January 2008
59 posts
paul rudd turned me down
me: i respect your decision paul. hopefully i can pitch you something less dangerous soon.
paul: i love danger, sam. i just hate mexicans.
me: i love mexicans, paul. i just hate chipotle.
paul: i love chipotle, sam. i just hate chips.
me: i love chips, paul. i just hate gay people.
paul: i love gay people, sam. i just hate people who aren't gay. also, i hate aids.
me: i love aids, paul.
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Watchhow nickelodeon promos got their stutters. produced and directed by me.
please digg it. it makes all the difference.
“perhaps the problem with viral marketing is that the disease metaphor is...”
– kottke.org (via ericlodwick)
“jakob, you’ve been very quiet lately. i’ve had almost no google...”
– jl
arcade fire music video →
this has something to do with jakob lodwick’s vision of the future
Watchhardly working: last week.
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Last night, CHTV won the ECNY for Best Short Film for Minesweeper: the Movie.
samuel beckett’s “happy days” at the brooklyn academy of music absoltuely floored me. my life story could be written as depression, beckett, comedy, internet. i’ve read every beckett play and novel. he is very clear: (1) life is far too cruel and purposeless for there to be a god, and (2) we’re mostly we’re just puttering around until death. beckett’s...
weed atm →
Watchi’ve been working with matt moore for five years now. he is great at blending naturalism and character, and is one of my favorite actors.
we’re looking for extras tomorrow for an awesome “man vs. wild” parody. remember brohemian rhapsody? yeah, it’s like that. $30 plus food and fun. email jen at jen@connectedventures.com.
people should digg frat boy dad →
it’s extremely funny and people should watch it.
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Watch“frat boy dad.” elephant larry strikes again, directed by me and produced by chtv. i think this is one of our stronger stylistic achievements, making a real house look like a sitcom set.
Watchjulia allison, ladies and gentlemen.
spot the fake smile →
i got 15/20.
this week, eliza skinner had one of the most popular videos online with amy at the club, in which she gives a hilarious and layered performance. but even better than the video is her response to a deluge of sexist comments. the women in my life are funnier than the men. maybe men have been in the humor game for too long, and our sensibilities are becoming a little meta. but i find women to be...
a new music-finding technique
search for mp3s by everyone in tumblr, listen through, and download your favorites from itunes!
today i did hugh thompson’s show for at&t. hugh is a really smart tech guy who nonetheless uses words like “man” and “dude.” after showing “internet commenter business meeting,” hugh asked me to recommend a word for the band to riff on, and i said “captcha,” unaware that the following guest was its inventor.
“hillary’s going to win. it was set in 1988 to go bush, clinton, bush,...”
– jeff kreisler
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Watchour “urban legend er” has been tearing it up on digg and techcrunch.
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Watchnew chtv: roadie hero! can you digg it?
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elaine just pointed out that in her facebook feed it says “sam reich removed acting from his interests” and “sam reich added magazines to his interests.” that makes me sound like an asshole. i had to perform “to be or not to be” as punishment.
jack the ripper animation →
awesome
i received about ten emails, and the results are remarkably consistent. almost everyone mentioned the following magazines: wired good time out new york new york magazine new york observer esquire a few people mentioned these magazines: paste believer monocle really surprised not to find the new yorker in here, or other fancy mags such as gq, details, or wallpaper. of course these are only...
inspired by ricky’s recent post, i think i’m going to subscribe to a bunch of magazines. what do you subscribe to? reblog or email me.
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Watchcup chicks reaction: “two and a half men.” see what we did there?! please digg it. it means i can keep my job.
digg is in trouble (sarcasm) →
9/6/07
me: is there any better title than "time cheaters"?
mike parker: what do you think of "clock suckers"?
me: perfect.
Watchamir and i are on a tirade
this peanut looks like a duck →
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Watch“moments before cup chicks,” my first collaboration with amir as writer/performer. this is an exclusive: it doesn’t go up on collegehumor for another fifteen minutes.
random viewers, you have a new mission: digg this video. we’re highly dependent on digg for a video’s success, and even 10-20 up front really helps our cause.
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"Minesweeper" is Kotaku's number one story of the... →
…beating out topless Wii players.
tonight i saw seth macfarlane and alex borstein live at comix. they did a parody of “you don’t bring me flowers” called “you don’t eat my pussy.” i put my arm around elaine in mock sentimentality. seth saw this and started laughing so hard they had to stop the song. i’m not a star fucker, but seth macfarlane. wow.
the dragpo →
someone made a drawing of our high times imaginary creature