RobCorddry-related stories
Posted Oct 23rd 2009 9:32AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Web, Adult Swim, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Two very unique comedies will get a time slot on an equally unique cable network.
Conan O'Brien's "Conaco" production company and actor Rob Corrdry both scored spots on Adult Swim for two new live-action sitcoms.
O'Brien's company won a spot for Eagleheart, a show about a fading TV star who wins a chance for glory once more on a production in Texas, but constantly clashes with the low-level TV exec in charge of the show.
Corrdry's medical drama spoof web series
Childrens' Hospital will also go to Adult Swim. The channel will show re-edited versions of the episodes that aired on TheWB.com as well as produce new ones. Corrdry originally pitched the show to
Comedy Central, but negotiations broke down with the network, probably because the show didn't have enough bimbo strippers and shirtless fat guys to fill their quota (cough,
Secret Girlfriend, cough).
Posted Dec 19th 2008 7:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Web, Festivus, Reality-Free
As I look back at the posts
TV Squad did this year, a certain topic popped up quite a bit: "Hey, folks, take a look at [Name of big star] in this [funny/quirky/dramatic] web series you can only find at [Name of web site]!" While the quality of and star power behind web-exclusive programming has been building for a couple of years now, 2008 saw an explosion of web series that attracted enough buzz to make one wonder if Jeff Zucker wasn't thinking of this a little bit when he offered Jay Leno the 10:00 slot on NBC.
What caused this explosion? Well, we can thank one of 2008's other big stories -- the writers' strike -- for a lot of it.
Continue reading Top TV Stories of 2008: Web TV goes big time - VIDEOS
Posted Dec 10th 2008 9:27AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Video, Web, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Webisodes
When Rob Corddry left
The Daily Show, Fox scooped him up for a midseason replacement filler called
The Winner. It was a horrible little sitcom from the creators of (shudder)
Family Guy that should have been flagged long before the executives brought the script to read on the toilet in their private bathrooms.
The most painful part of the show was the feeling that Corddry deserved something much better than another pop culture referencing yawnfest. His
Daily Show appearances always made for great television and he also made great transitions into movies whether they were minor roles in
Old School or starring roles in the indie comedy
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story.
Now the fates have realigned and given Corddry the show he should have gotten when he left
The Daily Show dangling from one last philosophical poop joke.
The WB.com premiered a web series called
Childrens' Hospital starring, written and directed by Corddry, the man who left a little part of himself in a
Daily Show men's room oh so many months ago.
Continue reading Rob Corddry gets the show he should have gotten - VIDEO
Posted Jun 13th 2008 11:43AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
"George Walker Bush: Still President": We've still got seven months before the era of President Bush is officially over. With Barack Obama and John McCain dominating the news, Bush has taken a
little vacay to Europe, because he's pretty much the only American who can afford to do so at this point. What's up with Bush getting super touchy-feely with German Chancellor Angela Merkel?
Has he learned nothing? When he wasn't giving massages or trying the classic "yawn and stretch" on the Chancellor, he attempted to convince the German press that he's not actually a fan of war and it was his own rhetoric's fault for making it seem otherwise.
Continue reading The Daily Show: June 12, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Oct 18th 2007 9:19AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
Ohh, you didn't think we were done with that Larry Craig goodness, did you? Of course not. In a
recent interview, Matt Lauer asked Senator Craig whether or not he could be bi. And then Craig took out his sexy, totally didn't meet in a bathroom, kind looks like the type to force feed you casserole wife, waggled his eyebrows and was all like, "Is this a good enough answer?" and then Matt Lauer was like, "Hoyeah!" and -- and -- I'm sleepy. Enter the R. Kelly impersonator to wake me up with his music. I liked the first guy's voice better, but this fellow was funnier. Ohh, "Trapped In The Closet" guy, bless your heart.
"A-Listless": Samantha Bee filed a report about the horrifying epidemic of celebrity exhaustion. This was a pretty good report, mainly because we got to see Rob Corddry again. The second Rob Corddry
Daily Show appearance in less than a month! Doesn't that guy have
a movie to promote? Just bring him back on the show, for the love of Corddry and all things bald and funny. I loved the over-credits bit of Samantha trying to eat her dog's head. Awesome.
Continue reading The Daily Show: October 17, 2007
Posted Jul 23rd 2007 3:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on the Bigscreen, Family Guy
The answer is maybe. The Hollywood Reporter writes that creator Seth MacFarlane is looking at the possibility of doing a Family Guy movie sometime in the future, which makes sense because it's much harder to make movies in the past.
One plan McFarlane mentioned was to have former Family Guy scribe Ricky Blitt come back to work on the film script. It's worth noting that none of this is official, and that a basic plot for a Family Guy film hasn't even been thought up, though McFarlane does state he doesn't want to do a huge movie like the upcoming Simpsons Movie, but rather a smaller story focusing on the Griffin family.
Continue reading A Family Guy flick and the return of The Winner?
Posted Feb 19th 2007 3:42PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, Video, Web
Wow, I didn't even realize that FOX was going to do this, but they have posted four episodes of Rob Corddry's new comedy The Winner, which premieres (on television) on March 4 at 8:30.
Now, this is the part of the post where I tell you that I've watched a couple of the episodes and the show is either a.) funny!, b.) a disappointment, or c.) too early to tell, it could get better! Unfortunately, my speakers aren't working right now. Actually, they are, because I can play CDs and iTunes and other stuff just fine, but I can't play the sound on web videos at all (and yes I've checked the settings).
The show looks good. The way the credits come on and there's a title. And the way Rob Cordrry looks when he walks around a room, sits on a couch and moves his mouth. Wow! I can't wait to hear what all the characters are saying.
[via Pop Candy]
Posted Aug 23rd 2006 2:33PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Talent, OpEd, The Daily Show, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities, Comedy Central
I'm worried about
The Daily Show.
As most fans of the show know by now, this is Rob Corddry's last week; he's leaving so he can concentrate on his new Fox sitcom
The Winner, among other projects. He's the last of the three "Big Cs" -- Corddry, Carell, Colbert -- that helped bring the show into its own in the early part of the decade, perfecting their particular reporter roles to the point where the humor came as much out of their characters as from making fun of the news or profile subject. Colbert was the poorly-informed smug guy; Carell was pathetic, and Corddry was the Masshole. High comedy all around. And now, he's taking off, just like the other two Cs before him.
Continue reading After Corddry leaves The Daily Show, who's left?
Posted Aug 22nd 2006 11:15AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show, Comedy Central
"
Karr Talk": FOX News was bragging a bit about having one of their people on the plane, scoping out John Karr. Ohh, just imagine all the crazy crap that could've gone down! As it turned out, Karr spent most of his ride sipping champagne and eating king prawns. Wow. Senior Media Ethicist Rob Corddry reported live from the plane, his head slowly emerging from a toilet bowl. He wanted to do some real investigative journalism and find out more about ol' Pervert McMurderman (HA!) by hiding in the First Class toilet. He seemed crushed when Jon informed him that Karr wasn't in First Class but in Business Class. Oh, and I loved how the entire audience let out a collective groan when Rob said, "Scoop of a lifetime, Jon, and I let it slip through my fingers." After they cut away, Jon started laughing and explained that, since it's Rob's last week, they've all been think of terrible things for him to do. Man, I'm really going to miss Rob.
Continue reading The Daily Show: August 21, 2006
Posted Aug 18th 2006 9:45AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show, Comedy Central
Jon Stewart quickly mentioned the night's guest, Matt Dillon, saying that he was only coming on the show because he was "doing it for Johnny!" The audience didn't really respond, so Jon joked about how old he was to remember
The Outsiders. Aww. I remember
The Outsiders. It had a
pre-crazy Tom Cruise! And I totally played the most awesome greaser girl in my 8th grade stage version of the book (too tough to be a Soc chick, baby).
Continue reading The Daily Show: August 17, 2006
Posted Aug 1st 2006 11:08AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show, Comedy Central
"
Capitol Records": Uggh. The Bush/American Idol photo-op. There's a throw-down in Lebanon, but Bush wanted to chill with Taylor Hicks. Well, the man gets what he wants. Elliott Yamin arrived a bit late for the event, but he had a good excuse (he was in a meeting with the president of Syria).
"Prime Ribbing": The only other guy that Bush has been spending quality time with is Prime Minister Tony Blair. That's been doing less than amazing things for Blair's standing in the UK. He's been getting teased in the House of Commons ever since Bush greeted him in public with "
Yo, Blair!" Newbie European Correspondent
John Oliver elaborated on the situation. Apparently, Bush didn't use "yo!" but "yeaux!", an old greeting dating back to the days of English knights. For example, one might have said, "Yeaux, Arthur! Nice joust!" John Oliver's timing was much better and smoother than that of the other recent English in-take, Dave Gorman (whom we haven't seen for a suspiciously long time). I guess the Daily Show folks are in a scramble to find some new folks now that Ed Helms is
possibly on his way out.
Continue reading The Daily Show: July 31, 2006
Posted Jul 26th 2006 9:01AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: The Daily Show, Celebrities, Comedy Central
The Onion AV Club has this fun little column they do on occasion where they ask a celebrity to hit "shuffle" on their iPod and talk about the songs that pop up. The column is called "Random Rules," and recently they had The Daily Show's Rob Corddry chat about his own personal playlist. I've always liked Corddry, but now I like him even more after finding out he's a Pavement fan (my favorite band) and also a fan of Lou Barlow's band Sebadoh, another band in my top five. Although I take some exception to him saying Brighten the Corners is a better album than Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain because that's just wrong. Anyway, Robby ol' pal, you're now my favorite Daily Show correspondent. Give me a call sometime and we'll slap Bakesale on the stereo and light up a doobie like we were in college again. Also, they spelled your last name wrong. We can discuss that, too.
Posted Jun 23rd 2006 7:18PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Talent, The Daily Show, Celebrities
ROB [To Nate] Way to dress up for the interview.
NATE [To Rob] Way to put on 40 pounds.
Oh, how I love the Corddry brothers. The most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly contains an interview with Rob and Nate (Nate and Rob). They discuss their comedy beginnings and how it was to have careers cross paths at The Daily Show. It's a rather brief read, but it offers some interesting information. For example, did you know Nate was taught stand-up by The Daily Show's Lewis Black?
Buy the issue on newsstands now (so you can bask in the full glory of the brothers' wonderful picture), or read the interview online and cope with a tiny version of the pic.
Posted Jun 23rd 2006 5:45PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show, Comedy Central
"
Going Going Ghana": Sad news for American soccer fans... America won't be advancing to the next level in the World Cup because of a loss to Ghana. However, Australia, "the drunken us", will move on. Before the game, Ghana's fans cheerfully supported their team in broken English, whereas America's fans happily rooted for their team in really, really poor English. Jon raised a Yellow Card to the man in the video clip for inappropriate use of the word "Awesome". He then proceeded to throw a Red Card for an obnoxious "USA! WHOOO!". Jon mused that it'd be cool to have Red Cards to use in real life. "No. Dude. That was my sister. That is uncool" and pull the Red Card out of your jacket pocket.
Continue reading The Daily Show: June 22, 2006
Posted Jun 15th 2006 5:36PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, Industry, Programming, OpEd, The Daily Show, Celebrities, Comedy Central
When Rob Corddry hosted the Webby Awards the other day, he mentioned that, with the pickup of his FOX pilot
The Winner, he may no longer have time to continue with his duties on
The Daily Show. This worried Dylan Stableford of FishbowlNY, so
he got a response from a show spokesperson. The spokesperson didn't seem worried, saying that "Steve Carell would come in and tape five or six reports whenever he was in New York, and they'd be spread out on the show," The un-gendered spokesperson also went on to say that the show is a magnet for talent, so it wouldn't be a surprise if Rob was taken away from them for a bigger project.
Huh. Pretty confident words for a show who's only decent "reporter" besides Corddry right now is Ed Helms (Samantha Bee is in this category, too, but her contributions have been limited since she had a baby). Well, let's just hope Jason Jones and Dan Bakkedhal get better and they bring back John Hodgman more regularly. That might make up for the loss of the "big Cs" (Colbert, Carell, and Corddry). Maybe.
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