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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”.

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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.

Original Article

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.

• 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.

Original Article

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.

Original Article

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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