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Myron and Katy Mixon Are My Two New Favorite People

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:55:22 -0800

With Top Chef and Mad Men now in their off seasons, I’m trying hard to find replacements. I’m not sure if TLC’s BBQ Pitmasters will do the trick, but it’s main asshole, Myron Mixon is highly entertaining. A shit-talking whole-hog BBQ expert? I mean give the guy his own show already! And no trick pilots that Food Network would Trojan Horse him with before yanking out the rug with Bobby Flay’s dumb mug preparing a whole hog with a truffle/pussy juice glaze ruining everything. I want The Myron Mixon Show.

And I totally I admit to being late to the Eastbound & Down bandwagon, but Katy Mixon (aka April Buchanon)… Well, I think Elvis said a thing or two about how I feel about her with a song he sang in 1961. And then I think UB40 said the same thing again in 1993. Body double or not. She beats Myron in the whole hogs competition, if you know what I mean. You don’t? Okay. That’s just secret code language for scumbags.

I’ll talk about Jersey Shore some other time.

Okay. I admit. She’s got ‘the thing.’ But...

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:22:03 -0800

Okay. I admit. She’s got ‘the thing.’

But that’s it.

I want more of this.

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:10:53 -0800

I want more of this.

This was on Best Week Ever. So much pride…

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:05:14 -0800

This was on Best Week Ever. So much pride…

New Wave at the Lincoln Lodge

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:43:23 -0800

This thing I wrote for Comedy.com snowballed into another thing. Some people weren’t too happy with me. Others were. I just hope it goes well for everybody.

The only other advice I gave New Wave was to go here. Because Jesus.

mikeburns: Look, no one seems to be taking me seriously when I...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:29:42 -0800

mikeburns:

Look, no one seems to be taking me seriously when I use it as a credit. I really am on the “Style Squad” for Soap Opera Disgest.

Is it really THAT far fetched? The only real question is whether it’s meta humour or I’m just so far undercover that I might not be able to come back to my real life, just like Keanu in Point Break.

Reggie Watts in a battery commercial.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:29:04 -0800

Reggie Watts in a battery commercial.

Shaved face. Feel nude.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:22:14 -0800

Shaved face. Feel nude.

Star Wars 59Fifty Caps (Pics)

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:11:25 -0800

Star Wars 59Fifty Caps (Pics)

Actors Reprise Their Famous Roles (Pics)

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:09:50 -0800

Actors Reprise Their Famous Roles (Pics)

Best. Blooper Reel. Ever.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:51:39 -0800

Best. Blooper Reel. Ever.

January 11, 2006

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:53:59 -0800

This is the email my old college roommate and current good friend, Rob Johnson, sent me on January 11, 2006 that started the ball rolling on Blerds.com. I was going through old emails when I stumbled upon this gem. I can explain what Blerds (and MySpace) were another time. But I was very entertained and think Rob (and this email) are hilarious.

Mike,

Why should myspace make all of the money from OUR blogs? What do you
think about me setting up a domain and website, and you rounding up
your closest comedian friends and making a blog sight a la
thesuperficial.com. i can run the website & get advertisers, and the
funny people can be funny. we can split the profits in some equitable
manner. at the very least we’ll have fun and have a place for all of
your comic minds to run wild. best case scenario… this could
generate some $ for us. let me know what you think…

-Bill (Gates)

Kumail, Braunger and TJ on Comedy Central's Hot List

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:48:15 -0800

Kumail, Braunger and TJ on Comedy Central's Hot List

JoVoRoBo and TJ Got Into Sundance

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:43:46 -0800

JoVoRoBo and TJ Got Into Sundance

Kyle Kinane: Style Cop

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:01:46 -0800

Kyle Kinane: Style Cop

Now Kumail Is In Perez Hilton

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:00:58 -0800

Now Kumail Is In Perez Hilton

mikeburns: I’m doing a half-hour of knuckleheadedness at UCB on...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:41:32 -0800

mikeburns:

I’m doing a half-hour of knuckleheadedness at UCB on Thursday. 6:30. I’d be ever so grateful if you’d like to come.

Rezzos: http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/reservations/create/15977

My Favorite Internet Videos of All Time. Part 2.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:20:59 -0800

My Favorite Internet Videos of All Time. Part 2.

My Favorite Internet Videos Of All Time Part 1.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:17:52 -0800

My Favorite Internet Videos Of All Time Part 1.

All Of A Sudden I Like Boxing

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:06:00 -0800

You haven’t really watched boxing until you watch it with 30 drunk Mexican dudes crammed into a makeshift garage in Historic Filipinotown. But that’s what I did a few weeks ago when Manny Pacquiao fought Miguel Cotto for the WBO Welterweight title.

I’m not even really sure how I got there. Iowa lost to Ohio State in overtime earlier in the day and my neighbor Pablo, a punch-drunk former boxer in his own right, asked me if I wanted to go with him down the block to watch the fight. I decided to go. Mostly because I was already drunk and had no reason to say no. It could be hilarious, right?

My neighborhood is predominantly Hispanic and I’ve heard the neighborhood hoopla surrounding fights in the past, so I was curious. I’d also recalled watching interviews with Louis CK, Chris Rock and Eddie Murphy talking about how much they loved boxing. I’d also revisited Richard Pryor’s bit about the Ali-Spinks fight from Live in Concert. ESPN also just had a great 30 for 30 documentary on Ali-Holmes, which led me to rewatch When We Were Kings, Tyson, and a 10 part YouTube viewing of “The Thrilla in Manilla” documentary.

Fast forward to November 14th and I’m drinking Corona in front of a big screen TV in a garage with a bunch of strangers who don’t speak English. And I loved it.

If you would have asked me 3 weeks ago who the heavyweight champion of the world was, I’d have no idea. Now I want to see the Klitschko brothers beat the shit out of each other for my entertainment. I’m watching clips from HBO’s boxing podcast off of iTunes and reading blogs all over the Internet. I have no idea what’s wrong with me. But I do know that the top two fighters in the world, pound-for-pound, are Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. And when their 2010 fight gets announced, I’ll be just as excited as everybody else. That’s a boxing opinion!

I’ve heard people theorize in the past about the similarities between boxing to stand-up comedy. Maybe that’s what drew me in. Maybe I have a Mad Men-induced ideal of drinking whiskey and getting into boxing and horse racing to go along with my obsession with baseball. I really don’t know… Because that means I’d also have to get into horse racing. But for whatever reason, I’m loving something I couldn’t have cared less about a few months ago. Who’s jumping on the bandwagon with me? Nobody? Fine. More room in the Mexican garage for me.