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theimpossiblecool: “Because in the end, you won’t remember the...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:56:50 -0700

“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.”

Jack Kerouac.

Thrilling Adventure & Supernatural Suspense Hour's Earth Day Special

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:26:17 -0700

I was honored to be a part of The Thrilling Adventure & Supernatural Suspense Hour’s Earth Day special back on April 22nd. It’s now available for your ears! This thing is full of guest stars, and had some very impressive music by Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, and Eban Schletter.

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thrilling-adventure-hour/id408691897?mt=2

On nerdist.com: http://www.nerdist.com/2013/05/thrilling-adventure-hour-118-sparks-nevadas-im-from-earth-day-special/

paulftompkins: AUSTIN, TX: This Friday. Two shows. Me....

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:49:59 -0700

paulftompkins:

AUSTIN, TX: This Friday. Two shows. Me. Superego. LIVE.

That’s all you need to know.

I beg your pardon, there is actually some more information that you need to know. Times and location, things like that. I apologize for my presumptuousness. ANYWAY.

FRIDAY MAY 24 - THE SPIDER HOUSE BALLROOM

8PM TICKETS

10PM TICKETS

Illustration: Dan Hartshorn

I LOVE this poster by Dan Hartshorn. I also can’t wait for...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:02:34 -0700

I LOVE this poster by Dan Hartshorn.

I also can’t wait for these Austin shows.

mattgourley:

Superego Live in Austin Texas!

WHY DON’T YOU COME ALONG?

There will be two shows and they will be different.

Tickets and Info.

Poster by the talented young Dan Hartshorn.

patruby: this is our fucking city

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:10:26 -0700

patruby:

this is our fucking city

liezlwashere: UCB-LA | Superego | 04.05.13 Jeremy Carter as...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:06:29 -0700

liezlwashere:

UCB-LA | Superego | 04.05.13

Jeremy Carter as Reverend Leroy Jenkins does some faith healing.

Somehow, I think Jeremy Carter could make a living as a tent revival faith healer.

Yowch.

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:38:55 -0700

Yowch.

publicschoolshow: Your Public School theme is: BUSTED. Stories...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:06:42 -0700

publicschoolshow:

Your Public School theme is: BUSTED.

Stories by:

Dan Harmon* Sharon Houston* Stephen Falk* Tami Sagher * Sierra Ornelas *Adam Spiegelman* Mark McConville hosted by Joey Slamon.

RSVP for a second chance.

See you tomorrow!

kwmurphy: I hope by now you’ve heard these fellows and what...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:01:01 -0700

kwmurphy:

I hope by now you’ve heard these fellows and what they do. These four and their guests have provided me with more laughs over the last couple of years than I can count.

When I was a wee lad I listened to Firesign Theater records, over and over again, not simply because they were cryptic and obscure and fed the in-joke catchphrase beast of high school cool, but because when they were on they were profoundly funny, they played off each other with precision and glee, their timing was impeccable, and their bits would build to the point where I’d have to pause the record so I could breathe. They were the comedic equivalent of a great rock band.

I get the same feeling listening to Superego, only with them the madness runs deeper, the interplay more synergistic, the energy controlled just enough.

I don’t know if you ever heard the Replacements on a good night. These guys are the Replacements on a Good Night of comedy. I’ve had the pleasure of sharing the microphone with them twice, but I can only bathe in their reflected brilliance.

Their latest is a compilation of their third season and it’s great introduction to them. Now go forth and download.

I just cried a little.

This is like Ted Williams telling me I really know how to hit a curveball.

Thanks, Kevin. This means a lot.

Superego: Best of Season 3, Vol. 2

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:11:47 -0700

mattgourley:

HOLY STEP-CHRIST:
It’s the Best of Superego Season 3, Volume 2!

HELP US:
Wrap up the season with the most lovable of case studies.

AND LOOK AT THESE GUESTS:

Paul F. Tompkins
Patton Oswalt
Andy Daly
Thomas Lennon
Colin Hanks
Dan Harmon
Steve Agee
Bill Corbett
Kevin Murphy
Jeff Davis
Chris Tallman
Amanda Lund
James Bladon and the Little Bladons
Generous Listener Sean Sakimae

Read More

This is a power-packed hour-long sketch comedy abbondanza. Get you some.

sloaneshutup: a little gif of the Buffum Fragrance Counter...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:56:25 -0700

sloaneshutup:

a little gif of the Buffum Fragrance Counter girls from SUPEREGO, a really hilarious podcast that you should def listen to ASAP if you havent. the Buffum girls are played by Paul F. Tompkins and Jeremy Carter.

I can just picture their scathing, judging eyes.

Sometimes, Matt Gourley and I will do Superego sketches via text...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:26:58 -0700

Sometimes, Matt Gourley and I will do Superego sketches via text messages.

moving

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:12:15 -0700

In the fall of 1995, I moved for the first time in my life. My parents still live in the house where I was raised. Up until starting college at the University of Wisconsin, I had only known one house.

Then, Witte Hall. Kronshage Hall. Henry Street with five other dudes. A place on East Gorham. 2 apartments on Gilman Street. I moved nearly every year. Each August, I would move everything I owned. Most years, I did it with a pack of friends, and I did it on foot.

Then, in the fall of 2002, I moved to Los Angeles. My girlfriend at the time was already in LA, and she found our apartment. She signed the papers. She paid the first and last month’s rent, as well as the security deposit. She did all of the difficult work. When I arrived in early October, my half of the arrangement was to furnish the place.

Madison’s annual moves taught me to jettison heavy and unimportant furniture items. They’d always get replaced, or I’d do without. In LA, I thought that I’d actually stay in once place a little longer. I bought a relatively nice sofa. I bought the best furniture and housewares that I could afford. The relationship fell apart two years later, and it was time for me to move again.

That relatively nice sofa was my bed for quite a long time. Thanks to Craigslist, I found a new apartment almost immediately. If you believe in God, you could say that the big man handed me a primo living situation on a holy platter. I just think that life doesn’t give you anything that you can’t handle- I have been in this current apartment since 2004. It’s not the most glamorous place, but it’s rent controlled. There is secure off-street parking. I can walk to some of the best stuff LA has to offer. My roommate has been here since 1995. You do the math. The pieces of furniture I have collected and acquired since 2004 are remnants- some are left over from that first LA apartment. Some are hand-me-down chairs and tables from neighbors and friends. Some are IKEA stopgaps that turned out to be more reliable that I thought. I am looking around now at this current apartment and wondering where some of these things came from.

On June 1st, I’ll do something I haven’t done in almost a decade. I’m moving. But this time, I am planning on jettisoning EVERYTHING, save for some irreplaceable keepsakes, some clothing, my computer, and musical equipment. I am prepared to sell or donate nearly everything I own.

I have essentially become a slave to garbage. Looking around, I have a shelving unit of dusty books that have gone unread and neglected for years. I have cabinet that is obese with CDs, but couldn’t tell you the last time I used one of them. My closet bulges with shirts and pants that I have no intention of wearing ever again. The list goes on and on and on.

I plan to tear through these things in the next few months and I plan to show no mercy. Wish me luck.

Thanks for posting this, liezlwashere! liezlwashere: SF...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:44:30 -0700

Thanks for posting this, liezlwashere!

liezlwashere:

SF Sketchfest | Superego | 01.26.13

A tender moment with the guys of Superego with guests Colin Hanks, James Urbaniak, John Hodgman and Paul F. Tompkins

Superego. Thing X. Rob Delaney. Animated.

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:07:34 -0700

Superego. Thing X. Rob Delaney. Animated.:

Our pal Dan Hartshorn animated this beauty of a sketch. Stick around for the love story at the end.

Sweet jeebus.

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:05:05 -0700

Sweet jeebus.

mattgourley: An eye-look at some case studies from Monday’s new...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:21:11 -0800

mattgourley:

An eye-look at some case studies from Monday’s new Superego.

Top down: Thomas Lennon, Jen Kirkman with Paul F. Tompkins as the little mustache kid, Thomas Lennon again with Me Gourley, and Jeremy Carter as his mom.

This episode also features Chris Tallman, James Bladon, and of course our very own Mark McConville.

baseballcardvandals: always wear a helmet your bike might...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:01:27 -0800

baseballcardvandals:

always wear a helmet your bike might completely fall apart suddenly while you’re looking at the sky for no reason just trust me.

C’mon. It’s the best.

paulftompkins: LOS ANGELES: THIS FRIDAY! Live recording of THE...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:04:17 -0800

paulftompkins:

LOS ANGELES: THIS FRIDAY!

Live recording of THE DEAD AUTHORS PODCAST followed by SUPEREGO LIVE!

6:30PM: Come see me as H.G. Wells interview Joseph Campbell, played by Superego’s Jeremy Carter! This will be some silliness of mythological proportions!

8:00PM: The rest of the Superego boys will then take over, joined by me and the great Chris Tallman!

Make an evening of it, you evening-makers!

Dead Authors tickets: HERE (all proceeds got to 826LA)

Superego tickets: HERE

paulftompkins: SAN FRANCISCO: SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 3PM. THE...

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:17:45 -0800

paulftompkins:

SAN FRANCISCO: SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 3PM. THE EUREKA THEATRE.

SUPEREGO IS COMING FOR YOU.

You heard right (when you heard what I wrote, in your head via reading)!

I will be joining Matt Gourley, Jeremy Carter and Mark McConville, the esteemed gentlemen of the aforementioned acclaimed podcast, as I did last year. And! This time! Other celebrated guests include JOHN HODGMAN, JAMES URBANIAK and COLIN HANKS.

Lucky for you, tickets are only almost gone. But hurry— tickets are almost gone!

GET YOUR TICKETS BY CLICKING THIS LINK WITH MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE!!!!