Splitsider

First things first: Eugene Mirman's production company is called Rich Pregnant Teenager, which is the premier A+ best name for anything. Second things second: all of his characters are named Eugene, or some variation thereof. Third, fourth, and fifth things third, fourth, and fifth: go read this interview to hear his thoughts on the critical warming to Bob's Burgers, the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival's move to Seattle, and why he's going to stick with Time Warner even after taking out an ad complaining about them.

I don’t make it a habit to go meeting comedians, especially American ones who live far away, and especially funny ones who have the power to embarrass and slight me on my little voice recorder. But I made the exception for Eugene Mirman, a long-standing cornerstone of the New York comedy circuit. Because he was nearby, in the town of London, where I live.

As well as an actor in person (Flight of the Conchords) and in voice (Bob’s Burgers, Aqua Teen Hunger Force), Mirman is currently shooting his very own show, and will also soon be seen taking down The Dictator in Larry Charles and Sacha Baron-Cohen’s latest [...]

Eugene Mirman has taken to Kickstarter to help finance this year's Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival in Brooklyn, because he wants to do some ridiculous and unprofitable things. Things like set up a petting zoo outside the venue and, you know, pay comedians to perform at it. The incentives for donating are all pretty excellent, from an autographed WWII helmet that acts as a VIP badge to a 22-year-old "handler" to hang out with you all weekend and be "sort of helpful." But my favorite may be this one: "An autographed ostrich egg that gets you and a guest into the VIP HUSH-HUSH AFTERPARTY, a roped off area in [...]

Here's a two-minute preview for Bob's Burgers, the new Fox animated comedy featuring H. Jon Benjamin, Eugene Mirman and Kristen Schall. It starts airing on January 9th, and is mercifully the first new animated show on that network that has nothing to do with the creators of Family Guy.

Damn you, Hampshire College, getting a commencement address from Eugene Mirman. What, you weren't satisfied with your other notable alumni, "municipal politician and environmentalist" Tooker Gomberg and "noted hypnotist and voice over actor" Joshua Seth?

This past Saturday, we celebrated the one year anniversary of Splitsider (technically it's in a couple of weeks, but who's counting?) with a comedy show and party co-hosted by our friends from Gentrify Brooklyn. It was a huge success, with tons of people coming out and helping to raise over $700 for 826NYC. Hooray! If you weren't able to make it, here are some photos of the event from Nadia Chaudhury.

I think pretty much everyone who's ever dealt with Time Warner Cable knows how god-awful their customer service is, especially when it comes to making and keeping appointments. But while most people have no recourse but to complain to some unlistening customer service drone, Eugene Mirman lived out many a fantasy by writing a letter comparing the cable company to Stalin and Jeffrey Dahmer — and then publishing it as a full-page ad in two newspapers.

The letter, which he ran in both this week’s Summer Guide issue of New York Press and in the Greenpoint Gazette, is below in full. The chances of Time Warner suddenly caring [...]

The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival kicks off tonight in New York, and while the four-day-long event has a pretty amazing schedule of shows featuring top-notch comedians, look at the poster for it! Yes, every single participating comedian has their own super-professional logo, and it is incredible. If anyone knows where to find a bigger version of this to see all those logos in more detail, lemme know. [via]

Comedy Central is developing shows from Rob Delaney, Eugene Mirman, Amy Schumer, Anthony Jeselnik, Kumail Nanjiani, Wyatt Cenac, and more (full list below). Here are some things I would do to this development slate:

- Slowly chew it up and swallow it and have all these comedians in my stomach making hilarious jokes to the layers of mucous cells lining it as pepsin gradually breaks them down until they are a part of me.

- Paint a series of nude portraits of each show's star and then sneak into the White House and Buckingham Palace and replace all the pictures of presidents and kings with the paintings.

Eugene Mirman has been raising funds on Kickstarter for the past month in order to make his Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, happening in Brooklyn in September, a crazier and more ambitious affair. The period for fundraising ends this afternoon, and he's currently about $1,300 short of his $18,000 goal. If he doesn't hit $18,000 by 2:06pm EST today, he gets none of the money. That would suck! So go toss him a few bucks if you want to support awesome, funny things. There are some seriously ridiculous incentives in it for you, too! Unless you don't want "a leather jacket covered in swears, culturally and racially insensitive messages [...]

Vanity Fair has a fun and absurd interview with Eugene Mirman in which they discuss what we can expect in 2011. For example: "I think the end of the world will be suspiciously similar to the end of Ghostbusters, except where both sides envision a God that loves them, and to their surprise he comes to town and destroys them, until he is defeated by people who believe in some weird, made-up religion."