20 May
Wednesday

Nick Kroll Appears On Sound Of Young America; Wave Goodbye To Your Next Half-Hour Of Doing Work

If you’re not a regular listener to the Sound of Young America show or podcast, I completely understand, as really good things aren’t necessarily up everyone’s alley, but this week, Jesse Thorn welcomed BWE’s own Nick Kroll to a live stage at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland to talk about everything from the experience of doing Cavemen to performing standup for Bill Murray to the origin of the “Oh, Hello!” characters.

He doesn’t directly say that Best Week Ever is the finest show in the history of media and everyone who works there is devilishly attractive (especially on the website), but that’s what I inferred from his tone.

If you’re looking to burn away an enjoyable half-hour, look to burn no further:

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2 March
Monday

BREAKING NEWS: Jennifer Aniston Divorces Brad Pitt

On the front page of Yahoo.com at this very moment:

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Also of note?

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Jennifer Aniston on Her Divorce: “There Is No Good Guy or Bad Guy”

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12 February
Tuesday

…OF THE DAY

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  • PROTEST: Friday Night Lights isn’t the only great show on television in need of saving. Shave your head and send your hair to ABC to Save Cavemen. (Vulture)
  • COMING OF AGE: Jews have Mitzvahs. Christians have Super Sweet Sixteen Parties. Hiltons have too much to drink and get arrested for DUI. The circle of life continues. (TMZ)
  • COLLECTION PLATE: The Passion of the Christ screenwriter is suing Mel Gibson for back-end profits he claims to have not yet received. He apparently must have some kind of problem with being paid in prayers. (Defamer)
  • SHAKESPEARE: Get the Best Screenplay Oscar ready, because Michael Bay announced that he has written Transformers 2. WITH HIS D*CK! (ComingSoon)
  • IGNORE REQUEST: Bill Gates has quit using his Facebook account, probably because it’s difficult to run a 40 billion-a-year company while spending so much of your time biting chumps. (Fimoculous)
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14 November
Wednesday

Best Night Ever for Tuesday, November 13th!

While you were wishing preparing what to tell your kids one day about the long, cold entertainmentless winter of 2007-08, someone was having the Best Night Ever! Michael Mattera is here to warm you up with the best moments from Tuesday night TV from House, Beauty and the Geek, Cavemen, and Reaper! “Kids, it was so cold and so boring we had to watch the newest season of Pussycat Dolls: The New Search for the Next Doll…” (Kids run out of room, screaming and crying)

If you’re in NYC, catch Michael performing at the Broadway Comedy Club this Saturday, November 17th at 7pm!

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7 November
Wednesday

Best Night Ever for Tuesday, November 6th!

While you were rehearsing your best quips and one-liners and preparing to be America’s next great breakout comedy writer scab, someone was having the Best Night Ever! Yuk it up with Leslie Collins and the best moments of Tuesday night TV from Carpoolers, Cavemen, House, The Real Housewives of Orange County, and Beauty and the Geek! Seriously – a late night show writing application full of all anti Rosie O’Donnell jokes? Oh, that’s for The View. Nice touch, very edgy.

If you’re in NYC, catch Leslie performing with Frank, Mondays in November!

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24 October
Wednesday

Best Night Ever for Tuesday, October 23rd!

While you were scouring the internet for free media mourning the shut down raids of your favorite pirating sites, someone was having the Best Night Ever! Rip the best clips of Tuesday night with Michael Mattera from Reaper, Cavemen, Beauty and the Geek, and House! Please enjoy this podcast, but don’t steal it! Even though it’s free.

If you’re in NYC, check out Michael in the semi-finals of “New York’s Funniest Comedian”, where the winner goes on to the New York Comedy Festvial! Showtime is tonight, Wednesday, October 24th, 7:30pm at the Comedy Village. Tickets are available at tix@comedyvillage.com or by calling (212) 477-0130.

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22 October
Monday

FALL 2007 TV UPDATE: “Viva Laughlin” First Show To Go, But Who’s Next?

CBS has officially cancelled “Viva Laughlin” after only two episodes, making the Hugh Jackman-produced moving billboard officially the first new show cancelled this Fall.

Chuck (NBC) 40:1 – There’s no telling how long the premise of an ordinary person mistaken for a spy can hold up. No matter how often he tells them he’s not a spy, they are not gonna believe him, and will continue to throw knives towards his crotch on countless previews to come.

Cane (CBS) 30:1 – Looks like your textbook CBS show that never gets consciously watched or evaluated by anyone ever, so it’ll probably just kind of exist for three or four seasons.

Cavemen / Carpoolers (ABC) 16:1 – Reviews have been generally negative, but it’s more likely that the shows will be retooled into a quirky, hour-long drama called “Cavepoolers”.

The Next Great American Band (Fox) 12:1 – Commercials were gimmicky, and the show seems desperate, but once Fox moves it to the “So You Think You Can Dance?” summer wasteland, it’ll probably hang out for a while.

Pushing Daisies (ABC) 10:1 – Dark, dramatic comedy with intriguing characters and an extremely unique premise. All recipes for disaster.

Journeyman (NBC) 4:1 – Completely nondescript in every way; only saving grace might be NBC’s desperation, or NBC confusing it with the show “Life” and cancelling that instead.

The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 3:1 – The masses have trouble empathizing with nerd characters (see: “Freaks and Geeks”) unless we’re laughing at them (see: “Beauty and the Geek”). Lack of “Geek” in the title might fool people for a while, but the outlook isn’t so good.

Back To You (Fox) 2:1 – New Fox comedies have about the same life expectancy as viral video stars; I give Kelsey Grammar about the same chance of being on tv in 2008 as Tay Zonday’s “Dramatic Chipmunk Variety Hour.”

Samantha Who? (ABC) 2:5 – Same odds the ‘97 Chicago Bulls had to win the NBA title. Nothing in this world is a SURE THING, but that being said…

Which show’s getting cancelled next? Place yer bets in the comments!

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3 October
Wednesday

Best Night Ever For Tuesday, October 2nd!

While you were waiting for K-Fed to return your copy of Parenting For Dummies and Background Dancers, someone was having the Best Night Ever! Join Kristy Webb as she finds the best moments of Tuesday night TV from Reaper, House, Carpoolers, the return of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, and the premiere of Cavemen! (Now in hacky K. Fed voice…) “Man, being a full time dad is hard! Dirty diapers, Baby Jayden!? Oops YOU did it again!!” Zing.

Catch Kristy in 3 Feet Deep, her weekly web show at Heavy.com!

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2 October
Tuesday

ICYMI: If The Rest Of Cavemen Is As Funny As This Clip, A Lot Of People Will Be Very Wrong About It

Ever since ABC first announced its plans to turn a series of Geico commercials into a primetime sitcom, people been howling about how utterly ridiculous this show will inevitably be, and the Internet has fueled the fire with which Cavemen will be burned at the stake, dead on arrival. Now sure, we’re biased, because we’ve worked with Nick Kroll long enough to know that anything he’s a part of stands a better-than-average chance of being incredibly funny, but hasn’t the Caveman-hatred reached a sort of hysteric frenzy that seems a little excessive considering that so many of the people trashing it haven’t even SEEN the show yet? It’s like the anti-Borat, or the non-ironic way people should have reacted to Snakes On A Plane. Maybe this is some kind of genius reverse-psychology marketing strategy by ABC to bring the expectations down so low that when the show turns out to be pretty funny, everyone flips out and thinks its amazing. I don’t know. But the show premieres tonight at 8pm, and one thing I am sure about is, if the whole series is as funny as Nick’s karaoke performance in the clip below, the hate-hype might have been a bit premature.

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