48 posts tagged “comedy”
You may be surprised to hear my take on this, but I know a little about Liberace and way more than I want to about Ted Haggard. After all, I'm a classically trained pianist, as was Liberace.
All of the sudden I think there may be something to all this channeling nonsense! [Cue spooky Liberace piano music, lots of reverb, and ghostly holograph of Liberace piano playing itself]. Oh did I leave that stage cue in there? I can be such a klutz sometimes!
Anyway darlings, rumors of my untimely and unglamorous death were highly exaggerated by some well-meaning friends in the Hollywood and Vegas press.
But it all turned out just fine, like always my little lambs! Had them over for a huge weekend party in my new secret lair - and they stayed for the redecorating Dinner on Sunday night! More on that later. I think I need a break from Rococo, and crawl back to the comfort of my beloved Louis XIV.
Mother was reading the paper to me yesterday, and there was this rather disturbing news about some religious man and the goings on in his boudoir. Not that his boudoir is disturbing, I'm sure it's nicely appointed.
Instead, the news was about this poor man and his wife and this nasty little trick trying to take the good Christian down into the gutter!
I won't have it. Liberace's fans won't have it! We must start a fabulous media blitz campaign and let everyone know just how good and Christian Ted Haggard is! We can hire lots of nice young men to do the heavy lifting and go door-to-door. I don't have that many bedrooms though, thank heavens. [cue angelic singing]
Am I gay? GAY, you SAY? Heck no, I'm married to Jesus! And he told me to turn the other cheek even though I want to slap you!
Too bad Ted isn't creative like I am. I think his wife gets at least a Rolls and I suggest a nice Throne as well. Works for me! And you put that nasty little trick to work driving you around and cleaning your gutters. America loves you!
Do you like the diamonds and furs, Ladies? They are nice, don't you think? OF COURSE THEY ARE - JESUS BOUGHT THEM FOR ME
My assistant tells me the
Well, Ted, I'm not sure about all of that. When I cry all the way to the bank, it's because I've given my life to showbiz - and she's a b-word if you take my meaning! I certainly don't make a habit of telling my secrets. Antiques and wardrobe are expensive enough as it is!
[yes I tagged Perez Hilton. You gotta problem widdat? ]
Jack Cheese (a.k.a. John Cleese) has a blog and podcast. Why didn't anyone tell me before?
John Cleese's Cleeseblog
John Cleese podcasts
For the more serious among you, the Headcasts are available for a mere dollar per episode.
He is also found on Twitter and FriendFeed:
John Cleese on Twitter
John Cleese on FriendFeed
He's asking that you vote for him for the European Podcast Award:
Vote Cleese Now! (he wants the glory, not the prize)
It is the season for democracy once again, and I don’t mean that charming American trillion-dollar deficit version of our gloriously imperfect system of governance - I mean ME!
Some bright spark has entered me for the European Podcast Awards. I don’t need the prize, obviously, but I do want the glory.
So, my virtual friends and neighbours please, help to get me to the top of whatever category they have inserted me just to assist an old man’s terribly frail ego.
Related Post:
Unsuccessful Experiment: Notice of Revocation of Independence (John Cleese, 2004)
Update: Oct. 2008 Internet Superstar was canceled along with several other Revision3 shows. Rumor has it Martin is planning a new show.
Internet Superstar Site
Revision3.com
Martin Sargent is an excellent host, very engaging and funny, and produces some of the best interstitial ads I've seen (for Netflix.) Gator is an excellent "straight man" for balance. Gator is dead, ZOMG!!!1!. He will be replaced by Jay Speiden. I hope Jim Louderback doesn't fire them anytime soon!
In the latest episode of Internet Superstar, Martin interviews Laughing Squid's "primary tentacle," Scott Beale.
About Internet Superstar
One after the other, Martin Sargent’s shows—on television, on cell phones, and online—have been brutally cancelled. When his most recent effort, Infected by Martin Sargent, was axed by Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback, Martin finally cracked. At the show’s final taping, Martin doused himself in gasoline and threatened to light his explosive-laden body on fire in desperate protest. Fearing a lawsuit, and that his fleece vest and perfectly coifed, John Edwards-like hair might get singed, Jim Louderback talked Martin down by promising him a new show, but with a major provision: except for the bandwidth, Martin will have to finance the whole thing himself.
Martin Sargent
Internationally adored farceur Martin Sargent has been delighting audiences for decades. Sargent got his start in media as a plucky young editor at PC/Computing magazine, and it is generally accepted in publishing circles that the periodical shuttered its operations as a direct result of Sargent’s exodus to pursue television projects. At ZDTV, TechTV and G4TV he hosted shows including The Screen Savers and Unscrewed with Martin Sargent. Since then he has done several pilots for such television powerhouses as Comedy Central and USA Network, and hosted shows on the Internet as well as mobile phones. Every show he has ever hosted or been affiliated with has either been cancelled or, in the case of his pilots, not picked up to begin with. He now hosts Web Drifter on Revision3, as well as Internet Superstar, a show he shoots in a shed in his mom’s backyard with absolutely no funding or support. In a nutshell, his once promising career, which reached its zenith in 2002 when he interviewed Vin Diesel, has utterly shat the bed.
He also has his very own blog - www.sargeworld.com.
GatorRIP Gator!Gator was a hard-drinking drifter who was raised by an ex-con Seminole Indian named Starving Crow and lived out of his truck in an abandoned lot in South San Francisco. He knew very little about the internet and less about technology. His main job was to make sure his "Internet Superstar" pal Martin Sargent didn't act like too much of a hotshot or get beat up by a guest.
He also held state carp records in Tennessee, Kentucky and Florida and could field dress a buck with a broken beer bottle in under eight minutes. He had no knowledge of his real last name.
Jay Who?
Plus, though Gator is irreplaceable, we can take comfort in the fact that sitting alongside me now will be my longtime collaborator Jay Speiden, who also happens to be Gator’s city cousin. Small world. Jay has been my main collaborator on pretty much everything I’ve done since day one of Unscrewed (not that that’s necessarily something you’d want on your resume), and I think you’ll really like what he brings to the show.
WARNING: Episodes are available online during week of broadcast ONLY
Running Time: 6 Episodes of 30 minutes Each
Related Post: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (BBC, Douglas Adams)
See also: Above the Title Productions Ltd page on Dirk Gently
I Can Haz Cheezburger?
Fail Dogs
Engrish Funny
Totally Looks Like
You may think Mr. Huh is quite funny, but his numbers are no joke!
Ben Huh will be giving a presentation at ROFLthing in San Francisco Friday, August 29, 2008.
Irina Slutsky of the always entertaining show Geek Entertainment TV interviewed Mr. Huh recently:
Ben Huh, chief cheezburger of I Can Has Cheezburger has turned his love of LOLCats into a popular site and even scored a book deal. While at MIT for ROFLCon, he stepped into the role of Stephen LOLking to explain the mysteries of his Universal Theory of LOLS to Irina.
Most of the brilliant minds responsible for Mystery Science Theater 3000 are back with a new project entitled Cinematic Titanic:
Cinematic Titanic is a feature length movie riffing show and is an artist owned and operated venture created by Joel Hodgson, the creator of the Peabody award-winning Mystery Science Theatre 3000. Cinematic Titanic features the original cast and writers of MST3K, which is Hodgson (Joel Robinson), Trace Beaulieu (Crow), and J. Elvis Weinstein (Tom Servo). Filling out the ensemble is Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester) and Frank Conniff (TV’s Frank). Cinematic Titanic’s focus is to riff on the movies we love, which are ‘the unfathomable’, ‘the horribly great’, and the just plain ‘cheesy’ movies from the past. Our first feature length DVD Cinematic Titanic’s “The Oozing Skull” is available for purchase at EZtakes.com
Created by Joel Hodgson, creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Cinematic Titanic peppers The Oozing Skull with the kind of hilarious, rapid-fire commentary that fans of fine movie riffing have come to know and love. Joining Joel are his original Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast mates Trace Beaulieu and J. Elvis Weinstein, along with longtime MST3K writers and cast members Frank Conniff and Mary Jo Pehl. It's gonna get ugly, but then it's gonna get funny, so strap yourself in for the skull-oozing, gut-busting ride that is Cinematic Titanic.
Episode Two preview:
UPDATE: Episode Three available today. Here's the preview:
Stephen Fry's just-launched "Podgrams" feature is here
Stephen Fry discloses his work for the past two years including his performances for ITV's series "Kingdom", script writing for director Peter Jackson's forthcoming film "The Dam Busters" and the pitfalls of filming in the Amazon jungle and breaking his arm whilst preventing his not inconsiderable weight from plunging into the murky depths of the Amazon River.
UPDATE: Episode four includes a speech Stephen gave at the BBC about television, public funding and privatisation. Informative and amusing, and highly recommended. Episode three was a Wildean take on wallpaper. He has settled on an even-odd scripted vs. conversational schedule.
He explains the rocky start in Episode one in Episode two.
This will be on the test.
I am a farmer who raise [sic] ducks and cows. The animals have a total of 9 heads and 26 feet. How many ducks and cows do I have?
Submitted by The BlueTie.
Srsly? It depends on how many you've killed and eaten you barbaric flesh-eating monster.
Oh sorry, I reckon 4 cows and 5 ducks.
Joss Whedon is releasing a limited-availability online web video series premiering today, with three episodes available until July 20, 2008 only. DVD will be available afterward. Official Site.
