Will Hines

dynamoe:

I initially hated the nickname of “The Beast” for the UCBeast. It seems forced. It brings to mind either a shitty morning zoo slot or some college-town sandwich shop that’s been in continuous operation since like, the mid-1960s and all their sandwiches have funny names and come with sprouts. The only reason anyone eats there is either because of tradition or that the 80+ year old owner is such a character, but the sandwiches are basically indedible. There’s wood-paneling in there and it’s not very clean. Yuck.

I forgot what point I was making, but I made this mascot for UCBeast.

neighborboy:

Our Project: Neighbor Boy’s Kickstarter is for funding a 30-min sketch comedy show about Kickstarter. So this is a Kickstarter for a Kickstarter show.

The show will take place Monday, February 13 at 9:30pm at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York along with the troupe Fambly. (You can make reservations here.)

We love performing original sketch comedy, but we need your help in order to write, rehearse and produce this show! Otherwise, the stage will just be empty for 30 minutes where our show should be.

Why We Need Your Help: Producing last month’s show cost us almost $200, and that was with minimal props and costumes. For instance, a sketch about a rollerskating Great Gatsby was not able to use authentic Jazz Age costumes. We could not afford music clearances for our sketch about two Mick Jagger clones who run a law firm together. A sexually confused unicorn was portrayed by an actor in a white sweatshirt rather than an actual unicorn costume. Plus, we only rehearsed like twice, because rehearsal space is really expensive.

Who We Are: Neighbor Boy includes six writers (Beth Appel, Caitlin Bitzegaio, Geoff Garlock, Matt Moskovciak, Melinda Taub, Erik Tanouye) six performers (Joanna Bradley, Tim Dunn, Kate Hess, Davram Stiefler, Shannon Taing, Rob Webber) and one director (Will Hines). We have a lot of credits, but do not have anyone who can assemble them into one nice list with links, like a press person would. If we had more money, we could probably do that. For now, you’ll have to google us all individually.

When Is That Show Again? Monday, February 13th, 2012 at 9:30pm at the UCB Theatre in Chelsea (on the corner of 26th St and Eighth Ave). You can make reservations here. You’ll get to see both us and Fambly, who produced last year’s hit Maude Night show “Brand New Day.”

How We’ll Use the Money: Since we’re still writing the show, we’re not sure what our exact expenses will be. Definitely we’ll need to rent space for rehearsals and readings. So far we’ve met in a bagel shop and a law firm’s offices after hours. In terms of props and costumes, based on the material we’ve written so far, we may need: a radio call-in show set, the board game Taboo, an astronaut costume, rights to use the theme song from “That’s So Raven”, an authentic Oval Office set, an ounce of gold (for a sketch about the gold standard), a dragon costume, and period attire from Victorian England.

I Don’t Have Money But I Still Want To Help: Sorry to hear about your financial difficulties. You can still:

• Like Neighbor Boy’s page on Facebook.
• Like our Kickstarter link below and share it with your friends and also family members and acquaintances and people whose email addresses you have even though you don’t remember who they are or why you know them
• Spread the word!
• Attend the show. If you can’t afford the $5 ticket, but you’re a sketch student at the UCB Training Center, you can attend the show for free.
• Spray paint “Neighbor Boy Feb 13, 2012” on buildings, cars, and babies in your neighborhood.

Thank you! This project means a lot to us and we’re really grateful to all of you for taking the time to read this and be a part of Neighbor Boy’s Kickstarter Comedy Show Monday February 13th at 9:30pm.

I was standing in my shower this morning with such a stern, solemn air I doubted I would ever smile again. Beware, humans! Beware my withering aura of stodginess! Bathe in the vague pools of disapproval that emanate from my tired brain!

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kevhines:

Our second podcast.

I’ve never been part of a podcast before, and its interesting to try to figure out how best to get our intended result out of the recording session. We did things a little different this time and will keep tweaking stuff until we get a format that works for us. But that’s (hopefully) all transparent to the listener, as Erik does the hard job of editing it all together no matter how he record it.

I also like shorter podcasts, which this is. Less than 18 minutes.

toyns:

Things Are Happening podcast

This week’s episode features Eddie Brawley, Ramsey Ess, Kevin Hines, and Will Hines.

We joke about Oscar Nominations, Newt Gingrich, the State of the Union, Mitt Romney and more. Subscribe via iTunes here.

Thought I was tired of Star Wars, but this fan-made remake (different creators every 15 seconds) has got me talking like Greedo.

flavorpill:

Mark Seliger with his portrait of Kurt Cobain for Rolling Stone. See other famous photographers with their famous photos. 

Deckard practice

Edited later to add: James was at this moment at the end of a four minute scene in which he did not budge from this position.

kevhines:

Oh man, do I love this letter Stan Lee wrote about early Marvel Comics decisions. It’s like a director’s commentary for the start of Marvel Comics.

Stan Lee didn’t love the Dr. Strange initial story, but did it anyway because Ditko wanted to do it.

I love how he wants to make every character work. Adding Wasp to Ant Man to try to help that character. Sensing that Thor’s Asgard stories worked better then his standard super-hero fare.

I loved Stan sensing the fan’s tastes. The Thing was a favorite (over teenaged Human Torch it seemed). And Stan guessing that Spider-Man would be big (good guess).

And even though I’ve heard it before, I love every time I read about Stan wanting Kirby to do layouts for every book to point them in a strong direction. Kirby was the blood and soul of Marvel, while Stan certainly was the brain.

themarvelageofcomics:

A letter written by Stan Lee to super-fan Dr. Jerry Bails at the very beginning of 1963, discussing, among other things, the artwork on a recent Thor story, the impending debut of Dr. Strange, and the reasons for introducing The Wasp in the Ant-Man feature.

Too good. Too, too good. Should not be watched. May cause damage to your brain and heart from it being too good. Beware. Fear its goodness. This show is too good.