“Palpable” is the best word to describe the buzz that’s been brewing over this new HBO series (what other word would you use?). Indeed, “New Zealand’s fourth most popular folk parody duo” appear to be up for the task of taking on America. The premiere is on June 17th, but they’ve already posted the series’ pilot online and it certainly is magical…
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Now, if you’re saving your eyeballs for the official premiere night, let us just add that not one, but TWO of our favorite Super Deluxe stars make an appearance.
One is Eugene Mirman (seen here holding a faucet with the show’s stars, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement).
The other is Kristen Schaal (seen here being her awesome self).
I also have it on good authority (?) that one of the “Conchords” cast members, Rhys Darby, is so funny, he routinely held up production on the set with his, well, funniness (seen here as the “Conchords” manager).
“One dolphin swims towards the shore and sends you a telepathic message to join them. Slowly, you enter the water and move towards the dolphins. One dolphin swims to you and gently touches you.”
“You take hold of his fin and he takes you to join the others. The dolphin pod moves over to greet you—each one expressing a different sound—you feel a loving energy from them. You listen to their tones and feel the sensation throughout your body and mind.”
“Now that you have become ONE with the dolphins, tell them anything you wish for them to know. Then ask the dolphins if they have a special message for you. Wait for a few minutes in silence while you receive their message. It may come as a voice, an image, or an internal knowing.”
Did you know that we’re all connected? Each and every one of us. By little cosmic threads I like to call “connectors.” Or “connection threads.” Or “connectivity thread module nodes.”
Take for example: the good folk at McSweeney’s have just published a hysterical new book called Comedy By The Numbers. As the title suggests, it’s an easy-to-follow manual on how to make comedy just like funny people do!
Now, here’s where the “connectivity thread module nodes” come in: Comedy By The Numbers was co-written by this guy…
That’s Eric Hoffman. Among his many accomplishments, he was a writer for Mr. Show. And now he plays Schnitt Snuz in Jay Johnston’s Super Deluxe series, The Snuz Brothers.
See. Isn’t that neat? Don’t you just love “connectivity module node transmittors” (or whatever they’re called) now?
The last time we saw David, we were all in Austin at South by Southwest—just horsing around, cutting up, and putting Super Deluxe stickers on Jon Benjamin (who told us just to “leave them on”).
Fast-forward to today: against our better judgement, we recently permitted Eugene Mirman to imprison David in some kind of laser cage.
We think Eugene even destroys David at the end of today’s new Space Talk From Dimension Eugene, but you’ll have to watch it and judge for yourself.
Also, if you haven’t seen this clip from a recent Law & Order yet, watch it right now. Mr. Cross gets all serious and teary-eyed like you’ve never seen him before.
Hello, everybody! We’d like to introduce you to a nice, young man that we’ll be working with soon.
Isn’t he hunky?
His name is Ben Schwartz, and he’s a improv/sketch comedian and freelance writer. Not only does he do stuff for Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken, he’s also been writing jokes for David Letterman’s monologue and Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” for a couple of years now.
So, he’s funny. Even funnier, he takes all the jokes that get rejected from SNL and Letterman and tells them in weekly bits called … Rejected Jokes.
Here’s a really good one with Saturday Night Live/Daily Show regular, Rob Riggle, who Ben is teaming up with for his show on Super Deluxe.
We don’t want to give too much away, but Ben and Rob’s Super Deluxe show is going to be about basketball. And it’ll be funny. We promise.
We thought she looked familiar. We’re talking about the sultry lead actress in Honor Student’s “Dream Land.”
Sure enough, that’s Avy Lee Roth.
Refresh our memory, you say? Well, she maintains she’s David Lee Roth’s daughter (a claim the former Van Halen singer has yet to confirm or deny). But more importantly, she’s also starred in a butt-load of porn.
Ever catch Hell Kats? Maybe you caught her in Assploitations 4? Or Incumming 5? Filth And Fury 2? My Sister’s Hot Friend 1? There’s Something About Jack 32? Internal Explosions 4? Fresh New Faces 5? No Swallowing Allowed 5? Perverted Point Of View 7? Border Hoppers 2? Take It Black? We Take It Black? White Sluts, Black Nuts 4? Double Play 2? Young Latin Girls 14? Vivas Las Latinas? Babysitter 19? Attention Whores 3? Chicas Calientes? Double Teamed 3? Hot Sauce 2? Wet Brunettes 3?
No?
What about The Last Whore House On The Left?
Sure, Atlanta’s home to Outkast, Ludacris, T.I., Cee-Lo, Goodie Mob, Ying Yang Twins, Lil’ Jon, Jermaine Dupri, Dallas Austin, Young Jeezy, Lil’ Scrappy, Killer Mike, TLC, Usher, Monica, 112, Ciara, Bonecrusher, Yung Joc, Majesty, Keith Sweat, Dem Franchize Boyz, Youngbloodz, Trillville … and a little metal group called MASTODON!!!
But it’s really nice to see some of the lesser-known acts here getting so much exposure lately (the Black Lips, Deerhunter, Snowden, Manchester Orchestra anyone?). And now it seems MTV has taken a brief moment from its reality TV programming to pay respects…
“Anomalous”
“Filled with something man-made that looked like nano-technology”
Plus, it’s called a “poppy quarter.” Sounds like some kind of drug reference to me.
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