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CollegeHumor: CollegeHumor Interview Articles This Month http://www.collegehumor.com http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1794915 Aubrey Plaza Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1794915 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2>

After getting her start in hit web series like The Jeannie Tate Show and ESPN's Mayne Street (she's also appeared in a CollegeHumor video or two), Aubrey Plaza currently appears in NBC's Parks and Recreation. She recently finished shooting Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead). She made her feature debut this summer opposite Seth Rogen in Funny People, which comes out on DVD this week. She also wouldn't mind if you followed her on Twitter.

In Funny People, you play a stand-up. You hadn't done stand-up before the movie, correct?

The first time I did it was in Queens. I did do it just for the film - I had met with Judd and I knew the only obstacle was that I wasn't a real stand-up. Then, when I was cast, I came out to L.A. and had to immediately start doing shows with the rest of the cast. I kind of got thrown into it, but I really liked it so I kept doing it. I'm still doing it now.

You came up through the UCB Theatre - how do you feel about the relationship between stand-up and improv?

Improv is obviously collaborative because you have support and people around you. For me, stand-up is terrifying and really, really hard and scary because it's all on you and your delivery and what you're writing and how you're saying it and everything so it's kind of unapologetic.

Stand-ups will spend hours writing and rehearsing a joke to make it sound organic, improv is always that way.

Totally. In terms of what I like, I think I like improvising more. I don't like planned things, but I like writing too. It's a good exercise for your comedy brain to write stand-up jokes and see how they work.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:34106"><img src="http://7.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/1/e/collegehumor.19dc6c6166e28b864a1f0ece84a80bf0.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-11-24 14:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:34106">Ben Joseph</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:1236"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 26 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1793908 Weird Al Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:59:00 -0500 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1793908 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> Weird Al has adapted to the Internet better than any other artist from the 80's. His Chamillionaire parody "White and Nerdy" has over 50 million views on YouTube, and is currently one of the site's most popular videos of all-time. The song was his career peak, going all the way to#9 on the Billboard Hot 100 (his previous best - "Eat It" at #12 in1984). Since then he's explored digital distribution which, for the first time in his three decade career, has allowed him to parody current events and songs that are popular right now. Really, it's hard to believe Weird Al survived at all - much less thrived - before iTunes and YouTube. He recently released The Essential Weird Al collects 38 of Al's best songs into two discs.

CollegeHumor: How did you decide which were the greatest hits from your distinguished career?

Weird Al: It was tough. I've got twelve studio albums of material and I did have to leave off a lot of stuff that some fans think should have been on the essentials collection. There's some historically important ones missing. "My Bologna," isn't even on there, which was my first pseudo-hit. Even though My Bologna was historically important, it wasn't so brilliant I would consider it among my best work. So I had to weigh fan favorites with what I thought were songs that actually merited being on a best-of compilation.

CH: So you hand picked the songs yourself?

WA: I did, yeah.

CH: When you were going through your earlier albums, did you rediscover any material that you'd forgotten about?

WA: I don't think I'd actually literally forgotten about any of it but it was kinda nice to listen to some of the old tracks again that I hadn't heard in a while. It also was an opportunity to clean up a couple things. This new collection is completely remastered. It's not remixed, but we cleaned it up. I won't mention where exactly because I don't want people to obsess over it the way I did, but there were a couple songs that had a few little pops and ticks and just little things that probably most people have never heard before in their life but they'd been bugging me for 25 years.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:279"><img src="http://0.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/c/9/collegehumor.a53793ecf48193f7f17979c9baa80605.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-11-03 17:59:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:279">Jeff Rubin</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:215"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 102 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1793344 Nick Frost Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:00:00 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1793344 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> After working with partners Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright to create a successful British sitcom (Spaced) and two hit feature films

(Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz), Nick Frost now appears as '60s DJ Doctor Dave in the upcoming Pirate Radio. He's also a charming, soft-spoken Brit, and I encourage you to read this interview with his voice in your head.

Your character in this film, Dave, could be quite the sexual role model for full-figured men.

I think I'm going to be asked to appear on the cover of "All American Bear". It's pretty brave of Richard (Curtis, the director) to cast a 20 stone man in a romantic role. It's not everyday you get to just wander around naked and people don't give a sh*t.

Tom Sturridge (the film's lead) said the one scene he'd always remember was being naked with you in a tiny boat bathroom.

If you had to show an alien race how different the human form can be I think Tom would be at one end and I'd be at the other. If you get the Blu-Ray version and pause, you will see a sliver of nut. Two hands couldn't contain my range.

This film is a love letter to 1960s rock. Were you familiar with the era's music?

Growing up, my big love was house music. I was 15 or 16, going to raves and not going to school like naughty boy. In the first week of the film, I said to Richard, "I've never listened to a Rolling Stones record, don't tell anyone." And he immediately told Bill Nighy - he's a massive Stones nut - and Bill told me off for 5 minutes.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:34106"><img src="http://7.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/1/e/collegehumor.19dc6c6166e28b864a1f0ece84a80bf0.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-10-23 11:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:34106">Ben Joseph</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:1236"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 56 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1792677 Ruben Sandwich: An Interview With Zombieland Director Ruben Fleischer Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:00:00 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1792677 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> I like Zombieland. A lot. It's funny, it's bloody, it's got the celebrity cameo of the century and I'd love to make a movie just as awesome someday. It was obvious I had to interview the director, Ruben Fleischer. Not just because our "Rubens" are spelled the same.

OH. In case you haven't seen the movie yet (big mistake), don't read the last question. DON'T WORRY. If that's too confusing, just stay away from anything labeled: **SPOILER ALERT**.

In the event of an actual zombie invasion, who would you risk you life to save? Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin, Jesse Eisenberg, or Emma Stone? In other words, who do you like more?

I don't think Woody would need my help, I think he'd be alright on his own. I'd probably go after Abby. I couldn't let the 12 year old get eaten. Morally I would feel wrong about that. I'd probably have to help out the 12 year old. The rest of them can fend for themselves.

There were so many graphic deaths in Zombieland, like the seatbelt scene with the mom crashing out the window (which you mentioned was one of your favorites), Woody bashing a zombie's brains in with a bat... HOW DID YOU DO IT?

The seatbelt one was a composite where we did the car accident in one shot and the woman being ratcheted against the green screen and landing on her face on a pad. Then we composited her on the car accident and put in some CG glass and some CG beanie babies. As far as the baseball bat to the face, it's a pretty clever trick where you'd have like a half of a baseball bat, so Woody's holding (just) the handle. We used it for the toilet seat lid. Jesse just had half of (it). That way they can swing it that much closer to the person's head and then you extend the end of it with CG. It lets the actors hold onto something that's real.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:1754960"><img src="http://2.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/a/6/collegehumor.4deaa0eaec5bc38f0d4c1406cad540d1.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-10-12 11:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:1754960">Josh Ruben</a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 62 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1791640 Mike Sacks: A Very Unfunny Talk About Very Funny People Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1791640 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2>

In these bleak modern times, even a book devoted to comedy isn't without it's dark side. Mike Sacks's And Here's the Kicker, in which the Vanity Fair writer interviews 21 humorists (including Bob Odenkirk, Harold Ramis and David Sedaris) is decidedly serious, dissecting not only comedians' work and lives as pro joke-tellers, but their fears and anxieties, too. Mr. Sacks spoke with CollegeHumor about these grimmer aspects of comedy, including serial killers, chronic loneliness, and how telling a joke can be a lot like a diagnosing a disease.

Even though you talked to dozens of funny writers in researching this book, it aggressively favors analysis over jokes. Was there a lot of goofing around on either end of the interviews?
Definitely not. They were all serious. And they appreciated the fact that I didn't want them to be clowns. You know, just because you can write funny doesn't mean you're "on." In fact, usually it means just the opposite.

What determined the kinds of questions you did wind up asking?
It was just basically avoiding the questions they'd been asked a million times. In a lot of cases I'd come across one reference to something [in my research] and it was never mentioned again, but it was fascinating. When I interviewed Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote Annie Hall and Manhattan, I read close to 30 interviews, and in this one interview he mentioned that he almost attended Sharon Tate's house the night of the Manson Murders.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:101226"><img src="http://3.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/b/collegehumor.bf47a312f8c3b3d327c1333b4268bdca.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-09-23 14:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:101226">Patrick Cassels</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:857"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 9 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1789235 Demetri Martin Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:00:00 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1789235 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> Important Things With Demetri Martin, his highly rated Comedy Central series, Demitri Martin is making his foray into feature films with Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock.

This is new territory for you. Was there a personal decision to seek out more dramatic film roles?

No, this was just lucky. I was contacted because James Schamus (the producer) had seen a clip of me on YouTube, thanks to his daughter. I guess the wheels started turning in his head and he thought, "We might be able to use this guy."

What was the biggest adjustment, working on a film of this size?

I quickly learned I wasn't going to be improvising in this role. They had a script, and they wanted me to do things a certain way. In my own show, I'm free to improvise, and if it's sh*tty, I'm free to edit it. In the movie, after a scene, the script supervisor would come over and say "You forgot to say and."

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:34106"><img src="http://7.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/1/e/collegehumor.19dc6c6166e28b864a1f0ece84a80bf0.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-08-11 17:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:34106">Ben Joseph</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:1236"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 64 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1787689 Michael Showalter Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1787689 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> Wet Hot American Summer need no intro to this interviewee, who both wrote and starred in the decade-old cult favorite. Michael Showalter is also a founding member of sketch groups Stella and The State, the latter of which is now amazingly available on DVD after much network nagging from persistent fans. You'd also recognize him from his recent comedy album Sandwiches & Cats as well as his very own original online series on this site.

Showalter, whose comedic style is as soft-spoken as it is dry, pairs up with sidekick Michael Ian Black in the new series Michael and Michael Have Issues. I recently talked to him about his new show (which airs Wednesday), what he doesn't like about his job, and his cats.

You've been doing a lot of press for this new Comedy Central show. Is this the worst part of your job?

No. My least favorite parts are: 1. Scouting locations; 2. Having microphones put on my body; 3. Photo shoots (I guess that kind of counts as press.)

What is the worst question you have been asked so far?

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-07-10 13:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 11 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1772259 Steve Hofstetter Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:00:00 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1772259 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2>

His fourth comedy album comes out on March 17th. I talked to him about that, playing small towns, how CollegeHumor shaped his career, and the recession. Okay, I lied about the last one so read ahead with no fear of learning anything except what and who comedians do when they're off stage.

What do you think you would be doing if you weren't traveling the country telling jokes on stage?

I'd probably have an office job - maybe I'd be a consultant or work in development. I'd have a wife and kids by now, live in a gorgeous house, and spend all my time looking out the window and wishing I were a comedian.

What's the worst city to perform in?

This question sucks. Anywhere I say, I'll upset someone. I may as well tell people I hate babies or I beat the shit out of Rihanna. What, too soon? And by the way, Paterson, New Jersey.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-03-17 14:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 20 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1771620 Jeff Richards (aka Drunk Girl) Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1771620 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2>

Jeff Richards, best known as Drunk Girl from Saturday Night Live, is the only person to have ever been a cast member on both MADtv and SNL. His comedy album comes out March 3rd, where part of the revenue will go to help relieve world hunger. Here I asked him about his famous character on SNL and the motivation behind his new album.

How did you get started in comedy?
When I came out of my mommy, I peed in her face. She laughed and I think I giggled a little bit too. Cut to 17 years later, I hurt my knee in my senior year of high school playing football. I was in the hospital on morphine drip listening to Radiohead's epic The Bends album and thought about interviewing my football coach. I was also at the time very much into The Kids in the Hall, so I decided to create a show on public access and after I healed up I did that. The whole thing turned into a freak show interspersed with random weirdoes and community folk. That was the beginning.

Drunk Girl was a pretty legendary character in the later era of SNL. What was the back-story behind her creation?
I was doing stand-up in La Jolla at the Comedy Store and a drunk girl in the audience kept blurting out things right before I would get to the punch lines. I stopped and basically impersonated her to her and that was it. I made it a bit for the next night and kept doing it ever since.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-03-03 14:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 5 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1771355 Trevor Moore & Zach Cregger of Whitest Kids U'Know Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1771355 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> popular online videos and live performances. After two successful seasons of their Whitest Kids TV show, two members from the group are making their own movie.

Zach (L) & Trevor (R)

Trevor Moore and Zach Cregger wrote, directed, and starred in the new film, which I didn't even know was possible to do without your brain exploding. I got to talk to the pair a few days ago about Miss March, the future of WKUK, and what's cool about the Playboy Mansion besides the scantily clad women.

So for people who haven't seen the trailer yet, can you explain the premise of your new movie?

Trevor: Basically it's about two guys who are best friends. One of them is really conservative and terrified of sex, and the other is completely obsessed with Playboy and pornography and what he assumes to be the Playboy code of life. The conservative guy's girlfriend was pressuring him to have sex with her on prom night but he doesn't want to. But he reluctantly decides to and gets really drunk so he can work up the courage to do the deed. And he falls down some stairs and goes into a coma for four years and when he wakes up, his girlfriend has left town and his now Playboy Playmate. So he's distraught and he and his friend take a road trip across the country to confront her.

How did you guys write, direct, and star in this without turning your back on your TV show?

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-02-26 14:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 28 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1770513 Founders of The World Series of Beer Pong Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1770513 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2>

Billy Gaines and Duncan Carroll helped take beer pong from an excuse to black out to a legitimate sport by co-founding The World Series of Beer Pong and Bpong.com. I recently got to ask them how the tournament came to be, what winners do with their prize money, and the best distraction they've ever witnessed.

Usually when someone is really good at beer pong, they are considered to have a drinking problem. Is each yearly winner guaranteed to be a raging alcoholic?

If beer pong was just a college game, then perhaps your perception is correct - what college student is not a raging alcoholic? What we've done with beer pong, however, is brought the game out of your college frat house basement and turned it into a sport. At the World Series and in any game a player is not required to drink any alcohol if they so choose. WSOBP official rules also have the back four cups filled with water rather than beer. Those that attend our events view beer pong as a sport and are there with a number one goal of winning their games. As such, I suspect the odds are against the winner being a raging alcoholic.

Is there a favorite type of beer to play with in the tournament?

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-02-11 15:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 26 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1770118 Mr. Chi City Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1770118 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2>

It's hard to be a normal human being and become famous on the internet. In most cases, you have to be an overweight preteen tweaking out over videogames, a ninja, a baby singing rap songs, or a groin injury. Mr. Chi City is none of these. His videos involve nothing out of the ordinary: freeze pops, parking tickets, and chrome garbage cans. He has acquired millions of hits on YouTube and CollegeHumor, yet he remains just a "regular dude who happens to own a digital camera."

I spoke to the self-proclaimed "realest dude on YouTube" last week about how to get women, keeping anonymity in his videos, and why he thinks his videos are so popular.

How did you begin making the videos?
You know what, man, I had a friend who was in a -they don't call them halfway houses anymore, now they're called transitional houses- and he had internet access. I guess you could call it good behavior, where as long as they wasn't in there clownin', they would let them watch TV and have internet and stuff like that. So he wanted me to e-mail him and keep him updated on what was going on, and I was like, "If you got the internet, look, I'll post a video about my Chevy on YouTube and then you can just check it out." And he hit me up the next day like, "Man, we really liked seeing your car... could you post something else, just going around where you live at?"
So I was like... "A'ight." [laughs]

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2009-02-04 18:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 251 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1765533 Rob Corddry Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1765533 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> Blades of Glory, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, and W.

Corddry is now the writer/director/star in the new WB online series, "Childrens' Hospital." The show revolves around a flippant medical staff working in a children's hospital, filled with injured children and their upset parents. The series spoofs the oh-so-dramatic medical genre and includes a cast with the likes of Ed Helms (The Office), David Wain (Stella), Ken Marino (The State), Rob Huebel (Human Giant), Jason Sudeikis (SNL), and Megan Mullally (Will & Grace).

I recently got a few minutes to talk to Rob about how he got the idea for "Childrens' Hospital," the differences between an online series and regular TV, and what sucked about hanging around with Jon Stewart.

How did the idea for Childrens' Hospital come about? You're the creator, right?
I am. I am the auteur, as they say. Not unlike Francis Ford Coppola or Chris Elliott. I was at Childrens Hospital in Los Angeles, waiting for my wife and daughter who were in the treatment room. My daughter had popped a ligament out of place and it's a really easy procedure and it took like thirty seconds-- but as I was waiting in the waiting room, this horrible thing happened.

The doors burst open, and in came this total TV hospital-like show where, you know, five nurses and doctors were around this gurney, pushing it really fast. There were LifeFlight helicopter pilots bringing up the rear, there were IV bags, and people yelling the word "stat" a lot. There was practically theme music going on in the background. I was like "Oh man, this is awesome... wait a minute, this is a children's hospital." So that I found it funny or interesting for a second was completely inappropriate.

And then it kind of just went from there?
It all totally fell into place in that one second and was basically written within 15 minutes. The only thing that I got rid of was Maura Tierney. I wanted Maura Tierney as a character to play herself ten years after "ER" but she's an actual doctor now and everyone just tells her to shut the f*ck up.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2008-12-03 12:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 11 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1764548 Aziz Ansari Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:00:00 -0500 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1764548 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2>

After Aziz Ansari got to college and had people comment on his sense of humor, he gave stand-up a shot and never looked back. Since getting up on stage at age 18, Ansari has enjoyed national recognition of his stand-up before joining the sketch comedy group, Human Giant. After two seasons of Human Giant's critically acclaimed show on MTV, a handful of various movie roles, and an appearance in an episode of Flight of the Conchords, Aziz became the first hire for the future spin-off of some NBC show called "The Office."

He now has a spot in an upcoming Judd Apatow movie and starting this week, setting out on his own stand-up comedy tour. I asked him about the Office spin-off, food, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Well, not so much the last one.

Some comedians have spent decades to get to your level. How did you go from random bits on Premium Blend to being in Seth Rogen movies so quickly?

I've been pretty fortunate. I started doing standup around 2001 when I was 18, so I was really lucky to be able to start out young. And then around 2006, after getting some awards in standup and making some short films with the Human Giant guys, MTV offered us the chance to make our show Human Giant. Doing two seasons of that show is what helped me get some of these recent acting opportunities. And yeah, I'm 25 and am kind of young to be where I'm at, but at the same time, re-read your question and then think about this - Seth is only 26! I hate him.

That's true; you're both unusually young. I guess I maybe should have said, "being in Adam Sandler movies" instead. He's in his mid-70s now, isn't he?

Well, it's a little known fact, but Adam is only 17 years old.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2008-11-10 16:00:00 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 18 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1762625 Playboy's Big 10 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:59:51 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1762625 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> Recently I got the chance to interview the super sweet, super nice and super hot Big 10 Playboy girl Jamie Graham, a 21-year-old senior and Marketing major at Ohio State. We chatted it up on the phone for a bit, then after I thought she was getting a tad bit too into me, I just had to end it. On my terms.

Do your parents have any idea you posed in Playboy naked for the Big10 issue?
Umm...my mom does and I'm telling my dad tonight. I'm actually calling my dad after this interview to tell him.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:326"><img src="http://5.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/c/9/collegehumor.45397a4c6c8241522ef776b95348cf0f.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2008-09-29 10:59:51 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:326">Jeff Rosenberg</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:1236"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 69 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1762169 Interview with the Always Sunny Guys Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:54:32 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1762169 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> Always Sunny T-Shirt design contest.

Are you guys excited for the new season?
Glenn: Oh hells yeah.
Rob: Can't wait.

Is everything all done?
Charlie: No! Not even close. Everything's shot, we're cutting it all together.

It must be hard to edit. I feel like you guys are always cracking up on set.
Glenn: It's pretty bad sometimes.
Charlie: We're like, as bad as Jimmy Fallon.

Is there a particular scene that you guys remember just not being able to get through?
Charlie: Glenn and I laughed a lot in season 2 where he improvs the writing of the political speech that I had written for him. We couldn't get through that.
Rob: We laughed a lot through the scene in 'The Gang Dances Their Asses Off' where we're eating the chips. Where we're talking about the cream rising to the top, and basically talking about Mac's semen. But yeah, we couldn't get through that scene.

I know a lot of the show is tightly scripted, but are you improvising a lot while you're filming?
Glenn: The episodes are written to be pretty tight, but we improvise a lot when we're writing and rewriting scripts. A lot of the improvising gets written down, and then when we're on the set we'll do things word for word. If they're funny and they're working, then it works, and if not we'll go off the page. It's always fun to switch it up on the day.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:293"><img src="http://8.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/d/d/collegehumor.2500d10d3b58683f1224355d5ee015c3.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2008-09-17 17:54:32 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:293">Sarah Schneider</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:1120"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 56 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1762078 Interview with the Brothers Chaps Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:22:54 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1762078 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2> Homestar Runner fanatic. That's why CollegeHumor's usual nerd correspondent Jeff Rubin allowed me to do this interview with the Mike and Matt Chapman, the voices and animators of Homestar Runner as well as the creators of the new computer and Wiiware game "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People." This is the Brothers Chaps first venture outside of the website. I've played the game, and it's fun, nostalgic, and hilarious.

Are you exhausted?

Matt: Definitely. This has been way more intensive than we thought it would be.

Matt, you do all the voices for Homestar Runner. How's your throat holding up?

Matt: Early on, we had to look for herbal remedies. We figure by the end of this five-episode series we will have recorded as much as we did in eight years of doing the site. I think you're going to be hearing different voices at the end of the series than the beginning.

From the Tracy Ullman-day to modern-day Simpsons in a few months.

Matt: Exactly. Voices just naturally evolve as you do them more, and we're packing years of evolution into a short period of time.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:378"><img src="http://9.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/b/f/collegehumor.6889cdab73527f622680f44f9ce5f2ff.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2008-09-15 14:22:54 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:378">Sam Reich</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:32"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 20 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1761344 Bill Burr Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:52:28 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1761344 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2>

Unlike many comics, Burr can't be pinned down to only one style. He is able to successfully touch on political material, running over a large crowd of people in a car, racial material, and then segue into talking about how neutered dogs can help the nation's obesity problem.

He gained more recognition in 2006, when he delivered a very NSFW tirade to a massive Philadelphia audience, berating everything cherished by the city such as their sports teams, their mothers, and Rocky.

What made you want to get into standup as opposed to another form of comedy like writing or acting?

I always loved stand up comedy. When I was a kid, I thought it was the coolest thing in the world to be able to stand alone on a stage and make a crowd laugh their asses off. To me, the idea of doing something like that was both fascinating and absolutely terrifying.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2008-08-29 13:52:28 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 10 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1760856 Zach Galifianakis Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:51:53 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1760856 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2>

In 2005, he appeared in "The Comedians of Comedy" alongside Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, and Maria Bamford and has since released a live standup DVD. Last fall he appeared in the Sean Penn directed "Into the Wild" and stars in "Visioneers," an upcoming indie film.

Galifianakis is the only person in history to appear in music videos for both Kanye West and Fiona Apple.

How did you get into doing standup?

I moved to NYC after failing my last course in college by one point. I had a nervous breakdown and then moved there with my cousin Dean who was going to NYU. We shared a closet for a bedroom. I moved to Manhattan in hopes of finding a great acting teacher who would change my life. Instead I met too many drinks.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2008-08-20 00:51:53 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 62 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr /> http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1760095 Michael Ian Black Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:44:51 -0400 http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1760095 <table border=0 width="360px"> <tr> <td colspan=2>

Most widely recognized as the snarky talking head from VH1's "I Love the 70s/80s/90s" series and member of the Stella trio, Michael Ian Black's witticism is getting closer to conquering every medium.

The self-proclaimed "very famous" Black already has a comedy album out, has a new book of humor essays climbing the NY Times Best Seller list, hosts a new show on Comedy Central, and has an additional one in the works alongside another well-known Michael. He recently took some time to tell me about his very public feud with Tucker Max, how to score with smart girls, and his new book "My Custom Van... And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face."

What is the best thing about your career right now?

Probably the best thing is that I've gotten to a point in my career where people are seeking me out to do interesting and dynamic work. On the other hand, I was offered an opportunity to be on "Circus with the Stars," which doesn't exactly fall into that category. It's great to be in a place where I am known enough that I don't have to always jump through hoops to get things done. Usually, but not always.

]]> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="35px"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311"><img src="http://1.media.collegehumor.com/collegehumor/ch6/2/2/collegehumor.9457d5b2b882a218aa7f8ff222c62b4b.jpg"></a> </td> <td valign="top"> Written 2008-08-04 10:44:51 by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/user:311">Jake Klocksien</a> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/school:265"></a> <p> <img src="http://www.collegehumor.com/artwork/icon_likeIt_noLink.gif" align="texttop" /> 33 likes </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr />