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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.

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