Our movie A Futile and Stupid Gesture starts NEXT FRIDAY on Netflix! Check it out, AND...

If you're at SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL...

"My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes"

I had the honor of narrating My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes - a beautiful short film by Charlie Tyrell. I'll be at this screening:
Sunday night (Jan 21) 9pm at the Temple Theater in Park City (INFO)

"The Future of Indie TV" panel

Join me and Stephanie Allain (Leimert Park), Steven Soderbergh (The King) and Bernie Su (chief creative officer, Canvas Media Studios) discussing the current state of independent television and what’s to come. Info here
Wednesday afternoon, (Jan 24) 2pm - Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., second floor

A Futile and Stupid Gesture WORLD PREMIERE !

I'll be there with the cast and crew for Q&A!
Wed, Jan 24, 9:30pm Eccles Theater
+ more screenings Thurs, Fri, Sat - info here

If you're in SAN FRANCISCO...

SOUNDTRACKS LIVE!

We're mounting another classic 80's movie on stage with live music and a cast of comic superstars including Fred Armisen • Matt Ballard • Owen Burke • Rachel Dratch • Thomas Lennon • Jack McBrayer • A.D. Miles • Amy Miles • Paula Pell • Michael Showalter • Bob Stephenson • Bobby Tisdale
Sat Jan 27, 4pm, Marines Memorial Theater

Upright Citizens Brigade: ASSSSCAT

I'll be doing monologues with the best improvisers there are: Matt Besser • Jon Gabrus • Jessica McKenna • Ian Roberts • Horatio Sanz • Matt Walsh
Sat, Jan 27th, 7pm, The Nourse

Mo Willems & Friends: Don't Let The Comedians Do Storytime!

#1 NYTimes bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems returns to Sketchfest with another stellar group of close personal acquaintances and comedy royalty to perform some of his best-loved books featuring The Pigeon, Elephant & Piggie, and Knuffle Bunny! Fun for all, it's a morning or laughs, drawing, a sneak-peek premier of an unpublished book, and Mo!
Sunday Jan 28, 11am (SOLD OUT / tix may be avail at door)

If you're at HOME...

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

premieres on Netflix Fri, Jan 26

ANOTHER PERIOD

Season 3 premieres Jan 23rd, 10:30pm, Comedy Central

I'll be updating daily on Instagram and Twitter

I'm truly thrilled to be returning for the fifth time (!) to the Sundance Film Festival for the premiere A Futile and Stupid Gesture. (TRAILER HERE)

This movie has been a labor of love, going back eight years, when I was first approached by producers Peter Principato & Jon Stern and screenwriters Michael Colton & John Aboud, to tell the amazing story of Doug Kenney. It's name you might not know, but as the creative engine behind National Lampoon, Animal House and Caddyshack, Doug was a key architect of the comedic sensibility that made me (and countless others) want to do what we do.

I was lucky enough to work with an amazing group of collaborators as well as a ridiculous cast headed up by Will Forte, and including Domhnall Gleeson, Martin Mull, Matt Walsh, Emmy Rossum, Thomas Lennon, Joel McHale, Natasha Lyonne, Seth Green, Matt Lucas, Joe Lo Truglio, Camille Guaty, Jackie Tohn, Paul Scheer, Jon Daly, Nelson Franklin, Elvy Yost, Neil Casey, John Gemberling, Rick Glassman and...there are a lot of others!

Cast & crew table read for A Futile and Stupid Gesture — Cast & crew table read for *A Futile and Stupid Gesture*

For those few of you reading this who might not make it to Park City, the movie will be on Netflix starting January 26th!

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