Here's Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter taking you through this year's Oscar movies in case you missed any. If you're a procrastinating Oscar voter, watching this bit is just as good as watching all the movies you were supposed to have watched already and you can just make your decision now.
Sidekick extraordinaire Andy Richter has been tapped to play Penny's (Casey Wilson) father in an upcoming episode of Happy Endings set to air this spring, TV Line reports. Richter, 46, is only 14 years older than Wilson, 32 (I did the math for you. No need to double-check it), but Richter's episode of the show "will address the pair’s relatively tiny age difference," according to TV Line. We met Penny's mother Dana Hartz (played by Megan Mullally) in two episodes last season, but this will be the first we've seen of her father. Considering that he was married to quirky lounger singer Dana, Penny's father is probably gonna be [...]
With the Between Two Ferns: A Fairytale of New York debuting Sunday at 8:30 before the Comedy Awards, I thought it was a perfect time to look back at the Between Two Ferns series. B2F has been incredibly popular, bringing in over 80 million views across the entire series, on Funny or Die alone. Beyond that, whenever a new one is released, it nearly instantly reaches Internet omnipresence.
It's hard to say why exactly the series has had such enduring popularity, as it has maintained relevance for over four years now (which is nearly four zillion years in Internet time or 28 years in dog time). Of course, it's wildly funny and unique [...]
The cast of Wet Hot American Summer teamed up with some guest stars at San Francisco Sketchfest this week to perform the film as a live radio play and make everyone who wasn't there about as jealous as we were back when we read the oral history of the making of the film.
Most of the cast played their original roles, with the additions of David Wain as the narrator, Busy Phillips and David Cross in the parts originated by Janeane Garofalo and David Hyde Pierce, Bobcat Goldthwait as the can of vegetables, and Andy Richter, Gillian Jacobs, Jessi Klein and John Hodgman filling out various [...]
Andy Richter on whether or not they have some more racy material saved up from The Tonight Show that they couldn't use on NBC that they're bringing to TBS with tonight's premiere of Conan: You have to understand that when you are doing a show like this, you don’t come up with a bunch of ideas that you can’t use. You know what I mean? You don’t go to a lot of trouble to produce something and put something on the air that you don’t think is going to be appropriate. Because it’s a fairly self-regulating machine. We are not kids. We are not trying to mess with [...]
Here's the latest video from the Nerdist YouTube channel's series All Star Celebrity Bowling, with the Nerdist hosts (Chris Hardwick, Jonah Ray, and Matt Mira) taking to the bowling alley to compete against Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter. Comedian Jimmy Pardo, who is both Conan's warm-up guy and the host of a Nerdist web series, chose to bowl on the Nerdist team. Will Pardo's bowling abilities lose him his job at Conan? You'll have to watch and find out.
The Film Stage is reporting that the new season of Arrested Development will be released on Netflix in April of 2013, all at once. While we knew before that the fourth season was coming out at some undetermined point in the spring, April is the first concrete date we've heard. Mitch Hurwitz has also said that the episodes' release might be spread out over several weeks, but this news confirms that they're coming all together, as originally reported. In other Arrested Development news, Conan O'Brien tweeted out this photo, which he's calling the first official picture (I guess all these set photos aren't official) [...]
"We have the same doughy, old-baby face. It's like an elderly baby. That's where the genius of my impersonation begins and ends." – That's Andy Richter on the brilliance of his Newt Gingrich impression. Well, it sounds like it's better than his Emily Dickinson impression, anyway.
Conan O'Brien will play himself in three episodes of Lisa Kudrow's web series Web Therapy, premiering on Dec. 14. O'Brien is the first of approximately a boatload of celebrity guest stars to play himself on the Webby-winning series, and he will be seeking the counsel of Fiona Wallace to deal with his "anger issues." I should say so! He's got a lot to be angry about. For one thing, Andy Richter is constantly stealing his parking space. Jesus. Every day with that guy.
Andy Richter's account of Conan going to TBS in this month's GQ is quite a bit different than Bill Carter's, but I mean, who are you going to believe? Andy was there, man. Here's how it starts: The springtime sun was shining when I entered the room, and Conan was standing by the window in his study, surveying his vast ostrich ranch in the rugged hills of El Segundo. I had urgent news. "Conan," I said, "it's all settled. The Burbank Syndicate is buying off your contract. It's quite a substantial sum, and most importantly, you're free! You don't have to do this anymore! It couldn't have worked [...]
Here's a bit from Conan last night that takes a serious look at the issue of outsourcing. Andy Richter's actions may seem appealing, but contracting a third party from overseas to take a nap for you really hurts the U.S. economy.
Appearing on Conan last night, Will Arnett slyly revealed two guest stars from the upcoming season of Arrested Development: the man to his right (Andy Richter) and the man to his left (Conan O'Brien). Arnett starts coyly, by hinting, "I don't want this to be too much of a spoiler alert, but let me put it this way: There are a few people on this stage tonight who are a part of it" before flat-out saying the people he's referring to are himself, Conan, and Andy. It's probably safe to assume that Conan and Andy will be playing themselves, but Arnett stops his spoiler alert right there, so [...]
Do you wonder about Andy Richter? Who does he eat lunch with? What car does he drive? How does he look sitting at his desk when he is working? What goes through his mind while walking to the bathroom? Does he have regrets? What is he grateful for? What does he dream about when he takes a nap on his office couch? You will find the answers to none of these questions in this day-in-the-life slideshow, but it's still fun to look at and wonder.
Here's a nice bit of surreal lunacy from former Conan writer Guy Nicolucci: "The Ghost of Tom Carvel and a Real Topless Woman," with the Tom Carvel in question being the late founder of Carvel Ice Cream, voiced by Conan writer Brian Stack. It also guest stars an acutely uncomfortable Andy Richter.
