March 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-27) →
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Imagine there's no octopi
tallbaby:
it’s easy if you try.
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Whilst at Kaiser...
Nurse: Do you exercise?
Me: Yeah, I walk 4 times a week for about an hour, then hula hoop for 30 minutes after.
Nurse: .....wow. More power to you!
Me: Yeah, it's unconventional :)
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friedchickenandvocalharmonies asked: i haven't watched the office from thursday yet (i was watching march madness) but once i will i will be back to my regularly scheduled weekly comedy rankings that i'm pretty sure no one except you reads or enjoys.
you should write them as well! we can read and enjoy each other's notes and take solace in the fact that at least one other person is as big a...
you should write them as well! we can read and enjoy each other's notes and take solace in the fact that at least one other person is as big a...
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Matt Craig hired as SNL writer
-saturdaynightlive:
According to the Chicago Tribune, Second City alum Matt Craig has been hired as a writer at Saturday Night Live. Craig has previously performed and taught at iO and performs regularly in his two-man show FrankenMatt with comedy partner Frank Caeti.
Congratulations!
I’ve seen so many Frank & Matt shows at Second City! So excited to hear he got hired!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-20) →
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It will forever weird me out that some hipsters like to buy clothes from Lands End and I get my work clothes from there. My work clothes are utter shit and feel/fit horrible, so I hope they have better luck. Never buying clothes from them, even after I quit.
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Live From New York, It's Saturday Night!: Just to... →
-saturdaynightlive:
The Tina Fey article that I referenced earlier is written as a series of things that she learned from working under Lorne Michaels at SNL. The header of her third lesson reads -
3) When hiring, mix Harvard nerds with Chicago improvisers and stir.
She ends that particular section with -
Hmm but still. Tina broke my heart 3
Live From New York, It's Saturday Night!: Did... →
-saturdaynightlive:
While both are distinct viewpoints, it hardly makes for a diverse writing staff and while I’m not saying that this narrow viewpoint is necessarily detrimental to 30 Rock, it does seem to me to be a vaguely irresponsible and discriminatory hiring practice for someone of Tina Fey’s stature to be…
Tina broke my heart a little. I guess it’s either grad school at...
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Tina Fey Thanks Alec Baldwin for Making 30 Rock... →
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“The part of Jack Donaghy was written for Alec Baldwin. Unfortunately, I did not have the courage to introduce myself to him and tell him that at the time, so for several months I met with some of the best actors in New York, and also some that are only okay. And with each meeting I had in an attempt to cast Jack Donaghy, it just became clearer and clearer that this part was...
