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Jessica St. Clair as Lanny’s Ex-Wife

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Lanny’s Ex-Wife Cheryl. Rob and I got our old UCBT compadres to be in our show at the LA theatre. Jessica St. Clair played Lanny’s ex-wife Cheryl. Jessica took classes at the same time as Rob and I. I love that she almost breaks here after saying “lasers.” The whole Get Psyched LA show is broken into chapters on YouTube. See St. Clair, Jackie Clarke, Nate Shelkey, Sean Clements, Paul Scheer and Ed Helms. And me. And Rob Lathan.

Buy our book from me in person for TEN BUCKS! Or online for 12 (includes shipping cost) at http://www.getpsyched.biz.

Written by Will

March 15th, 2010 at 2:49 pm

Get Psyched: Los Angeles and New Promo

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Rob and I are going to LA to do a Get Psyched! show at UCBT-LA this Thursday March 4! Guest stars include: Ed Helms, Nate Shelkey, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Jackie Clarke and Jessica St. Claire! And Dr. Lanny Latham and Will Hines. Fun, right? It sure is!

Also, see Lanny’s most recent promo for his book here:

Written by Will

March 1st, 2010 at 3:16 pm

Top Ten Good Movies You Haven’t Seen

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Created by Tom Levin and Will Hines in a hurry. Ten movies we like that are good that you haven’t seen that you should check out.

1. Winter Light
2. Two Lane Blacktop
3. Suspiria
4. My Man Godfrey
5. Putney Swope
6. Nashville
7. Last Days
8. Defending Your Life*
9. Iron Giant
10. Dogville

Our opinion on this matter is final. Your subjective opinion, should it differ, is wrong. Enjoy.

*Was “His Girl Friday” but we decided that was too obvious.

Written by Will

February 27th, 2010 at 8:24 pm

UCBT-NY Won’t Cancel Classes Because Doing So Would Eff Everything Up

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A short essay written as one of the people running classes at UCBT-NY: The title “Why We Are Extremely Hesitant To Cancel Classes No Matter How Big A Snowstorm.”

Even during a huge snowstorm, UCBT-NY is extremely hesistant to cancel classes. We basically won’t do it (with few exceptions) as long as the subway is running. But lots of students protest that we’re being crazy — that it’s a major pain to come out during the snow or at the very least a bummer, especially when many other schools/businesses close.

The reason I am hesitant to push for canceling classes is that it makes for MAJOR scheduling problems. We have seven classes a night at the training center. When they end, another seven will begin the next week, and those are already scheduled and sold. If we bump a given night’s classes, then we also have to bump the next round that’s scheduled. We also have to bump any class shows that are associated with those classes. So that’s rescheduling 14 classes plus however many class shows. Add to this the frequent (and understandable) complaint that we don’t have enough classes. It means that giving a snow day is a major logistical problem. Major! So if a snowstorm means an unpleasant trudge to the subway for the majority of our students, it’s better than the logistical problems of moving classes, class shows and scheduling teachers that postponing would mean.

Public schools have built-in snow days. Businesses do not, but they are open so many days a year that they simply afford to miss one here and there. It wouldn’t make sense for us to expand all classes by a week so we could easily skip one — since we’d only end up using it for maybe 16 classes a year. Students are permitted two absences — it’s the closest we have to building in scheduling flexibility.

It sucks, but we don’t keep the school open during a snowstorm to be dicks. It’s because our other options are way more problematic that a student might assume.

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February 26th, 2010 at 10:34 am

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Some of My Favorite Opening Lines

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As hurriedly referenced in Cagematch tonight!

“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. ” – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. ” – Lolita.

“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” – 100 Years Of Solitude

“Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face.” – Watchmen

And I thought The Dark Knight Returns started with “This would be a good death” but it’s “I’ve got the home stretch all to myself when the readings stop making sense.”

Year One is “Gotham City. Maybe It’s all I deserve now. Maybe it’s just my time in hell.”

Fun!

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February 26th, 2010 at 2:36 am

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The Art of Jaime Hernandez

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The Art of Jaime Hernandez (subtitled “The Secrets of Life and Death”) is out in April! Anyone who likes cool things is required to purchase it.

Good title, too! Thank you Kevin for telling me about this!

Written by Will

February 24th, 2010 at 4:21 pm

The Indigenous Flowers of Southern California

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The Indigenous Flowers of Southern California Ep. 1 – Mitch Magee’s first Funny Or Die series. This is right up my alley. Who is this man talking to in his bathroom? Just how many flowers are there? How big IS that bathtub? Adam Pally and Eugene Cordero are great, as is the rest of the cast as the series unfolds. Watch all four parts or else you’re a big nerd. Each one ends strong and the end of episode four is my favorite thing in all of media.

“Flowers bowl me over.”

Written by Will

February 24th, 2010 at 9:05 am

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Get Psyched! The Show! Saturday 8pm The Creek

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Get Psyched! The Book! Live! Come see Dr. Lanny Latham, his ex-boss Principal Pam Peterson, his three-time-ex-wife Cheryl Latham, his rival Dr. Timothy “Timmy” Robbings, his ex-drug buddy Stan and his current inadvertant co-author Will Hines!

With special opening act Sean Patton, a brilliant stand-up who will have no idea what is going on.

SATURDAY 8pm at THE CREEK in Long Island City! Come see!

Read some sample pages if you want to see what the book is all about.

Written by Will

February 19th, 2010 at 6:30 pm

Numbalex: Depressed Yet?

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Numbalex. A commercial for an anti-depressants that tries to get you depressed! I love this! It’s by the beta team The Brig, which I have the pleasure to a coach for. They are hilarious.

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February 18th, 2010 at 11:42 am

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Get Psyched! Two Readings!

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Do you guys remember how Rob Lathan and I wrote a book called Get Psyched!? Weird, right? Well we did and we have TWO readings for it this week — one Thursday and one Saturday!

1) Thursday Feb. 18 at 7:30pm at Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene, Brooklyn! 686 Fulton Street! With Edith Zimmerman and Elan Baker. We will be there as part of the monthly literary humor show STEAMBOAT hosted by the Bob Powers who is as wry as shit!

2) Saturday 8pm at The Creek! Get Psyched Live! Rob and I and a bunch of other hilarious people read from the book!

Come buy our book! TEN BUCKS if you buy it right out of my hands! Or get it for $12 from getpsyched.biz!

Don’t take my word for it! Here’s Dr. Lanny Latham reading from the book right now!

Written by Will

February 16th, 2010 at 12:57 am

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