Stella at 6th & I Historic Synagogue, Todd Barry at DC Improv
In tomorrow's schedule, wedged between "Doing the Right Thing: Jewish Ethics in the Modern World" and "News Media Malpractice: Mis-Covering the Middle East," is a 7 p.m. performance by Stella (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain), the absurdist supergroup responsible for Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, and the short-lived and eponymous Comedy Central series, Stella.
I've got a real soft spot/hard on for David Wain in particular, as he voices the warden on Adult Swim's underrated Superjail. Some clips below (the first is Stella as a group, the second is Wain in Superjail.)
And now, Superjail:
Another good comedy show this week is Todd Barry (the bongo player from The Flight of the Conchords), who performs Thu., 12/4, at the DC Improv. Barry delivers his lines at a snail's pace and without ever raising his voice, and magically manages to keep you on the edge of your seat:
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12:25 pm
Let me guess, you weren't born yet when "The State" was on MTV.
12:31 pm
I was 8 years old when The State debuted. The next year my parents got rid of our television, and I didn't watch it regularly again until my freshman year at college. Imagine my sorrow that re-runs of Thunderbirds had gone off the air.
5:38 pm
Hippies ruin everything.
6:01 pm
Damn straight.
10:20 pm
Riggs, I'm gonna say right now that this is probably the only time you and I will ever agree.
11:31 am
That breaks my heart, Joe.
1:15 pm
Whether you're being totally facetious or sensitively honest, you obviously have no sense of how to nurture a nemesis, if only for dramatic reasons. It's that yin-yang shit, yo.
1:15 pm
Except, y'know, after awhile I'll want a cut of your paycheck. A good nemesis is costly after awhile.
1:26 pm
In that case, I'll stick with Ernest. He acts like an asshat for free.
1:38 pm
You're calling me an asshat, aren't you?
2:08 pm
I never comment, but... How could you POSSIBLY leave out The State for "Stella"?!?!!???
Also, show is at 8, doors at 7.
2:11 pm
Sorry, Lin, too young for The State. Now that you and Joe/PC have made me feel like a cultural indigent, though, I'll add it to my Netflix list.
And Joe, you're the one who started talking about my yang.
3:46 pm
Obligatory childish response: Your yang is my asshat.
3:51 pm
That doesn't make any sense. Apologies.
4:26 pm
I love you Michael Showalter!
12:36 pm
The show was great, fyi!
Try iTunes for The State... The State is still not on dvd. :)