Six Degrees: ‘Daily Show’ folks, Amy Sedaris and more

Just another quick post to clean out my inbox. As ever additions and/or corrections in the comments are appreciated. Jon Stewart Jon’s listed in EW.com’s “25 Smartest People in TV” list. I find any of these lists that don’t include Stephen (and *do* include the likes of Elizabeth Hasselbeck!) quite suspect, but I can’t fault [...]

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Six Degrees: More ‘Daily Show’ alumni than you can shake a stick at

Greetings and salutations, y’all! Now that I’ve recovered (somewhat) from my middle of the night trip back from NYC, I’ve got a full slate of news to catch up on from the good folks at The Daily Show and all. Do enjoy! Jon Stewart Jon’s been named one of the thirty-six Jews shaping this election. [...]

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Six Degrees: Updates on far too many people to name

Man, 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 [...]

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Six Degrees: News, gigs and outtakes

Updates for you all, kiddies; hope there’s something in here that you all can laugh at. Barry Julien and Scott Jacobson (writers, Colbert Report and Daily Show, respectively) Sounds like Barry’s got a brief respite from his job at the Starbucks underneath Stephen’s desk. Where can you find him? In “Comedy Free Williamsburg” at Sound [...]

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Six Degrees with maple syrup, and other non-American musings

To answer your first question, yes, I did just watch Rush on TCR just now. Talking smack about Harper? Teasing Mexicans? Talk about Canadian fan service. ROCK ON! Next, I’d like to thank the regular NFZ readers that have been concerned about my welfare over the scarcity of my appearances. It’s been a scary time [...]

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