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Watch Conan O'Brien's 'Late Night' Audition from 1993

by | April 16th, 2013

Here's a short snippet from Conan O'Brien's audition to be the host of NBC's Late Night, which O'Brien's website Team Coco released this week to commemorate the 20th anniversary of said audition. Then a writer for The Simpsons, O'Brien was asked to do an off-air trial show with a live studio audience. His guests were Mimi Rodgers and Jason Alexander, and he ended the show with a classy, humble goodbye: "That's the end of my mock show. If that's all I ever get, it was a lot of fun. I had a good time. Thank you very much."

Amends

Jason Alexander Offers Up a Particularly Thoughtful Apology for Anti-Gay Comment

by | June 4th, 2012

Last week, on the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Jason Alexander joked that cricket was "a bit gay." This caused a bit of a stir and didn't really make any sense because sports, regardless of their often personifications, are not living things that have sexual preferences. What is most compelling about this story is instead of rushing to offer some quick apology, Jason actually thought about his actions. He could have easily had his publicist issue a statement yet he chose to write a very long and thoughtful "message of amends." Read the whole thing below:

Very Special Episodes

'Community' Is Doing a Puppet Episode

by | March 6th, 2013

The Community cast appeared at a panel in Los Angeles last night to talk about the show, and they revealed that there's an upcoming theme episode of the show that involves all of them being played by puppets. A premiere date for the puppet episode hasn't been announced yet, but it'll be sometime in April or May. The episode's plot involves the gang taking a ride in a hot air balloon that crashes in the woods, where they meet a friendly mountain man played by Jason Alexander. Dean Pelton encourages the Greendale 7 (plus Chang) to talk about the accident by using puppets, which spurs on the [...]

Funny or Die

Jason Alexander Beseeches You to Donate to the Netflix Relief Fund

by | July 28th, 2011

Did you guys hear that Netflix raised the price for its streaming/DVD combo package by a few dollars a month? A few dollars a month! You animals! Luckily, Jason Alexander has decided to be the face for the Netflix Relief Fund, which will help upper-middle-class white people afford the entertainment they need so desperately.

guest stars

Jason Alexander Is Playing a Mysterious Role on 'Community'

by | December 5th, 2012

Seinfeld alum Jason Alexander will be playing an unknown role in an upcoming episode of Community. Alexander revealed his guest role via Twitter, writing "Filming a crazy episode of COMMUNITY this week. Can't say much about it but it's a fun one." Alexander's episode airs in late spring, and Community returns to NBC February 7th. That tweet is all the info we have on Alexander's guest spot, but blogs like Zap2It have begun speculating that he'll be replacing recently-departed Chevy Chase as a gag for one episode, which actually sounds pretty plausible for Community. Jason Alexander, like Chase, is a beloved comedy veteran so there are a lot of similarities there, [...]

Tweetin

Jason Alexander Says He'll Fall On His Sword, Become Charlie Sheen

by | March 8th, 2011

Sometimes there's a man. In order to give the masses what they want, Jason Alexander has agreed to become Charlie Sheen. In a proposition posted to Twitter, Alexander says he will "merely assume the unfinished contract of Mr. Sheen, himself," a role for which he will gladly "commence using cocaine," "fornicate with as many adult film actresses as I can afford," and commit assaults in four and five star hotels."  Alexander adds, "I do this, not for my own joy, but for the benefit of the millions of people who …STILL DON'T SEEM TO HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF FUCKING CHARLIE SHEEN!" Some say there's a man. I won't say [...]

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