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Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell confirmed for Second City Anniversary
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s some awesome news for all you comedy fans in Chicago: the new list of confirmed attendees for the 50th Anniversary festivities now includes fan favorites Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell!
From the Chicago Tribune:
Second City confirms Colbert, Carell, Belushi, Wendt, Dratch, Garlin, Vardalos, many others
Second City is later today releasing the line-up for its big 50th-anniversary mainstage show at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. Entitled “The Second City Alumnae: For One Night Only,” the show will be staged in both of Second City’s theaters.Here’s the latest line-up of names. It’s quite a list:
Scott Adsit, Jim Belushi, Danny Breen, Frank Caeti, Larry Joe Campbell, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Dan Castellaneta, Kevin Dorff, Robin Duke, Brian Gallivan, Martin Garcia, Jeff Garlin, Ian Gomez, Peter Grosz, Mike Hagerty, Isabella Hoffman, Bruce Jarchow, Fred Kaz, Tim Kazurinsky, Keegan Michael Key, Richard Kind, Robert Klein, David Koechner, Mina Kolb, Bob Martin, Jack McBrayer, Susan Messing, Colin Mochrie, Maribeth Monroe, Jane Morris, Bob Odenkirk, David Pasquesi, Harold Ramis, David Rasche, Horatio Sanz, Jim Staahl, Betty Thomas, Nia Vardalos, George Wendt, Fred Willard.
This is only a partial list of performers for what’s certainly going to be one of the toughest tickets of the year in Chicago. Tickets, which are $125, go on sale Thursday.
There is only one show open to the public–the late-night slot is going to be a private, alumnae-performing-for-alumnae event. But there are numerous panels and other events open to the public.
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Colbert, a recent addition to the weekend, will now appear at the recently announced panel dedicated to his show. (Dec. 12 at 10 a.m).
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It’s great to see so many familiar names in there! Steve Carell, Peter Grosz, David Pasquesi … if you’re in Chicago on that day, this definitely sounds like the place to be.
Keep your eyes on the Second City site for more information.
EDITED TO ADD: Here’s a little more information on the panel discussion. Fellow Colbert Report writers and Second City alumni Peter Gwinn and Tom Purcell will also be participating!
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Six Degrees: Gigs, clips, and Noodles in the Pot
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Lots of news out there in the world of the Daily Show/Colbert Report fraternity, so here’s another attempt to keep all you good people informed. As ever, we welcome tips and updates on changing line-ups, etc., in the comments.
First off, here’s a little clip from the Red Carpet at the Emmys that includes several of our favorite people talking up iParticipate, which celebrates volunteer service:
We know our favorite fake newers are big on participation, so this is just a nice little way to give them some more face time. (Thanks to Erika and Jenny for the link.)
Read much, much more on Peter Grosz, Sam Bee, Jason Jones, Aasif Mandvi, Wyatt Cenac, Lewis Black, Amy Sedaris and John Oliver after the fold!
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Episode 5033 (3/9/2009)
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EPISODE NUMBER: 5033 (March 9, 2009)
GUESTS: Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis, Lisa Hannigan
SEGMENTS: The WØRD, Better Know A District
VIDEOS: Monday, March 9, 2009
Okay, seriously, is Stephen Colbert *trying* to turn us stupid with fangirl glee tonight?
I love it when Stephen combines silly and sexy, and tonight’s intro definitely combined the two. And Stephen continued his catering to the female aspect of his audience with the mental image of Stephen’s lather. Whoa. We have GOT to get a link to that shower cam on our blog. The WØRD was fantastic – I always love a visit from Sweetness. And, of course, I also love Tom Purcell getting shot.
So Stephen’s wardrobe was all over the place tonight. Good God, not a Bolo! I’ve thought those things were hideous, well, pretty much my entire life. Having to wear one during jazz band was more humiliating than those stupid marching band costumes. Colbert again teased the fangirls, along with Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis, with his numerous Cougar innuendos. The guest, folk singer Lisa Hannigan, was so sweet and shy during the interview, and her voice was haunting and beautiful. I think I’ll see if that song is on iTunes later tonight.
So go ahead. Fangirl away. You know you want to. Just … be gentle, and remember this is a family-friendly blog!
- Do we have a picture of Pete and his wife? And let me tell you folks, she’s even lovelier in person.
- Any script, teleplay, or offspring generated while an employee of ‘The Colbert Report’ shall be the intellectual property of Stephen Colbert.
- All perfectly legal as established in the landmark case Snooze v. Lose.
- That’s why I soap my junk with a thick lather before I step in front of my shower cam.
- For Some, Their Only Exercise
- Way “Puckerbutt” LaPierre
- There’s a reason we hide our guns. [Terms Of Parole]
- The Love that Dare Not Shoot Its Name
- Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Pistol
- This is a skull from a teeny tiny cow. Those are the ones they make sliders out of.
- For eruptions lasting over 4 hours, see your geologist.
- No, no at this particular rate. Just look up “fastest animal”. Go to Wikipedia.
- Does [Cheney] every come to their cars and do they feed him?
- What about cougars? Because where I’m sitting, the cougar population of Wyoming is very healthy.
- Why do you want to beat up old people? What was the appropriation? To keep people from beating up old people.
- So you want us to beat up old people in a fiscally responsible way?
- Would you care to judge some meats?
- Actually, I’ve got something else that’s a chew toy, if you’re interested later.
- I was searching for, let’s say, Sean Hannity singing folk songs.
- It’s like seeing the Dramatic Chipmunk right in front of me.
- Do you sew your own instruments?
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Six degrees: A great big post about people we love
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Hey, everyone, looks like it’s “clean out my inbox” day again, and I’ve got a lot of updates and tips to pass along to you all.
On a more personal note, I’m currently digging out from underneath a cartoonishly large workload, which was itself just buried under a new mountain of tasks today, so I’m really not sure when I’ll have time to do another one of these posts. I say this to encourage you to leave any additional tips and/or links in the comments to this post, as I suspect a baby born today might reach the legal drinking age before I have free time to do another Six Degrees entry. That said, I’m taking the time to do this one, so read onward!
The Daily Show correspondents
- If you TiVo the shows and skip the commercials, you might have missed this: The Daily Show is going to be live on Tuesday for Inauguration Day, with the correspondents weighing in from Washington, DC. This is one of the few times that DC looks like the cool place to be, so stay tuned. [Now I'm *really* peeved that I'll have to work that day ... but no way I'm doing it from DC! My office is two blocks from the White House, and I refuse to wade into that insanity if I won't even get the chance to see the party. Any of you TDS people who tire of the crowds are welcome to join me at my place, where I'll be grumbling about my job on that otherwise festive day.]
More from Eric Drysdale, J.J. Sedelmaier, Pete Grosz, Laura Krafft, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Demetri Martin and Ben Karlin after the fold!
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Six Degrees: Things to do, people to see in 2009
Posted by: | CommentsI’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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“RICKLES!!”
Posted by: | CommentsI was just thinking back to last night’s Daily Show interview, and I couldn’t get over how funny Don Rickles was, gloating over his Emmy win. That, of course, just made me think of Stephen’s reaction after that humiliating loss, and I thought it worth a repeated viewing:
Ahhh, these Colbert feuds are a delight. I wonder whether Stephen’s forgiven Peter Grosz yet …
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SIX DEGREES: New video from 2 Sonic Guys – TJ and Pete
Posted by: | CommentsPeter Grosz, ‘Colbert Report’ writer and star of the “Sonic Guys” commercials, just posted a new video about their new campaign to get a “dialogue” going about the cuisine over at Sonic. Is anyone else craving a Chili Cheese Coney and Vanilla Dr. Pepper right now?
If you’d like to learn more about Peter, you might want to check out this other post we did here at No Fact Zone: “Colbert Report” Writer is a Sonic Guy!, written by our good friend Jacob. (Confidential to Jacob: Congrats!!!)
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Six Degrees: Updates on far too many people to name
Posted by: | CommentsMan, these links build up when I don’t have time to put these posts together right away!
The fine folks of The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and other Stephen-related shows are keeping very busy. I’ve got some links, reminders and gigs posted for the following people behind the cut: Rob Riggle, Larry Wilmore, Laura Krafft, Peter Gwinn, Peter Grosz, Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello and more!
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