A Lazy movie day

I'm still in Los Angeles and I go back to shooting on Monday.  But for today, my plan is to just chill out in my hotel room and have a lazy back to back movie day.  I went to a local blockbuster, because they are in dire straights so there are crazy deals on movies.

I spent forty dollars on movies, this is what I got .

In the 3 movies for 20 bucks bin.

Sherlock Holmes - with Robert Downey and Jude Law

Green Zone - with Matt Damon

Edge of Darkness - with Mel Gibson, apparently he flips out a lot in this movie so it will be a lot like real life.

In the 5 movies for 20 bucks bin

Moon - with Sam Rockwell.  I love this movie and am honestly dying to hear the director's commentary.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - INicolas Cage, I hear this movie is nuts.  can't wait.

The Box - with Cameron Diaz, I hear this movie is terrible, also can't wait.

Whip It - with the adorable Ellen Page.  This is Drew Barrymores directorial debut.  I have wanted to check it out for a while.

A Serious Man - This is a Coen brothers film that went through the theaters without me ever seeing it.  That usually doesnt happen.  

What order should I watch them in?

Day one in LA.

The flight was was the STANDUP of the day. That and the show i performed at later. Warner Brothers was nice enough to fly me out first class but no matter how adjustable the seats were, they were still hard as a rock.

One other thing that happens in first class, if you do happen to fall asleep every once in a while they wake you up anyway and ask you if you need anything. "yes, I need you to step out of my face quickly. "

Sent from my piehole.

How to be alone.

I don't know how to use dating sites well at all. I read a suggested profile and saw that the woman was allergic to cats. I couldn't help myself. Here's what I wrote to her.

I have a cat.

Please come over anyway so that I can see your eyes swell up and get red. Now I know this doesn't sound like a good time from your point of view, but lets try and think about how entertaining this could be for me.

Please think about it. Thank you
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The MET show or Who arted?

I performed at a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art! I think it was one of my favorite shows ever to perform on. My buddy Marianne Ways asked me to be on the show. Carl Arnheiter is also deeply staked in the show and is its host.

The show is a tour where different comedians lead segments of the tour. Tours were lead this time by Andrea Rosen, Liam MacEneaney, Leo Allen and me. Every performer did their oen take on the tour.

EXCERPT FROM MY TOUR:

Picasso was in his early twenties when he was doing lots of work in Madrid and Paris. At that time many of his works were named quite simply. What people don't know is that his paintings had simple names because his agent actually rejected most of his names because the names he came up with the paintings as an excitable twenty year old were considered kind of dumb. People have gone as far as to say that he named some of his original work, like a douchebag.

JARDIN DE PARIS

This painting was commissioned as a poster for a live show. Picasso's original name for this work was WOULDN'T IT BE COOL IF A BUNCH OF DANCERS IN WHITE PETTICOATS GOT THEIR

PERIOD ALL AT ONCE?

WOMAN IN GREEN

Picasso's original title for his iconic Woman in Green was simply, MAN, I HATE TO DRAW ARMS.

EROTIC SCENE

Indeed, this piece by Picasso does depict quite an "erotic scene" which was probably a reflection of the bawdy lifestyle he enjoyed in Paris, but his original title tells the story more plainly. Although some thought it was an artistic choice to paint the woman blue in truth it was an accurate depiction of color in Picasso's piece DUDE, I DON'T THINK SHE'S BREATHING.

And so on...

Apparently, a woman who had joined the tour without knowing that it was fake was heard saying that she didn't like my interpretation.

My two word Review of INCEPTION - Fantastically Trippy

My five word review of INCEPTION - Dumb people should not go.

My haiku review of INCEPTION -

Christopher Nolan,
You are my movie hero
M. Night can suck it.

My two paragraph review of INCEPTION -

Every time I hear someone talk about Inception they talk about how much fun, trippy or gripping it is and they rarely talk about the science fiction elements of the film. That's a good thing and hard to do because the science fiction in the movie runs pretty deep. To make a film that steeped in a pretend technology and have the audience walk away talking about the emotional aspect of the film is a feat that I don't think many other movies pull off. Just like THE DARK KNIGHT was a great crime thriller, that also had Batman in it, this movie is an exquisite action noir epic, that also has a ton of sci-fi.

I am deliberately staying away from talking about the plot because that will make the movie more fun for everyone. Let's talk about the ending once you've seen it.


++++++++++ POSSIBLE SPOILERS BELOW THIS LINE++++++++++++++


The lady or the tiger?

Lookie me directing and sh*t

Soooo, we have officaly wrapped pricipal photography on the Tell Your Friends Movie. Since the movie is supported by an extensive documentary portion I got a chance to direct quite a few interviews with comedians that I would consider to be masters of their craft. There is nothing more entertaining than listening to people talk about what they really believe in and know well in an impassioned manner.

Now the post production process wll begin. I am both dreading and looking forward to the post production process.

Next up, I will be directing a new reality TV series. More on that later.

Mission Accomplished!

The filming of the  concert footage for www.tellyourfriendsmovie.com was a huge success.

 

I would like to say a big thank you to all of the cast for being hilarious!

 

Paul F Tompkins and Jim Gaffigan Interviews

Here are some still from www.tellyourfriendsmovie.com. These are stills from interviews we just shot with Paul F Tompkins and Jim Gaffigan. Word!

I'm at COMIX in NY all weekend with the amazing Christian Finnegan!. A Poem.

If you're a loser and want to feel like you win again,

Then come to Comix and see me with Christina Finnegan

He's the Headliner and I am the middler

He's very metro and I'm a lady diddler.

He's been on TV and I been in movies

Finnegan, Varnado, Hi-fives and boobies.

Christian is his name… and my religion.

We both like comic books and indecision

So see you at Comix, Thursday through Saturday

I promise not to rap*

http://www.comixny.com/event.aspx?eid=534

Victor Varnado

*Sometimes I do it unconsciously

COMEDY CONCERT FILM JUNE 22 TUES - ME Direct! You watch!

Hey everyone!   It's Victor Varnado here!  I hope you get a chance to come to the concert portion of this comedy film I am directing!  Many great comedians that you would have to pay big bucks to see normally.  If you are in NYC then make a special trip!

 

Here's the info!

 

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That’s right! – One of New York City’s best comedy shows, TELL YOUR FRIENDS!, is becoming a movie!

Here is a special message from the creator of the show, Liam McEneaney:

“HEY GANG;

You read that right. For the next two Mondays, TYF! at Lolita will go dark as we gear up for the filming of our first ever concert movie experience.

We are finally going to capture everything you have loved about our little basement show in one major motion picture.

Some of your favorite performers will be on-hand to film their acts; KURT BRAUNOHLER & KRISTEN SCHAAL, REGGIE WATTS, CHRISTIAN FINNEGAN, LEO ALLEN, ROB PARAVONIAN, and our house band A BRIEF VIEW OF THE HUDSON. And as usual, your humble host will be LIAM McENEANEY

You're going to get event invites as soon as Facebook stops being a jerk.

I know the name of the show is usually a suggestion, but for this show we're going to need as great of a crowd as possible to both fill the room and support with the kind of good energy and positive vibery that has made you guys one of the favorite audiences for some of the biggest names in comedy.

In a way, YOU will be the biggest star of the movie. Specifically, in the way that doesn't pay you residuals. So please, please, come yourself and don't forget to forward this via e-mail, to post this on Facebook, to Tweet it, and to TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

Thank you for your years of support. Here's to many many more years together.

- LIAM McENEANEY”

Here’s the info:
The Onion Presents:
TELL YOUR FRIENDS! THE CONCERT MOVIE
Be in the audience of the LIVE FILMING of the concert movie based on New York City's longest-running alt. comedy show, starring some of the scene's brightest comedy lights: Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal, Reggie Watts, Christian Finnegan, Leo Allen, Rob Paravonian, and hosted by Liam McEneaney.

Tuesday, June 22nd

www.thebellhouseny.com

DOORS: 6:30pm; 9PM
ADMISSION: $5.00

Buy tickets to the 6:30 show here: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2160585

Buy tickets to the 9:00 show here: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2160615

HOSTED BY: LIAM McENEANEY

WITH:
KURT BRAUNOHLER & KRISTEN SCHAAL
REGGIE WATTS
CHRISTIAN FINNEGAN
LEO ALLEN
ROB PARAVONIAN

AND THE TYF! HOUSE BAND: A BRIEF VIEW OF THE HUDSON

18+ to enter/21+ to drink

Please forward this event and TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

LIVE at NYC Talent Show tonight June 14 10:30 pm Eastern - BRIDGET AND THE SQUARES!

Come see this eclectic and monumentally entertaining band open our show tonight. Hosted by Victor Varnado and Diane Odebra.

 

Come watch or sign up for an open stage spot.  OR watch live on the internet.  Word WORD WORRRRRD!!

 

 

 

Check out www.NYCTalentshow.com

Interview Prep

Well, om getting ready for the first day of shooting on my new movie... Did we talk about that? The new movie is www.tellyourfriendsmovie.com

Should be loads of fun. In order to save money, I will be directing and playing cinematographer on some of the interview sections. I was a bit nervous, but I think the first test shoot came out great. Here is a frame from the shoot with our reluctant subject Myq Kaplan.




Thank you Canon HDSLR cameras!

My Favorite snarky comment thread from a Nintendo message board.

Internet poster sometimes can't help themselves and can easily get of the subject. This is a slightly truncated conversation from a Nintendo message board.

MESSAGE 1

Does The Wi play DVD's

MESSAGE 2

Yes, but I hear you have to use homebrew.

MESSAGE 3

The only thing is when Nintendo uupdates they try to disable homebrew from what I hear

MESSAGE4

You mispelled update wrong.

MESSAGE6

You used an unconventional double-negative. Is there a correct way to misspell update? You also misspelled 'misspell'.

Rob Paravonian opens the NYC Talent Show on May 24 at 10:30 pm eastern

If you have never seen Rob Paravonian perform then you had better fix that tonight!  Rob is a hilarious comedian and a six string samurai.  His songs have literally millions of hits on YouTube and he's been a favorite touring act for several years.

 

Tonight he appears on stage at Bowery Poetry Club opening the NYC Talent Show.  You can also  see him perform live at nyctalentshow.com if you live anywhere in the world!

 

Come to the show and watch or perform at the open stage.  Musicians, Poets, Comedians, and crazy people!

 

 

Monday MAY 10 = Rob Cantrell opens NYC Talent Show at 10:30 pm Easter

This week, the super funny Rob Cantrell opens up the NYC Talent Show!

 

He is guaranteed hilarious and has appeared on more TV and tours than your mom has for sure.

 

Come to the Bowery Poetry Club and watch or perform!

 

Open stage for Poets, Musicians, Comedians, and crazy people.

 

www.nyctalentshow.com