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Technically Tomorrow: Season 3 Premiere
posted on 2012-03-26 09:30:00

I host a late night/early morning (hence the name, "Technically Tomorrow") talk show on Vimeo, and on Queens Public Access Television. I write/produce it with four friends who I've worked with since our college years doing a show at Ball State University in Indiana.

Here's our season 3 premiere, with new episodes to come every 2 weeks for the rest of the season:


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Valentine's Day / Flower People Who Suck at Their Jobs
posted on 2012-03-05 18:07:02

This year, for Valentine's, I ordered flowers for my girlfriend and my mom. For my girlfriend, I went with Teleflora, and for my mom, I went 1-800-Flowers. And, surprise surprise (or "not surprise not surprise" to anyone who has used either), neither one worked.

This is a little on me. It's like I researched all the nicest, most reliable flower places on the internet, and decided not to use ANY of them.

Let's start with 1-800-Flowers. Once I found out that my Mom never received her flowers, I called for a refund. Their response was, "we delivered them." Bold opening argument. Like there was a slight chance I'd be like "you know, my Mom said she didn't receive them, but you're right. She's probably lying. And why wouldn't I trust you over my Mom, telephone flower lady I've known for almost 3 minutes? You're the one with all the credibility, right?"

Me: "Really? Who do you think you delivered them to?"

Phone lady: "Let's see who signed for them...here it is: Marcus."

Here's the thing -- my Mom? Totally NOT named Marcus. In fact, I don't know anyone named Marcus, so if one was now living with my Mom and signing for deliveries, it would be quite a shock.

I also like how companies decided to quit caring at all about following through with orders as long as someone signs for it. Like, "why wouldn't we trust that person? They OWNED A PEN!"

Also, who is this psychopath named Marcus in Elmhurst Illinois who is signing for flowers addressed to "Dear Mom" on Valentine's Day and just keeping them? I'd love to meet him before he becomes a full on serial killer, though it's probably too late.

For my girlfriend, I went with Teleflora. I tried to contact them late in the day on Valentine's to no avail (understandably, they had hundreds if not thousands of people calling them for the same reason -- just check their Twitter feed from 2/15. It's a pretty amazing apology-fest), so I bypassed calling and went with an email, which was never returned.

I eventually called and got a hold of someone on 2/17. I said the flowers were never delivered and that I'd like a refund.

Teleflora Lady: So you want to cancel your order?

Me: Yeah, I think so. I mean, it was for Valentine's Day, I guess I sort of started losing hope around February 15th, you know?

Also, I didn't cancel the order -- Teleflora canceled the flower delivery by, you know...never delivering flowers. I just canceled giving them a bunch of money for no reason.

Lessons learned: use local florists, and never trust a man named Marcus.


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Tuesdays in NYC
posted on 2012-02-21 11:57:19

If anyone ever wants to see me perform in NYC, Tuesdays are your best bet. I host/regularly perform on 2 different shows that put me on stage every single Tuesday I'm in town.

The third Tuesday of each month, there's a great comedy/variety show produced by my writer friends who put out an awesome humor magazine called Whim Quarterly. It's at Three of Cups in Manhattan which is, upstairs, a classy Italian restaurant, and downstairs, a dark lounge that looks like the band Slayer designed it, but features indie comedy with happy hour bar prices. Naturally.

EVERY OTHER TUESDAY, I'm at Alligator Lounge in Brooklyn. It's a great place, where, with every drink, you get a free pizza. Seriously. And I'm doing that show with 3 other great comics - Sean Donnelly, Robert Dean, and Steve O'Brien, and we'll have a different line up of our funniest comic friends on every week.

Tuesday parties! Tuesday's like the hump day between Monday and Hump day. So come to these shows and get your hump on.


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Dave turns 30
posted on 2012-02-01 19:51:32

...sort of. Tonight David Letterman celebrated 30 years of being in late night Television. He's literally what/who made me want to go into comedy, and I've been lucky enough to be, in some way, involved with the show for the last 7 of those years. (You can see a couple of my acting appearances via the multimedia tab on this website.)

That fact would blow 12 year old Kevin's mind, and I'm incredibly thankful for it.

NY Mag put together an awesome compilation of classic Letterman videos here: "Why David Letterman is Hilarious: A Refresher Course"

Watch it. It's a good way to spend some time.


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Movie Screening in Chicago (Note: I'm in the movie)
posted on 2011-11-18 10:37:52

This Saturday, Virgin Alexander screens at the Roscoe Theater in Chicago. If you like movies that feature both me and the guy who played Balki from Perfect Strangers/Serge in Beverly Hills Cop, then you'll LOVE this.

It's a fun time -- if you're around you should check it out. Here's the info:

Virgin Alexander
Screening at Illinois International Film Festival
Viaduct Theater in Roscoe Theater
3111 N. Western Ave.  Chicago, IL
7 p.m.

It's directed by the very funny/talented Sean Fallon and Charlotte Barrett. We filmed it over the course of a month in upstate New York last year, and it was a really cool time -- first actual feature length movie I've been in.

If you're around, I totally recommend going. You'll dig it, and you'll see it before everyone else, which is totally going to help your indie film cred.


 


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