January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
5 posts
2011 In Review: My Fake Favorites In Music,...
FAVORITE MUSIC:
Thistle - You have to listen to Thistle. It’s two identical twin brothers who live in the woods, and each morning, they chop down a single tree, whittle two ukeleles from it, then record a song inspired by that particular wood. Their music is haunting.
Lady Slit - She sounds like Ke$ha, but like Ke$ha wishes she sounded. She’s fourteen and recorded this entire debut...
November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
5 posts
Spread the word and encourage your congressman to...
Here’s a list of names and phone numbers for everyone in the House of Representatives.
Just pick up the phone and call! It’s that easy.
Let’s get “Kim’s Law” passed!!!!
Live-Blogging My 572 Listens Of Adele's "Someone...
It has recently come to my horrified attention that I have listened to Adele’s “Someone Like You” 572 times since February. I think, if you do the math, that works out to 33 years of listening to that song back-to-back, which seems mathematically impossible, but somehow I did it.
So without further ado, I would like to track back and retroactively live-blog some of my listens....
WatchSorry for the sad things I made the girl from Toddlers & Tiaras say in this.
Starring Kiernan Shipka, Nolan Gould, Danielle Fishel, Eden Wood, and Berit Beebe Written by Chris Kelly Directed by Stoney Sharp Produced by Ally Hord
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“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to...”
– Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford commencement speech (via likesandlaunch)
Rest in Peace, Steve Jobs.
September 2011
7 posts
Donate To St. Jude Children's Hospital →
My mom is the best person I’ve ever known and today is the two year anniversary of her death, which seems like it can’t possibly be true. I wasn’t sure what to do today, other than think of her and look at pictures of her and call my sisters, so I’m deciding to do this.
If you would like, you can join me in donating any amount to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. She...
WatchThe Vote-Off
Here’s a video I wrote and directed for Funny or Die. We picked ten people off the street, put them in our conference room, and made them immediately start voting each other out, for absolutely no reason at all. Thomas Lennon was our host, and was absolutely amazing. That guy can improvise!!!
And thanks to the entire crew: the producers, editors, camera guys. Everyone was...
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Thank You, Friends.
I wasn’t going to post anything about this, because it seems weird and what do you say, but I just wanted to take a quick sec and say thank you to all of the incredibly nice people on here - some I know and some I don’t - who have been so wonderful in the past couple of days. It is lovely and overwhelming to be part of such a great, supportive community, and I absolutely can’t...
Megan Amram: Anniversary →
meganamram:
One year ago today, I got in the driver’s seat of a car that my mother paid for and gave me and drove from Portland, Oregon to Los Angeles, California to (at most) flourish and (at least) not die. Ten years ago today, some normal-sized people hijacked some normal-sized planes and flew them into…
I dont know Megan, but Ive read some of her writing before, and its always funny....
August 2011
16 posts
My 10 Favorite Insults Tearing Me And My Writing...
Yesterday on this blog, I responded to the still image of Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss from the upcoming “Hunger Games” movie, by pretending to be one of those lunatics who sees a small advance snippet of a movie and instantly rips everything about it to shreds. Kinda like how people tore into the new Batman movie based purely on one photo of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman.
Well, because...
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Poupak's Parisian Life in New York: On the Subject... →
kellyqehudson:
caitlintime:
jonbershad:
poupak:
Let me just start by saying this is completely my opinion, and my feelings alone, and not representative of anything from any improv theater or performer involved. This is how I perceived that particular person who took center stage at a show I was attending.
The various legal loopholes and…
Wait, what the fuck? This really happened?
What...
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GQ: Chris Kelly's First Day At Funny Or Die →
The incredibly nice Adam Frucci of Splitsider wrote an article about my first day at Funny or Die for GQ.
To accompany this article, I tried emailing them a bunch of photos of me jumping and running while wearing a suit, dress shoes and no socks, but they opted to go with a picture of Will Ferrell instead. Which is fair.
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Some Things I Currently Love - August 2011 Edition
1. The phrase “a poonload”. As in, “I sure have a poonload of work to do.” My friend Lang said it once and I really love it.
2. When I’m at Chipotle and the burrito-preparer’s hand doesn’t immediately assume-gravitate to the mild salsa before I can say I want medium.
3. When you can hear crew laughing off-screen during “The Rachel Maddow...
“It’s like saying this glass of water is a glass of beer. Well, you can call it a glass of beer, but it’s not a glass of beer. It’s a glass of water. And water is what water is. Marriage is what marriage is.”
- Rick Santorum on gay marriage
“It’s like saying Rick Santorum is a viable Presidential candidate. Well, you can call him a viable Presidential candidate, but he’s not a...
WatchAshley From “The Bachelorette” Thinks Every Man She Has Ever Met Would Make The Perfact Husbaaaand
Here’s a new video I wrote real quick for Funny or Die about “The Bachelorette”. You don’t need to know anything about the show in order to watch this, other than that it’s ludicrous. I wrote this Monday, we filmed Tuesday, and edited it Wednesday. Thanks to...
Miranda July's Ideas for Future Movies and... →
I love Miranda July AND Celeste Ballard’s parody of excerpts from her notebook.
celesterstallone:
Movie idea: A coat check girl who works at the Museum of Thoughts falls in love with a brother and also his sister. She seeks advice from her telepathic ikat pillow. Potential title: I Think Ikat
Everyone Draws Their Own Bellybutton.
Neighborhood gardens where the flowers…
Things I'm Thinking Of Doing At My 10 Year High...
My high school reunion was announced on Facebook two days ago, and since then, there have been almost fifty comments on the post with people fighting, putting each other down and blaming one another for the manner in which it was planned. Needless to say, I have decided I am definitely attending because I always enjoy watching shows made entirely out of shit.
But I also feel like I need to bring...
July 2011
13 posts
Recent Things I Love Made By People That Are Great
I am lucky to know many great, hilarious and smart people and am always consistently overwhelmed by their work. Here is a completely random (and insanely incomplete) list of things I love on the internet that my friends have made recently. If you have not seen one of them, please please please check them out. I hope to do this often because: why not? My friends are neat.
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WatchDan Savage’s New Threat To Rick Santorum
If Rick Santorum runs for President on an anti-gay platform, Dan Savage will have no choice but to redefine his first name now, too.
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Here’s a new video I directed and co-wrote for Funny or Die with Dan Savage.
This was a special video for me. I’ve...
WatchCheck out this funny parody video Tim Pawlenty made!
In it, he plays someone from 1954 running for President in 2011.
WatchShould Adults Be Allowed To Bring Kids To R-Rated Movies Where We Masturbate?
Many parents bring their children to R-rated movies, but are minors mature enough to see our panelists masturbating to the adult content on the screen?
Here’s a brand-new, filthy Onion News Network video I wrote the idea and script for. I have fond, fond memories of sitting around the writers room with the other...
“Miranda July stood in her living room in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los...”
– Miranda July, The Make-Believer - NYTimes.com
Of course this is the first sentence of this article. JUST OF COURSE.
(via celesterstallone)
I love Miranda July, and this is perfectly hilarious.
Watch“Mob Wives” with Sophia Bush, Drea de Matteo, D’Arcy Carden & Lucia Aniello
The Mob Wives regret last night’s dinner party where they all beat each other’s faces in (because they’re better than that), so they’ve decided to throw another dinner party to smooth things over and beat each other’s faces in.
...
Shaquille O'Neal came into my work today and the...
He passed.
#humblebrag
A Skit Idea, A Movie Idea & A Stand-Up Idea From...
I was in Minnesota last weekend, and I saw my mom’s cousin Tim, who I had not seen since I was a small child, at a family get-together. I met him while he was telling people about this recent conversation he had with a woman:
Woman: (getting herself a beer from a six-pack of beer) Tim: Why drink from a six-pack when you can have a whole keg? (lifting up his shirt, pointing to his enormous...
“In a word: PERSIST.
PERSIST on telling your story. PERSIST on reaching your...”
– Austin Madison (Pixar Animator)
Wow. This is one of my friends from high school. Its so and amazing and inspiring that he’s doing so well and is so eloquent about what he does.