MOTHER'S DAY!!!

2008-05-08T03:00:00Z

KINDLER/MIRMAN/MARON TOUR INFO

2008-05-06T21:24:11Z

IN YOUR TOWN!...(if you live here*) FOR TIX May 11 *Newport, KY May 12 *Chicago, IL May 13 *Saint Paul, MN May 14 *Fargo, ND May 17 *Boise, ID May 18 *Portland, OR May 20 *San Francisco, CA May 26 ONLY Marc & Eugene on this show *George, WA

BOB & DAVID TO APPEAR IN SEQUEL TO AHA VIDEO!!!!!

2008-05-06T20:55:33Z

FOR REAL! NO JOKE! Bob and David are thrilled to announce that they have been CAST by AUK SWENDLESTICK and his directing partner, URK, in the long awaited sequel to the BRILLIANT AHA VIDEO of the early-80's! If you haven't seen it, go to youtube now! We are so excited...read on--]]> right here! We worked for 4 days and got paid in swedish kroner (money made from bread), and now we can't wait for the vid to drop. They gave us this one still-frame to show our fans. Hold your breath...because it's going to take awhile. The song sounded great, and we had a lot of sex for the camera and we're sure we didn't accidentally appear in a gay porn entitled "The 40-Inch-Cock Year Old Virgin"!!!!

KINDLER/MIRMAN/MARON...see it! (interview w/Kindler below

2008-05-06T20:27:21Z

FOR TIX May 11 *Newport, KY May 12 *Chicago, IL May 13 *Saint Paul, MN May 14 *Fargo, ND May 17 *Boise, ID May 18 *Portland, OR May 20 *San Francisco, CA May 26 ONLY Marc & Eugene on this show *George, WA ]]> BOB ODENKIRK interviews ANDY KINDLER with his famous "5 QUESTIONS"tm 1. How are you? Don't get me started. You don't want to know. And if you do want to know, still don't get me started. On the other hand, don't have me stopped either. Does that not answer your question, or what? 2. Do you notice a growth in your audience from your steady Letterman gigs? (an emotional growth) More people show up wearing ascots and sunglasses, if that helps, and I assume it doesn't. Does that mean my audience is affected? Or are they addicted.....to my comedy! I notice my audience is getting taller. Or maybe I'm slumping more. 3. Andy, you began your showbiz career in the music end of the biz...right? Tell me a little about that. I was in the music end but not the biz part. I was a singer-songwriter-guitarist, which was quite an angle. It sure gave me a leg up. Once in a rowdy bar when I was spritzing with the crowd between songs, the club owner handed me a note that said: "Cut the chatter." I headed right for the Laugh Factory and never looked back. 4. Seriously, you don't dislike Jay Leno as a person, do you? You just act like you don't like his act for act's sake...right? It's just a shtick, like Jack Benny being cheap. In "real life" we are close friends, bonded by our shared love for classic cars. I have a 2003 Toyota Camry, which he really digs. 5. Skewer Andy Rooney. Andy Rooney is a commentator of some sort, right? He's a curmudgeon at the very least. Things seem to get under his skin. He seems to get easily bothered, and responds verbally, yet refuses to say anything funny. That's one of his rules. Maybe he should add a studio audience, or do something with green screen. Anything to take our mind off of whatever it is he's doing.

MY BEST THING on SUPERDELUXE-

2008-04-10T20:17:50Z

Nicely done...

2008-04-02T21:35:27Z

"DAVID'S SITUATION" PILOT TAPING

2008-03-31T19:40:22Z

MAY 9 - INFO TO COME

BOOK REVIEW - "The Funniest One In The Room"

2008-03-29T04:09:20Z

This is a book about Del Close. Del was an actor, teacher, and probably more than either of those - and maybe more than he wanted to be - he was a "guru". He inspired people. Mostly young folks who went to Chicago to study improvisation, which he taught and directed at the Second City Theatre and many other places, most notably the Improv Olympic. (read more-)]]> HERE...or go down to your local bookie store

AWESOME "By The Numbers" SHOW!!

2008-03-27T19:18:56Z

We had a great time reading sections of the Mcsweeney's book "Comedy By The Numbers" at the UCB theatre in LA on Monday night. Eric Hoffman and Gary Rudoren's book is overfull of crazy rules and explanations on our favorite subject and the gang of boobs, including ME, Paul F., Jay Johnston, Brian Posehn, Matt Besser, Tim Heidecker and Kate Flannery all proved they could read a book out loud. This will be available as a BOOK ON TAPE (CD, old man), in a few short months and it WILL BE GREAT! see more pics--]]>

CAST ANNOUNCED!

2008-03-26T05:41:03Z

Seriously...keep reading...books, some of them are "good". That's my tip of the week! What is the show? It's not a parody of a sitcom. It's a sitcom. But the kind we would make if we were allowed to. David plays David Cross, he shares a shitty cookie-cutter house in a development somewhere in middle america with two other guys. Crazy shit happens. It's inspired by "The Goodies" "The Young Ones" "Fawlty Towers" "Mr. Show" "South Park" "Sarah Silverman Program" "All In The Family" and on and on. Pretty much everything except MASH. Although in episode 2 David flashes back to his time working on a MASH unit during the Korean War and the whole flashback is told from the point of view of the soldiers bloody wound. The number for tickets is THERE ARE NO SEATS LEFT...SORRY. HOPE IT MAKES IT TO TV...Uh, I mean, not TV, HBO

We Did It!

2008-03-23T02:58:51Z

What the fuck everybody! Big news from Bob and David HQ. We finally have an HQ! After seven long years and over four different shifty Irish contractors, our Head Quarters has finally been built and then immediately condemned! It has a stripper pole, a water fountain that uses chocolate milk and a homemade laser light show set to the music of Coldplay!! What the fuck everybody! Big news from Bob and David HQ. We have an HQ! After seven long years and over four different Irish contractors, our Head Quarters has finally been built and then immediately condemned. We sold the land back to ourselves and are going to establish a community chest inspired by the Monopoly Game! Huh? What the hell was that all about? I don't know, but I do know this; HBO has officially picked up the pilot Bob and I pitched them and wrote. We should be shooting in LA in the beginning of MAY. We'll keep you posted on exactly when and where (we'll have room for 150 audiencers). We are both very, very excited about it and feel it's really strong and important to the health of America. We know that America is hurting right now and old people like to say that "Laughter's the best medicine" So, keep hope old people, an injection of 10cc's of funny is about to be shot all up in your funny bones! Just to get you started, here are two completely disparate lines from the show. They are taken out of context and have nothing to do with each other, but are nonetheless actual lines of dialogue. Enjoy! HUNT WALKS THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, ANGRY HUNT "I’ve never had to suck so many little pricks in my life!". The Producers eyes light up. AND this one!!! COURTNEY "Huh? I thought I was still in the shower". OKAY! One more!!!! DAVID "He burps the Star Spangled Banner. You people love that shit." There you go, three real pieces of the pie. In all seriousness, Bob and I are both thrilled to be working together again to make funny tv happen. See you on the boob tube!

SUPER COOL THING!

2008-02-29T23:03:56Z

CHECK THIS OUT! Me and GAVIN MCINNES(formerly of Vice Magazine, Now of STREET BONERS AND TV CARNAGE!

ME AND MY "UP TO'S"

2008-02-27T01:23:41Z

Oh hello, I didn't notice you there. Come in. What up nigga? Have some cotton candy. I made it myself. Hmmm? What's that? Me? Oh nothing much, just living in Shreveport, Louisiana working on "The Year One" with Jackson Blackson and Michael Cera. Harold Ramis is directing from a script he wrote. This movie is going to kick ass. It's really, really funny. The script was already funny to begin with and add Jack Black and Michael and all of the rest of the cast and you've got comedy platinum (Ha ha gold! Just did you one better!). In addition, the already platinum funny is coated in a thick layer of diamond dust, and, because it's in Shreveport, deep fried. If you've been following the reports on the movie then you know that Jack got in a big fight with the on-set caterers for putting too much mayonnaise on something and was fired. He was initially replaced by Hal Holbrook, but he had to pull out due to arthritis scheduling problems. Eventually Hal was replaced by Nikki Blonsky who also got fired for fighting with the on-set caterers for not putting enough mayonnaise on everything ever. Jack was subsequently re-hired at twice the cost. So it was a win/win for all. Also, there was a bit of weirdness on set when the truth about Michael's age came out. Some reporter from Toronto did some digging and found out he had legally changed his age to 36 years old three years ago and never told anyone. But that's all water under the bridge now. And speaking of "bridge now", holy fuck is Shreveport depressing! Man, just...sad. When I get some free time I'm going to drive around filming some of the area so you can get a quick, sweet taste of a dying/dead city. If you wanted to make some real money you should come here and open up a combination, church and plus-sized clothing store. Add in a check cashing place, and a Chili's To Go and you're set for life. Every fourth radio station is Christian and every car is a truck. I've been here for over a month and I have about six more weeks to go.It's so bad that on the days off will happily pay and watch movies that I wouldn't even watch for free on a slow flight to China. I actually saw "Rambo" . Did anyone see that? Top notch stuff. A subtle spoof on pre-victorian mores. One interesting by product of staying here is seeing first hand the effects of the influx of Wal-Marts on a town. Ironically Wal-Mart doesn't sell press board, locks, window soap, and "For Lease" signs. It would truly be one stop shopping if they did. The writers strike is most likely over and I would have to say we (America) won. Three months isn't so bad in the long term, and we were spared the Golden Globes so congratulations to all. Now Bob and I can get to entertaining the fuck out of your asses. Also, I can get back to the pilot I was working on for Channel Four in London. I was writing it with Shaun Pye (Greg from "Extras") and I think it's a right Scotch cracker (made-up, faux British slang meaning, "good"). Now we can finish it and hopefully shoot it just pre or post the HBO thing. Also I can shoot my SuperDelux pieces which have been languishing in my Final Draft folder waiting for this strike to end. I should be pretty busy for the next half a year or so. Look for the video piece about Shreveport which I'll shoot and post when I can. Shouldn't be too long. I love me, david

A LIVE COMEDY SHOW

2008-02-27T01:15:36Z

And It's Funny, too! I directed it, Michael and Andrew play all the characters in this small town where the water and soil is soaked through with a flavor enhancer. Crazy.

THERE WILL BE INSULTS...

2008-02-23T01:46:44Z

Look for DOUG BENSON'S I LOVE MOVIES, weekly episodes featuring my fat face talking shit about the cinema, debuting March 7 on Superdeluxe.com! But in the meantime, check out this crap... THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johannsen star in a costume drama that should have been called WHICH ONE WOULD YOU FUCK? (I know my answer!) JUMPER If I had Hayden Christensen's ability to transport myself through space and time, I'd jump into Rachel Bilson. ABSOLUTELY, MAYBE Will I see it? Definitely, possibly! WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKINS---- --Take that, Black History Month! THE HOTTIE AND THE NOTTIE I refuse to believe that this movie exists. FOOL'S GOLD Just in time for Valentine's Day - take someone you hat HOW SHE MOVE I give up. How? UNTRACEABLE Replace TRACE with WATCH. INTO THE WILD The story of some asshole who decides to go live in the Alaskan wilderness without letting his family know where he went. (I have abandonement issues!) MICHAEL CLAYTON Not based on a true story. Or an interesting one. P.S. I LOVE YOU Dear Hilary Swank, How dare you try to be the new Jessica Alba! One actress who shouldn't be doing pratfalls is enough. Love, Doug P.S. I like you. NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS I don't like books. CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR Laugh it up at the crazy antics that helped to make 9/11 happen! THERE WILL BE BLOOD There will also be boredom. SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET There will be a lot more blood than in THERE WILL BE BLOOD. Plus gay ass singing!