Tony Award winner, hip-hop extraordinaire, lyrical wordsmith, and CollegeHumor Freestyle Rapping Intern, Lin-Manuel Miranda raps about Alexander Hamilton in front of President Obama.
My only question is: how is this video not world-famous by now? Who ISN’T really impressed by this universally enjoyable video!?
Jake, Sam, and I had a great UStream video chat this evening. This screencap of Twitters trending topics is great proof.
Don’t worry, folks: Dan’s A-OK!
In case you haven’t seen it yet. Here’s Prank War 8: The Skydiving Prank.
And here’s Streeter and I on Jimmy Kimmel Live, talking about the prank with Danny Devito!
I pranked Streeter again.
It happened a few weeks ago, and I’ve kept the whole thing under wraps because that video (Prank War 8) is being premiered TOMORROW (Thursday) night on Jimmy Kimmel Live at 12:05am/11:05pm central on ABC — and Streeter and I will be on the show to talk about it.
It’s not only my first prank on Streeter in over two years, it’s the first CollegeHumor video EVER to premiere on network television. You will also be able to watch it (in its entirety) on CollegeHumor.com tomorrow (Late Thursday) night as well.
It was hard topping the $500,000 shot, but I think I did… And I can’t wait for everybody to see it.
It’s taken a long time, but I finally have a favorite female college soccer player. Her name is Elizabeth Lambert, and this is her highlight reel.
Awesome.
I went to Las Vegas for Halloween with a bunch of my friends.
Before departing, Jeff “Rosie” Rosenberg gave me $5 to put on the intersection between 9 and 12 on the roulette table. Had it hit, he would have won $90. Unfortunately, it didn’t, and I texted Rosie to tell him so.
When I landed this morning in New York I had an email waiting for me from Rosie himself, and… well… just read it.
Rosie, if you’re reading this, I swear it didn’t hit, and I’m sorry that you got that impression.
It’s tough to imagine a commercial that leaves me as emotionally confused as this DirecTV spot starring David Spade, “Chris Farley,” and a scene from one of my favorite movies.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Shelley Long and Shelley Duvall are way too similar looking for two actresses named Shelley with an E.
I mean, they were even born just two months apart!
I don’t watch much television.
Sorry, I don’t watch much scripted television. I probably down 15 hours of TV a week and all but 90 minutes of that is devoted to sports. (Curb and Mad Men).
But after receiving a text from Dan about a great new show from the creator of one of my favorite 90’s sitcoms “Just Shoot Me” (Steve Levitan) and starring one of my favorite 90’s sitcom actors (Ed O’Neill) I hit up bittorrent and downloaded the first four episodes in about an hour.
I now have a new favorite show in “Modern Family.”
It’s both hilarious and charming. The characters are all likable and flawed. The writing is incredibly tight and natural. The stories are clever and fresh. The actors are funny and subtle. The jokes appeal to comedy nerds and… everybody else. I’m so inspired and emotionally invested — and I’m only four episodes deep.
How the hell did Steve Levitan and Christopher Lloyd (not THAT Christopher Lloyd) take the basic premise of “A sitcom about a dysfunctional family!” and make it fresh again? Wasn’t that impossible? Aren’t I not supposed to like broad comedy’s that get great ratings? (See: Two and a Half Men) And yet, here we are!
All right, I’m done. Just go watch it. You obviously have free time. I mean, you’re reading my blog. You don’t even need bittorrent. Turns out every episode is on Hulu for free.
Best part of all, when the show becomes a huge success you can be one of those cool people that can say “Oh, man, I was watching that show right when it first came out! Back when shows were on televisions! And humans had to drive places. Anyhoot, I’m off to my pod. Good night earthling!”
