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13 Years Ago, The State Made A Gameboy Commercial

David Wain put this up on his blog yesterday: apparently 13 years ago, he and State members Kerri Kenney, Ben Garant, Michael Showalter, and Michael Ian Black made a commercial for the then-new Game Boy Pocket. I feel like if...  CONTINUE READING 13 YEARS AGO, THE STATE MADE A GAMEBOY COMMERCIAL»

Posted on June 12, 2009 in , (19 comments)
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The Wainy Days Season 4 Trailer Is As Good As The Show

Wanna see the new trailer for a web-only sitcom? Yeah, I didn't either until I remembered it's for Wainy Days, David Wain's successful experiment in creating the first consistently hilarious web show. Like the show, this trailer is totally different...  CONTINUE READING THE WAINY DAYS SEASON 4 TRAILER IS AS GOOD AS THE SHOW»

Posted on April 23, 2009 in , (10 comments)
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The State Is Definitely For Real Coming Out On DVD

I have a new saying that isn't going to catch on for things that are always about to happen but never actually happen, like The State coming out on DVD or an Arrested Development movie existing: "Trailer or it didn't...  CONTINUE READING THE STATE IS DEFINITELY FOR REAL COMING OUT ON DVD»

Posted on April 21, 2009 in , (19 comments)
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The Room NYC Screening, Or The Greatest Night Ever

(Photos by Marshall McDonald and Amy Anstette.) Oh, MAN. First, I will confess that I exaggerate. In fact, to say that I am prone to exaggeration would be the understatement of the millennium. BUT it is impossible to overstate...  CONTINUE READING THE ROOM NYC SCREENING, OR THE GREATEST NIGHT EVER»

Posted on March 23, 2009 in , , (25 comments)
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Role Models Is Out On DVD Today

Role Models, aka the only good comedy we've been given in the past five months, came out on DVD today (I never got around to seeing Four Christmases, but I think I can still stand by this.) If you haven't...  CONTINUE READING ROLE MODELS IS OUT ON DVD TODAY»

Posted on March 10, 2009 in , (21 comments)
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Paul Rudd's Starbucks Fetish

This deleted scene from The Ten is going around this week. Somehow I missed it on the DVD, but it's Paul Rudd protesting too much about an illicit affair with a girl he met at Starbucks, and it's very funny:...  CONTINUE READING PAUL RUDD'S STARBUCKS FETISH»

Posted on March 5, 2009 in , , (18 comments)
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Entertainment Weekly Discovers The Amazing Cult Phenomenon That Is The Room

I hate to be all "Did you see this week's Entertainment Weekly, with its four-page article about how all the comedy celebrities and Kristen Bell are obsessed with The Room, you know, that movie I wouldn't shut up about for...  CONTINUE READING ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY DISCOVERS THE AMAZING CULT PHENOMENON THAT IS THE ROOM»

Posted on December 15, 2008 in (16 comments)
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In Defense Of Stella

Stella is making videos for the internet now. Again. Obviously, Michael Showalter, David Wain, and Michael Ian Black don't really need defending. They're beloved by sweaty, greasy-haired comedy nerds the world over. The live shows! The midnight screenings of Wet...  CONTINUE READING IN DEFENSE OF STELLA»

Posted on December 15, 2008 in (13 comments)
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Paul Rudd And David Wain Sing Les Miserables

If you watch anything non-election-related today, make it Paul Rudd and David Wain, star and director of Role Models, singing "The Confrontation" from Les Miserables...really...well: Hilarious. They also did it live a couple years ago, but I guess they remember...  CONTINUE READING PAUL RUDD AND DAVID WAIN SING LES MISERABLES»

Posted on November 4, 2008 in , (5 comments)
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Children's Hospital Might Be The Second Funny Web Series Ever

Whoa, here's the trailer for Children's Hospital, Rob Corddry's upcoming web series for the WB. It has, like, half the funny people in the world in it, and the trailer is narrated by Stephen Colbert: Could this be the next...  CONTINUE READING CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MIGHT BE THE SECOND FUNNY WEB SERIES EVER»

Posted on October 16, 2008 (3 comments)
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Paul Rudd And David Wain Talk About Ghostbusters And Mushrooms

In this really funny double interview with Paul Rudd and David Wain on Spoutblog, Rudd debunks the popular rumor that he and the Knocked Up gang actually took mushrooms and saw Cirque Du Soleil. But he did take them with...  CONTINUE READING PAUL RUDD AND DAVID WAIN TALK ABOUT GHOSTBUSTERS AND MUSHROOMS»

Posted on September 30, 2008 in , (0 comments)
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Paul Rudd Can Pee On Whatever He Wants

When you really love a person, you have to accept everything about them. So I'm willing to accept the new poster for Role Models, which depicts Paul Rudd vandalizing a charity poster by peeing on it. Let's hope the MPAA...  CONTINUE READING PAUL RUDD CAN PEE ON WHATEVER HE WANTS»

Posted on September 17, 2008 in , (0 comments)
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Role Models Red Band Trailer Reveals It To Be Super Dirty

From the first trailer for Role Models, the November 7 David Wain-directed comedy starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott as two fuckups who are sent to a camp for troubled kids as an alternative to jail, I thought it...  CONTINUE READING ROLE MODELS RED BAND TRAILER REVEALS IT TO BE SUPER DIRTY»

Posted on September 16, 2008 in , (3 comments)
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Elizabeth Banks Returns In The Season Finale Of Wainy Days

In the season finale of David Wain's awesome web series, Elizabeth Banks returns and teaches David how to make a tree with his finger. Please don't let this be the end of this show....  CONTINUE READING ELIZABETH BANKS RETURNS IN THE SEASON FINALE OF WAINY DAYS»

Posted on August 25, 2008 in (0 comments)
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It's A Wainderful Life

The most consistently funny web series, Wainy Days, continues today as (Role Models director) David Wain gets dumped via blog and then an angel shows him what the world would be like if he'd never been born. If you haven't...  CONTINUE READING IT'S A WAINDERFUL LIFE»

Posted on August 11, 2008 in (1 comments)
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The Trailer For Paul Rudd's New Movie Role Models!

There's a movie coming out this fall called Role Models starring Paul Rudd as a guy who hates everything and has to do community service at a camp for troubled kids and it looks both funny and emotionally manipulating, just...  CONTINUE READING THE TRAILER FOR PAUL RUDD'S NEW MOVIE ROLE MODELS!»

Posted on August 6, 2008 in , (6 comments)
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Operation Watch This: Superjail

Superjail has been percolating in the Adult Swim ... percolator (Mondays!) for more than a year now. A pilot was shown in May of 2007, and then a year later, this past April, Cartoon Network aired a second episode. That...  CONTINUE READING OPERATION WATCH THIS: SUPERJAIL»

Posted on June 23, 2008 in (3 comments)
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