There’s a new episode of Infected available for your amusement and education, so go download it now. It features an extended interview with former ZDTV/TechTV funnyman Scott Herriott, who has spent large swaths of his life exploring the deep forests of the Pacific Northwest in search of Bigfoot. Get the documentary about the hunt, Squatching, here. In this episode, Scott shows us footage he’s captured that he believes proves the existence of the hairy beast. Plus, he talks about his series of three documentary films about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, all available here, and This Exit Only, a film about the cripplingly funny weirdness you can experience all over America just off the highway.
Don Ho, the great crooner and even greater man, has passed on. He spread the spirit of Aloha through song. I had the tremendous pleasure of performing with Don Ho last year in Honolulu. The experience left an indelibale mark on my spiritual life. He may have died of heart failure, but in my mind, and in the minds of so many others, his heart will always beat strong. God bless you, Don Ho. You will be missed. Thanks for everything.
My writers, producers and I came up with a lot of great bits on Unscrewed with Martin Sargent, but personally, my all time favorite franchise was Dear Blog. In this recurring bit, I would perform dramatic readings of real Blog posts we found online, acting as if I were typing the blog myself, and set them to overly dramatic, lilting piano music and, initially, dissolve in and out of camera shots of me at my desk in candle light, surrounded by roses, stuffed animals, and other ridiculous items. I always wore a silk scarf.
Later, we took Dear Blog into the field, and shot the pieces on the beach, in parks, and other spots where one might engage in some deep soul searching.
Well, I’m pleased to say that someone named Tim Lopez has posted a whole mess of these classic segments on YouTube. If you fondly remember Dear Blog, or want to experience it for the first time, all the links are below. Thanks, Tim, for bringing back some very warm memories.
“Boys Down The Hall”
“Jury Duty”
“Canker Sore/Omelet”
“Bitch at the Dinning Hall”
“Lost my Post”
“Ugly”
“Bus Ride”
“Guy at the Dinning Hall”
“Grand Theft Auto”
“Porn Shop”