Category Archives: Comedy

Better Radio Episode #08: Robotic Arms

Posted by Lauren Brenner on February 23, 2011 – 12:01 pm
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New episode of my FAVORITE PODCAST EVER!

The computer takes a vacation day, and Sheldon’s mind goes too.

Transmissions:

• Pet Tank
• Diani & Devine: Wedding Witch
• Visual Aids
• Back to School
• Book of Z-Rob: Warning Shots

Featuring: G. Maximilian Zarou, Nicola Clarke, Rob Schultz, Matt Walsh, Anne Freiermuth, Fletcher Kauffman, Gabriel Diani, Etta Devine, Mike Clark, Russell Anderson, Dane Anderson, Sasha Huff, Matt Besser, Diana Wright, Jack Alison, Kenny Beck, Nick Mandernach, Paul Mueller, Dan Waters, and Tim Greer. And Z-Rob! With original tunes by Darius Holbert. ‘Wedding Witch’ transmission written by Diani & Devine.  ’Back to School’ transmission written by Mike Clark and Dane Anderson. Production and Sound Design by Russell August Anderson. Written & Directed by Rob Schultz.

Hear it today at http://betterRadio.tumblr.com/ and subscribe to the show in iTunes!

Enjoy!

Better Radio Episode #07

Posted by Lauren Brenner on February 9, 2011 – 4:07 pm
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Hey guys!  New episode of Better Radio, the scripted comedy podcast, is up!  I’m PUMPED!

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Better Radio Episode #7: 100 Days

The Jeff receives a mandatory psychological exam.

This month: one crew member WILL DIE!

Transmissions:

1. The Shawshank Reredemption
2. Time For Art
3. The Harlem Globetrotters of Pedophiles
4. Kill More Humans
5. Book of Z-Rob: Holidays

Featuring: G. Maximilian Zarou, Nicola Clarke, Rob Schultz, David Brand, Kenny Beck, Anne Freiermuth, Matt Walsh, Fletcher Kauffman, Matt Besser, Jake Regal, Nick Mandernach, David Malki !, Paul Mueller, Jack Allison, Erin McGathy, Jonny Svarzbein, Gabriel Diani, Sasha Huff, and Tim Greer. And Z-Rob! With original tunes by Darius Holbert. Production and Sound Design by Russell August Anderson. ‘Globetrotters’ transmission written by Asterios Kokkinos. Written & Directed by Rob Schultz.

Download the M4A Enhanced Podcast, the plain ol’ MP3, or listen in iTunes!

Originally posted on January 18, 2011.

An Arbuckle Christmas, new link

Posted by Lauren Brenner on March 29, 2010 – 11:50 pm
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Hey Guys,  Youtube decided to take down the Arbuckle Christmas video, so I thought I’d send it over to Vimeo.

An Arbuckle Christmas (with Twist Ending)

An Arbuckle Thanksgiving (with Twist Ending)

Posted by Lauren Brenner on May 13, 2009 – 8:33 am
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After months of recovery in the wake of his Christmas psychotic break, things are finally looking up for Jon Arbuckle. He has a true desire to get better, a new medication that is just right for him, and – best of all – a date for Thanksgiving dinner! But before the turkey is even carved, Jon finds that some inner demons are too hungry to shut out…

Desmond is my Constant

Posted by Lauren Brenner on February 25, 2009 – 12:13 pm
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Desmond Hume is truly my constant.  I’d love this on a shirt!

Desmond is my Constant

The 80s Cafe Hatch

Posted by Lauren Brenner on August 22, 2008 – 8:05 am
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There are a lot of hatches on the island in LOST, but I think this is the one I’d most want to be stationed at.

An Arbuckle Christmas

Posted by Lauren Brenner on April 4, 2008 – 8:06 pm
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Hey everyone! After a break, I’m back with a new post and it’s a good one.  It’s another Garfield video to wet your whistles! And be sure not to miss the twist ending! It’s a big twist!

“Jon Arbuckle, an awkward young man dealing with the aftermath of his childhood schizophrenia, revisits the rural town he grew up in for the Holidays. While home, he learns the true meaning of Christmas when he spends some much needed time with his grandmother who is dealing with the early effects of Alzheimer’s.”

UPDATE:

Here’s the new Vimeo posting, since YouTube decided to take the video down.

An Arbuckle Christmas (with Twist Ending)

Multiplicity: Apocalypse

Posted by Lauren Brenner on January 4, 2008 – 4:41 pm
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I put together this little trailer mash-up for a video contest at my college (go University of Colorado at Boulder!). It’s a spin on the classic 1996 film Multiplicity… if Michael Keaton’s clones were to continue expanding to a catastrophic degree.

Leisure Suit Artie?

Posted by Lauren Brenner on November 29, 2007 – 2:50 pm
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Leisure Suit Larry - Love for SailAny and all adventure game news gets me going, and this is certainly an unexpected story. Word over at Artie Lange’s blog is that he’ll be voicing Big Al in a new Leisure Suit Larry game. Artie’s involvement isn’t shocking so much as the shear fact that a new Leisure Suit Larry game is being made. The last Leisure Suit Larry game released did not turn a lot of profit, but there is the possibility the adventure game audience has been growing as a result of the several successful Nintendo DS “adventure games.” If you ask me, there would be nothing better than a renewed interest in the genre. Could it be people are leaning more towards good story than good graphics?

[via Joystiq]

Michael Showalter’s “Sandwiches & Cats” and Michael Ian Black’s “I’m a Wonderful Man”

Posted by Lauren Brenner on November 19, 2007 – 5:15 pm
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“Sandwiches and Cats” coverOnly a few weeks after Michael Ian Black’s solo comedy album I’m a Wonderful Man was released, Michael Showalter (a.k.a. the hot one) is out with his own sketch/stand-up hybrid entitled Sandwiches & Cats. While Black’s effort is a taping of one of his live shows, Showalter’s album is not entirely compiled of stand-up segments and benefits from a handful of songs (or, more accurately, narration over music) and sketches.

If nothing else, it’s interesting to finally shatter the Stella triad and get a glimpse into what two members contribute individually. Check em’ out!

Update: A recent interview with Michael Showalter confirms the development of a The State sketch comedy movie about the history of America. [via Pitchfork Media]