WSJ All Things Digital reports that comedy actor Bill Hader, who recently announced he’s retiring from Saturday Night Live after his ninth season, will be the new spokesman for the mobile telecom brand. Hader got his big break when Megan Mullally saw him perform at an improv show and introduced him to Lorne Michaels. For [...]
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Mays Business: “Funny Man”
After seeing my humiliating failures in bold print on the pages of the press — bombing on stage at StandUp New York comedy club, I’ve decided I will never again grant this type of unfettered access to any reporter from The Rolling Stone or my alumni magazine. Chrystal Houston’s interview took me on a journey, [...]
Reel Comedy
Updated with Catherine Zeta-Jones T-Mobile ad, the Onion News Network, Conan O’Brien sketch; “Bad Math” and “Filibuster” commercials
I am NOT a Horndog
In David Griner‘s post on ADWEEK’s blog, AdFreak, “Horndogs hit on Zeta-Jones in T-Mobile ads” he writes: I know I shouldn’t encourage the “Husbands are ugly imbeciles” ad cliché, but I laugh at the T-Mobile spot above every time I hear the guy tell Catherine Zeta-Jones, “I like it when you say things.” While I’m [...]
