I’m doing two shows at The Packening, The Pack Theater’s 3-day comedy festival. On Saturday I’ll be doing improv with Gina Ippolito and Friends, which is as close to a Slave Leia reunion as you’re probably going to see. And then at 10 I’ll be doing What’s In The Box with Matt Harbert, which will be very stupid and fun. Tickets are $5 per show, $12 for the whole day. Ticket link here. Come on by!
Hey look! I wrote this cartoon for Talking Hank’s Adventure Guide: Island Living. Find out the do’s and don’ts for hanging out in your treehouse with a monkey. Check it out!
I’m doing one of my favorite shows this weekend at Dynasty Typewriter! Tickets here:
Tournament of Nerrrrrrds! Jenner v. Cruella? Shrek vs. Garfield? Our combatants attempt to survive a March Madness style bracket as we go from eight Nerds down to one Nerd to rule them all! With Special Guests
RICH SOMMER
COLTON DUNN
KATIE MOLINARO
MARC ANDREYKO
LAUREN FREEDMAN
CHAD DAMIANI
LESLEY TSINA
JOHNNY TV (AEW)
MIKE CARLSON
MARCELLE PALAIS
CONNER SHIN
ERIC BARNES
ZEYNE GUZELDERRLI
In my CEO era. Check out this sweet jacket!
Hey! I’m doing this game show tonight at the Pack Theater. There’s a published author on every show and this month, it’s me! Tickets here! I will talk about my book Restart Me Up: The Unofficial Un-Accurate Oral History of Windows 95.
Idiomatic is a panel show about words, phrases, and why we say things the way we do. You know what it means if something is ‘in your wheelhouse,’ but what IS a wheelhouse?
Each episode contains games that the audience can play along with from their seats, from Decoding Diner Slang to thinking of Words that Don’t Rhyme to answering the eternal question, “Is It French?’, as well as the Idiomatic round in which our teams are quizzed about the origins of common phrases, like the original product to give you more “Bang for Your Buck”, finding out who uses “Ballpark Figures”, and which president we have to thank for “Booze”.
The game is hosted by Rob Schultz and played by two teams of three guest panelists, at least one of which is guaranteed to be a published author!
I’m improvising at The Groundlings in September. It’s an improvised support group where you choose the type of group. Super fun show with a great cast. Come on by!
With H. Michael Croner, Emily Pendegast, Michael Hitchcock, Lynne Marie Stewart, Andrew Parada, Christ Eckert and Lesley Tsina.
More info and tickets here: https://groundlings.com/shows/support-group
I guested on College Town with Ryan Gaul, playing a new character this time. It’s always fun to play with Erin Whitehead and Seth Morris, and I’d describe this one as “cheerfully gross.” It’s part of Comedy Bang Bang World and you can listen and subscribe on CBBWorld.com The episode is: College Town E81: Kiss Kiss, Jan Brain Jan Brain (feat. Ryan Gaul, Lesley Tsina) Here’s the blurb:
This week, on a very varicose episode, Beebo and Jan welcome Doug Hancock of Hancock Toyota (Ryan Gaul) and Museum of Spite curator, Claudine LaBong (Lesley Tsina). They talk relationship baggage, old school men, family dinners, toothpaste flavors and the great Monty P (mons pubis).
I have a recurring role as an extremely friendly and helpful alien in this sci-fi audio drama made by some very cool people. Check it out! I show up starting in Episode 4, but you should really hear the whole thing. Get it at www.stormrunnerpodcast.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
“Beyond the civilized worlds lie the Five Rings, a cluster of planets racked by storms. Ezz Bennil is a storm runner, making her living collecting the valuable crystals that form on these dangerous worlds with the help of her attentive (and somewhat reluctant) ship A.I., Boat.
But a chance encounter with a deadly new threat forces Ezz and Boat to embark on an epic journey across the stars in an effort to save the world. Er, worlds. Plural. All of them.”
Hey! I’m teaching my first class at UCB starting in May. Come join me and we’ll watch a bunch of funny sketches and write other funny sketches. It’s running in-person at the Franklin campus in LA.
Course description: Through the concept of “game” and with feedback from instructors and classmates, students will craft their very own written comedic scenes. Limited to 12 students.
You can register here. Hope to see you!
The full 15-minute Geico documentary just went up in advance of the Super Bowl. The ads will air in the pregame coverage. Here’s mine: