I’ve been trying to decide if I think these are funnier than Segways. Segways have, historically, proven to be hilarious so it may be too soon to judge…but look at these things! The “hands on hips” potential with the Uni-Cub might give it the edge, even in its comedy infancy. Plus, the name “Uni-Cub”=adorable.
People in Los Angeles don’t often give “the wave” when you let them over in traffic (or do anything courteous ever for that matter) but Friday evening this guy gave me one so glorious. Perfectly gelled hair, gorgeous Ray-Bans and a smile that had to hand crafted by angels or a top Beverly Hills cosmetic dentist. He just threw his hand up and let that sucker dance in the wind. THAT is how it’s done. I knew I had to draw him.
Thanks to Nick for posting some vids of this show from back when my two best buds and I were little and played music together. The things I remember most about this show:
1. The promoter had an ice sculpture of our band logo made
2. A Native American fellow from one of the other bands enthusiastically told us his favorite shrooming stories.
3. I think we played our songs so fast because the backstage was catered by BW3s and we wanted to get back there and enjoy it.
4. The check he payed us with for the show bounced.
These were good times. This is still one of my favorite songs.
breakfast and lunch
Not sure what’s up with these cool ghosts I see every morning while eating my post-breakfast apple or banana on Pico but I assume it’s either viral marketing or a gang tag. Most kinda cool confusing things you see in life are either viral marketing campaigns or gang tangs. Do any gangs have #hashtags? I should find out.
The other day at lunch, Dan found the first mural painting featuring a lower back tattoo that I have ever seen. Even the mural asked if he was in the Hangover.
A Night on the Town Courtesy of our Movie!
Hope everyone had a great weekend. Obviously any weekend that starts out with a Beastie Boy dying pretty much STINKS, but I hope it was all up hill from there. I was informed that the producers of “Cleveland, I Love You”, the movie featuring 11 vignettes set in Cleveland I cowrote and directed a couple stories for, are rolling out a pretty awesome fundraiser (originally typed funraiser which would have been totally accurate) for a night on the town in Cleveland including dinner at Lola, bowling at Corner Alley and dessert/martinis at Chocolate Bar. I’ve never been to Chocolate Bar, but I’ve heard great things about it. With a name like that, which suggests the combination of alcohol and chocolate, how could it not be?
Pick up a raffle ticket HERE: http://clevelandnightout.homestead.com/
A pretty great prize package indeed, but here’s some of the rejected prizes I pitched for the Cleveland-centric contest…
-A guaranteed TWO AND A HALF HOUR WAIT at Melt on a Saturday night. Sure, you still have to pay for your meal, but how worth it would not waiting 4-5 hours for a table be? Super worth it. My prize packet bumps you up in line so you only need wait 2.5 hours!
-One-on-one catchphrase lessons with Cavaliers commentator Austin Carr. He can help you come up with the perfect catchphrase to overuse for years to come!
-Dance lessons from that cool usher at Cavs games. Either one of these Ushers, actually… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1GuEyJ-g_w
-A piece of the famous rotor from Geauga Lake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_%28ride%29
-Now that I think about it, I can’t believe Mr. Chicken didn’t pony up a prize for this! There’s a pretty incredible Mr. Chicken scene in the movie…I think once they catch wind of it, I’d imagine it will change their brand and everyone who watches the movie’s lives.
Ok, so the real prizes are a little better/more realistic than my prize package. Go try and win!
“Nah. I’m, like, way more into Crazy Birds. It’s pretty underground, check out my blog about it…”
Happy one year anniversary to Juggalohio, our internet sitcom about juggalos. Still more to come from all of us! If you have any friends that dig laughter and might have missed J-hio the first time around, feel free to share this and all other episodes.
The Worst Thing!
Seriously, this was the worst thing! Over the weekend, I filled my contact lens prescription for the first time here in Los Angeles. I figured a simple transfer from my Akron, Ohio Lenscrafters to the one in Sherman Oaks would be a seamless transition. For the most part, it was. However, I decided to push my luck and point out that “my OLD Lenscrafters, back in Akron, always gave me free samples of contact solution…can you guys do that?” After mulling it over a bit, the lady obliged.
Once I got home and opened up the package, I noticed the included lens case was kind of archaic and scary looking. Like a torture device. Maybe she had to go back to the set of Saw 4 to find it? I don’t know, but I obviously didn’t give it a second thought and instead threw my lenses in my wacky swirly eye contact case I always use…
BIG MISTAKE!!! The next morning I woke up and threw my contacts in, only to be greeted with SEARING PAIN!!! Ouch man, seriously. I freaked out. Was this like one of those urban legends (ie razor blades in Halloween candy) and some sick freak put battery acid and/or Tapatio in this contact solution? It totally felt like I was maced. And yes, I know what that feels like. I was behind a dude that got maced once. It was terrible, and literally took MINUTES to recover from! Once that happened, I actually read the directions and saw where I went wrong. You win, Sherman Oaks Lenscrafter! Ya really pulled a fast one on me. I’ve since Googled this and plenty of people have a lot to say about it (mostly pointless stuff like “read the directions!”). But, in the defense of those who had the same accident, can you think of anything more boring than reading the box for your contact solution? Nope. Super boring.
So, I don’t know, just be careful when you’re putting stuff in your eyes I guess.
Justin Will and I are working on some comics! One idea we’ve had for a while is a series about an up-and-coming R&B singer called DANG. Here’s a cool, older gentleman poppin’ in a DANG compact disc for the first time.
Did you guys see Hunger Games? Cool. Me too. Anyways, now watch this video from where I work at Stageit.com. It’s a great time and, fun fact, THREE of us working here hail from Portage County in Ohio. I hope my friends that like music, entertainment and the Internet tune in and I really hope my musician buddies get to do some performances without leaving the house.
follow ‘em-
“I Swear I’ve Been Here Before” -this is a short movie/.GIF I teamed up with my pal Bobby Makar to create. Inspired by/featuring the jam of the same title by Punchline. Filmed at the middle school gym across from the house I grew up in and has appearances from some of my favorite people in life. Please share this on social networks and during your holiday dinner!
Grab the song!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/so-nice-to-meet-you-ep/id492736610?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Sounds like this great project will get the green light. All I need is one of these millionaire athletes to fund the pilot!
pretty cool morning (pcm)
Yesterday morning I was at Staples Center bright and early for a pretty strange and funny event. I got to go out into the empty arena and look at the floor where so many championships had been won and several of my Christmas day NBA-watching memories took place; my favorite being the 2009 game where Lebron and Z taunted the crowd who threw foam fingers on the floor after the Cavs demolished the Lakers. What a magical, uplifting Christmas memory that was.
On my way out, the Lakers had started something resembling practice. Most were standing around chatting while, you guessed it, Kobe was already shootin’ hoops like it was the night before varsity tryouts. It was a pretty intense and cool thing to see.
I just did an interview with Chris Fafalios for his new commercial about an incredible animated .GIF we are dropping this weekend! Some of you reading this might have been in said .GIF. I hope everyone loves it.
In closing, here’s some advice: if you wanna go into politics, move to DC. If you want to go into finance, move to NYC. If you want to sell Razor Scooters to adults..MOVE TO LOS ANGELES!
Here are some pics from the trip out west and our new area. It’s been a busy month and things are pickin’ up but I’m glad we managed to get to Venice Beach last weekend which is just as great and hilarious as I remembered. My favorite part was probably the ragtag group of street performers that had a girl singer that I’m fairly certain was singing to prerecorded tracks. We also discovered that Dunder Mifflin (or the office building they film it at) is a few miles a way. Obviously we had to go check it out.
This video pretty much contains everything awesome about 1997-1998. The opening riff is also one of my favorites ever. When my friend Dan was in the Promise Hero he would play it during set up and I would totally ‘98 out like a maniac.
