Six Degrees: Things to do, people to see in 2009
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I’ve got to ease myself back into this blogging game; I’m sure there are any number of stories and blurbs that I’ve missed since I began my holiday break, so I’m going to have to ask you all to be patient with me as I try to catch up on the various gigs and goings on. Here are a few events and items that you might find interesting; as ever, please leave your additions and updates in the comments. Thanks!
Aasif Mandvi
- Aasif will be hosting the Stand Up for Peace event (featuring comedians Dean Obeidallah, Scott Blakeman, Maysoon Zaid, Seth Herzog, and Jessi Klein) on January 6th at the Gotham Comedy Club. Click here for more details.
Rob Riggle
- Rob may have left The Daily Show, but you can still catch him performing here and there. Rob is scheduled to perform at Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco as a part of Eugene Mirman’s “Invite Them Up” show; further information available here.
Laura Krafft
- Catch one of our favorite writers of yesteryear (Laura Krafft!) performing in “Three Piece” at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on Thursday, January 15th, and in the recurring “Let’s Have a Ball” show on Saturday nights.
Peter Grosz
- New York City’s UCBT hosts another Colbert Report alumnus (Peter Grosz) in “2 Square“. See this improv show on Monday, January 19th and 26th.
John Oliver (and others!)
- John will be appearing at the release party for Eugene Mirman’s The Will To Whatevs: A Guide To Modern Life on February 10th … and he’ll be joined by fellow Daily Show members John Hodgman and Kristen Schaal. Have I mentioned lately that I wish I lived in NYC?
- If you’re not already listening to John’s delightful weekly podcast (The Bugle, with Andy Zaltzman), then I’m going to have to take this moment to be horribly disappointed in you, as I’ve mentioned it several times over in these Six Degrees posts. I’m giving the podcast another plug today because John mentioned Stephen in the last episode of The Bugle (approx. 15:45 minutes into the episode), in a reference to The Love Guru that made me giggle like a preteen girl.
Andy quoted George W. Bush as saying, “What matters to me is that I didn’t compromise my soul to be a popular guy,” which caused John and Andy to speculate on what they have compromised their respective souls for … I think I may leave it at that and have you go listen for yourselves. You can download the podcast for free on iTunes (the episode in question is “Episode 57 – Hats off to Obama, shoes off for Bush”), or you can go through the Times Online page. I’d recommend the link even for those of you who normally listen via iTunes, since the linked page includes an utterly magnificent photo of John “throwing shapes” at Andy’s wedding to the dulcet strains of “The Voice”. Heaven help us! (P.S. Congratulations on successfully acting as midwife for the birth of your son, Andy!)
Amy Sedaris
- The always delightful Amy Sedaris had an author event at a Borders bookstore in New York on December 16th, and there’s some footage of it on YouTube for all of us to enjoy. Here’s Part One (of two):
And here’s the link to the second part. Thanks for the tip, Jennie!
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January 2nd, 2009 at 8:37 pm
The scrumptious Ms. Sedaris will also be guesting on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (my other infatuation) this coming Thursday. I would give anything to have Stephen guest on that show, especially since Mr. Ferguson has repeatedly voiced his admiration for both Stephen and Jon. Amy’s going to look like a kewpie doll next to Craig. Good times!
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January 5th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
During the monologue, I love how he starts off by saying “It’s a great day for America” and frequently pats the camera. He’s so laid back….or at least seemingly so:)
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January 2nd, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Amy at Borders was a nice long video, and very fun to watch! I’m sure I never would have found it myself, so thanks MsI and Jennie! (when I saw David Sedaris speaking, he got asked about Amy–there must be some rule stating that each of them must answer questions about the other!)
also, let me second the plug for The Bugle! if you enjoy Colbert stuff enough to turn up on this site, you NEED to listen to the Bugle! you must! it’s delightful! during my break I’ve gone back into the archives to catch up on ones that were released before I started listening. I counted it up this afternoon, and I have listened to approximately 30 Bugles in the past week! don’t even tell me how much of my life that has been, I am not touching that statistic!!!
I did like that soul-selling reference too!! I was listening to it before going to bed, the house was all quiet quiet, and I had to slam a blanket in my face to keep from laughing too loudly! hahaha. it’s so fun when that happens (and it happens ALL THE TIME with The Bugle!)
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