I just saw a screening of the comedy group Olde English’s film The Exquisite Corpse Project. I loved it, and I really recommend watching it for $5 on Splitsider. (And not just because I like the people involved, especially my friend and fellow CH tomfooler Adam Conover).
It takes a clever hook (the members of a comedy group each write 15 pages of a feature film, only privy to the previous writer’s last 5 pages, and the movie intercuts between the resulting hodgepodge film and interviews with the writers), and spins it into a hilarious, touching look at the trials and tribulations of friendship, creativity and collaboration. It’s funny on a ton of levels, from immediate to super-meta.
But more than that, it perfectly and genuinely explores the process of working creatively with friends when you’re young and your intense passion is rivaled only by your relative inexperience. It made me nostalgic for the years I spent in my college improv group, bonding with best friends and engaging in hyper-opinionated disagreements without a clear leader or direction, but with boundless enthusiasm.
It’s a real feat of creative editing, charming and engaging. You’ll love it, especially if you’ve ever made stuff with friends. Congrats to everyone involved, and everyone else, do yourself a favor and check it out.
“There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand” ice cream at Ample Hills Creamery in Brooklyn. I can confirm that it is very delicious.
Tim Heidecker did this and it’s perfect.
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season finale!! “DIAMONDS ARE MY ONLY FRIENDS”
Left Handed Radio - Episode 26: ‘1996’
On this lost episode from 1996: Seinfeld Nights, NBC’s Must She TV challenges gender norms, Delta Burke for Tamagotchi Rescue, dad tries to play Nintendo64, Jerry Springer: Too Nice for TV, a new intern sure seems like she’s a Power Ranger, He’s Al That, Lil Troffee knows how to play the world, and Def Foxworthy Jam.
Left Handed Radio is written and performed by Adam Bozarth, Dan Chamberlain, Matt Little, and Anna Rubanova, and Brett White with Matt Braunsdorf, Rob Lathan, and Moujan Zolfaghari.
If you have a question about how to live your life right? Ask Herb from Pittsburgh! Dial 413-547-1055 and leave a voicemail with your question and Herb will answer on a future episode of the show. Original music by Dan Warren. Check out his podcast The International House of Dancakes.
413-547-1055 | lefthandedradio@gmail.com
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Our story this week: In honor of 4/20 we bring you international intrigue, body cavity bingo, vagina lips like hot dog buns, and so much more, as Amey Goerlich smuggles us past customs and secrets us away in the most intimate storytelling crevices of her heart. Watch out for that yogurt.
Amey Goerlich is a comedian and founding member of the seminal improv powerhouse, Krompf. See her at Indie Cage Match every Saturday at 7:00 at the UCB East in New York City (tickets here).
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Introducing Splitsider Presents and The Exquisite Corpse Project: we’re now selling full-length movies directly for only $5! Our first release is the amazing, hilarious and totally unique Exquisite Corpse Project. Check out the trailer and then go buy the damned thing! It’s so cheap, come on.
EPISODE 104: AL MADRIGAL
This week, Sara and Nikki reannounce the renewal of their really great TV show Nikki & Sara LIVE (thanks for watching!) before quickly introducing their guest, comedian Al Madrigal (The Daily Show, @almadrigal). Al’s new standup special Why is the Rabbit Crying? premieres on Comedy Central this Friday April 26, making this episode the perfect opportunity to reflect upon the grueling road sets and iffy TV spots that have gotten him this far. It’s “gratitude and caution”, Sara points out, that keep a comic sane as he strives through those early days, dreaming of a time when he’ll have earned the respect and admiration of both his peers and his cussing kid cousins.
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This week on the Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show my guest is djWHEAT, one of the the Internet’s foremost Starcraft 2 commentators and a pioneer in the world of competitive gaming. We discuss how one becomes a Starcraft commentator, the history of eSports, and the greatest game of Quake III ever played.
Listen on iTunes or JeffRubinJeffRubinShow.com.
