My friends and I entered the Doritos “Crash the Superbowl” ad challenge. Check out our spot
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Brian Berrebbi and I did a radio spot for Expedia that was a lot of fun in its weirdness.
In it, I play a traveler who receives a wake-up call from an Expedia spokesperson played by Brian. This was all actually recorded in a hotel room, with Brian calling me on the hotel phone. Most of what was done was improvised and a transcript of the unused sections had things like this gem:
Caller Would you feed my – would you feed my dog – would you give my dog his medicine? Tell you what? I did you a favor, would you do me a favor and just give my dog his medicine?
Guest He’s not – I don’t – he’s not here.
Caller Well, um he’s on his way. I took one of your socks and gave him your scent.
Guest He’s a bloodhound?
Caller Um he’s a coyote.
Guest Oh well, I’m sorry to hear that.
Caller You’re sorry? I own a coyote. That’s awesome.
Guest It’s dangerous, isn’t it?
Caller Ask me if he bites.
Guest Does he bite?
Caller No, but I do, and he hates it.
Guest And I’m going to hang up on you.
Caller Wait, wait, don’t go. Send help.
I recently recorded a radio spot for Air Tran Airways. Oddly, it is the second spot I have done that has me stuffing things in my mouth. Do not read into this in any way.
It aired! Wait through the ad, then get ready for the comedy…
Amazing video work here, actually.
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So last week I shot my first-ever bit for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and my Tribeca Flasher ad was on TBS as part of the World’s Funniest Commercials. It’s looking like the Fallon bit won’t be airing, I guess. Basically, Jimmy Fallon spit-takes right into my face. Nudity and spitting in my face is where the bucks are at these days!
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A lot of people might think that my Tribeca Flasher spot was the first time I’ve worn a skin-toned weewee sock and nothing else. Not so!
A while ago, I starred in a web pilot for Comedy Central’s Motherlode site, but it wasn’t picked up for more episodes. Ben Gruber created it and Dan Dratch voiced my truly jerky goldfish. Enjoy!
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I’m at the wayyyy back there. And on certain TVs (like mine) I’m just out of frame. Bah! But happy to be anywhere in the mix…
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A friend of mine sent me this pic from his iPhone. It’s my flasher spot on the big screen. I decided it’d be worth it to see on a big screen too and I headed to the Tribeca Film Festival last week to see my spot and the movie that followed it. At first I was worried that it wouldn’t play, but then when it came on I was sort of blown away by seeing myself so big.
It’s been really fun to have so many people tell me they’ve seen the spot.
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Okay, maybe flap is overstating it. But the website Hollywood Elsewhere posted a critique of my Tribeca Film Festival flasher spot. Interesting perspectives, though the main beef seems to be about whether I keep my coat open or closed and what this says about my sexual aggression.
Whoa! My comedic instinct says it’s funnier with it open the whole time. I also think that if I was a typical flasher, it’s unlikely that I’d stop and flirt and hit it off with anyone. So maybe the rules of this interaction aren’t a typical day.
Anyway, fun to get the attention. I had my first “hey, you’re the flasher” moment last night at the UCB Theatre. Two people leaving were giving me a weird look, and then they explained. I guess that’s cool!
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