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TRACY MORGAN MEETS GEORGE LUCAS
First up is the gift that keeps on giving, 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan. Tracy has given us some of our favorite videos we’ve seen online and this is no exception. Watch Chappelle Show co-creator Neal Brennan and Tracy recount a pitch meeting at Dreamworks and their encounter with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.
LETTERMAN’S “TOP TEN FAVORITE NUMBERS” WITH CASEY KASEM
Letterman’s Top 10 Lists have been a calling card over the years, but this one is special as Casey Kasem counts down Dave’s Top 10 Favorite Numbers. One of our favorite numbers is 4, so take a look here and see Dave’s yearbook photo along with 16 Other Amazing Yearbook Photos Of Comedians.
WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO FUNNY PEOPLE
The LA Weekly’s Libby Molyneaux has a great story on When Bad Things Happen To Funny People, including stories from Matt Braunger, Doug Stanhope, Elayne Boosler, Howard Kremer, Andy Daly and more.
L.A. is filled with un-sitcomed standup comics. Many are extremely talented and will make you laugh till you hurt yourself. These are the professionals. As a service to our readers, who could use a break from their worries, we’ve asked a sampling of the best comics (some you’ve heard of, some you will hear of) to share their best Hollywood horror stories — auditions, day jobs, head shots, meetings gone very, very wrong. Go ahead, feel their pain.
MATT BRAUNGER
Me: “Hi, how are you? I’m here for the audition.”
Sign-in girl: “Hi. Name?”
Me: “Matt Braunger. Um, my agent didn’t tell me what role I’m auditioning for.”
Sign-in girl: “Matt Bron … ?”
Me: “Braunger. B as in boy, R, A, U … ”
Sign-in girl: “Oh, here you are, Matt. Yep. You’re going in for the role of … UNATTRACTIVE MAN.”
DOUG STANHOPE
L.A. is the only place in the world where getting a job is a bad thing. Everywhere else, people go out to dinner and celebrate when they get a job. In L.A. it’s a point of shame. “Ya, I had to get a day job.”
LAURA KIGHTLINGER IN A SKYBOX AT THE STAPLES CENTER
Four words…“Careful, they’re pot cookies.”
TODAY’S TWITTER “MUST FOLLOW” – JOHN HEFFRON
And today’s twitter “must follow” is Last Comic Standing winner John Heffron due to our love of his “last tweets.” Here are the first two in the 10 Funniest Last Tweets Of Famous People and you can follow John here.
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