Pat let me borrow his copy of “The Shining” last year and I finally got around to seeing it today (easiest New Years resolution evar!)

While the plot was already thoroughly spoiled by The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror V, (I’m used to this happening to me — see also: “Cape Fear“) the impressive shots and eccentric performances kept me entertained throughout.

But as cool as Jack Nicholson was as Jack Torrance, he was that much cooler in “The Making of The Shining” documentary that Stanley let his 17 year old daughter Vivian shoot during the production of his movie. (You can see Jack getting himself hyped up right before the famous axing the door scene at the 5 minute mark.)

Nicholson’s insane affectations, and crazed mannerisms seemed… really familiar to me, and while discussing it with my friend Rami, he verbalized the thought that was on the tip of my brain: Nicholson as Torrance kind of sounds like Heath Ledger’s Joker! That’s when I had the idea to make this little mashup:

Maybe Jack did have a right to be bitter!

Dang. I see one movie Patrick Cassels recommends and I’m already blogging like him.

My friend Shawn, who does stand up comedy, started a twitter for all the jokes he believes wouldn’t work on stage.

My favorite so far is: “I just bought a Jackson Pollack skin jacket and someone threw paint all over it!”

If you’re in need of a Hardly Working idea, just ask Josh Ruben to do one of his characters.

Introducing Gale Beggy.

This one made me crack up so much we almost needed to shoot my parts after Josh left the room because I couldn’t keep a straight face as he stared at me.

Moose Factory is a community in the Cochrane District, Ontario. It is on Moose Factory Island, near the mouth of the Moose River.
– An actual line from this Wikipedia page.

Jeff Rubin came up with the name “Hardly Working” for our in-office videos.

I wonder if even Jeff remembers that.

Not a reality show. And coming soon!

Eight months ago I acted in an NYU short film called “The Old Man and the Seymour.”

The film — which is really funny — was written, directed, and edited by Giancarlo and Jon, who now shoot and direct our “Hardly Working” videos at CollegeHumor.

I play the old man, Streeter plays Seymour, and a motley assortment of great comedians and actors (Liz Cackowski, Jordan Carlos, Nick Raio, Shawn Harrison…) fill out the rest of the cast.

The film (30 minutes) is finally ready to screen for the public, so if you’re interested in seeing it, come to the NYU Cantor Film Center this Sunday at 6:30pm. There’s room for several hundred people, and it’s completely free so bring whoever!

(This is not a trailer, but I took a bunch of videos during the eight day shoot and edited it all together.)

I get a lot of weird looks in the office because of my new sneezing technique, but I don’t care. I’m convinced it’s both revolutionary and sanitary.

I sneeze into trash cans.

It’s simply really. When I feel a sneeze coming on, I run towards a mini trash can, and sneeze into it.

It’s better than covering your mouth because your germ-infested hands will end up touching lots of things. Sneezing into trash cans ensures that your germs stay in areas that people rarely touch.

So there you have it. Sneeze into trash cans — because aren’t germs just natures garbage?

(Not a rhetorical question, the answer is yes.)

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Parody
…Another parody.

If this pattern holds, we’ll have… another parody. Or something. I’m not exactly sure, actually.

WARNING: SPORTS RELATED! YOU MIGHT NOT CARE!

Phil Jackson brought up an interesting point yesterday in a pre-game interview: The ‘98 Bulls, best known for their record 72-10 record, had a major advantage I never realized: Luc Longley.

No, just kidding, it was the fact that they were located in Chicago.

Phil said being a team from Chicago is so much easier travel wise because you’re right in the middle of the country. You rarely have to travel more than a 2-3 hours to get anywhere. He said he thinks this Laker team doesn’t have “any chance” to get to that mark simply because of fatigue.

Never thought of that!