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Release The Underground Hounds!

Posted by Aaron Bleyaert January 20, 2010 11:57 AM
Tonight's show is another amazing humdinger (I don't know what that means, but it sounds good): Adam Sandler, Joel McHale, and musical guest Joss Stone will all be joining us - as well as an appearance by Ed Helms, and a SUPER SECRET MYSTERY CAMEO THAT WILL BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF.  Seriously.  Please don't wear socks while watching tonight's show, or they will get blown off.  People will be talking about this tomorrow, and you don't want to be the loser who has to hold back their tears because you didn't see what happened.  You've been warned, suckas.

In other news... MAN.  Am I bad at making polls, or what?!  Geez.  Good thing I didn't go into pollmaking, like I always dreamed of as a kid.  Anyway, thank you all for voting - If I wasn't so absolutely stupid, I could've figured out ahead of time that everybody would love Jack McBrayer's cameo last week.  As it stands though, it was fun to watch those other cameos, too!  I had completely forgotten about Mike Tyson coming on for that Christmas card, so that was pretty fun!

So.  Today I'd like to talk about videos from rehearsal... Or as I like to call them, Underground videos.

I started releasing Underground videos of our show way back during the Writer's Strike, and they've been far and away the favorite part of my job here - because they give you guys a true, honest glimpse inside how our show is put together! The true brick and comedy mortar that makes our show great is on display: The fact that doing a comedy show is FUN.  I'm proud to say that no other show that I know of gives their fans such an unfiltered behind the scenes look at how it's done!  That, if nothing else, is a testament to how great it is to work at this place with these awesome folks. ;)

Anyway, without further ado, let's have another poll of your FAVORITE UNDERGROUND VIDEOS!!!


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Best Cameo?

Posted by Aaron Bleyaert January 19, 2010 12:49 PM
Hello everyone.

Still nothing new to report... Except for the fact that I'll be contacting yesterday's winners of those Conan pins later tonight.  Sorry!  I've just been so busy lately.  You know how when you're riding a rollercoaster, and you're slowly going up that first big hill? That loud "CLICK! CLICK! CLICK! CLICK!" fills the air, and everyone is excited and nervous and a little scared; they all tug on their lap belts and pull on their shoulder restraints just to doublecheck that they're all secure and won't slide out of their seats; their brains busy filling their mouths with inane chatter so that they don't have to think about the drop that's coming up... And all too soon, the coaster reaches the top, and there's that moment where the clicking stops and everything goes smooth and the cars start sliding faster and faster one after another over the edge?

Yeah. That's what it feels like right now. 

It's not a bad feeling, per se; certainly, these last 7 months (hell, this whole past year) have been quite a thrill... But the days are definitely speeding up around here.  Things are starting to move very fast. The scenery outside the window is starting to blend together. Who knows what will happen once this coaster plunges over the edge?  What twists and turns and loops and tunnels does our story still hold?  It can be scary - because the unknown always is - but I have a feeling that our adventure is really only beginning. So don't crack the seal on that last tin of gravy just yet, friends. Let's get this cat in the bag and this bag in the river and get ready to see what the future holds!

In addition to our guests tonight (Quentin Tarantino, Paul Bettany, and musical guest Spoon) we've got an AWESOME and AMAZING cameo on tonight's show!  An old friend is stopping by... And that made me think: What's been our best cameo on the show so far!? YES IT'S ANOTHER AWESOME POLL AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHOICES:

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Tuesday, January 19 2010

Quentin Tarantino, Paul Bettany, Spoon
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