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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.

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.

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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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G’day Zoners!! and welcome to the latest Six Degrees round up. This week we have some exciting new projects from the TCR writers, interviews with Amy and David Sedaris and Jon Stewart joins the 9/11 Memorial Board.

The Colbert Report

Jay Katsir and Rob Dubbin (Writers)

• The popular children’s educational program “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego”, written by Jay, Rob and gaming/music journalist Chris Dahlen will be released as a Facebook game on February 9th.

Max Werner (Writer)

• Max’s script “Fun Size” has been picked up by Paramount Pictures, and will make the directorial debute of “Chuck” creator Josh Schwartz.

The Daily Show

Jon Stewart (Host/Writer)

• Jon has been appointed to the board of National September 11 Memorial and Museum.

Aasif Mandvi (Correspondant)

• Aasif talks to Al Jazerea about diversity in Hollywood and cultural stereotypes in the US film industry.

Elliott Kalan (Writer)

• As part 92Y Tribeca’s Closely Watched Films series, Elliott will be discussing Hal Ashby’s “The Landlord” (1970), on February 2nd at 7:30PM.

John Hodgman (Contributor)

• John will be hosting a “comedy cabaret” at Wilco’s second Solid Sound Festival from June 24-26 at Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA.

Josh Gad (Contributor)

• Created by and starring Josh, the new series “Gigi: Almost American” will debut as the first original digital series from BBC Worldwide Productions (co-produced and distributed by “My Damn Channel” and the comedy troupe “The Lost Nomads”).

Kristen Schaal (Contributor)

• Kristen talks to the A.V Club and TV Squad about her voice-over work in the new animated series “Bob’s Burgers”.

Paul Mecurio (Warm-Up Comedian)

• Paul will be on “The Sean Hannity Show” on Wednesday, February 2nd.

Friends of the Show

Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy)

• Amy will be a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Monday, February 7th.

• Amy recently lent her voice to an episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” entitled “Legends of Bikini Bottom:Trench Billies”.

Conan O’Brien (Friend of the Show)

• CBS has picked up the multi-camera comedy pilot “Vince Uncensored” by Conan’s production company “Conaco”. Conan will serve as executive producer, with the show to be written by Phoef Sutton (Cheers).

Dana Carvey (The Dana Carvey Show)

• Dana will be a guest on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” on Thursday, February 3rd.

David Sedaris (Friend of the Show)

• David talks to Heeb Magazine about his “Squirell Seeks Chipmunk” book tour.

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