For more about Natali Del Conte go here.
P.S. I’ll try to get her lobster corn chowder recipe today and then I’ll post it and then it’ll be like my blog is not only silly and all about me but it’ll be silly and all about chowder and kind of servicey and maybe one day I’ll even have a tab you can click that says “chowder” or maybe “soup” so at the top it’ll be like “About” “Bio” “Reel” “Upcoming Appearances” “Video” “Soup”
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Today my guest is comedian and Brooklynite Eugene Mirman who recently gave a hilarious commencement speech at a high school graduation. Was that redundant? I mean, you wouldn’t really give a commencement speech at a prom. Or sporting event. Or a funeral. Yet if I were to say that he recently gave a commencement speech at a high school that would sound, well, it just would sound sort of incomplete while being technically correct. Anyway, enjoy. Tomorrow my guest is notorious internet figure Julia Allison.
If you recognize that last name it’s because Alfred is Bill Schulz from Red Eye’s younger brother. He’s a DJ moving to New York in a couple days. Listen and watch as I ask him probing questions about dogs. Seriously, apparently dogs were all I cared about this morning because I found a way to drive the conversation back to them repeatedly. I was like a pit bull, you know? Now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to go lift my leg on something. Or squat which would be more gender-appropriate.
If you need more Robert Giampa, here’s the two of us talking about Rosenation and “the magic face.”
Do you love visual puns and physical comedy? Then please love this video. In other news, I’m wearing my retainers right now for the first time in awhile, hence the lisp and the drooling. (Not in the video, but right now.) It’s pretty hot.
More info about Diana? Go here.
So I had to edit out a few seconds from the beginning and end of this and then I had to cut out 8 seconds where the phone is ringing. I hope the slick production isn’t distracting. I also hope YouTube chokes on a sock for making me edit to fit their time parameters. Yeah that’s right. A sock. Chokes on a sock. I said it and I’ll say it again.
Anywhoozies, today I talked to Paula the former frontwoman of the band I played in and the current frontwoman of The Heels. Check them out here.
In other news, Hannity called today to see if I wanted to come on the panel. I was half expecting them to ask if I could come on tonight since I get a fair amount of last minute calls to do live TV but instead they want to know if I can come on in August. I’m sorry, that’s when I summer in a coconut, I explained. It’s a large coconut that sleeps 12 though the most we’ve ever had in there at one time was 8. Also, I’ve never had this much advance notice for anything. I’m probs going to have to get my shoes dyed to match for the occasion!
Anthony Pignataro and I used to work at the OC Weekly. He always wore shorts, hence the invention of his alter ego, Tony LongPants, who wears pants. I think this amused the rest of us more than it amused Anthony, as you’ll see when I bring it up. Anthony lived in Maui for many years after Orange County and worked as the editor-in-chief of the Maui Time Weekly. He’s written a book called Remember The Technicolor Dreamboat: And Other Tales of Maui’s Misfits featuring some of those stories which you can buy here.
Related reading?
I briefly mentioned graffiti. This is the story I was referring to.
And the headache dance is referred to here.
And here’s Anthony’s account of the Rick Dees run-in.