Six Degrees: New Year’s Hangover Edition.

The hangovers have finally passed and the new year has only just began, but already 2010 is shaping up to a busy and exciting year for Stephen and his friends.

Friends and Colleagues

Conan O’Brien

• The SF Sketchfest Tribute to Conan O’Brien
  with Conan O’Brien in person and special guest Andy Richter
  Hosted by Jimmy Pardo

  Due to the uncertainty surrounding the shows future the date has been postponed, check the SF Sketchfest website for the rescheduled date.

• @teamconan supporters all over the internet have begun showing their support with a stack of Pro-Conan merchandise.

Paul Dinello

• There’s a brief appearance by Paul (00:50) in “Just Ask the Locals” Part 1 from 92Y Tribeca.

Dana Carvey

• Variety reports that:

  Dana Carvey is plotting a TV comeback, partnering with scribe-turned-TV host Spike Feresten to develop and star in a new sketch comedy series for Fox.

  Fox has picked up a half-hour pilot presentation for the as-yet unnamed Carvey/Feresten project, which will shoot next month. Brillstein Entertainment Partners is producing.

‘The Colbert Report’ Staffers [and Beloved ex-Staffers]

Ben Karlin

• Along with Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin has signed on to produce the now untitled James McAvoy/Seth Rogen cancer comedy, directed by Jonathan Levine.
  
  “The film is based on the experiences of screenwriter Will Reiser, who contracted cancer in his mid-twenties and is successfully battling the disease. McAvoy will play a 25-year-old diagnosed with cancer.”

• Six Degrees: Kiss Me I’m Irish Edition.
• Six Degress: Post Vancouverage Blue’s Edition.
• Six Degrees: Vancouver Edition.
• Stephen Colbert in the Zeitgeist – The Late Night TV Edition