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Six Degrees: Ridiculist Edition.
G’day Zoners! I hope you are all enjoying your nice warm spring weather. Winter appears to have come early down in Aus, we are all freezing to death and it’ still only Autumn. Anderson Cooper, Mother Nature needs to be on your Ridiculist list!! But enough about the weather and onto this weeks Six Degrees round-up. This week Ed Helms hosts SNL, Demetri Martin has a new book out, Josh Gad receives a Tony nomination, Kevin Bleyer has been revealed as the writer who helped President Obama pen is WHCD speech, and New York Magazine goes inside Amy Sedaris’ New York City apartment.
The Colbert Report
Mark Malkoff (Former Audience Co-Ordinator)
- Mark will be appearing as part of UCDB - Live! at SketchFest NYC on Thursday, 6th June at 10:00PM.
- Mark recently appeared as himself in an episode of the webseries “Casters”.
Tim Meadows (P.K Winsome)
- Tim was recently a guest on “The Late Late Show”.
The Daily Show
Jon Stewart (Host)
- The Wire’s Business Insider has listed Jon’s “Top 9 Takedown’s”.
Brian Unger
- Monsters and Critics have reviewed Brian’s new History Channel program “How the Stars Got Their Stripes” a must watch for the whole family.
Demetri Martin (Contributor)
- Demetri plays “Not My Job” on NPR.
- Demetri talks to Morning Edition’s Linda Wertheimer about his new book“This is a Book”.
- From FunnyorDie.com “Demetri Martin Convinces us that he Wrote a Book.
Ed Helms (Former Correspondent)
- Ed recently hosted ”Saturday Night Live.
- Ed will be a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Wednesday, 18th May.
John Oliver (Correspondent & Writer
- John has been announced as one of the hosts of “Montreal Comedy Festival”.
Josh Gad (Contributor)
- Congratulations Josh and “The Book of Mormon” who have been nominated for 14 Tony Awards - including a “Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical” nomination for Josh.
Kevin Bleyer (Writer)
- Business Insider reveals that it was Kevin Bleyer who helped President Obama pen his White House Correspondents Dinner Speech.
Kristen Schaal (Contributor)
- Congratulations to Kristen who recently won the “Lucille Lortel Off Broadway Award” for “Outstanding Featured Actress” for her work in “The Coward”.
Friends of the Show
Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy)
- Amy’s New York City apartment has been featured in New York Magazine - Home Design.
Conan O’Brien (Conan)
- It has been announced that Conan will deliver the commencement address at Dartmouth College on June 12th, 2011.
Jeff Goldblum (Friend of the Show)
- Jeff was recently a guest on “The Late Late Show”.
Jimmy Fallon (BBFSM)
- Jimmy will be a guest on “Live with Regis and Kelly”.
Steve Martin (Friend of the Show)
- Steve was recently a guest on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and “Conan”.
Six Degrees: Easter Break Edition.
G’day Zoners! I hope you have all had a wonderful Easter break. I’ve spent my much needed week of Uni eating far too much chocoloate, and compilling the latest round-up of Six Degrees news. This week Jon Stewart will again be performing in the Story Pirates benefit, Mark Malkoff races a NYC bus, Aasif Mandvi pen a book of semi autobiographical essys, Ed Helms is set to guest host “SNL”, Samantha Bee will co-host the 2011 Lucille Lortel Awards, “Wyatt Cenac: Comedy Person” debuts on Comedy Central, and Conan O’Brien is a guest on “WTF with Marc Maron”.
The Colbert Report
Glenn Eichler (Writer)
- Glen’s new book, with illustrations by artist Joe Infurnari “Mush! Sled Dogs with Issues” is set to be released on December 6th.
Mark Malkoff (Former Audience Co-Ordinator)
- Mark will be talking to actress Julie Dawn Cole who played Veruca Salt in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” (1971) about her new book, “I Want it Now! A Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” on May 2nd at Anthology Film Archives.
- In Mark’s latest challenge “Big Wheel vs. Bus” he must race a NYC bus one mile on 42nd Street while on a Big Wheel.
- Mark’s next challenge for My Damn Channel involves eating 330 eggs in 1 month - 11 hard boiled eggs per day (egg white only).
Tim Meadows (P.K Winsome)
- Tim will be a guest on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on Wednesday, 11th May.
The Daily Show
Jon Stewart (Host)
- Jon has made The Hollywood Reporters “New York City Power List” at #5. (h/t Anais)
- Jon talks to The Columbus Dispatch about why he stills enjoys doing stand-up, despite the huge success of “The Daily Show”.
Jon Stewart (Host), John Oliver (Correspondent & Writer), Kristen Schaal (Contributor), and Josh Gad (Contributor)
- Jon, John, Kristen and Josh will be performing in a lucky child’s play at “Story Pirates Third Annual After School Special” to be held at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, on May 20th at 6:30PM.
Aasif Mandvi (Correspondent)
- Aasif has secured a book deal with Chronicle to to write an untitled book of semi-autobiographical essays. “Topics include a young Indian boy’s dream of becoming The Fonz, and what it’s like for a Muslim child to move from Mumbai with his family to US in search of the American dream.”
Beth Littleford (Former Correspondent)
- Beth talks to the New York Post about her time as a correspondant on “The Daily Show” and about her current work on “The Hard Times of R.J. Berger”.
Demetri Martin (Former Contributor)
- Demetri will be a guest on “Conan” on Tuesday, 10th May.
- Demtri will be performing at the Pabst Theatre Milwaukee, WI on Saturday, 18th June at 8:00PM.
Ed Helms (Former Correspondent)
- Ed will host “Saturday Night Live” on May 14th.
Elliott Kalan (Writer) and Kristen Schaal (Contributor)
- As part 92Y Tribeca’s Closely Watched Films series, Elliott and special guest Kristen Schaal will be discussing Elmor Rice’s “Counsellor at Law” (1933), on May 4th at 7:30PM.
John Oliver (Correspondent & Writer)
- John talks to the Av Club about the second season of “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show”, and his work on “Community” and “The Daily Show” - in which he dicusses how he used to watch Stephen’s unedited interview tapes, to prepare for his own interviews.
- John will be performing at the “Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Benefit” to be held on 10th May at Carolines on Broadway, NY.
Josh Gad (Contributor)
- Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells (Jersey Boys) talks to ABC News about “The Book of Mormon”.
Kristen Schaal (Contributor)
- Kristen stars in a web series promoting Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play (The Playstation Phone).
Olivia Munn (Correspondent)
- Olivia will be a guest on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on Friday, 6th May.
Samantha Bee (Correspondent)
- Sam will co-host 2011 Lucille Lortel Awards with Zazh Braff. The ceremony will be held on 1st May at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
Steve Carell (Former Correspondent)
- Steve will be a guest on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on 2nd May.
Wyatt Cenac (Correspondent & Writer)
- Wyatt’s first ever comedy special “Wyatt Cenac: Comedy Person” debutes on Saturday, May 14 at 11:00PM.
Friends of the Show
Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy)
- Amy talks about her character Sue Lemon, and what it was like working with Neil Patrick Harris in the new indie comedy “The Best and the Brightest” in this on set interview.
Conan O’Brien (Conan)
- Conan was recently a guest on “WTF with Marc Maron” in which he reveals how he was severely beaten by a gang in High School.
Martha Plimpton (Company)
- Martha will be a guest on “Live with Regis and Kelly” on 27th May.
Steve Martin (Friend of the Show)
- Steve will be a guest on “Conan” on 3rd May.
Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers (Friend of the Show)
- Steve will be a guest on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on 3rd May.
Link: Amy Sedaris ‘Simple Times’ iPhone App
Six Degrees: Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello featured in ‘Funny or Die’ video
‘Colbert Report’ producer Paul Dinello and the cutest hobo ever, Amy Sedaris, star in this exclusive ‘Funny or Die’ video promoting the Chipotle’s “Wrap What You Love” contest. If you look closely at the dinner table, you’ll also see the ‘Colbert Report’ resident koala f@#ker, Matt Lappin.
Amy Sedaris’ Golden First Date - watch more funny videos
Tip of the Hat to our buddy Katie over at AmySedarisRocks!
Six Degrees: Art Edition.
G’day Zoners! I hope your all enjoying April Fool’s Day, and more importantly brushing up on your “Friday” lyrics so you can all sing-a-long with Stephen tonight. As much as I loathe that song I really hope Stephen can put the TGI back in Friday - it was once my favourite day of the week. But I digress. This week in Six Degrees News Jon Stewart makes a cameo in “The Adjustment Bureau”, Jason Jones is co-starring in a new CBS comedy pilot, Lewis Black stopped by “The Late Late Show”, Mark Malkoff will be a guest on “Beer Diplomacy”, Amy Sedaris has a new iPad App, Conan talks about “Conan O’Brian Can’t Stop” and Movits! are touring Canada and The US
The Daily Show
The Daily Show and Jon Stewart
- Thanks to eagle eyed Zoner RobM who recently saw “The Adjustment Bureau” for catching this:
“Jon Stewart and The Daily Show are featured somewhat prominently in The Adjustment Bureau? A clip of Matt Damon’s Congressman character appearing on the show is included in the opening montage, and in the second half of the movie he goes back on the show and there’s some short scenes that take place “backstage.””
- Also thanks to Zoner lockhart43 for providing this clip in which Matt Damon explains how Jon came to be in the movie - Spoiler alert: Jon ad-libbed all of his lines.
Jon Stewart (Host)
- Jon has been announced as the special guest for the New York Food Banks 9th Annual Can-Do Awards Dinner on Thursday, April 7th at Abigail Kirsch’s Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on the Hudson River, NY.
- Jon will be performing at the Palace Theatre in Columbus, OH on Friday, April 29th at 7:30PM.
Brian Unger (Former Correspondant)
- Brian will host a new series for “The History Channel” called “How the States Got Their Shapes” which sets out to uncover the mysteries of the U.S. map, from the back stories of the jagged edges to the roots of the unusual shapes.
Jason Jones (Correspondant)
- Jason will co-star alongside Heather Locklear in the CBS comedy pilot “The Assistants”.
John Oliver (Correspondant & Writer)
- John was the featured guest on Nerdist Podcast #69.
- John talks to “The Globe and Mail”, “State News”, and “Paste Magazine” about working on The Daily Show, John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Special and his role as Vanity Smurf in the upcoming movie “The Smurf’s”.
Josh Gad (Contributor)
- Josh talks to “The A.V Club” about his role in the new Matt Stone / Trey Parker musical “The Book of Mormon”.
Kahane Cooperman (Co-Executive Producer)
- Kahan talks to the “Montclair Patch” about balancing family life with her job at “The Daily Show.”
Lewis Black (Contributor)
- Lewis was recently a guest on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”.
Lizz Winstead (The Daily Show Co-Creator)
- Lizz will be spending the month of July on tour benefiting Planned Parenthood.
Olivia Munn (Correspondant)
- Olivia was recently a guest on “Conan”
Samantha Bee (Correspondant)
- David Goodman of The Huffington Post goes “One-on-One” with Sam.
Steve Carell (Former Correspondant)
- Steve’s final episode of “The Office” will air on April 28th.
Wyatt Cenac (Correspondant & Writer) and Kristen Schaal (Contributor)
- Wyatt and Kristen will be appearing at “The Videogum 3rd Annual Comedy Show and Party” on Thursday, April 7th at Bell House Brooklyn.
The Colbert Report
Ben Karlin (Co-Creator)
- Ben has signed a new two-year deal with ABC Studios to develop projects for the studio through his company SuperEgo Industries.
Mark Malkoff (Former Audience Co-Ordinator)
- Mark will be a guest at “Beer Diplomacy” on Monday, April 4th.
- Mark talks to Arik Abel about The Art of Living Virally”.
Tom Purcell (Executive Producer & Writer)
- Tom talks to the South Bend Tribune about his career, working on “The Colbert Report” and describes Stephen as “He’s the type of guy that you say my mom likes him more than she likes me. He’s so polite.”
Friends of the Show
Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy)
- Check out the new “Simple Times” iPad App.
- The trailer for Amy’s new film “The Best and The Brightest” has been released.
Conan O’Brien (Conan)
- Congratulations to Conan who won the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at “The Shorty Awards.
- Conan talks to the New York Times about “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” a documentary by Rodman Flender that goes on the road and behind-the-scenes of last year’s “Legally Prohibited Tour”.
- Conan was featured alongside Saturday Night Live’s Seth Meyes in Martha Stewart’s “Men Who Make Us Laugh”.
Dana Carvey (The Dana Carvey Show)
- Dana was recently a guest on “The Late Show with David Letterman”.
- Split Sider takes a “Look Back at The Dana Carvey Show”.
- Dana will be performing at The Orleans Showroom in Las Vegas, NV on April 16 - 17th at 8:00PM.
Dan Savage (Friend of the Show and Advice Columnist)
- Dan was recently a guest on “The Gayle King Show” to discuss his YouTube project turned book “It Gets Better”.
Jimmy Fallon (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and 6 Month BFF)
- Jimmy was recently a guest on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”.
Movits! (Band and Friends of the Show)
- Movits! will be touring the US and Canda this April and May. Check out Movits.se for the full list of tour dates and venues.
Six Degrees: Break Week Edition.
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)
