Category Archives: Mike Tee-Vee!
Bob & Matt on 30 Rock
Matt Oberg & Bob Wiltfong on 30 Rock. Plus, Matt in the New York Times.
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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 … Continue reading
Introducing Samrat Chakrabarti
My former roommate & the hottest spoonful of brown sugar you’ll ever want to see … Samrat Chakrabarti ihas blowingn up.
Steve Carell on improv
I’ve been circling back lately to watch the second and third seasons of the U.S. version of The Office. I’m kicking myself for being such a U.K.-version snob all this time. Last May, my friend Steve G., who I know … Continue reading
More 30 Rock, Please
NYC improviser extraordinaire Tara Copeland on 30 Rock. And the list goes on … Jack McBrayer as “Kenneth”; Judah Friedlander as “Frank”; Scott Adsit as “Pete”; the incomparable Rachel Dratch; John Lutz as “J.D.” …
Unpleasant Stimuli
On Dec. 8, 1990, Chris Farley played a sweaty teenager named Kevin in a sketch called “Unpleasant Stimuli.” This was only Farley’s eighth episode of SNL, but Tom Hanks’s fifth turn at hosting. In the skit — which he totally … Continue reading
