December 2009
17 posts
Good year, Earth. I experienced new things, met some fantastic new people and became closer to the people I already love. I was fortunate enough to live out some creative/career goals, hungry enough to become instantly unsatisfied and start to pursue new ones, and relieved when I started to learn to embrace and be comfortable with this inevitable cycle. I’m grateful for everyone in my life...
Improv Nerds Only
Ever since I joined a UCB Harold team, I’ve been searching for ways to amplify a sense of discovery and fun in an environment too often full of overthinking and overanalysis. A recent very fun workshop with Anthony King got me thinking, as did my team’s fun show last night, and I wrote up a little personal manifesto of sorts. (If you’re not into improv, this might be boring.)
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benjoseph:
“Improv is awful. Ten percent of it is fantastic, and it’s hard to find the gems…. I’ll watch it and I’ll either be frustrated or jealous. So I avoid it.” -Scott Adsit
“Improv [is]… either very good and it’s annoying how good they are and it makes you feel bad, or they’re not too good then you’re sweating for them.” -Fred Willard
Do seasoned comedy professionals only react to improv...
All-Nighter Recap
14 videos in 12 hours. That was very fun, and now I am sleepy. Thanks to all of our guests for hanging out. And thanks to our fans for helping us convince the Twitter-verse that Shaq retired, for no good reason.
My tired-looking mug appears in Write That Down, Pee Quirks, Spin the Bottle, Exterminators, Hans Gruber and Juke. You can see all 14 of our frantic speed-sketches here.
Zzz.
WatchWrite That Down. The All-Nighter begins! Go to http://www.collegehumor.com/allnighter to watch our live webcam, and tweet with #collegehumor to talk to us all night.
WatchIt’s that time of year again. We’re pulling an all-nighter, shooting and posting 12 comedy sketches in 12 hours. Starts Thursday 12/10 (tomorrow) at 9pm!
We’ll also be hosting a live video feed all night, and featuring comedy friends like Ben Schwartz, Chris Gethard, Jon Gabrus, DC Pierson, Dominic Dierkes, and Pete Holmes. UCB!
Previous All-Nighters have yielded two of the...
WatchI don’t usually post random Internet videos (because God knows I post enough of my own), but this made me cry laughing. Everyone in the world must see it.
WatchGeico Commercial Parody. Written by me, directed by Josh, and starring Will Hines. You know, that guy whose picture I just posted and described as one of my favorite people at the UCB Theatre. Digg it.
100 Years, 100 Videos
I just realized that today’s The Tetris God is the 100th CollegeHumor Original video that I’ve written or co-written (not counting Hardly Workings). Whoa.
Back in November 2006, the department was essentially just me and boy geniuses Sam Reich and Jordan Hall. We used to go out to lunch and ask ourselves, “What makes a good Internet comedy video?”, back when that question...
WatchThe Tetris God, written by me and Jeff Rubin, directed by Sam. Starring UCB’s own Neil Casey, who kills it. Defying our cries of “It’s not possible!,” Sam rewrote the order of the pieces so that they actually create a legitimate onscreen game during the sketch. One of my favorites in a while. Digg it.
WatchTiger Woods’ Voicemail Extended. David and I wrote this up real quick and timely-like. You know, because of the whole Tiger Woods thing. With the car. And the wife. Digg it.
First song from new Green Day musical →
As an unapologetic fan of both Green Day and Broadway musicals, I find this rather stellar. Warning: You may find it ridiculous.
