Oh, a Wiseguy!

Last night I was a surprise guest on The Wiseguy Show hosted by Vincent Pastore and Joe Causi from The Morning Mix radio show which Kiki Melendez happened to be guest for earlier.

I was at The Wiseguy Show with my client/husband Christian Finnegan who was their real guest and there to promote his new CD "Two For Flinching". They were having so much fun talking about my Jailed Deaf Dad, attempted murder, my growing up in a shed and what not that they plopped me down and had me participate in the disucssion. It was fun and Christian insisted I'm a real natural on the radio. Hmmm...maybe I could get a show on Sirius. Everyone else seems to have one!

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Assume the Position

Rocky, programming director of Comix, and I had a great meeting with Robert Wuhl today in anticipation of his live production of "Assume the Position" at Comix in December. If you haven't seen AtP on HBO, you can watch a clip on their site. I will say, though, that it will be even more fun to see it live since you won't be stuck in a bright lecture hall and there will be some new material Robert will be unveiling for the first time ever. There will be three shows total from Dec. 21-23 at 8:00 PM. It would be a nice little Hannukah or Christmas gift or make a great group outing, too. I'll be inviting the Tex in the City crew since Robert is an alumnus of the University of Houston.

Speaking of gifts, we just got our new gift certificates from the printer so you can get one for any sum of money for that hard to please person. Since we have no minimums and a wide variety of programming, you can rest easy knowing they'll surely find a show that they'll enjoy.

--Kambri

Jon Lovitz Re-Cap

Due to a flight delay, Jon missed the terrestrial radio appearances I had set up for him on Thursday. He still made the Conan O'Brien appearance and did really well. He & I spent about four hours yesterday on a radio tour of Sirius and 95.6 stations. We were exhausted and starving by the time we left so we grabbed some dirty water dogs and Fritos to tide us over. That's a long time to be "on", especially without a real break. But he was a trooper and everyone seemed to love having him on their shows.

Anyway, tickets to see Jon are still available for the last two shows tonight. They're only $35.00 and are available online at www.comixny.com or by calling 212.524.2500.

SNL Re-Cap

Okay, Saturday Night Live was "off the hook" or whatever the kids say these days about insanely awesome and surreal nights. We were center stage balcony, think back to the Clay Aiken sighting and you'll know these are awesome seats. Oh, and we were seated behind Stephen Baldwin. Alec Baldwin is the best host of all time, Kristen Wiig really shined and the whole episode actually had great moments of hilarity. Christina Aguilera was the musical guest and realy rocked the first number. I'm not a big fan of the second song but she can belt a freaking tune! Surprise guests included Steve Martin (which I scooped), Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett, Tracy Morgan & Tina Fey.

Afterwards, Bryan gave us a tour of the writer's room and the SNL offices including his own. He also showed us a clip of a music video he and his co-workers (Andy Samberg and two SNL writers whose names are in the video but for the life of me I can't understand) threw together in about 20 minutes. They put it up on YouTube and it's strangely addictive and hilarious, more so when you know Bryan and his two perfect little Gerber baby girls he has at home.

We then all piled into cars and headed to Asia de Cuba for the after party. At one point Christian stopped the conversation and noted, "We're at the fucking Saturday Night Live after party!" Then we ate.

--Kambri
And it was good. The after, after party, not so much.

I Was On JV & Elvis!

Okay, not "on" them but on their show.

Elvis was "smitten" with me when I walked in with Andy Kindler for Andy's appearance on the JV & Elvis radio show on 92.3 Free FM. He had me get on the mike and be a part of Andy's appearance so he could flirt. Alas, I am married but we had a good time because Andy is hilarious and a terrific radio guest. Andy is co-headlining at Comix with Maria Bamford tonight for two shows and one show tomorrow night. Details and tickets are available at www.comixny.com.

For the JV & Elvis blog write up --with pictures!-- click here.

--Kambri

Wilmer Valderrama and Stuff

Richard Linklater and Eric Schlosser have taken Fast Food Nation, the non-fiction book, and turned it into a fictionalized dramatic film. It was interesting and informative and the performances were terrific but it really was just so-so. It was too long and some of the story lines just didn't take hold enough.

The flimmakers were at the AMMI special screening for donors with most of the male cast like Bobby Cannavale (very compelling as the slaughterhouse manager), Wilmer Valderrama (also very good), Paul Dano (from Little Miss Sunshine and perfect at the angst ridden teen role) and others.

Before the Q&A, I challenged Julie to find out why the moderator from ere for Glenn Close and here for Bennett Miller annoys me. "He has a way with interviews that I want to see if you catch," I told her. Sure enough, he didn't let me down and said a statement with a query inflection at the end. Julie called it right away.

Afterwards we enjoyed the wine and treats and wandered through the museum chatting about cow meat and the movie. I commended Wilmer at a job well done and mentioned that Tommy Chong and I had spent a great deal of time together last which during which we chatted about That 70s Show and Wilmer. It was a nice, brief conversation after which I mentioned to Julie, "Christian is going to FREAK when he finds out who I was just chatting with!"

When I got home, Christian --still wearing a tux from his time with K-Fed and a private corporate gig-- was sitting on the couch. "Guess which celebrity I met tonight that you will be SO jealous I talked to?" "

Wilmer Valderrama?"

BINGO! First guess! "YEP!" I exclaimed!

"Oh my God, you met Wilmer Valderrama on the same day I met K-fed? HIGH FIVE!"

Christian is obsessed with using Wilmer as a punchline to any joke regarding celebrity and what not. In fact, Christian used him as the punchline for a joke during the Best Week Ever 100th episode party at Marquee even though Wilmer was there.

Anyway, the movie should have been a documentary but I guess there were just too many legal issues. The dramatized account falls flat despite the horrific ending scene which will never leave me and amazing acting. I'm guessing the critics will pan it, but we'll see soon enough. It opens in theaters very soon.