January 2010
27 posts
I’ll miss you, Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien
O'Brien Flops! →
codyb:
By Conan O’Brian
New York Times, September 13, 1993
“Inexplicably, all the guests were introduced at the same time. Mr. O’Brien then asked each, in turn, his favorite color. To every answer, he snorted that the chosen color was ‘for girls.’”
TMZ: Leno and NBC Strike 1 Hour 'Tonight' Deal →
purns:
TMZ Staff:
Jay Leno has made a new deal with NBC, which gives him “The Tonight Show” from 11:35 - 12:35 … sources tell TMZ.
As we first reported, under the contract Jay had been working under, he was guaranteed the 10 PM hour. By moving him to 11:35, NBC was in breach of his contract and needed to negotiate a new deal. That is now done, sources tell TMZ.
So Conan O’Brien is out, and Jay...
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what's the name of this painting?!?!?!?!?!?!
what's the name of this painting?!?!?!?!?!?!
Gawker's coverage of the Tonight Show debacle →
Fascinating stuff happening in late night talk, and this is all in one night!
Submit your stoner quotes →
The company I work for is doing a book called Things Stoned People Say, and we want to get a bunch of your favorite stoner quotes. Submit (anonymously) every bit of weird wisdom you’ve heard come out of a pothead’s mouth!
Leno's back at 11:30/10:30 Central →
I typed a big rant, but I realized that I should just post this
I kinda wish Tumblr had instituted some sort of...
And/or static pages like Wordpress does.
(via chamberlain)
DID YOU KNOW...? →
That you can now ask me questions with tumblr’s new “Ask” feature? You can!
I am glad Tumblr added this feature as my attempts to create a formspring account were fruitless.
http://adambozarth.tumblr.com/ask
Python and Second Beats
Several really good points, Mike, but I don’t want to split too any hairs in my original post. Gonna hide this behind another jump just to save followers from extra scrolling. I typed a bit too much.
As for expressing “whys” and character motivation, obviously it sounds strange to say “This is why I behave this way,” but I think if I personally had done more of that...
Python and Second Beats
This is going to be a long opinion post about improv, second beats, and characters from Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Please do not read it as a lesson, a comedic essay, or information spoken onto me by the gods, but as a student of this strange art me trying to ascertain how to re-introduce comedic ideas and characters in surprising ways as 6 men from 1960’s Britain did.
One of...
Sparknotes: 2009
Looking for Sparknotes 2008?
January
Barack Obama is inaugurated as 44th President of the United States mere minutes after being attacked by Aretha Franklin’s hat.
Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger also joins Maj. General Smedley Darlington Butler in the American Bad-asses With Sissy Names Hall of Fame
February
The world learns to pronounce the surname...
First Homicide Of The Year? Man Killed In Brooklyn... →
First murder of the year? Oh, just a dude in Brownsville getting stabbed to death in the dick.