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I’ve got a show this Saturday night at midnight at the UCB Theatre called The Freedom Network. It’s gonna be great. Come check it out if you feel so inclined (and are in the greater Tri-State area.) It stars Dave Thunder, Tony Carnevale, Matt DeCoster, Andy Rocco and myself. Word on the street is that Jeff Foxworthy might also make an appearance.

The Freedom Network
Saturday, August 16th at midnight
UCB Theatre
307 West 26th Street (& 8th Ave.)
Cost: $5
Click Here For Reservations

Freedom.

It’s been a busy week for me. Last weekend I participated in the Del Close Marathon. It was an amazing time - Brooke Shields even made an appearance and seemed totally cool and on board for anything - as reported accurately here and as reported hilariously inaccurately here. Most of my shows were well after midnight, including a show called The Foxworthy Brothers - with Will Hines and Birch Harms - as seen below. I forgot to bring fake mustaches for everybody (an important part of the show). So Will and Birch used black tape for their fake mustaches. I didn’t forget to bring the awesome mullet wigs, though.

Bottom-line: I didn’t get a lot of sleep over the weekend. On top of that, my sleeping schedule has been disrupted even further by The Olympics. I don’t know why, but I’ve always been a nut-ball for the Olympics. It probably started when I went to the ‘84 Olympics in LA with my Dad. My nut-ball zeal was heightened even more when some college buddies and I volunteered for the ‘96 Games in Atlanta. My sister, who was in charge of the actual medals at the games, got us jobs at the Olympic Stadium as “Coordinators for the Look of the Game”. We were given uniforms and full-access passes and told to report to our boss. But our boss, who we never met, got fired right before the games started. So we basically had nothing to do. We would go to the Olympic Stadium every single day in our uniforms and full-access passes and just watch all of the events for free.

In addition, we would hit up every other sporting event we could - such as the Women’s Gold Medal Soccer match in Athens. We even attended some non-sporting events - we were right next to Centennial Olympic Park at a James Brown concert when the bomb went off. At the end of the two week extravaganza, we ended up selling our Olympic uniforms to tourists for a few hundred bucks each. So we made a profit out of the whole deal. All for doing nothing. We were douchebags.

This year’s Olympics haven’t disappointed either. The Men’s Swimming 4×100 Freestyle Relay Race had to be one of the best sporting events I’ve ever seen. Right? Or is it just me? And last night, I ended up staying up past 1 am watching Women’s Gymnastics. I told myself I would only watch a few minutes and go to bed. But I ended up being glued to the TV for hours. And I didn’t even think I liked Women’s Gymnastics. But what can I say? I guess I’ll always have Olympic Fever. No uniforms to sell this year though. Unless you count my fake mustache that I’ve been wearing as I cheer all of the athletes on. But I don’t know if I’m ready to sell that baby just yet. I might need it.

Another plug for Get Psyched and Dr. Lanny Latham. I know every post now is about Lanny, but that’s what the people want, right? Poor Permanent Nutface Gary has been neglected of late. Don’t you fret, Permanent Nutface Gary, we’ll get to you in a little bit. For now, it’s Lanny’s turn.

Lanny and Get Psyched have been featured on BuzzFeed. Check it out by clicking here or the images below. See if you can solve the equation below as well.

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Pretty cool huh? Dr. Lanny’s exercises were featured. As well as all of his videos. Thanks to Buzzfeed and Eliot Glazer.

Dr. Lanny Latham has a new infomercial out. It includes footage from real seminars he did at real offices in New York. That means you should hire him. Pronto. Still not convinced? Why not? What’s wrong with you?Okay fine. Check this out:

If that’s not enough psychedness for you, Dr. Lanny Latham has a very important seminar this Wednesday night at the UCB Theatre.

Get Psyched!
Appearing with Adira Amram (as Shammy Latham) and Nate Shelkey (as Nathan)
Wednesday, August 6th at 7 pm
UCB Theatre
307 West 26th Street (& 8th Ave.)
Cost: $5
For Reservations Click Here

Not only will your mind be completely blown, you might even win a FREE T-Shirt!

Earlier this year, Dr. Lanny Latham was a guest on Maxim’s “Sex Files” on Sirius Radio. The host of the show contacted Dr. Lanny through his website and asked him to come be a resident expert. Apparently the host and every one else involved with the show all believed Lanny was a real person and more importantly, a real life coach. That’s because he is one. The producers wouldn’t allow us to film the actual show, but luckily we recorded the audio and got some pictures taken, which we edited together to make a video. A lot of the discussion on the show revolved around Kegel exercises. Dr. Lanny Latham didn’t actually know what a Kegel exercise was before the show, but he did his best to wing it. Here it is.

This Sunday night/Monday morning I’ll be appearing in the 5th episode of Fat Guy Stuck in Internet. It’s part of the Adult Swim block on the Cartoon Network. I’ll be playing a school bully, as well as a “clean” dancer. So DVR it! Or watch it live! Yeah!

Update: since it’s already aired, here are the clips below.

Dracular

Dracular at Dance

Dr. Lanny Latham had another gig yesterday where he performed his patented “Get Psyched” seminar at an office in New York City. This was his second seminar performing for a group of strangers in the last two weeks. The first seminar was at an office in Brooklyn. This time it was at a bigger office in lower Manhattan.

For each seminar, the employees were told that a real, certified life coach would perform a seminar that would change their life for the better. Most were skeptical. But Dr. Lanny did his best to change all that. He started things off with a bang - by making a dramatic entrance to the song “Sirius” by The Alan Parsons Project (a song once used to introduce the starting lineup of the Chicago Bulls). Right when the synthesizers kicked in, Dr. Lanny entered the crowded conference room (still holding his cassette tape player) and began to jump up and down and yell “Get Psyched!”

Still, most remained skeptical. But after Dr. Lanny led everybody through The Seven Steps to Living a Better Life, as well as exercises of Quick Hands and Shuttle Runs, he had several believers on his side. Plus he broke the world record for psychedness on his psych-odometer. So I think, all in all, it was a success.

Also, Dr. Lanny had his expert camera crew on hand to film each seminar (each camera operator wore a “Get Psyched” T-shirt). So hopefully you can see the footage sometime soon.

What does this all mean? It means you should hire Dr. Lanny Latham immediately for your own seminar. Click here to contact Dr. Lanny Latham. Your life will drastically change for the better. Don’t believe me? Well, maybe this will help you….

Quick Hands!

Quick Hands!

The good people at Funny or Die asked me to make a video for Father’s Day. So I made one where Permanent Nutface Gary looks for his long lost father. It’s now on the front page of Funny or Die in the main player. It stars John Lutz, Nate Shelkey and Permanent Nutface Gary. And once again the team of Bassham/Schultz did some heavy lifting to make it happen. If you like the video, feel free to forward it around or even “digg” it by clicking here. That’s what the kids say to do. But before you do all that, watch it…

The first episode of Fat Guy Stuck in Internet airs this Sunday night/Monday morning at 12:15 am on the Cartoon Network as part of Adult Swim. The series was created, written by and stars John Gemberling and Curtis Gwinn. And it’s way cool that it’s finally airing on Adult Swim. It originally started out as a fake tv pilot for Channel 102. Every single episode of the original “Gemberling” (as it was called then) was filmed at my old office which is mentioned in this NY Times article. For the Adult Swim episodes they of course branched out from my old office (especially since I no longer have the security pass) and found their own space.

I think I’m in three of the episodes. In the first episode I play a guard in tights. In the third episode I play a zombie keyboardist in tights. And in the fifth episode I have a few roles - none in tights. So DVR it! Or watch it live! Tights!

Update: some clips from the show that I’m in are below.

Dracular

Dracular at Dance

Nobody Puts Toddler Under a Table

Home Schooled Fools

It’s Friday the 13th. No sign of Jason. But you might want to stay on the lookout for either a guy who looks like he’s constantly having an orgasm or a guy who likes to do an exercise known as “Quick Hands.” That’s because today, while I’m still on the company clock at my day job, I will be playing not one, but two of my alter egos: Permanent Nutface Gary and Dr. Lanny Latham. (Yes I know that it’s sad to have two alter egos.)

For Permanent Nutface Gary I have to film some pick-up shots for a Father’s Day video I’m doing for Funny or Die. So stay tuned for that.

For Dr. Lanny Latham, I was hired to perform a fake seminar for a company in Brooklyn. It is sort of a prank I think. I guess I’ll find out when I get there.

So I traveled on the subway this morning with a camera, a boom box (for Gary), clothes for Gary, props for Dr. Lanny (which includes a toy guitar, a toy keyboard, a jump rope, a hand puppet, a noise maker, a fake snake in a fake can of peanuts, etc.) and my suit for Dr. Lanny. And I carried all of these items up the elevator to my cubicle at my day job. Throughout the day I will be changing into my various characters’ getup, grabbing my props, and traveling around NYC to perform, all while I’m supposed to create an image that I’m still doing normal day-job type work.

It’s actually just a typical day at the office for me. But still…

The insanity has got to stop. Make it stop. Why? Why must it continue?… Quick Hands!…Ah, much better…