Bob & Matt on 30 Rock

January 15, 2007


Matt Oberg & Bob Wiltfong on 30 Rock. Plus, Matt in the New York Times.


Stanley @ The PIT

January 12, 2007

Fancy Dragon & Big Black Car @ The PIT

January 11, 2007

Get to Know TJ Miller

January 10, 2007


Watch “Dick on Face” & “Giraffe Facts.” Read the definitive interview.

“He’s a very big up-and-comer,” says Tony Baldino, who owns Schaumburg’s Improv Comedy Showcase. “He’s going to be moving out of Chicago very soon. I think he’s ready to make the big time.” Miller does a little bit of everything. He does standup around town, blogs for the comedy Web site blerds.com and writes for the satirical porn site verybadporn.com. “The porn is so bad, it’s rated PG-13,” says Miller. “I mean, there’s no nudity. None. Period.” (via Chicago Tribune, Oct. 20, 2006).


St. Ignatius Church

January 10, 2007


January 2002 (San Francisco)
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Thank you.

January 9, 2007


Iwao Takamoto (1925-2007)


Talk Show With Bob Wiltfong @ The PIT

January 7, 2007

Threat @ The PIT

January 5, 2007


Jan. 4, 2007
Threat comprises members of legendary Possible Side Effects. They’ve been improvising for so long that they’ve actually achieved extra sensory perception — I’m not kidding.
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“Lost” on MTV Desi

January 4, 2007


“Lost” Redux and my photo set.


pan.gi.mun

January 3, 2007


On a recent Daily Show, Jon Stewart stitched up the incumbent U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon by ranking the top U.N. secretaries’ general names in order of silliness. Here is that list:

1. Boutros Boutros Ghali
2. Dag Hammarskjöld
4. Trygve Halvdan Lie
5. U Thant
6. Ban Ki-Moon
7. Javier Pérez De Cuéllar
8. Kurt Waldheim

During my early 20s, my bud Bailey and I would take great delight in spouting “Boutros Boutros Golly!” at every occasion. We certainly weren’t alone — Ghali’s name brought ample mirth to the writing staff of Latenight with David Letterman, which is where Bailey and I probably first learned that Ghali was, in fact, secretary-general. Years later, my bud Ari served three years in the office of the spokesperson for former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. At present, Ari is spending a year in the peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. Unfortunately, Kofi Annan didn’t make the Daily Show’s list, but he does look a helluva lot like this guy. Which is funny, too.
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