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<p>Tuesday Jan 12 2010  Conan Prepared to Walk From The Tonight Show</p>
<p>Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 3:34PM  Photo: Joel Aron Photography Conan O'Brien released a statement moments ago saying he refuses to follow Leno at 12:05, thus refusing the hosting job on The Sometime at Night Show with Some White Guy. Via the statement:</p>

<p>> Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn’t the Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.</p>
<p>> So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more.</p>
<p>* Conan O’Brien Says He Won't Host 'Tonight Show' Following Leno | NY Times</p>
<p>* Christina Applegate Refusing to Take Sides | (via WSJ.com)</p>
<p>* Remember This Latenight TV Flare-Up? | CNN.com (March 27, 2002)</p>
<p>* "I'm With Coco" Traveling the Web at Light Speed | Mike Mitchell</p>

<p>It's about time Conan started playing hardball. Faced with the prospect of another huge programming blunder and with everything on the line, it's critical for him to go all-in.</p>

<p>The Apiary | 1 Comment tagged Conan , Jay Leno , The Tonight Show in TV/Film Monday Jan 11 2010  STUFF BRANFORD MARSALIS SAID YEARS AGO...</p>
<p>Monday, January 11, 2010 at 1:26PM</p>

<p>"I was thrown under a microphone and expected to have a rapport with a man I really didn't know. It takes time," Marsalis told [music magazine BAM]. "If you watch the show now, the lines are drawn and Jay and I have our things," he noted.</p>

<p>"It will never be what Dave [Letterman] and Paul [Shaffer] have because I'm not the kind of person that's gonna kiss Jay's ass and say everything he does is right," he said. Jet Magazine (Dec. 26, 1994)</p>

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<p>keithhuang | Post a Comment | 1 Reference tagged Branford Marsalis , TThe Tonight Show in TV/Film Friday Jan 08 2010  Message Boards Explode in Wake of Leno Debacle</p>
<p>Friday, January 8, 2010 at 12:53PM  The stunning Leno reshuffle sent the AST message board into a tizzy, with users almost unanimously banding together to create virtual puffy paint Team Conan signs. A few unique insights from the boarders stood out:</p>

<p>> They are actually taking another very big and unprecedented gamble with a 30 minute show that starts off after 11:30. You would think they learned their lesson after Jay's current show. Unfortunately, when they look at what they perceive as a lack of success with Jay and Conan's shows, they probably see it as Conan being the one fucking things up. Things were great before when Jay started at 11:30 and Conan started at 12:30. Why did Conan have to go and ruin everything? I guess they may even be right, if all you care about is numbers. --Berliner</p>
<p>And this one:</p>

<p>> If you look at it from Conan's side, he's the boss. His decision affects an entire staff of people who are relying on him for their jobs. (Of course they can find other work, but still). If he walks, he's essentially laid off a staff of talented and devoted people who uprooted themselves from New York to ride this train to hell.</p>
<p>> I think Conan will take the new time slot just to keep the show going. The media is stating that Fox is not interested in taking him on anymore, nor is ABC. --Trikywu</p>
<p>Noticeably absent so far from the fiery online discussion are the usually chatty Tonight Show staffers who can be seen lurking on the board but not commenting. All eyes will be on the monologues tonight.</p>

<p>The Apiary | Post a Comment tagged NBC , The Jay Leno Show , The Tonight Show in TV/Film Friday Dec 04 2009  More "Mystery Team Week"</p>
<p>Friday, December 4, 2009 at 11:00AM  Dominic Dierkes and Dan Eckman of Mystery Team | Photo: Keith Huang</p>

<p>At Wednesday's MYSTERY TEAM LIVE! show, two members of Derrick came to the UCBT-NY bearing gifts. Dominic Dierkes and Dan Eckman toted a K-mart bag filled with Tub Time Toys, a Swing Vote DVD and some random paperback books, cheerily handing out items to anyone who had seen Mystery Team at previous screenings.</p>

<p>Kevin Brown plays "Dotcom" on 30 Rock Some of the biggest laughs came from Dierkes's reading of the synopsis to "Playing With Fire," by Gena Showalter: The substance snuck into the protagonist's grand mocha latte "changes her life forever: the new Super Belle can control the four elements -- earth, wind, fire and water." Eckman quickly said he wanted to adapt a screenplay.</p>

<p>Ahead of today's first, official New York Mystery Team screenings, the Derrick gang (sans DC and Donald) asked all their friends whom they had asked to be in the movie to come out for an improv jam.</p>

<p>The special guest monologist was Kevin "Dotcom" Brown from 30 Rock, who told a story about buying a gold suit in Detroit and an incredibly funny story about a famous Brown-family gem about how "when I was born, they thought I was dead."</p>

<p>Although tonight's Mystery Team screenings are sold out, the fellas will be on hand at evening screenings this weekend and all next week to meet-and-greet and field some Q&A with the audience.</p>

<p>Tickets for the Saturday and Sunday shows are still available, as are tickets for next week's shows (Tickets).</p>

<p>--Keith Huang</p>

<p>RELATED: Donald Glover leaks "I'm So Official" by Childish Gambino</p>

<p>^ Bobby Moynihan and Will Hines</p>

<p>^ Kay Cannon wrote last night's 30 Rock episode "Dealbreakers Talk Show" ^ Neil Casey and Dominic Dierkes ^ Anthony King ^ Will Hines</p>

<p>http://bln.kr/5LV/ keithhuang | Post a Comment tagged Derrick , Mystery Team , UCBT-NY in TV/Film Wednesday Dec 02 2009  More "Mystery Team Week"</p>
<p>Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 1:47PM Dominic Dierkes, Donald Glover and DC Pierson are Mystery Team | Photo courtesy of Derrick</p>

<p>By: Keith Huang</p>

<p>No surprises here: The first two screenings of Mystery Team for Dec. 4 have sold out, but midnight seats are still available (Tickets). Rest assured, the movie will be playing continuously next week, as well. For today, we rounded up a few of the stellar Mystery Team cast members to discuss their experiences on set and why they thought they were picked to join the cast. Here's what they said:</p>

<p>Will Hines (Mr. Stevens): The night before my shoot the cast and crew got wicked drunk and watched The Omen. Yes, I typed "wicked." I remember Ben Rodgers imitating Gregory Peck saying "I was attacked by hell hounds" for most of the evening. I think I got asked to be in the movie because they needed a straight man to play off of Donald's characters amazingly ineffective disguises. And I am the greatest most reasonable straight man in the history of American comedy.</p>

<p>Ben Schwartz (Dougie's Buddy): My scene was in a strip club in New Hampshire so all I remember is seeing flashes of New Hampshire style strippers and hilarious actors running around.</p>

<p>Anthony King (Office Worker): I only worked on the movie for one day. Though that meant taking a scenic bus ride to New Hampshire and eating dirty pancakes with Jon Daly in a diner attached to a mall. So...all in all, a perfect experience.</p>

<p>"Here I am on set of, script in hand" --Tom Shillue | Photo courtesy of Tom Shillue Tom Shillue (Alan McGinty): I auditioned for the film thru Jodi Collins Casting. I had not met the guys and Meggie before. I went in the day before and read the script -- it was hilarious. How fun to read a feature film script that makes you laugh out loud as you read it! Jodi put me on tape and I think they cast me right from the first read if I remember correctly.</p>

<p>Then they had me come in and do literally a 10-minute rehearsal. Everyone seemed funny, and I thought to myself: "Who are these guys?!" so I went home and watched a bunch of Derrick videos on youtube. "OH-I get it. I know these guys. I remembered a few of the old videos and was also maybe aware of a few of the early Hammerkatz videos I had seen before. I had seen them on humor sites, or had been forwarded links by friends.</p>

<p>I was ready for a down and dirty shoot, but the whole thing was as professional as anything I've worked on. I was there early in the shoot, and they were just getting used to working in an under the gun, anything can go wrong, feature film environment, but everyone was super nice and appreciative of the whole cast and crew.</p>

<p>I knew I was working on a cool project, but of course you never expect that these independent projects are going to go so far, never mind get a big theatrical release. Very exciting.</p>

<p>Ben Rodgers (Caleb): I think I'm only in the movie for about a second, I just shot one quick scene and I still haven't seen it, so I'm not sure how much made it in. They had a very small part for a young looking angry guy and they frequently bring out that side of me, so they asked me to read for the part.</p>

<p>Neil Casey | Photo courtesy of Neil Casey Neil Casey (Broken Man): On the night before my shoot, the guys and I went out to a church basement so they could take pictures of me fucking air. In the film, my character reveals a photograph of himself having sex with something. Since the actual receptive object (I won't spoil it) was unavailable, the photo itself had to be constructed using Movie Magic.</p>

<p>We assembled in the church basement, set up some lights and positioned me in my underpants so I could spend about 10 minutes thrusting my hips into nothing while cycling through a shockingly comprehensive repertoire of fuck faces. My giant beard, grown exclusively to play the part, contributed to the result -- the most troublingly erotic photo set that any of us had ever seen. Upset and aroused, the guys and I went back to the hostel and kissed on a couch but have never talked about it. The photo set remains unavailable.</p>

<p>Bobby Moynihan (Jordy): My most vivid memory of working on Mystery Team was driving two hours to New Hampshire to shoot and my car broke down. I was stranded in Connecticut and (director) Dan Eckman's mom, a champion of a woman, had to come pick me up. We then drove the rest of the two hours and started shooting at midnight. At around 5 in the morning I had a lit firecracker in my mouth. By 9 in the morning I was on my way back to Connecticut to figure out how to get my car back to NYC. I paid $3,000 in transmission repair to be in that movie and it was worth every penny. I think this movie is amazing and that people will get to see just how talented the Derrick guys are. I owe a lot to these guys and no matter what amount of success I have in this business I will always be the guy from "Bro Rape."</p>

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<p>* Don't miss "Derrick Presents: MYSTERY TEAM LIVE!" happening TONIGHT @ 11PM at The UCBT-NY | Reservations</p>

<p>keithhuang | 1 Comment tagged Mystery Team in TV/Film Monday Nov 30 2009  The Apiary Presents "Mystery Team Week"</p>
<p>Monday, November 30, 2009 at 5:48PM  DC Pierson, Donald Glover & Dominic Dierkes are Mystery Team | Photo courtesy of Derrick</p>

<p>Welcome to "Mystery Team Week," a celebration of the new movie by comedy team Derrick. The sketch- and improv-massive attackers, best known for their multiple millions of YouTube hits, will host the New York premiere of "Mystery Team" this Friday, Dec. 4, at Quad Cinemas (Tickets). The primary cast and crew will attend evening screenings to meet fans, host some Q&A and to show their hometown some long-awaited love. Derrick spent last summer on a promotional blitz, drumming up distributorship interest and meeting fans face-to-face.</p>

<p>In advance of Premiere Night, The Apiary touched base with Dominic Dierkes, one-third of the Mystery Team, who plays "Charlie (The Strongest Kid in Town)." Dierkes is en route to New York, while DC Pierson and Donald Glover are in Los Angeles, shooting NBC's "Community." However, the trio will make their Homecoming Trek by the weekend, Dierkes said.</p>

<p>For today, we asked Dominic to take a look at some recent photo mementos and comment on them. Here's what he said:</p>

<p>Photo courtesy Jennifer Morrison ^ The Austin premiere at the Drafthouse was thrilling and surreal at the same time. This screening was a huge transition for the movie and marked the beginning of the still ongoing theatrical release. Most of the time I was thinking, "I can't believe there's a place where you can order a beer while you're watching a movie. Why do people leave here?"</p>

<p>Photo courtesy of Katrina Davis ^ The wrap party was the same day as the last shot of the movie. Production was such an arduous process with so many major roadblocks that just to be at the end of it, knowing that we had the movie in the can was extremely satisfying even though we knew there was still tons more work to be done. Also, everyone got really drunk.</p>

<p>Photo courtesy of Derrick Comedy ^ Gainesville and Tallahassee were the first cities Mystery Team opened in after Austin. Here we are in Gainesville advertising ourselves on a wall in spray paint. That's a legal way to advertise your movie, right?</p>

<p>Photo: Conor Mangan ^ Our panel at Comic Con came at the tail end of an AMAZING weekend in San Diego. We distributed trading cards, manned a Mystery Team booth, held a screening, and did a panel -- all of which were met with an overwhelming amount of enthusiasm and excitement that we found permeates Comic Con as a whole. That convention is pure, unironic fun and is a must-attend for anyone who enjoys being a fan of stuff.</p>

<p>Photo courtesy of Derrick Comedy ^ We've been doing a thing called "Sword Club" where if you see the movie twice in its run in any given city, we present you with an individually numbered foam sword with a handwritten inspirational quote on it. If you see the movie three times, we give you a dinosaur. And if someone sees the movie a yet to be determined number of times (it was 10 times in Phoenix), then DC will get your name tattooed somewhere on his body. Members of the Sword Club will all have their names featured on the DVD.</p>

<p>Photo: Dan Eckman ^ Some folks from Pixar saw Mystery Team in Sundance and offered to set up an employee screening at their facilities as part of a program called Pixar University. They also offered us an extensive tour of their facilities. Being huge Pixar fans, we said, "Fuck yes." The screening went great and the tour was an incredible experience. We got to see UP concept art, explore an actual secret passageway, and embarass ourselves in the gift store. That Pixar trip did nothing but reinforce our perception of that studio as an insanely creative, driven, and talented group of people who give a huge shit about every detail of their work. And it shows. It was a true pleasure to be there.</p>

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<p>* Donald Glover talks about Mystery Team & hair placenta (New York Magazine)</p>

<p>keithhuang | 1 Comment | 10 References tagged Derrick , Mystery Team in TV/Film Wednesday Nov 18 2009  Ugly Americans Teaser Airs Tonight</p>
<p>Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 4:30PM  Image via Animation Magazine</p>

<p>Alert comedy hivesman Soce the Elemental Wizard tipped us off today that Comedy Central will air a short preview of its newest animated series, Ugly Americans. The series is being executive produced by Dan Powell (The Colbert Report, Important Things With Demetri Martin) and David Stern (Monk, The Simpsons) and produced by Devin Clark. Animation is being handled by Augenblick Studios. The series is also a spin-off of comedycentral.com original web series, 5-On, and according to our pals over at CC Insider:</p>

<p>> Ugly Americans is about a social worker who helps monsters adjust to living in New York and features the voices of Natasha Leggero, Matt Oberg, Randy Pearlstein, Mike Britt, Kurt Metzger, Rebekka Johnson, Pete Holmes, Julie Klausner, Larry Murphy and Michael Leon Wooley.</p>

<p>Why are we excited? Because we know and love all those voices! Ugly Americans won't air officially until March 2010, but get a quick fix tonight during South Park @ 10PM (EST). Here's the preview clip:Ugly AmericansMarch 2010Sneak Peekwww.comedycentral.comJoke of the DayStand-Up ComedyFree Online Games</p>

<p>keithhuang | Post a Comment | 2 References tagged Comedy Central , Kurt Metzger , Matt Oberg , Mike Britt , Natasha Leggero , Pete Holmes , Randy Pearlstein , Rebekka Johnson , Ugly Americans in TV/Film , Upcoming Wednesday Nov 18 2009  T.J. Miller Cast in 'Yogi Bear'</p>
<p>Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 1:00PM  T.J. Miller performing at the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase | Photo: Kristy Mangel</p>

<p>Word came down last Thursday and was sealed yesterday that T.J. Miller has been offered the role of Ranger Jones in the live-action/animated Yogi Bear movie. Miller will co-star with Anna Faris, Justin Timberlake, and Dan Aykroyd, who will voice Yogi the Bear. The movie will be directed by Eric Brevig ("Journey to the Center of the Earth").</p>

<p>Miller's tongue-in-cheek "audition reel" for the film went out onto the Interwebs a few weeks ago and was just as quickly taken down: The reel showed Miller improvising with a live bear, feeding the animal marshmallows and lines (literally!).</p>

<p>After being called in to audition twice, Miller, along with filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts, decided to make the audition reel, sort of as a joke. The reel made it all the way to Barry M. Meyer, chairman of Warner Bros. Miller was offered the role shortly thereafter.</p>

<p>"I'm excited about this role because they saw the reel and appreciated what a bizarre dude I am," Miller told The Apiary. He will leave for New Zealand on Friday to begin shooting.</p>

<p>Didn't see the audition reel when it was up for .00002 seconds a couple weeks back? Here it is again:</p>

<p>--Kristy Mangel</p>

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