May 2010
11 posts
THE GREAT BIG YES
A few months ago, we shot the “DVD on TV” episode for “The Departed” up in Boston. We traveled all around the city, talking to some of the real people who inspired the film- the ones who weren’t in hiding, that is. One of our locations was a bar in Southie where some of Whitey Bulger’s gang used to hang out, and as the crew set up, I struck up a conversation...
AUSTIN
The Friday Forty said “YES- we would like to be in the First Annual Austin Sketchfest,” and lo, it has come to pass. This Saturday, May 29, 10pm, at the Art Authority. If you’re in the area, BE THERE. It should be a good time.
It is without question a good time for me to get the hell out of Los Angeles, eat my weight in BBQ and have a beer in my hand before noon for five days...
YES
My parents were in town over the weekend, and YES, it was great. But the older I get, the more I miss them, to the point where I spend the time we do spend together being sad that we don’t have more time to spend together, and then I think about how much I’m missing in their lives, those wonderful small moments that you can only share when you’re right next to each other, and...
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YES
So last night, I said YES. YES, I’ll go see Natasha Leggero and Andrea Savage do stand-up in the back room at Akbar, and then YES, I’ll go see Ben’s band play a show in Fullerton.
Have you guys ever been to Fullerton? If not, have you ever watched Fuel? Fullerton is like someone changed the channel to Fuel, then shook the television and all the people fell out. Baseball caps...
About the show...
No, it didn’t get picked up, but none of the multi-camera pilots NBC commissioned did either. They experimented with a format they hadn’t tried in a while, and then they decided to go the other way. It’s disappointing.
But nobody died.
Over the last few days, I’ve gotten calls and emails from all over the globe. Friends and family have offered some wonderful words of...
B. E.
A. G. G.
R. E. S. S. I. V. E.
A good friend of mine was feeling career-blocked last week, and he asked me for advice. I dusted off a pitch I’ve given a few times before:
Pretend you’re giving it all up and going back to school in a year. Act like you have one year to make it work before you give up and try something else. What haven’t you done? Where aren’t you being...
Favour
Jasper Rees is a joy to read, not least due to his almost cartoony Britishness. Living in the UK is one of those things- like business school or mushrooms- that I’ve always wanted to try but am probably too old for now. You never know.
Burn, Culver City! Burn!
During My Year Of Everything, I’ve found myself drawn to books in which the author spends a year trying to do something (travel, be biblically correct), more than books in which the author spends a year trying to avoid something (shopping, everything). Positive choices are just more interesting. Case in point, my current book “A Devil To Play,” in which Jasper Rees tries to...
Musique Non Start
“A Devil To Play” chronicles author Jasper Rees’ year trying to learn the French Horn well enough to play a solo before the British Horn Society. Good stuff.
Ben and his band The Mighty Regis are about to embark on the Warped Tour, and he just found out he’s getting endorsed by Fender Guitars. He’s been giddily special-ordering guitars, and I’ve been jealous....
