On Wednesday I'm gonna be on the cool radio show Seven Second Delay and the other guests that day are two guys who I am HUGE fans of: John Sayles, whose movie Brother From Another Planet I think was the very first "indie" movie I ever saw (at the Cedar Lee theater in Cleveland Heights, OH), and Mike Doughty, who I first met when he was working the door at the original Knitting Factory on Houston, and who then fronted one of my favorite bands of all time, Soul Coughing. I have had out of body experiences driving a rented car lost on the way home from some weird party in Los Angeles, listening to "Screenwriters Blues".
Hosted by STELLA (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, David Wain) With music from Joe McGinty & The Losers Lounge And special appearances from members of the original cast of the film.
ALL TICKETS from 7/26 will be honored, OR REFUNDED if you can't make Aug 2.
And who knows, maybe some ticket holders will be off on their August vacations so those of you who were sold out can squeeze in???
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The Wet Hot American Summer SCREENING is STILL this
Thursday JULY 21, 7:30pm Sunshine Cinema Order tickets here Q&A to follow with Michael Showalter & David Wain, moderated by Jake Fogelnest.
I was with my family in Chautauqua, NY on July 4th. That night we were having dinner at a restaurant on the lake, when I thought I heard someone blasting KISS songs. Lo and behold, I looked out the window to see that the afternoon's al fresco entertainment was Kiss Army, one of many Kiss tribute bands (in fact one of at least two with the name Kiss Army, I found out in my internet research this evening).
They were pretty good. But the entertainment could not have matched the venue less. They were trying to psyche up the audience with their sexy rock patter ("Who wants to get kissed!!!!") but I think it was the wrong crowd.
Then I investigated the upcoming schedule:
Note that the guy playing Billy Joel is a dead ringer for the real Piano Man.
Hey everyone, later this month I'll be at the Montreal Comedy Festival - there's a fun Wainy Days show/event that I hope you'll come to Sat July 30th at 9:30pm...more info here.
So...I did an extended Q&A after our 10th anniversary screening of Wet Hot American Summer for Jeff Goldsmith's podcast (you can hear it here).
It was a lot of fun and I read aloud (with Joe Lo Truglio) the iChat I had with Michael Showalter in the late 90's, brainstorming titles for the film, and someone posted it on youtube and then it was picked up by a lot ofdifferentwebsites.
But somehow the biggest story was that I mentioned, as I have many times before, that Michael Showalter and I have been talking about doing a prequel/sequel. It's true--we're in early stages right now but are hoping to get more into it this year.
Plus there was more press about the Wet Hot art show in Venice, CA and Entertainment Weekly is publishing a 10th anniversary retrospective in their new issue.
All this for a movie from 2001 that grossed under $300K in theaters and hostile reviews like this one which was syndicated to weeklies across the country.
Meanwhile tonight's new episode of Childrens Hospital, "Home is Where the Hospital Is" was directed by my State-mate Michael Patrick Jann and written by Erica Oyama. Most importantly, you will see Nurse Dori (played by my wife Zandy Hartig) in a bikini, 9 months pregnant. Set your DVR - midnight, tonight, Adult Swim.
