comedydeathray:

“Comedy Death-Ray… has become one of the most prestigious nights of stand up in the country.”

Interesting LA Times Sunday Calendar piece on alternative comedy. They came to Comedy Death-Ray a lot and interviewed Scott Aukerman.

“And when [the audience laughs], the agents in the audience hear money.”

Okay, that’s gruesome, but the rest of the article is interesting.

Click on the pic to read or go here.

Steven Soderbergh, Stop Fucking Around!!

Remember 1998-2000, when Stephen Soderbergh made The Limey, Out of Sight, Erin Brockovich, and Traffic?

Steven Soderbergh, stop fucking around!!

Here’s an essay I posted for Paul Scheer’s L O S T blog over at DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com! Enjoy!

PHAT ALPERT

There has been a lot of speculation in regard to the TV program Lost – why are the passengers of Oceanic 815 trapped on the island? What does the island represent? And most importantly, does Nestor Carbonell, who plays Richard Alpert, really have to wear THAT much guyliner?

But to focus on that is ignoring a far more pressing fashion issue – for what possible reason did Richard Alpert grow his hair down to his shoulders in 1973?

We’ve only seen him sporting this peculiar hairstyle once – when he appeared to a young Ben for the first time in the jungle. In the years preceding and following, his hair is as short as the shelf-life of Cane. And although he appears to be an ageless immortal, apparently even Mr. Alpert is not immune to chasing the whims of his follicle fancy.

What could have been going on with Richard this particular year? Let’s examine some possibilities:

- He needed to take some time to “find himself.” A man running around the jungle alone looking for little boys suggests a personality in crisis. Did the stress of whatever happened (happened) with Charles Widmore cause him to reexamine his life? Do the Others actually allow one to go on sabbatical?

- He was trying to impress a girl. Who among us hasn’t attempted a curious fashion choice because they thought it would get someone’s attention? When I was sixteen, Pretty in Pink came out, and I thought the brooch Molly Ringwald wore over her top shirt button could possibly be unisex. I wore my mother’s to school the next day and became the laughingstock of Cypress High.

- He was just getting in to the “hippie” movement. Yes, 1973 is a little late to the party. But perhaps the Dharma Initiative’s rudimentary computers had JUST started broadcasting snippets of Hair, Easy Rider, or even The Monkees’ Head? Certainly the concept of free love would be appealing to a man trapped on an island with limited choices for partners.

- He needed to hide his shoulders. I have a “hunch” this is the real answer: Sleeping in tents for perhaps hundreds of years may have caused a curvature of Mr. Alpert’s upper spine – in other words, a hunchback. One can only imagine the embarrassment this could have caused Richard when it came to the other Hostiles. So why not grow the ‘do out and LOOK COOL while taking a year to undergo physical therapy?

- It was Halloween. Just because they’re Others doesn’t mean they can’t have a little fun. Maybe Mr. Alpert dusted off his old Black Rock pirate outfit and went Trick or Treating over at the Dharma Initiative? Watch out for those razor blades in the Dharma Apples™, Richard!

In short (pun intended, ha ha!), certainly SOMETHING was happening that year with Richard. And while Mr. Lindelof & Mr. Cuse have suggested that they will answer every “important” question in regards to our Losties, may I use this public forum to remind them THERE IS NO MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION THAN THIS.

If they need to add one more episode in Season 6 just to cover this, surely no Lost fan would argue? Flashbacks, Flash Forwards – whatever it takes. Terry O’Quinn & Swoosie Kurtz aren’t the only “Lockes” we care about! Just ‘DO it, Darlton, PLEASE!

Here is a brand new interview I did for Newsarama about the Comedy Death-Ray Comic Book!

“Comic book fans are always looking for that one name that will impress their non-reading friends and magically make comic books cool in the eyes of the uninitiated.

“‘See? So-and-so reads comics and he’s a famous person!’

“Lately, it hasn’t been that hard to do. But Jeff Katz, founder of the new comics and film production company American Original, is making it easier with his San Diego Comic-Con announcement of the talent for his new Comedy Death Ray comic book…” [MORE]

paulscheer:

Last Thursday Scott Aukerman and I went to the ABC/DISNEY lot in California where Damon and Carlton write LOST to confront them about throwing away my painting.

Watch what happened…Learn the Episode Title of 601 and see a sketch of a new place on the island

paulscheer:

Wanna Know the EPISODE TITLE of the 1st 2 episodes of SEASON 6 of LOST?

Go to DAMONCARLTONANDAPOLARBEAR.COM

MINI-MOVIE REVIEWS:

Funny People: More like “Funny Peculiar.”

The Time Traveler’s Wife: I’m no time traveler, but I know where I’ll be August 14!

The Goods: I’m no time traveler, but I know where i WON’T be August 14!

comedydeathray:

Big news from this year’s Comic-Con!  From Variety:

American Original has assembled a lineup of established comics to produce the graphic novel series “Comedy Death Ray.”

Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt, B.J. Novak, David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, Paul Scheer and Zach Galifianakis are among some of the first to contribute to the anthology, for which each comedian will create a comicbook.

The goal is to see individual books in the “Comedy Death Ray” series, shepherded by Scott Aukerman, generate spinoffs for TV or film that would be produced by American Original.

If you’re at Comic-Con, I will be appearing at the American Original panel TODAY at 5:30 in Room 7AB. Will be announcing names involved in the Comedy Death-Ray comic book!

Oasis’s career trajectory album by album:

1. Definitely Maybe: We’re gonna be the biggest band in the world!

2. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?: We ARE the biggest band in the world!

3. Be Here Now: NOW we want to be GODS!

4. Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants: Fuuuuuuck, we fucked up. Regroup.

5. Heathen Chemistry: That last one sucked too. Um… Let’s try this?

6. Don’t Believe The Truth: We get it now - we’re terrible. But everyone WANTS us to be good so BAD! Fuck.

7. Dig Out Your Soul: Hey, remember your twenties?  Before you had kids, and you liked to get drunk all the time?  Well, this should kind of remind you of then.  It doesn’t? Fuck, being in a band is SO HARD.