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This hysterical video features famed artisan pencil sharpener David Rees as Julian Assange. Also, while watching the video, don’t forget to play one of my favorite games - “Spot the ‘Colbert Report’ writers!”

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G’day Zoners! I don’t know about you, but I am still stuck in a post Ben & Jerry’s brain freeze of joy. Only Stephen could make chocolate coated potato chips and salty caramel swirl sound tasty. But I digress. In this week’s Six Degrees round-up; “Earth (The Audio Book)” receives more award nominations, Kristen Schaal features in a new “The National’s” film clip, Jimmy Fallon appears at The Paley Center, Allison Silverman appears on “This American Life”, and Conan O’Brien, Jon Stewart and Lewis Black are to be featured in Comedy Central’s tribute to the late Greg Giraldo.

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

• “Earth (The AudioBook)” has been nominated for an Audie Award in the “Humour” Category.

John Oliver (Correspondant/Writer)

• The second season of “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show” premiere’s on Thursday, March 24th.

• John talks to the Houtson Press about working on “The Daily Show”, and his stand up his career.

Kevin Bleyer (Writer)

• Kevin talks to The Sun Sentinel about working on “The Daily Show” and his upcoming book on how to fix the US Constitution.

Kristen Schaal (Contributor)

• Kristen and John Slattery star in Indie band “The National’s” new video “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on Monday, March 14th.

Paul Mecurio (Warm-Up Comedian)

• Paul was recently a guest on ”Mall of America House Comedy”.

Samantha Bee (Writer)

• Sam was recently a guest on “The Late Word with Lawrence O’Donell”.

Wyatt Cenac (Correspondant/Writer)

• Wyatt will host the “Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards” to be held on Thursday, March 10th at the Austin Studios, TX.

The Colbert Report

Allison Silverman (Former Exec-Producer and Head Writer)

• Allison reports on “This is Your Life” as apart of “This American Life”.

Jay Katsir (Writer) Rob Dubbin (Writer)

• Jay and Rob talk to “The Atlantic” about the new “Carmen Sandiego Facebook App”.

Friends of the Show

Conan O’Brien (Conan) and Jon Stewart (The Daily Show)

• Conan and Jon appeared via video to wish Kid Rock a Happy Forty F***ing Birthday at his Birthday Bash Concert in Detroit.

Conan O’Brien (Conan), Jon Stewart (The Daily Show) and Lewis Black (The Daily Show)

• Conan, Jon and Lewis will be a part of Comedy Central’s tribute to the late Greg Giraldo on Friday, March 18th at 11;30PM.

David Sedaris (Friend of the Show)

• “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk” (audiobook) has been nominated for a Audie Award in the “Humour” Category.

Greg Hollimon (Strangers with Candy)

• Greg makes a cameo appearance in “Too Much Game”.

Jimmy Fallon (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Stephen’s 6 Month BFF)

• Jimmy appeared at The Paley Centre last night for “An Evening with Jimmy Fallon”. (h/t Karen)

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G’day Zoners! I hope you’ve all had a good week, I’ve spent my final week of freedom before the new Uni year starts by relaxing and admiring Stephen’s new “Project Magazine” cover (so much less scary than the alternate version!!), and to help you all relax, I’ve got the latest round up of Six Degrees news. This week Jon Stewart, Lewis Black and John Legend add Grammy’s to their trophy cabinets, John Oliver has a special edition of his “New York Stand-Up Show”, Allison Silverman’s new series has been picked up for a second season, and Movits! and The Moutain Goats have a new albums on the way.

The Colbert Report

Allison Silverman (Former Head Writer & Executive Producer)

• IFC has picked up “Portlandia” for a second season.

Rev. James Martin (TCR Chaplin)

• “An Evening with Rev. James Martin, SJ” in which the Rev. discusses his book “The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life” will be held at Boston College on Friday, March 4th.

Jay Katsir (Writer) and Rob Dubbin (Writer)

• If you havn’t already checked it out, the “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego” Facebook App is now avialable.

Tim Meadows (P.K Winsome)

• Tim will be a guest on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on Friday, March 3rd.

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

• Congratulations to the team from “The Daily Show” (and Sigourney Weaver) who recently won the Grammy for “Best Spoken Word Album”.

Jon Stewart (Host) and Lewis Black (Contributor)

• Jon and Lewis will be featured in a tribute honouring Greg Giraldo to be aired Comedy Central on Saturday, March 26 at 10PM.

Ed Helms (Former Correspondant)

• Ed was recently a guest on “Conan” to promote his new film “Cedar Rapids”.

John Oliver (Correspondant/Writer)

• John will be hosting a special edition of “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show” at the “SXSW Comedy Festival” on Monday, March 14th at 8:00PM and 10:30PM in Austin, TX.

Josh Gad (Contributor)

• My Damn Channel has posted the trailer for Josh’s new comedy series “Gigi: Almost American”, which premieres on Wednesday, March 23rd.

Kristen Schaal (Contributor)

• Kristen will be performing at the 3rd Annual Women in Comedy Festival alongside Jen Kirkman, Morgan Murphey, and her sketch comedy partner Kurt Braunohler on Saturday, March 12th at 7:00PM and 9:30PM at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA.

Lewis Black (Contributor)

• Congratulations to Lewis, who’s comedy album “Stark Raving Black” recently won the Grammy for “Best Comedy Album”.

Lizz Winstead (Co-Creater of The Daily Show)

• Lizz will be hosting “Political Satire Writing Workshop” on Saturday, March 19th at 11:00AM and 4:00PM in Minneapolis, MN.

Samantha Bee (Correspondant)

• Parent Dish talks to Sam about working at “The Daily Show”, raising 3 children under 5 years old, and her strange childhood.

Wyatt Cenac (Correspondant/Writer)

• Wyatt will be performing at 92Y Tribeca on Thursday, March 3rd at 9:00PM. (h/t Karen)

Friends of the Show

John Legend (Singer)

• Congratulations to John and The Roots, who recently won the Grammy for “Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance”, “Best R&B Song”, and “Best R&B Album” all for there new album “Wake Up!”.

The Mountain Goats (Band)

• The Mountain Goats recently performed “Birth of Serpents” from their upcoming album “All Eternals Deck” (out March 29th), on “The Late Show with David Letterman”.

Movits! (Band)

• Movits! will be performing, with special guests at “Moes Original Bar B Que” on Wednesday, April 13th at 9:00PM, in Denver, CO.

• The film clip for Movits! new song “Sammy David Jr” from their second album “Out of my Head” (released April 5th) has been released.

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G’day Zoners! The boys are on a break this week, but that doesn’t mean there’s a break in the world of Six Degrees. This week Amy Sedaris drops by “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, Neil DeGrasse Tyson stopped by Bill Maher’s round table, Ed Helms has a new movie out, Dana Carvey returned to “Saturday Night Live”, and Jon Stewart has been named one of the best stand-up comics to graduate from MTV.

The Colbert Report

Allison Silverman (Former Head Writer & Executive Producer)

• Allison has written a new article for Slate entitled:
  Made in USA - Americans should be proud of their fine domestic tear gas.

Julian McCullough (Warm-Up Comedian)

• Julian and Sean O’Conor star in the comedy shorts “Atom Original #3 “Feats Of Strength”“ and “Meditation”.

Mark Malkoff (Former Audience Co-Ordinator)

• Mark has set the world record for “Longest Phone Call With One’s Dad While Sitting On Someone’s Shoulders” at the “World Record Appreciation Society” event held in Brooklyn, New York.

Peter Grosz (Former Writer)

• Watch Peter in “What’s My Name?” from The Second City Network.

The Daily Show

Jon Stewart (Host)

• Jon has been named as one “The 7 Best Stand-Up Comics Spawned By MTV”.

Ed Helms (Former Correspondant)

• Ed was recently a guest on “The View” and “The Late Show with David Letterman” to promote the latest season of “The Office” and his new film “Cedar Rapids”.

Elliott Kalan (Writer)

• As part 92Y Tribeca’s Closely Watched Films series, Elliott will be discussing George Marshall’s “Destry Rides Again” (1932), on March 2nd at 7:30PM.

John Hodgman (Contributor), John Oliver (Correspondant/Writer) and Wyatt Cenac (Correspondant/Writer)

• The John’s and Wyatt star in the new film clip for “Moves” by The New Pornographer” directed by Tom Sharpling.

Kevin Bleyer (Writer)

• Kevin will present “When News Breaks, We Should Fix It” at the 2011 Festival of the Arts BOCA on Sunday, March 6th at 4:00PM.
  Tickets: $25 - $40.

Kristen Schaal (Contributor)

• Kristen hosted last weekend’s Writer’s Guild Awards: East Coast Ceremony, you can watch her opening monologue and musical routine here: [Link]

Friends of the Show

Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy)

• Amy was recently a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to promote her book “Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People”.

• Amy will guest star as the First Lady of Ohio, on the March 23rd episode of “Hot in Cleveland”.

Dana Carvey (The Dana Carvey Show)

• Dana recently hosted “Saturday Night Live” and teamed up with Mike Myer’s to perform their classic “Wayne’s World Sketch”.

John Legend (Singer)

• John will be a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Monday, February 14th.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Rock Star Astrophysicist)

• Neil was recently a guest on “Real Time with Bill Maher”. (h/t mellamanfatima)

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