"[Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks] have this nightly dinner that they do at Carl Reiner’s house and they’ve been doing it for some years. They get together every night and eat together and watch TV together in the living room, and a lot of people have tried to come in there and film it and they weren’t comfortable with it so I was very flattered that they allowed me to do it." – Jerry Seinfeld on getting to film Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks's nightly get-together for Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee. I want to go to there.
There's an urge is to write, "I hope to be as cool as Joan when I'm 79," but in actuality, I just hope to be as cool as Joan at any point in my existence. Buying her condoms there – that scamp. They come in boxes of 48. 48! I haven't used 48 condoms since last April, when it was real rainy and I had to use them to cover my shoes to keep them dry. I'll be here all week, folks. Don't try the veal. It's baby cow. [Via]
In a great interview with the AV Club, Nick Offerman talks about all the classic Nick Offerman things, like how there should be more fishing on Parks & Recreation. He also tells the story of the first time he met Greg Daniels and Michael Schur: "Yeah, I believe I first met Greg when I went to audition for the role of—there was a character named 'Michael Scott'?" Woah! He continued: "I went and played a song on my guitar that I ostensibly would be singing to Pam." Woah! Woah! (Miss U Joey Russo) Can you imagine a Ron Swanson-esque Michael Scott with his "#1 Boss" mug carved out of [...]
Bill Murray is the co-owner and Director of Fun for the Charleston RiverDogs minor league baseball team. This video was from his induction into the South Atlantic League Hall of Fame. He wasn't sure if he deserved the honor but he does – he deserves every honor. This speech is funny in parts but mostly it's an earnest, somewhat touching look into Murray's relationship with baseball and his view of life. He closes the speech by advising the players to "walk out into centerfield and just lie on the ground and watch those fireworks in the sky over your head; you'll never have a night or day like today." [...]
"That's the magic." No Bill, you're the magic. I know it was a bit and all but where can I buy tickets to see Bill Murray's hologram perform? Seriously. Just him tuning a banjo and putting in eye drops is enough. I guess it wasn't enough because Mr. Murray also talked about his reservations about a third Ghostbusters, Cannes, and fighting Chevy Chase. Watch those three clips below, while I keep on refreshing Ticketmaster looking for "Bill Murray Kinda Live and Kinda See-Through".
"Stand-up is crazy because I know what I’m going to say, and they don’t know. They are just sitting there, listening. So I can take a second because I know I’m about to ruin your life with this material… On the show I try to do that too. If I’m slowing things up a little bit, it’s because I know the next scene is going to be an assault on your senses." – Louis C.K. in an interview with KCRW's The Treatment on the parallels between how both his stand-up and show have pauses and slower moments.
This is why it's great to have Jimmy as a late night host: his excitement for certain guests is infectious. Throughout the interview he would accidentally finish Cosby's sentences, he was so excited to just be there. He acted like a little kid trying to do dumb bits with one of his idols because he kind of was. He let Cosby be Cosby because Cosby being Cosby is pretty amazing. Are there people talking about a Cosby comeback? If not, here we are talking about. Make it so! Watch a few more clips from the "interview", below:
Lets add "answering interview questions" to the ever growing list of things Louis C.K. is amazing at. Today, A.V. Club posted a must read interview with with C.K. that thoroughly covers his work ethic, taking on The Man, and not doing a buddy cop flick with Larry the Cable Guy. One particularly endearing passage comes when he discusses how he got cast in the next Woody Allen film:
He wanted me to read, but he also wanted to meet me… I went to his office. I got there early because I was scared to be late… Then I was brought into this little room, and he’s standing there, [...]
Back in the day of records and record stores and people buying albums, artists would make little promotional tapes to send to retailers to drum up support. Not surprisingly, Steve Martin was better at this than anyone else was at anything else. Shot in 1978, this shows Martin at the height of his powers. He is so locked into that persona that he can make this stupid little video completely hilarious. Seriously, him mouthing the words to his "pussy" joke is the funniest thing I have ever seen and hyperbolized.
Inspired by Bill Murray's recent interview with Esquire, Unlikely Words linked to as many longform articles about Bill Murray as they could find. There are some classics like when Murray discussed hating the process of filming Life Aquatic and some deep cuts like the Rolling Stone interview from the mid-80s about his transition into dramas. All in all, we're probably talking about over 100,000 words about Bill Murray; I can't think of anyone more deserving.
Remember how Nick Offerman is the best? Well, later this week, he is auctioning off Ron Swanson's moustache from last season. WHAT!? WHA!? HMMM!? Nick had the thing expertly shaved off and then had the hairs resembled into a full 'stache. Said godlike facial hair was then placed on a bust of Nick's face. The whole thing was then encased in museum-style glass because it is literally work of art. He is calling the resulting stache-ue (nailed it!) the Mustachium (pictured below) and the bidding begins at Thursday's Because of Ezra charity event. Nick told Vulture: "My mustache and I are tickled pink to have the opportunity [...]
Come on, Bob, everyone knows who you are. To anyone reading this post, you are one of the most famous people ever, more famous that Justin Fefo and Jim Jardashian combined. That being said, boy did that sizzle reel sizzle. I bet it's constantly on loop at every local Sizzler restaurants, you know, for obvious reasons. Below watch Odenkirk talk lovingly about SNL's famous "Motivation Speaker" sketch.
As we reported earlier this month, Louis got cast in a Woody Allen movie. On Kimmel, he told the story of how Andrew Dice Clay beat him out for the bigger part. It is the best story. Watch this clip now. Below he talks about selling his tickets directly and hiring a black actress to play the mother of his very white kids. Seriously, how excited are you for the new season of Louie to premiere tomorrow? I'll answer for you: very excited.
Seriously, this guy is the best. You might be wondering, "How much fun can one man really generate in the rain?" Apparently, tons; it is his job. That's right, Bill Murray is the Director of Fun for the Charleston RiverDogs, the minor league baseball team he partly owns. He's arguably also the world's Director of Fun. For a person who once voiced Garfield, he sure did create a perfect video to start off a Monday.
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