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Been doing some more fun characters for G4’s Attack of the Show. I love these guys.

Comedy Carhole This Friday, Oct. 3

I’m really excited to be returning to the Comedy Carhole show in Santa Monica this Friday. It’s been nearly a year since the last time I was there, and had a blast. It takes place in a garage in Santa Monica, with a makeshift stage and funky couches and beat up old chairs for people to sit on. Oh, and there’s a keg, and no cover charge and a great audience full of NORMAL PEOPLE not jaded comics. There’s nothing like it. Come check it out.

Comedy Carhole

9:00 PM

2566 S.Bundy Dr.
Los Angeles CA 90064

Un-Cab Lab Show Oct.

I’m happy to be doing some time at the next Un-Cab Lab show at the M Bar in Hollywood, on October 9th, at 8:00 pm.

The Un-Cabaret is one of LA’s longest running alternative comedy/storytelling shows, and the Lab is an ongoing workshop for performers and writers to work on new material. It’s awesome.

Please come by and check out the show. The presenters are always top-notch performers and writers. Again, the show starts at 8pm (arrive early to get a great seat). There's no cover, but theres a $10 food minimum. The food is great, so no loss there.

The M Bar is located at 1253 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90038. Here’s a MAP.

Regular Season Champeens!

Destructopus Named Regular Season Champs

Destructopus, the kickball team I play on in the Victory Division has cinched the regular season title by achieving the best record. So far we’re undefeated, and fingers crossed, it’ll stay that way. What does that mean? A fun trip to Las Vegas for the founders cup National Tournament. We play every Wednesday at Delano Park, please come check out a game, you’ll be glad you did.

The Dam Show in NoHo

Hey comics and musicians! Please come check out the Dam Show In NoHo, a weekly open mike & showcase that I host at the Amsterdam Cafe in North Hollywood! The audience has been building more and more each week, and the talent level getting better and better.

Sign up is at 6:30 pm, show is at 7:00 pm, runs until 9:00 pm.

Amsterdam Cafe is located at 10905 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood, California 91601

Destructopus Beats VikingQuest

Destructopus 10, Team VikingQuest

The winning just keeps happ’ning.

I play on Destructopus in the Victory Division. Last Wednesday we beat Team VikingQuest, an amazing team made up of seasoned kickballers. They may have lost in points, but VikingQuest wins every game by looking badass in their nordic outfits, and have a blast. If you’ve never seen a game before, please come check one out, we play every Wednesday at Delano Park.

TSE TOPS THE CHARTS!

TSE 3, Smurfageddon 2

Trey Stafford Explosion, the kickball team I have played on for the last two years is undefeated and has just taken the lead in the Studio Division!

Last night we beat veteran team Smurfageddon. If you’ve never seen a game before, please come check one out, we play every Monday at North Hollywood Park.

Draw The Pirate is Flyp Flix eMovie

I feel honored that that my short film “Draw the Pirate” was selected for the Flyp Flix eMovie a few months back. They were also cool enough to put up a video of me briefly describing the impetus behind the film’s creation. I look stoned don’t I? I’m not stoned. I’m sitting at my desk trying to write something....anything...worthwhile.

Feets of Strength

GOT KICKBALL SKILLS? FIND OUT AT FEETS OF STRENGTH!


Test your kickball mojo at the FEETS OF STRENGTH event this Saturday, August 23 in starting at Noon in North Hollywood Park. Categories include bunting, kicking for distance, base running and the crowd favorite....pegging. The money goes to a good cause, Children of the Night, a shelter for children who have been exploited into prostitution and pornography.

Trey Stafford Explosion Beats Redrum!

TSE 9, Redrum 1

Trey Stafford Explosion, the kickball team I have played on for the last two years remains undefeated! Last night we beat veteran team Redrum. At least that’s what they tell me, I was still out of town in Rhode Island. If you’ve never seen a game before, please come check one out, we play every Monday at North Hollywood Park.

Star Wars Cheaters

I recenlty got to satirize Joey Greco on Xplay in a very funny parody of “Cheaters” featuring “Attack of the Clones” references.

Pulp Wars Must Stop!

Everyone loses in this kind of senseless war.

Amsterdam Cafe Tuesday Open Mike

I will be hosting the Cafe Amsterdam Tuesday Open Mike throughout the rest of the summer, until who knows when. This is going to be a great showcase for area musicians, comics, poets and artists. Please come on down some Tuesday night to check it out. They have great food, great decor and awesome people working the counter.

EffinFunny Show Coming Up

I’m really excited to be on the bill for a great EffinFunny Stand Up A Go Go show. I created the Stand Up A Go Go name 5 plus years ago, then suggested it to my comic friend Tom Clark when he started producing shows at ComedySportzLA. Now EffinFunny has signed on as co-producers, and the shows are featuring top comics (and me too)!

Stand Up A Go Go

Wednesday, Aug. 27th at 9:00 pm

Line up :

Eddie Gossling
Bil Dwyer
John Fugelsang
Natasha Leggero
Andrew Donnelly
Jeff Hopkins
Host :      Fahim Anwar

Venue :

ComedySportz LA
733 Seward St
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Box Office: 1-800-905-2844

$10 online, $12 at the door
Buy tickets online now!

Destructopus Beats Kickballz of Fire

Destructopus 7, Kickballz of Fire 2

The winning just keeps happ’ning.

So, I play on two kickball teams: The Trey Stafford Explosion in the Studio Division, and Destructopus in the Victory Division. Last Wednesday we beat the Kickballz of Fire, an awesome new team with some killer kickers. Look for these guys to dominate in the playoffs. If you’ve never seen a game before, please come check one out, we play every Monday at North Hollywood Park.

Orange Country Chronic Con

This is another segment I did recently for Attack of the Show, with the extremely funny WIll Bowles. I was channeling Dan Akroyd, and the host Chris Hardwicke comments on it somewhat afterward (although Akroyd is from Toronto).

Trey Stafford Explosion Wins Again!

TSE 19, Bad News Ballz 0

Trey Stafford Explosion, the kickball team I have played on for the last two years is undefeated! Last night we played the Bad News Ballz, a fun new team made up of folks who work at ABC Family. They are really cool people and will be very competitive in a couple games. If you’ve never seen a game before, please come check one out, we play every Monday at North Hollywood Park.

Tomorrowland Spaceman: My Dream Job

I’ve finally realized what I want to be when I grow up, and it’s gonna be a challenge: I want to be the Spaceman in Disneyalnd’s Tomorrowland circa 1957. That guy had everything: cool outfit, cool ride (a rocketship called the TWA Moonliner...how cool is that?) a sexy space WOMAN to hang around with



He’s got such a cool, classic sci-fi spacesuit, silver lamé with padded rolls and some sort of communications device on his belt, and an awesome helmet with the antenna. The spaceman’s role seems to be ambassadorial (Hey, space is great folks, you should try it!) although I think he had to shill for Kaiser Aluminum (the sponsors of the Hall of Fame from 1955-1960).




At the end of a tough day doing whatever he did the Tomorrowland Spaceman even had a Space Bar to go to.



Who did he talk to on that communicator belt? Walt Disney? Guss Grissom? JFK? I love the optimism of early Tomorrowland. A post-war, pre-Nam American where anything was possible.



This shot below is amazing. Surrounded by Cub Scouts, looking very fligh-ready. Telling the boys to drink Ovaltine and study calculous and they can be Spacemen too.



Here he is hanging out with your aunts and grandmother, posing nonchalantly like David Niven. The spacesuit is more streamlined, no rolled sleeves, communicator belt or even gloves. Space girl’s outfit is missing the cape and frilly skirt previous girlstronauts wore.

Kickball Win For TSE!

Trey Stafford Explosion, the kickball team I have played on for the last two years has recorded their first season-opening win! We play in the WAKA CA Studio division, a very lively confederacy of geeks and nerds from the entertainment industry pretending to be athletes. If you’ve never seen a game before, please come check one out, we play every Monday at North Hollywood Park.

P.1 on Undergroundfilm.com

“P1” is a short film that I wrote that won Hon. Mention, Toronto Shorts. Gold Award, Philadelphia. Audience Favorite, Palm Springs. Best of Festival - Short form, Cleveland Film Festival.

It was directed by a friend and fellow Jayhawk, the very talented Seth Wiley. It’s hosted online at Undergroundfilm.com, the leading site for well crafted film entertainment.

Cast
Carrie Hamilton, Alarm
David Rees Snell, Man

Crew
Eric Almquist, Producer
Jeff Hopkins, Writer
Toby Tilley, Camera
Noah Stone, Composer/Musician

Super Donut Man on G4

I appeared today on Around the Net, a great web viral video review segment on Attach of the Show. I think I show up about half way through. The hosts are either left speechless, or they have donut in their mouths. Enjoy! I had fun doing it!

"Draw the Pirate" Wins Crackle Shorts Contest

This is a fun first entry on my new blog layout. I was just notified that my short film “Draw the Pirate” has been selected as the Spring 2008 winner of the Crackle Shorts Contest. The prize includes some do-re-mi, a trip to Los Angeles (wait, I’m already here) and pitch meetings with the folks at Crackle and Columbia Pictures. I saw many of the other films in competition and they were all stellar—a better selection than any film festival I’ve attended.

I really love Crackle. They always have some kind of contest going on to help discover and promote filmmakers and producers. And even though they’re a SONY subsidiary and are promoting SONY content, they do a great job of foregrounding user submitted content (unlike Myspace). There are really great people actively curating the content, and searching the web for great stuff. It’s an honor to be selected.