places herself within it, so we’re on her side even when we’re the butt of the joke. She’ll humble herself with a self-deprecating stinger, but she’s no victim. She might launch some vitriol towards the losers and bad dates, but she’ll also admit to being a sneaky manipulator. Basically she’s showing that we’re all playing games…so let’s get those cards on the table and laugh at how shallow and absurd it all is.

The bits that aren’t about relationships are topical but universally funny, like the banality of social networks, the true definition of yoga and wondering why we reward our friends’ biggest mistakes with gifts. I won’t spoil the punch lines, but my favorite bits - her breast exam, sleeping her way to nowhere, how women snoop on and argue with men – had me rolling. She excels at stringing together a wealth of material with exceptional timing and delivery, adept at a pregnant pause before a punch line or punctuating a sarcastic retort.

I’m not exactly going out on a limb here by praising her work. In the past couple of years her profile has soared; she’s been tagged as a rising star by Entertainment Weekly, Variety and Alternative Press. Her panel time on Chelsea Lately is usually brilliant, and her breakout performance on the Comedy Central roast of Joan Rivers was a logical next step (she had been writing for them for a couple of years). Cummings is only in her mid-twenties, yet she’s already proven to be a prolific writer and a strong performer. She’s attractive, she’s very smart, and she is fearless.

There are thirty-three tracks on Emotional Ninja, most under two minutes, and there might not be a clunker in the bunch. This is truly one of the funniest comedy CDs of the year – go get it.

Buy Emotional Ninja online

Whitney on Showtime’s Live Nude Comedy

Her killer set on Comedy Central’s Roast of Joan Rivers

Compilation of panel bits from Chelsea Lately.

Whitney Cummings website.

Menig avond probeer ik met Comedy Central op tv in slaap te vallen. Dat lukt het beste met de volgende shows.

5. 30 Rock
Twee woorden: Tracy Morgan. Nog twee: Alec Baldwin. Laatste dan: zap.

4. Californication
David Duchovny speelt zichzelf. Big deal.

3. Entourage
Jaja, jullie zijn allemaal hartstikke rijk en cool. Maar hoe is dat boeiende tv?

2. Takeshi’s Castle
Als ik dit soort shows wil zien dan emigreer ik wel naar Japan, ok? En kan het een keer afgelopen zijn met die irritante herhalingen.

1. Frasier
Die dokter Frasier Crane toch. Altijd maar verwikkeld in uit het leven gegrepen hachelijke situaties. En uit het leven gegrepen staat er hier vooral voor dat je het plot zelf ook wel had kunnen bedenken, gewoon door een willekeurige dag uit je leven te verscripten. Laat me niet lachen. Letterlijk. En waarom iedere aflevering weer een nieuw liefje? En altijd zo overduidelijk out of his league. Totaal ongeloofwaardig.

Eine neue Runde, eine neue Wahnsinns-KuH. Und heute aktueller denn je. Oliver Pocher ließ nämlich exklusiv kurz vor unserer Aufzeichnung vermelden, dass er trotz Schweinegrippe am morgigen Freitag seine Late-Night-Show in Sat.1 moderieren wird. Allerdings unter Quarantäne von zu Hause aus. Wie genau das aussehen wird, erklären Körber und Hammes. Ein weiteres Thema sind die deutschen Nachrichtensender – ganz explizit geht es um N24, den Newssender der ProSiebenSat.1-Gruppe. Ein Bericht im „Spiegel“ sorgte am Wochenende für Aufsehen. Darin war von Sparmaßnahmen die Rede, auch eine komplette Schließung des Senders stand im Raum. Was dran ist und wie ProSiebenSat.1 am Mittwoch die N24-Mitarbeiter über künftige Optionen der Neupositionierung informierte, heute in der Medien-KuH.

Drei Stunden Doku-Soap-Wahnsinn hat sich unsere KuHlumnistin Stephanie Engels für euch angetan. Sie berichtet in „TV and the City“ über den neuen Dienstag bei kabel eins.

Filmfreunde erwartet in der 19. Episode der KuH ein „extra großes” Spezial rund um DEN Kinostart der Woche, nämlich „Twilight: New Moon – Bis(s) zur Mittagsstunde“. Okay… sagen wir, Körber und Hammes räumen dem Film so viel Platz in der Sendung ein, wie er verdient.

Weitere Themen: Tele 5 kramt im alten RTL-Archiv; Kerner-Talk 2.0 mit Jauch und Schirrmacher bei Beckmann; Spongebob-Wahn bei den MTV-Sendern; Stromberg versteigert seinen Dienstwagen und RPR1. ein Sendeloch von 10 Sekunden; der Gewinner der exklusiven und formschönen BTV4U-Anstecknadel.

Link aus der Sendung:
- Körber, der Doof, hat ihn angesprochen, aber nicht aufgelöst: Den Vote zum Thema Nachrichtensender
- Call-In ist doch zum Kotzen

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Last Friday, while I was recovering from my midnight movie sojourn, redheads around the country were being attacked as the result of a Facebook posting that declared November 20th “Kick a Ginger Day.”

Believed to be inspired by an episode of “South Park” on Comedy Central, the posting brought some serious hurt down upon students with red hair in Los Angeles and Vancouver who were kicked repeatedly as they walked down the halls.

I have never felt so left out of anything in my life.

I have red hair.  I’ve been a natural red head for almost 10 years now, and last Friday, I was out and about in the neighborhood in plain sight several times….but no attacks.  Not even a suspicious following by someone with a lead pipe or tree branch.

Do these “Ginger Day” celebrants discriminate against people who have to buy their hair color?  That seems hardly fair.  It’s still red.  Or are they such cowards they only pick on small children?  Scared of what will happen when an adult ginger opens a big can of whoop ass on you, huh?

Well, you should be.  Fake hair color or not, red heads are a force to be reckoned with, and should never be ignored.

Especially now that we have our own holiday.

22 Europese zenders in 9 landen vieren aanstaande zaterdag 24 uur lang ‘Think Happy Day’

De crisis, Mexicaanse griep, herfstregen…SpongeBob SquarePants geeft ons alle aanleiding om te lachen. Hij is een en al optimisme en geeft ons wat we echt nodig hebben: een hele dag in het teken van vrolijkheid!

Het is een feestdag waar de wereld op zat te wachten: THINK HAPPY DAY. Op zaterdag 28 november a.s. reserveren 22 zenders in 9 landen 24 uur voor hun ambassadeur van de opgewektheid, SpongeBob! Naast de MTV Networks-zenders Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV en TMF in Nederland, zullen alle MTV Networks-zenders in de door ons omringende* landen, eer bewijzen aan deze beroepsoptimist.

“Ons vergaat in crisistijden het lachen niet”, aldus Patrick Alders, General Manager Nickelodeon North. “Integendeel! Een slechte stemming is de beste reden om wat lol en optimisme te verspreiden. We hebben bewust deze datum gekozen voor het grootste TV-evenement in de geschiedenis van MTV Networks en we hopen dat het publiek onze boodschap oppakt: Think Happy!”

It’s a SpongeBob World, we just live in it
Uiteraard besteden Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV en TMF op geheel eigen wijze aandacht aan SpongeBob.
SpongeBob staat bij Nickelodeon al het gehele jaar in de spotlights. Werd een aantal maanden geleden nog de SpongeBob Tulp onthuld, de maand november is SpongeBob Maand en op 28 november bepalen de jeugdige kijkers wat te zien is tijdens de SpongeBob Top 100. Op Nickelodeon.nl kan nu gestemd worden op de meest favoriete afleveringen. Tevens komen op Think Happy Day de gehele dag statements van BN’ers en kids voorbij, waarin wordt verteld waar zij happy van worden.

Naast de bekende gele Simpsons cartoonkarakters draagt Comedy Central ook SpongeBob een warm hart toe. Op zaterdagavond 28 november staan de geruchten rondom deze cartoon centraal. De meest vreemde en spraakmakende avonturen van SpongeBob komen aan je voorbij tijdens Captain’s Secrets. De avond wordt gepresenteerd door Painty the Pirate, de piraat uit de titelsong van de serie. Painty The Pirate maakt het onbesprokene bespreekbaar. Is SpongeBob eigenlijk een travestiet? Is Mr. Crabs stiekem verslaafd aan drugs? En heeft SpongeBob afgelopen kerst met zijn blote kont op het kopieerapparaat gezeten?

Op MTV en TMF bekijken we SpongeBob vanuit een heel ander oogpunt en belichten we de vele celebs onder de fans. Want de quote “It’s a SpongeBob World, we just live in it” van Michelle Obama, zegt veel, heel veel.

ZATERDAG 28 NOVEMBER: THINK HAPPY DAY!

www.nickelodeon.nl / www.mtv.nl / www.tmf.nl / www.comedycentral.nl

Bo Burnham will be performing at Lakeshore Theater this upcoming weekend on Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and 10:30pm. Tickets are $25.

Burnham has burst on the comedy scene with a full-length LP, a Comedy Central special and a deal to write a film for Judd Apatow.  Entertainment Weekly recently named Burnham one of the “12 Rising Stars of Comedy.”  In March, Burnham released his first full length LP “Bo Burnham” which topped Billboard’s New Artist chart and was #2 on the Billboard’s Comedy chart in its first week. Four days after his eighteenth birthday, Burnham became the youngest person to record a “Comedy Central Presents” special. The special will premiere on March 27^th.

I must hand it to Stephen Colbert, he pulled quite the fast one last week. As many of you know, Mr. Colbert came out with guns blazing last week calling Canadians “iceholes” and “maple syrup suckers”, in response to the availability, or lack thereof, of venues in Vancouver for foreign athletes. The comments caused and uproar and even spurned Canadian officials to respond with offers and challenges aimed at Colbert.

What many of these officials, and probably many viewers, failed to realize is that Colbert has used this incident to pull the wool over all of our collective eyes. He was recently named the major sponsor of the American speed-skating team even though he will not personally donate any money to the squad. He intends to generate donations and sponsorship from his fans in ‘Colbert Nation’. One way of doing this is by generating attention to his cause, which he did by creating this patriotic controversy. By bashing Canada and making it seem like the Americans were wronged by being given limited practice time, he has created the illusion of an “Us versus Them” scenario. Good on Colbert.

By creating this controversy, he will most likely generate a large amount of viewer sponsorship, which in turn will increase the amount of exposure his ‘Colbert Nation’ will get. So let’s review this; Colbert bashes Canada,  rallies Americans against Canada, viewers sponsor Colbert’s team, Colbert’s show gets promoted on the world’s biggest stage for free essentially and WE are unsportsmanlike. I invite Mr. Colbert to look in the mirror.

While you may gain some fans south of the border, you have definitely lost (at least) one in the Great White North. I only have one thing left to say to Colbert; Suck it…our maple syrup, that is.

So this blog thing . . . we’re getting a bit rubbish at keeping it up to date! But we’ve been busy and now we’re slacking a bit so can do stuff like this!

So . . . Firstly – big cheers to all that came down to the fantastic More The Merrier gig on Thursday last week. It was a really nice crowd and a pleasure to play for you! Great venue too – think we’ll be popping back for a few cheeky brewskies in the near future!

I’ve not heard back from the MTM crew but I’m hoping that lots of money was raised for Water Aid – thanks for dipping into those pockets of yours!

Not much has been planned for us in December . . . apart from finally sorting the EPThree out! There are tunes – and I’m busy adding more half finished ones to the pile of things to do! We’ve got cowboy sounding whistler noise, Big gruff mambo horns teamed with duo-stylophonics, 8bit electro fuzz like a gameboy being spanked on its ass and a big old skuzzy rock tune with an electro fat bassline and the possibility of a prog rock intro. So as you’d expect, nothing that really sounds like it came from the same band – sorry. Words are being written and tunes are being re-arranged so that they become songs! We hope that you enjoy these!

We want to break these out on your ears in the new year!

Also in December, our very good pals Bloodgroup will be flying into the UK for a gig in Londons Lexington (Thursday 17 December) – it’ll be ACE! Really looking forward to it as we’ve had a sneaky listen to their new stuff!

In other Yunioshi news – we’ve got another one of our tracks on another advert! This time its not just one ad but a series of them! Its currently featuring on the Comedy Centrals new season South Park adverts! Its used to advertise each new episode for the whole series! How good is that!? Hopefully it’ll pay for us to go out to Iceland in 2010! Check one of the adverts here.

Other extra news – Massive congratulations to Jimbo and Hakushi! The best Yunioshi news for ages!!!

Rob wrote this one!

Jen ist genervt von ihrem BH, der schlecht sitzt und ständig kneift. Als sie ihren Kollegen ihr Problem schildert, beschließt Moss, sich dem Problem anzunehmen. Er will den perfekt sitzenden BH entwickeln. Kurz darauf wird Jen der Prototyp präsentiert und sie soll den Super-BH testen. Tatsächlich scheint er perfekt zu sein, doch ausgerechnet in einem wichtigen Meeting zeigt er seine Schwachstelle: Er erhitzt so stark, dass er Feuer fängt. Douglas, der neue Chef, sucht unterdessen nach seiner wahren “Identität”.

In dieser Folge trägt Roy verschiedene T-Shirts:
“The sun is trying to kill me” T-Shirt
“Magic Eraser” T-Shirt
“Bestario” T-Shirt (Tier mit Frauenkopf)

Wiederholung:
Donnerstag 03.12. 22:35 Uhr, Samstag 05.12. 00:45 Uhr

I first heard Eddie Izzard on a CD during a road trip with some friends last April. It was hilarious, but after the trip I never thought about him again.

I was waiting for a boy to call me. God, I hate waiting for boys to call me. I want a when, where, and ok I’ll be there see you then. Unfortunately, I find him devilishly attractive so I put up with it.

To lift my spirits, I decided to peruse Netflix and find something to watch. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, Eddie Izzard popped into my head. I ended up watching four Izzard specials: Definite Article, Glorious, Dressed To Kill, and Circle. (If you’re doing the math you’ll figure out that watching all of those specials adds up to around ten hours of comedy. I wasn’t waiting around for this guy for ten hours. I watched the rest over the next few days, and over again throughout the next week.)

Now, I haven’t seen a ton of stand up comedy… Immediately Richard Pryor, Dane Cook, George Carlin, and Jeff Foxworthy come to mind from specials on TV. Premium Blend on Comedy Central never has me in stitches. I saw Dustin Diamond at a comedy club in Michigan when I was 15 (funny, but really raunchy. Screech fell right into the gutter)… so maybe there’s an even truer genius beyond Eddie Izzard, but for now all I know is that Izzard is a good thing that I will never have too much of.

Eddie Izzard is super intelligent, educated, informed. Unless he’s just watched a ton of historical documentaries, which he admits he has. A lot of his comedy involves episodes throughout history, from creation to the dinosaurs to the Renaissance to World War Two to the Clinton era. He references people and places from all over the world, and many times while performing he switches between the many languages he knows fluently (English, French, German, and some Latin). I don’t know French, German, or Latin, but it is never a problem because Izzard is also a master of physicality. He mimes, impersonates, makes sound effects, and sings. Izzard acts out entire scenes and it’s as if you’re watching a movie. He will stand on one side facing one way and act out, say, Darth Vader on a lunch line, covering his microphone with his hand to make the voice: “I’ll have the penne al la arrabiata”. Then he will step to the other side, face the other way, and act out the food handler: “You’ll need a tray”. And hilarity ensues. (See link under ‘YouTube is glorious’)

What’s wonderful about Eddie Izzard is that you never know what he’s going to bring up next, and it seems as if he can go on forever. His comedy is straight from the heart, brain, gut, and on the fly. He may stop in the middle of a bit to comment on a random thought that will lead down a hilarious dead end, and then jump back and continue the original bit. If a joke fails, he comments about it and laughs it off with the audience. Characters from earlier bits can pop up suddenly in later bits. Izzard has us in the Trojan horse with a group of eager Greeks, and suddenly, Prince Phillip of England is there. Izzard may also reuse favorite impressions. The story of Noah’s Arc stars Sean Connery as Noah. God is usually played by James Mason. God: “Noah, stop what you’re doing and build me an arc” Noah: “Yeah I’m working on a speedboat at the moment. I think it’s much more exciting, bigger engine in a speed boat, and it can shoot across the water like that…” Noah explains that a speedboat would be better suited for bible pictures… “We can get all the animals with long ears to sit along the side, It’ll look fuckin’ excellent”.

The end of Izzard’s shows are always abrupt. There’s not a sound in the world I agree with more than the “Awwwwwww” of disappointment from the audience at the end of Glorious (before the encore of course). You don’t want Izzard to stop, and he knows it, but he must. Can you imagine how much energy it takes to act out hundreds of characters and make hundreds of noises nonstop for nearly two hours—in high heels!? Izzard must stop at some point, so he simply ends his set and politely excuses himself from the stage. Usually there is some special effect grand finale with music and lighting to dramatize his entrance and exit. To open Definite Article, Izzard appears from the pages of an enormous book, sitting in an oversized chair positioned atop a gigantic pile of books (a profound metaphorical image). At the end of Circle, Izzard makes his bows, puts on an intense face, and stealthily disappears among the forest-like set pieces.

A well-designed set is deeply satisfying. One of my favorite sets was for a Lewis Black show on Comedy Central that was just a stack of big block letters that said, “THE END”. Most appropriate for Mr. Black. Stereotypically a comedian is in front of a brick wall with a stool and a mic on a stand. But once a comedian hits the big time and gets a television special, a set designer may be brought in to build a million dollar set complete with custom murals and lighting effects. Every angle must be aesthetically pleasing for the viewers at home- and that means texture, color, depth! Have you noticed that in the last few decades sets have become most important for television shows that otherwise do not need sets? Eddie Izzard would still be hilarious if he were in front of a white wall. The news would be just as noteworthy and biased if the anchors were sitting in front of a green chalkboard. But then, millions of brilliant set designers would be out of a job.

If you’re looking for a way to relax, soak in a sweet smelling bubble bath and smoke a personal joint while listening to Eddie Izzard. It’s a fantastic experience. Although I viewed Izzard on screen for the majority of my experiences, listening to him solo audio from a warm bubble bath is just as pleasant and hilarious- perhaps even more so. Although Izzard is thrilling to watch, give your imagination some playtime and just listen to him for a while. You’ll find that you can imagine the scenarios and get the joke just as well by picturing the scene in your good ol’ fashioned mind’s eye. There’s a reason comedy sets are available on iTunes.

Should I comment about the fact that Eddie Izzard is a transvestite? It doesn’t even matter. If anything, the makeup he wears enhances his facial physicality, especially in Dress to Kill because that director really loves extreme close ups. Vaudevillian actors and early silent film actors wore heavy makeup to enhance their facial expressions, and the trick still works. In Dress to Kill, Izzard’s light blue eye shadow and red red lipstick compliments his bright blue eyes and wide set mouth, especially when he smiles goofily after calling Hitler a “mass murdering fuckhead”. I’ve watched a few clips of more contemporary Izzard, and maybe it’s just because I’m used to his fantastic highlights and shiny black heeled boots, but he looks too normal now. He kind of looks like a tool. But maybe it’s just the goatee. I’m not a huge fan of facial hair. Sideburns I can cope with. I’d sleep with Eddie Izzard.

What do I conclude about Eddie Izzard? I felt so compelled to write about him, about his genius, about his hilarity… mostly because I want everyone to know about him too and gain happiness from his comedy. I wish this piece was a bit more profound. Honestly, I watched him again for the first time almost three weeks ago and I’ve been watching him nonstop ever since, trying to form some profound thesis… about the brilliance of mime, about comedy when it is a purely aural experience, about education being imperative to comedy… has it all been written about? I have faith that if I keep thinking, at some point the inspiration fairy will knock me over the head.

Mostly I wanted to write this to clear my writing palate before I went to see Men Who Stare at Goats tonight.

Look at the Izzard links. Let yourself fall in love.

Wisconsin comedy fans are Andi Smith’s kind of people.

“Dry, sarcastic, and generally a bit tipsy,” the Janesville native quips.

Harnessing an untamed originality since she ditched a “soul-sucking” gig as a website designer, Andi unleashes scathing wit and dry-edged humor on unassuming crowds who don’t fully realize how funny girls can be too.  The two-time “Last Comic Standing” player and young Comedy Central talent leaves fans in hysterics, albeit feeling a little dirty, as she mouths off on unusual targets.

Like (wheelchair-ridden) porn king Larry Flynt, foster kids and cosmetically enhanced busts.

When Andi ravages the stage, nothing’s off limits and everything’s up for jabs — including Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, do-good cheerleader types and her own mom. Like a backstage conversation that should call for whispering, Andi’s brutally honest, always entertaining set keeps audiences salivating for more.  She brings the goods to the Skyline Comedy Cafe this Thanksgiving week — Nov. 25 and 27-28.

Let’s get to know her, shall we?

Any embarrassing or kicka$% nicknames you grew up with?

I think my favorite was “King Size Kerri Silla.”  She was an albino and I was fatter.

Who would you wanna go up against in a stand-up comedy battle, and why?

Kerri Silla.  She isn’t that funny.

Best part about being a comedian?

Not having to get up early. That’s pretty much the best part.

Who’s your biggest fan?

I’m not sure, although I did get a fan letter recently from a group of inmates who saw a “Last Comic Standing” rerun.  Thanks Ray Ray.

Guiltiest pleasure you’d really rather not admit, but will anyway for Skyline fans?

I cried at the end of The Nanny Diaries.

All right, moving on… You’re brilliant on stage, first off. The delivery, material. Really. Where did you learn the stand-up comedy ropes?

Every comedian I’ve ever worked with taught me something.  I think delivery and material though are something that has to come from you.  I blame a lot of it on my mother.

Do your folks, family, friends have fond memories of you being “a comedian” when you were a kid? And…did your jokes ever get you in trouble?

I wasn’t the class clown or a funny kid or anything. I had one friend growing up and we laughed a lot. I think I owe a lot of my humor to Wisconsin.  I maintain that Wisconsin people are some of the funniest people in the world. Dry, sarcastic, and generally a bit tipsy.

You record a lot of your performances for DVD memorabilia and what not…It’s gotta be weird going back and watching yourself perform.

I can’t watch myself.  I have heard all the jokes and therefore don’t think it’s funny.

Let’s talk about crowds, since they’re sort of essential to a comedian’s career.  Give us your memory of the best, and worst, you remember since starting.

The best crowds are the ones who laugh… A lot. The worst one (there are some contenders for this title) might have been a bar in Kansas where 3 people were arrested in the back of the room.

You’re coming to Appleton this week, where we’re obviously known for our cheese, drinking and entertainment junkies. What goes through your mind when you’re pondering a trip to the Skyline?

Cheese, drinking, and good thrift stores.  I grew up in Janesville, WI, so performing in Wisconsin is my favorite.  They’re the only ones who get references about Alpine Valley, Shakey’s Pizza Buffet, and corn mazes.

What kinds of things are irking you these days? Anything we’ll hear about in your set?

Sarah Palin. I hope she gets pelvic inflammatory disease.

When you get up on stage, any preconceived notions people have about Andi Smith being just this cute, nice ‘girl next door’ type go out the window…Do you still feel like you have something to prove when you get up there, being a woman? Like, “hey, girls are funny too.”

I think there is still a lot of people who think women aren’t funny.  I think that there are a handful of really funny female comics and then, like any other profession, the rest of them are just sluts with notebooks.

So, you’re on stage doing your thing. Are you solely focused in the moment, or what kind of stuff is running through your head up there?

I have fun. Or at least I try.  I love being on stage. I’m usually thinking “I hope I don’t suck.”

What’s your take on having family or friends watch you perform?

I think it’s like a lot of times you’re out having fun… You hope your parents don’t show up.  I like when friends and relatives come out to the shows though. It makes it more fun.

You’re one of three brilliant minds behind RooftopComedy.com, which the Skyline partnered with a while back. Like all great ideas, we’re curious where that one came from…

It’s a long story but I’ve always thought that Open Mic Nights are the most interesting part of comedy.  The idea was originally to put open mic nights online–the good sets, the bad sets, they’re all funny. The idea has changed a lot but the goal is still the same… Give new comedians a place to be seen.

Sweet. Well, we’re obviously going to refer fans to your website–snowflakehead.com. But first, why ’snowflakehead’? Nickname?

It was part of a joke I had about being pale (smiles).  Andi Smith was already taken.

Catch Andi Smith live this week only at the Skyline Comedy Cafe (Nov. 25 & 27-28).  Stop back every week to catch up with the biggest, most current names in the live comedy game.

Andi Smith Online

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Jen will mit ihrem neuen Freund Peter eine Single Dinnerparty veranstalten. Leider sagen in letzter Minute drei männliche Gäste ab, weshalb die Party zu platzen droht. Sehr schweren Herzens beschließt Jen die Party zu retten und Roy, Moss und Richmond einzuladen. Bevor die Party beginnt, gibt sie ihnen noch Benimmunterricht, um nicht bloßgestellt zu werden. Tatsächlich läuft die Party sehr gut, bis die Drei all ihre guten Vorsätze vergessen.

Roys Piraten-T-Shirt könnt ihr hier kaufen.

Wiederholung:
Donnerstag 26.11. 22:35 Uhr, Samstag 28.11. 00:45 Uhr

I found this great clip of O’Riley and Stewart – 80% intoxicated viewers? Right O’Riley I am sure.

I love it how O’Riley totally downs our younger generation because he’s P.O.ed that unlike his generation we all actually go out and vote – sounds like someone is really cranky!  He’s a total idiot and a shock jock.

And O’Riley thinks that France hurt the U.S. – I love it how Stewart just shuts him dow, about everything.  O’Riley is super upset too that a presidential candidate bypassed him to interview with Stewart.  Amazing.

Just a little fun nugget for your night.

This segment still has me chuckling under my breath. She’s all ambition without any gumbo. She’s a steak’n'potato dinner… without any beef or potato.

Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show.

This is a gift to all my blogger friends in the U.S.:

Please stop torturing us.

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Vice President Joe Biden makes his sixth appearance on The Daily Show and the first for a sitting vice president! Really? On second thought, I guess a show with Dick Cheney would have been kind of uncomfortable.

In Part One, Biden says the Obama administration is creating new jobs by investing in energy, education and health care. In Part Two, he explains the necessity of the bank bailout and explains why the Democrats can’t pass anything in the Senate.

Pez Museum, Gay Marriage and more…It’s highlarious

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IT HAPPENS 99.9% OF THE TIME

THE REAL REASON FOR THE DECISION IS SELDOM REVEALED

ANYONE IN THE BUSINESS KNOWS THEY MUST TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS 

Facebook, Tuesday, November 17, 2009.

There’s always questions:

Was there something I could have done differently?

Did I upset the producer, or the stage manger?

Did I see too much into their praises?

Why did they bother to give me a night?

How could I have better prepared for their network?

Should I go in an entirely different direction, or pitch this concept to another network?

None are answered quickly – some are never answered. You gather the remnants of what used to be your life – which was blown up over the last several weeks preparing for this project – and you re-assemble it.

We parents understand what it feels like when we have a son or daughter that is going through a tough time and there’s very little we can do to help, other than “be there” for them.

Those of us in the performing arts understand this on a very different level. The unacceptance of an effort that took hundreds of hours to create is mind-numbing. So much creativity, and so many skills, arbitrarily dismissed - with no definitive reason given – is mentally and emotionally crushing.

But you’ve been here before, and in all likelyhood, will be here again. You’ve come this far. You now know many more people in the business than you knew eight months ago. You have supporters all over the country. One person’s opinion is no deterent. You move on.

Do as you have always done, son.

Stay the path.

Love,

www.MichaelKontras.com

Εμ τι, μόνο στην Ελλάδα υπάρχουν φωτογραφικές προκηρύξεις θέσεων;;;

Owls well that ends well

I guess I should learn to pay closer attention when I see funny skits on MAD TV and SNL and jot down the names of the new cast members and bit players. For once again I find myself laughing out loud while listening to a comedy CD and then realizing later why the name sounded a wee bit familiar (in this case, the “Officer Laughs” sketch). So if the name Matt Braunger doesn’t immediately ring a bell for you either, do not let that stop you from grabbing a copy of Soak Up The Night as soon as possible.

Braunger studied improv in Chicago under Del Close and is a regular at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles; this is his first CD. Deep-voiced and six-foot four, what could be an imposing physical presence is offset by his approachable guy next door persona. Ironically, the weakest part of the set opens the CD, as a routine about convincing his family that he’s a professional comedian morphs into a character study of an unhinged uncle. But he rebounds quickly with bits about classic bathroom graffiti, gangstas who dig The Smiths, religious zealots, and why you need to be literate when interviewed. Lots of well structured stories with great throw-away lines that flow really well despite few overt segues.

The killer bits, as they should, appear later in the routine – why there should never be eye contact in porn, why Jim Morrison was mistakenly anointed as a poet and especially the routine about pet owls - hilarious on the CD but even better with his physical gestures (see clip below). And that’s what I really like about Braunger; his animated delivery enhances the material but his writing is so strong that the jokes stand up well without the visuals.

It’s always great to discover a CD from a comedian who has gimmick-free, self-deprecating humor, and I hope that Comedy Central Records signed him up for more down the line. Highly recommended.

Matt nails his TV debut on David Letterman.

Matt’s website and MySpace site

Listen to some clips on Amazon.

Video: “Driving Mr. Morrison“

Video: “Drink and Drive-Thru“