Thank You Notes

This happened last night.

Not my autographed copy, but yeah, Tina Fey is the perfect woman.

LA Times show review

pre-ordering the shit out of this.

November 1st is not close AT ALL.

If you aren't amused by Kristen Schaal, I don't know how to handle you

The Selby: now it's a book!

buy The Selby is in Your Place at Amazon, or look at the website. Either way, you'll be seething with jealous rage looking at all of the cool places you don't live in.

But this book now!

And Here's the Kicker…
Conversations with Top Humor Writers About Their Craft
By Mike Sacks

Coming in July 2009 from Writer's Digest Books. The book will contain interviews with twenty-one famous humor writers, including:

* Buck Henry
* Stephen Merchant
* Todd Hanson
(The Onion)
* Merrill Markoe
* Dick Cavett
* Larry Wilmore
(Daily Show)
* Paul Feig
(Freaks and Geeks)
* Irving Brecher
(the Marx Brothers)
* Bob Odenkirk
* Robert Smigel
* Dan Mazer
(Ali G and Borat)
* Bruce Jay Friedman
(Full Interview)
* Daniel Clowes
(Full Interview)

* Marshall Brickman
(Annie Hall, Manhattan)
* David Sedaris
* George Meyer
(The Simpsons)
* Al Jaffee
(MAD)
* Allison Silverman
(The Colbert Report)
* Harold Ramis
* Larry Gelbart
(Caesar’s Hour, M*A*S*H)
* Mitch Hurwitz
(Arrested Development)
* Jack Handey
* Dave Barry
* Daniel Handler
(Full Interview)
* Roz Chast
(Full Interview)

In addition, And Here’s the Kicker will contain a foreword from Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers), as well as advice from:

* Susan Morrison, editor of The New Yorker’s Shouts and Murmurs
* Editors at The Believer, Esquire, The Onion, Playboy, Radar and Vanity Fair
* Ken Levine, a writer for Cheers, Frasier and Everybody Loves Raymond
* Writers from Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and Saturday Night Live
* Book editors at HarperCollins, Random House and Simon Spotlight
* A Twentieth Century Fox film executive

Web Bonus! An Interview with Ben Glenn II,
TV Historian, on the History of Canned Laughter

And much, much more…

NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AND OTHER SITES!.

Kaufman book

just got this in the mail:
if you're jealous you can order it at Amazon.

book title magic

i missed this 826LA event yesterday, but i am for sure buying that book based on the title alone. truer words have never been spoken.

Laurie Rosenwald is an award winning illustrator whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times and many other publications. She is in LA promoting her new book, All the Wrong People Have Self Esteem, out now through Bloomsbury. She has taught “How to Make Mistakes on Purpose” at numerous schools, conferences and to corporate clients like Starbucks and Google. The actual workshop contents are a secret to the participants but you can check out http://www.rosenworld.com/?page_id=26 for accolades. She assures that it will bring “Chaos to your order.”

Nick and Norah get postered

i just saw this on The Playlist and was all "schwing!"

can't wait for this movie and anyone who compares it to Juno is out of their hollow little mind.
( i mentioned my love for the book before, in fact i said it exactly 2 months ago today)

my new favorite book

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

i will admit that i bought and read this only after hearing that it was going to be made into a movie. and then i heard that michael cera was going to be "nick" and kat dennings is going to be "norah" and that was the icing.

it's a quick and short read, and i loved every word. there are music & tv references galore which are always fun but the one that bashed me over the head (in a good way) was the Heathers reference. i just realized that no one is going to give a shit about this but me.

here's a description from the books' site:

It all starts when Nick asks Norah to be his girlfriend for five minutes. He only needs five minutes to avoid his ex-girlfriend, who’s just walked in to his band’s show. With a new guy. And then, with one kiss, Nick and Norah are off on an adventure set against the backdrop of New York City—and smack in the middle of all the joy, anxiety, confusion, and excitement of a first date.

holy shit!

that sounds like a cheese-filled teeny bopper wannabe soap opera.

maybe it is, but i don't care.

one super-fun thing about the book (spoiler alert sorta) is that each chapter is told from the POV of Nick and Norah.

it goes:

chapter 1. nick

chapter 2. norah

.....etcetera....

so that was kind of cool.

watch out for my boner when the trailer for this appears online, which should be soon.

buy the book here, if you want.