Tuesday, April 29, 2003
Ed!
One year ago today, Ed Helms started The Daily Show [TDS]. Around this time last year, I was attending a crappy vocational school, and commuting two hours a day, and because of that, I was barley paying attention to TDS which was having some "down time" in the first place. When I looked on the website that day, I saw that someone named Ed Helms was starting on the show. I thought Ed was going to be a black guy who would go the same one-story route as Jerry Minor, and David Pompeii.I remember recording TDS at 7:00 on April 30th, and being pre-occupied with configuring the new daily show blog I had just moved to anotehr site (about a month later, netfirms took the site down). I had stopped fiddling around with whatever I was doing long enough to catch Ed's first story on men with Lincon-tism. While watching it, I figured that Ed Helms was just going to be a trial correspondent, and that Ed was around 37 years old. I remember posting a blog entry about Ed a few minutes later, but since the blog was eventually deleted, I don't remember what I said. I think I said that he looked like if Stephen Colbert and Mo Rocca mated. Now that I think about it, I even said "not another one with glases!" the first few seconds into his story.
The event that really really made me like him was his "Touched By A Scapel" story where he gets a mole on his nose removed. I thought it was one of the best Daily Show correspondent stores ever done.
One year ago today, Ed Helms started The Daily Show [TDS]. Around this time last year, I was attending a crappy vocational school, and commuting two hours a day, and because of that, I was barley paying attention to TDS which was having some "down time" in the first place. When I looked on the website that day, I saw that someone named Ed Helms was starting on the show. I thought Ed was going to be a black guy who would go the same one-story route as Jerry Minor, and David Pompeii.I remember recording TDS at 7:00 on April 30th, and being pre-occupied with configuring the new daily show blog I had just moved to anotehr site (about a month later, netfirms took the site down). I had stopped fiddling around with whatever I was doing long enough to catch Ed's first story on men with Lincon-tism. While watching it, I figured that Ed Helms was just going to be a trial correspondent, and that Ed was around 37 years old. I remember posting a blog entry about Ed a few minutes later, but since the blog was eventually deleted, I don't remember what I said. I think I said that he looked like if Stephen Colbert and Mo Rocca mated. Now that I think about it, I even said "not another one with glases!" the first few seconds into his story.
The event that really really made me like him was his "Touched By A Scapel" story where he gets a mole on his nose removed. I thought it was one of the best Daily Show correspondent stores ever done.
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Just Posting To Be Posting
I noticed a few weeks ago, that the more humorus bio on Ed on his site has been taken off for one that sounds an awful lot like the one on his bio page on comedycentral.com. I have rescued the "funny" one off of archive.org, and here it is:
BIOGRAPHY
Ed Helms hails from the bustling metropolis of Atlanta, GA. For those unfamiliar with the South, Ed had basically the same childhood as Huck Finn, but with indoor plumbing and less catfish. Looking for a dramatic change of pace, Ed went from Georgia to Ohio where he attended Oberlin College. There he majored in film and theater and became highly refined. Consequently, he occasionally breaks into a British accent and is referred to as “College Boy” back home.
Restless from the idle pleasures of his bucolic home, Ed sought out the excitement of the Big Apple. Diving headlong into the comedy scene, he cofounded and wrote for the sketch group “The Jakes” which went on to win the national sketch competition “Caroline’s Sketch Off” at Caroline’s Comedy Club. He then decided to fly solo and began performing stand-up. After only a short while on the scene, Ed was selected to be a regular emcee at the Boston Comedy Club. Since then, his extensive on-stage experience, as both a host and a performer, have given Ed an ear for the audience. It is this ability to have fun with any crowd that has earned him regular spots in New York’s comedy clubs and made him a popular choice on the college circuit. Recently, Ed was named one of 8 finalists in the nationwide competition “Terry’s Search for America’s Wackiest Comedian.”
In Spring of 2001, Ed’s unique writing style caught the eye of veteran comic David J. Nash. This led to an invitation to Los Angeles to assist in the writers room during final production of the CBS pilot “Life With David J.” with producer and ex-"Friends" scribe, Jeff Strauss.
On screen, Ed has been named a correspondent on Comedy Central's Emmy winning "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." Previously he was cast as the host/man-on-the-street for the Oxygen network’s game show pilot “Scrounge,” and as the lovably dimwitted “Ed” in the cable pilot “The Boat Yard.” His character acting can also been seen in numerous short films. Fans of CBS’s “The Howard Stern Radio Show,” and MTV’s “Say What Karaoke” may have heard Ed’s frequent segment voice-overs and promos.
Meanwhile, Ed’s commercial acting career has kicked into high-gear. He starred opposite Dale Earnhadt Jr. in the Budwieser commercial "Victory Lap" that premiered on the 2002 Superbowl. In addition, Ed has won several national voice-over campaigns for clients such as Burger King, Tostitos, Alamo Rent-a-Car, Champion Mortgage and many others.
The world of improv comedy has proven a perfect dovetail for Ed’s love of comedy and acting. Formally trained with the “Upright Citizens Brigade,” Ed is now a fixtrue at the UCB's NYC theater performing regularly with "The Syndicate," and various other shows. Ed has also been a featured guest with famed improv company “Chicago City Limits.”
Ed's persona has been shaped by his ironic self-awareness and his insight into universal human absurdity. This has made him a consistent crowd pleaser and one of NYC’s hottest, young comedians.
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But I guess they had to since that one is kind of out of date.
I noticed a few weeks ago, that the more humorus bio on Ed on his site has been taken off for one that sounds an awful lot like the one on his bio page on comedycentral.com. I have rescued the "funny" one off of archive.org, and here it is:
BIOGRAPHY
Ed Helms hails from the bustling metropolis of Atlanta, GA. For those unfamiliar with the South, Ed had basically the same childhood as Huck Finn, but with indoor plumbing and less catfish. Looking for a dramatic change of pace, Ed went from Georgia to Ohio where he attended Oberlin College. There he majored in film and theater and became highly refined. Consequently, he occasionally breaks into a British accent and is referred to as “College Boy” back home.
Restless from the idle pleasures of his bucolic home, Ed sought out the excitement of the Big Apple. Diving headlong into the comedy scene, he cofounded and wrote for the sketch group “The Jakes” which went on to win the national sketch competition “Caroline’s Sketch Off” at Caroline’s Comedy Club. He then decided to fly solo and began performing stand-up. After only a short while on the scene, Ed was selected to be a regular emcee at the Boston Comedy Club. Since then, his extensive on-stage experience, as both a host and a performer, have given Ed an ear for the audience. It is this ability to have fun with any crowd that has earned him regular spots in New York’s comedy clubs and made him a popular choice on the college circuit. Recently, Ed was named one of 8 finalists in the nationwide competition “Terry’s Search for America’s Wackiest Comedian.”
In Spring of 2001, Ed’s unique writing style caught the eye of veteran comic David J. Nash. This led to an invitation to Los Angeles to assist in the writers room during final production of the CBS pilot “Life With David J.” with producer and ex-"Friends" scribe, Jeff Strauss.
On screen, Ed has been named a correspondent on Comedy Central's Emmy winning "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." Previously he was cast as the host/man-on-the-street for the Oxygen network’s game show pilot “Scrounge,” and as the lovably dimwitted “Ed” in the cable pilot “The Boat Yard.” His character acting can also been seen in numerous short films. Fans of CBS’s “The Howard Stern Radio Show,” and MTV’s “Say What Karaoke” may have heard Ed’s frequent segment voice-overs and promos.
Meanwhile, Ed’s commercial acting career has kicked into high-gear. He starred opposite Dale Earnhadt Jr. in the Budwieser commercial "Victory Lap" that premiered on the 2002 Superbowl. In addition, Ed has won several national voice-over campaigns for clients such as Burger King, Tostitos, Alamo Rent-a-Car, Champion Mortgage and many others.
The world of improv comedy has proven a perfect dovetail for Ed’s love of comedy and acting. Formally trained with the “Upright Citizens Brigade,” Ed is now a fixtrue at the UCB's NYC theater performing regularly with "The Syndicate," and various other shows. Ed has also been a featured guest with famed improv company “Chicago City Limits.”
Ed's persona has been shaped by his ironic self-awareness and his insight into universal human absurdity. This has made him a consistent crowd pleaser and one of NYC’s hottest, young comedians.
-fin-
But I guess they had to since that one is kind of out of date.
