Tonight, Ira Glass and his This American Life cohort will be putting on a special live show at NYU's Skirball Center, which will be simulcast to 400 movie theaters around the country. They did a similar event last year. Borat... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN COLBERT INTERVIEWS CAR TALK'S IRA GLASS»
Posted on April 23, 2009 in Interviews
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Tags: Ira Glass | NPR | Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | This American Life
The season finale of This American Life nailed it last night. In the hour-long episode, they found seven people all named John Smith but at different stages in their life, and then stitched their stories together to create a single... CONTINUE READING THIS AMERICAN LIFE TO INTRODUCE SLUTS AND CASH PRIZES NEXT SEASON»
Posted on June 9, 2008 in Documentaries
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Tags: Ira Glass | This American Life
In casting news today, George Clooney has been signed on to star in a film adaptation of Jon Ronson's The Men Who Stare at Goats. From Variety: George Clooney will topline, and his Smoke House partner Grant Heslov will helm,... CONTINUE READING GEORGE CLOONEY TO JARGON IN JARGON FOR THE NEW JARGON OF JON RONSON'S JARGON»
Posted on May 16, 2008 in Wait For It...
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Tags: George Clooney | Jon Ronson | The Men Who Stare At Goats | This American Life
As I mentioned in my recap of the This American Life live show, this animation from season 2 is just great: I still wish they would have animated John Hodgman's story about sneaking into the London zoo to steal a... CONTINUE READING CHRIS WARE'S ANIMATION FOR THIS AMERICAN LIFE»
Posted on May 8, 2008 in Cute As Balls, Documentaries
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Tags: Chris Ware | John Hodgman | Robert Krulwich | This American Life
Man, This American Life wasted no time going for the heartstrings in their debut episode last night, telling the story of Mike, a young man with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which has left him bed-ridden and incapable of speech. There are... CONTINUE READING THIS AMERICAN LIFE CANNOT DO IT ALONE»
Posted on May 5, 2008 in Documentaries
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Tags: Ira Glass | NPR | The History Of Television | This American Life | Tom Scharpling
In order to promote the second season of their TV show, This American Life put together a live event last night at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, which was simulcast (I'm a professional writer about media now) to... CONTINUE READING THIS AMERICAN LIFE LIVE»
Posted on May 2, 2008 in Live TV
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Tags: Ira Glass | The Domination Of Visual Media | This American Life
The new season of This American Life's TV iteration starts this Sunday, May 4th, on Showtime at 10PM. That's a lot of facts. Here's a a lot of trailer: How mad is Erroll Morris that he never thought of making... CONTINUE READING THIS AMERICAN LIFE SEASON 2, HOPEFULLY WITH MORE WEINERS»
Posted on May 1, 2008 in Documentaries
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Tags: Erroll Morris | Ira Glass | Linda Wertheimer | NPR | This American Life
Um...this? This thing I'm about to show you? So good. Opening night, son. (via Wired) It's a documentary about LARPers. LARPing stands for Live Action Role Playing. You just learned your one thing of the day to try and constantly... CONTINUE READING MONSTER CAMP: WHY GOD INVENTED FANDANGO»
Posted on April 8, 2008 in Trailer, Wait For It...
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Tags: Andrew W.K. | Furries | King Of Kong | Monster Camp | Monsters | Nerds | This American Life | Wizards
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
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If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
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I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
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