You Didn't Ask

For this random reference. But I've been watching LOST a lot lately. And the way my cat reacted to waking up and finding our christmas tree in the house was exactly the same way John Locke reacted to finding the hatch on the island.

and also Olive the Other Reindeer

Speaking of obscure but excellent Christmas Season viewing choices, you should check out Olive the Other Reindeer. It was an animated television special, but has since been released on DVD. The plot concerns a dog named Olive, voiced by Drew Barrymore(!), who hears Santa Clause saying on the radio that one of his reindeer are sick and "We need to count on all of the other reindeer."

The main joke is that Olive mis-hears him and rather than "all of the other reindeer" thinks he said "Olive the other reindeer"! So, determined not the let down Santa Clause, the little dog travels accross the world to the North Pole. Along her adventure, she meets a bus driver who aides her on her quest. The bus driver claims he understands Olive's troubles because "I used to think the pledge of allegence was about me, Richard Stans."

Lots of fun.

Jack Frost

is GREAT. I speak not of the 1998 Michael Keaten film, but rather of the 1979 claymation masterpiece. I have it on DVD and will most definitely be watching it this week. Not only is it hilarious and charming, it contains the line "if only I had a team of horses to pull my cart instead of a dog and a duck". Regardless of your denomination, it would do you well to check it out.

Just Married

I parked my car in the parking lot of Panera (where I still work) today and, while I was working, it begin to snow. When I returned to my car, someone had written in the snow on my dashboard the message "Just Married". That is a GOOD prank. Not mean at all. About something joyous. Those kids are funny.

Also, if you are concerned with happiness, come see my sketch group Lady Suit perform at UCB at 11PM tomorrow (wednesday) night. Show is free. Other performers include Fran Gillespie, Dominic Dierkes, Gavin Speiler, Gil Ozeri, and Eliza Skinner.

A Bigger Dark Knight Fan Than I

I loved The Dark Knight. It was one of my favorite movies in a while. But I apparently didn't love it as much as this guy...

Josh Tyler of CinemaBlend.com, concerned with The Dark Knight's lack of nominations in year-end film awards thus far, writes:

"In any year, but especially in this, a particularly weak year, there's nothing out there which compares to "The Dark Knight." It must transcend your petty big box office biases since it has already changed the way we think about movies forever. It's more than the best movie of the year, it's one of the best movies ever made. Snub it and there will be consequences."

I really want to know who Josh Tyler thinks is going to read this and change their mind. I also want to know what these consequences he speaks of are. Josh, if you are reading this, calm down sir. Calm down.

Lady Suit

I've briefly mentioned on this blog my new sketch group, Lady Suit. It's me along with four other former members of Charlie Sanders 201 Sketch class. It's still in the experimental stage right now, as we're just working on some sketches and patching up some old ones to try out. We aren't set up for any full-length shows yet, but we are testing some stuff out at School Nights at UCB Theatre in NYC. School Night is a late night (11PM) variety type show every wednesday, featuring sketch groups, improv teams, stand-ups and more. Arj Barker, Demitri Martin, and lots of others have showed up to do sets. It's completely free and pretty much always a fun show.

We're doing a couple sketches next Wednesday Dec 17th. You should come check it out. I'll let you know of future dates and remind you of this one.

I'll also be doing stand-up at the Pinch in NYC on tuesday Dec 16th, and will be a part of the final Quaint Little Coffee Shop show of the year on Thursday Dec 18th at 8PM at the Cabaret Theatre in New Brunswick. The pinch show is free and QLCS is $5.

Thanks for accepting this plug.

Worst Facebook Event Ever

This is hilarious.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=35753567477&ref=nf

According to this, Dec. 18th is "International Answer The Phone Like Buddy The Elf Day". Buddy the Elf, as some of you may recall, was Will Farrel's character in the movie Elf, that christmas movie that came out in 2003.

The description of the event reminds us that Buddy always answered the phone, "Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color" and encourages us, on this official day, to answer the phone this way as well.

I've seen the movie and didn't remember that the elf answered the phone that way, or that his name was Buddy, until I read it in this event.