SmackTalk for 11/30

“But seriously guys, you might be rednecks.” -Jeff Foxworthy interrupting -Jon Friedman

Smack Talk for 10/7

I wonder where having to publicly announce, “I am not a witch” during your campaign ranks on the “your campaign is over” list. -Jon Friedman

 

Guest Decider: Jon Friedman

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Jon Friedman is a writer, comedian and producer in Brooklyn and currently blogging for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for which he won two Creative Arts Emmy’s (Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Media). He is the creator/producer and host of The Rejection Show, and many other live events, including The NYC Beard and Moustache Championships and the host of New York’s ECNY Awards. Jon’s first book, Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped & Cancelled, a humor anthology of rejected works, was released in 2009 with Villard (Random House). He performs regularly at stand-up comedy venues and literary events throughout New York City and beyond.

 

The Wonder Years: ‘Kevin Arnold at 30′

This is a mashup I made a few years ago to show as a fake rejected scene at a past ‘Rejection Show.’ I’m choosing this one because it often gets over shadowed by that other Wonder Years video I made (The Silent Wonder Years. I should do more of those). I’ve since re-cut this one and made it a little tighter and included the ABC Family logo on all of the footage to make it more realisitc, but at the time when I came up with the idea for this I was under an intense pressure crunch to get it done in time. This is how it was first shown.

 

Soccer Time

I am in love with this video. I’ve since become good friends with its creator Edmond Hawkins, who is the graphics guy (and co-worker of mine) at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. I started at Late Night a little bit before Edmond and when I heard we were getting a new graphics person (that would sit by me) I wanted to find out more about who he was. After doing a quick Google search, this video is the first thing I saw and after I saw it I thought, “we are going to get along.”

 

Live Comedy: The Rejection Show

The Rejection Show @ UCB NY Jon Friedman‘s long running variety show, The Rejection Show, features some of NYC’s finest comedians, writers and performers sharing their best and worst rejected material. Next week’s edition features The Universal Records Database, Ben Curtis (the Dell Dude), Serious Lunch and house band Stuckey & Murray. What: Live Comedy Where: UCB, NY When: Weds. 9/29 @8pm How Much: $5