Best opening fight scene of all time? Possibly.
I was in the room when this happened and for that will be eternally grateful.
Today I was reminded of Dan Klein’s amazing audition for CollegeHumor. It seemed worth also reminding the world.
This happened very soon after I first met Dan Klein. After our auditions at the College Humor offices, Dan tried to convince me to go eat “a big steak lunch at Main Street Steak House” with him instead of going back to work. How can you not fall in love with him immediately?
NOTE: He made up “Main Street Steak House.”
How to nail an audition without saying a word.
The last minute’s priceless. Dan Klein’s a riot.
The best part of this is imagining Dan practicing this for hours.
Offal
@adamsacks and I are fucking Jenga champs. That’s the bottom 7 levels, all single plank. (Taken with instagram)
Just to specify and brag further, this was done completely within Jenga rules, each plank removed one-handed.
John, the villain of Michael Apted’s Seven Up documentary series. BOOOOO JOHN! BOOOOO!
That Bobcat Goldthwait article
It seems like really, really bad advice, especially for those early in their show-business careers. Bobcat worked for 20 years doing what he seems to think is shit work. Voice-overs, small character roles in TV and movies, doing a much-beloved stand-up character. I’m sure it was absolutely horrible (I bet it was not absolutely horrible), but it gave him opportunities. And then in 2003 he was able to do a job he actually enjoyed, directing for Jimmy Kimmel, which in turn gave him the cache to get his own movies made. Now because of his hard work in the trenches he’s doing exactly what he wants, while simultaneously advocating a career path that doesn’t exist.
If you “quit hard, and quit often,” you’ll end up with a reputation as a stuck-up asshole who quits hard and quits often. No matter what you think, you’re not too good for those shitty jobs. Hell, Bobcat wasn’t and isn’t too good for those shitty jobs, no matter what he thinks. Treat those shitty jobs as the successes they are. Getting booked in a national commercial for laxatives is fucking great! Being a freelance writer on E!’s 100 Biggest Celebrity Vag-flashes is a total win! Because if you do well at these jobs and impress your bosses and co-workers, it will create opportunities. And you’ll get the chance to work on slightly less shitty jobs. And the next one could be less shitty than that one. And so on. Until eventually you’re able to do exactly what you want.
One thing I agree with Bobcat on is that your goal shouldn’t be wealth and fame. Your goal should be doing something you love. But good fucking luck getting the chance to do that if you think you’re too good for the shit work. Just be willing to work on dumb jobs and do them well, and eventually you might actually get the chance for that dream job, whether it be working with that one director, making that one pilot idea you have, or writing and directing a movie about shooting people because you don’t like their TV shows.
But what do I know? I’m just trying to get a freelance gig on 100 Biggest Celebrity Vag-flashes.
My favorite Shakespeare quotes
“Why do we still have this remote? We don’t have that DVD player anymore.” -Romeo and Juliet
“You drink full-calorie soda? How do you put that poison in your body?” -Richard III
“I feel like you’re just going along with everybody else when you say you didn’t like the last season of Lost.” -Titus Andronicus
“Oh my gosh, I was just doing my “Me Chinee” bit and Terry Wong walked in the room. I feel fucking terrible.” -Much Ado About Nothing
“Dude, your sister is a bitch.” -Othello
