DeCoster and I represent the UCB’s commitment to new comedy in today’s issue of AM New York. Above is from our sketch “Harpooned” which opens Seven Fights. Thanks to Dyna for making that harpoon look pretty good! We’re not credited in the caption so I will do that here: “Matt DeCoster questions why Will Hines won’t comment on allegations that he has been harpooned.”
Separately, I’m doing stand-up tonight at 8pm at Pianos. Come check me out, friends.
Mine and DeCoster’s sketch show — Seven Fights — goes up one last time tomorrow, Friday Feb. 8 at SEVEN PM. We’re gonna tape it. Two things:
- Please come see it! I know many of you have and thank you. But if anyone could stop by tomorrow we could use you. We’ve evolved the show over its run and this is a nice final draft version. It’s shorter, snappier and better than the one we debuted at Spank last August — and we liked that one!
- Can anyone tape it? If I could get two people — one for closeups and one for a wide shot, that’d be great. Though I’d settle for just [...]
The gym is crowded this month, what with everyone and their resolutions. I go the gym about twice a week and perform a workout routine so haphazard and inconsistent that it probably doesn’t improve my body as much as confuse it. It’s like going into a library for fifteen minutes, reading 6 pages from the middle of a Russian novel chosen at random and then leaving. Still, I tell myself, it’s infinitely better than doing nothing.
I also met with iBadger, a sketch group at UCBT whom I’m directing this month. I’ve been around the UCBT scene long enough, and have done enough sketch within its tiny world, that I have decent experience. Still, I realize now that no one should [...]
Mine and DeCoster’s sketch show “Seven Fights” is up at the UCBT tonight at 8pm paired with the awesome “Blitzkrieg! A Sketch Show From The Future.” We don’t have any other dates scheduled so if you’re interested in seeing it, tonight’s your night. Do you need to be enticed? Okay. At one point Matt says to me “Hey man, did you get a chance to read that young adult novel manuscript I sent you?” And at another point one of us is wearing a concert T-shirt from David Lee Roth’s “Skyscraper” tour. So there’s that.
My cable stopped working 24 hours after it had been installed. A man is here [...]
Part of my job here at AOL is filming and producing videos for Mo Rocca (he has a blog with us). It is terrific fun. We make three a week, which means we’re making them fast and furious, just my speed. Sketch stuff at UCBT and video with Channel 102 stuff was decent preparation for this run-and-gun style. It doesn’t hurt to have Mo and his thousands of ideas, either.
Usually, the pieces are simple man-on-the-street or interviews with a political hook. Sometimes we choose to be silly with little justification, like with the one shown below. We were in a hurry for a third piece, so we filmed Mo getting a free shave and massage, then had [...]
Seven Fights is tonight, people. 8pm at UCBT. Let’s enjoy some sketch comedy.
Saw Morrissey Friday night. He was great; I coulda used more Smiths, but who couldn’t? One of the best parts of the show was the strange film clips they play instead of house music. Among the footage: a stilted wardrobe test of James Dean and his co-star for East of Eden; a clip from the old tv show The Untouchables with Eliot Ness and his boys talking about a thug named ‘Morrissey’; and a German variety show featuring a performance from The New York Dolls.
I also loved how Morrissey’s [...]
The following video is in Matt DeCoster’s and my sketch show Seven Fights:
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Seven Fights is up this Saturday the 15th at 7:30pm at UCBT. Think about it! We’re up with Rob Latham’s Get Psyched.
DeCoster and I are performing our sketch show Saturday night at 7:30pm. We perform again in two weeks on the 15th. We are paired with the inimitable Robert Lathan and his “Get Psyched” show.
Details:
UCB Theatre
307 West 26th Street (& 8th Ave.)
Cost: $8
Reservations: 212-366-9176 or go online here.
Written by and starring Matt DeCoster and Will Hines.
Also featuring Kevin Hines. Directed by Dyna Moe.
Other ridiculous pictures:
Wednesday July 11 at 7pm at UCBT:
DeCoster and Hines in
7 Fights: A Sketch Show About Winning
Directed by Dyna Moe
$5
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More Sketch and Awe at UCBT — 7pm tonight! Get out of work and stop by.
Cast: Sarah Burns, Jeff Hiller, Lennon Parham, Ben Rodgers, Charles Sanders
Writers: Susannah Becket, Anthony King, Chris Kula, Megan Neuringer, Shannon O’Neill, Gavin Speiller, Joe Wengert, Will Hines and the cast.
And now I will arbitrarily assign nicknames to all of those people and link their names to the first result from Google Images that has nothing to do with them:
Sarah “Desktop” Burns,
Jeff “Rock Quarry” Hiller,
Lennon “Slingshot” Parham,
Ben “Chuckles” Rodgers,
Charles “Charles Sanders” Sanders,
Susannah “Converyer Belt” Becket,
Anthony “Martini” King,
Chris “Dishwasher” Kula,
Megan “The [...]
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On my iTunes now:
Love Of My Life by Queen from "A Night At The Opera"
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