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Last Night's Bored To Death Wake Drew Massive Crowds
We prefer to mourn in solitude, and basically prefer everything in near-solitude due to a slight case of agoraphobia and premature elderliness, so we didn't make it over to the Bored To Death wake at the Brooklyn Inn last night. That doesn't mean we don't care! But looking at today's recaps we can say that we made the right decision, you know, for us, as internet chatter suggests the place was packed, with a line around the block. So plenty of people were there to surround Jonathan Ames and John Hodgman with love, including FIPS, who just posted a hilarious interaction with Hodgman himself. In it, he discusses everyone's favorite movie theater, the Pavilion:
Jonathan Ames Invites You For Drinks In Brooklyn Tomorrow Night
Come toast Bored To Death with Jonathan Ames, following HBO's decision to cancel it.
Photos: Our TV Dinner Party With Bored To Death
Last night we held our first TV Dinner Party at Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn, with a viewing of the very Brooklyn Bored To Death. Before the screening, as old Buster Keaton movies flickered on the screen, guests seated in the theater enjoyed a delicious, specially prepared "haute TV dinner" homage by chef Saul Bolton, paired with wine from Brooklyn Oenology. Then the latest episode was aired, and it's arguably one of the funniest in the series: In this one the fictional Jonathan Ames, played by Jason Schwartzman, appears on a fictional Dick Cavett talk show to promote his new book. But his arch nemesis, Louis Green, played by John Hodgman, is also booked on the show, to promote his book! Horns hilariously lock.
Contest: Win Tickets To Gothamist's Bored To Death TV Dinner Party
The new season of Bored to Death is in full swing and we're taking that opportunity to launch our new event series, TV Dinner Party. You can win tickets for you and a guest to attend the screening of Monday's episode at Nitehawk Cinema and participate in a Q&A with Bored to Death's Jonathan Ames, and (just added!) John Hodgman. Also, Nitehawk will be providing "TV dinners" to nosh on while watching the show, Brooklyn Oenology will be providing white wine, and the band Radical Dads will be performing in the lobby after the Q&A!
New Yorker Caption Contest With Jonathan Ames
In season two of Bored To Death, George (played by Ted Danson) struggles to caption a New Yorker cartoon, which portrays a police duck interacting with a suicidal bear. Jonathan Ames told us, "The reason why I wrote it into the show last year was because I've failed at the caption contest myself a number of times." (And he's not alone, recently Zach Galifianakis opened up about his own rejections.)
Gothamist On Location With... Bored To Death
Yesterday, we stopped by the most Brooklyn place in all of Brooklyn: the Bored to Death set, which is actually the least Brooklyn place in all of the show. It's set up at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and inside you'll find—amongst other things—the West Village apartment of George Christopher (played by Ted Danson). In the upcoming third season, which Jonathan Ames & Co. are filming now, you'll find that George has opened a restaurant on Jane Street called George on Jane, and has moved to an apartment above his new venture. (You can see photos of the envy-inducing, albeit fake, piece of real estate in the gallery above.) We sat down to talk with the real Jonathan Ames, and the show's "Jonathan Ames," played by the incredibly kind and charming Jason Schwartzman—who started things off with this linguistic time stamp: "Let's note that this interview is being shot and recorded on a vintage Flip cam. It's kind of a collector's item." Here's what we learned:
Jonathan Ames, Writer
The last two decades have found comic writer Jonathan Ames, known for his slanted wit and brutal honesty, become a veritable chameleon of pop-culture mediums. By turns novelist, essayist, journalist, theatrical performer, and amateur boxer, the Ames style has remained unmistakable—as the Times put it, Ames "has rarely strayed far from himself."
Ames Turns to Twitter Over Time Warner
Doesn't anyone have HBO anymore? Writer Jonathan Ames has penned a new series for the network, called Bored to Death, and even he can't watch it! The show is set in Brooklyn, where Ames resides... and last night the author took to Twitter to find a tube to watch it on. Some kind strangers took him in, and aside from a few grammatical errors while Tweeting that Ames called himself out for, he seemed to enjoy the experience. Maybe next Sunday he'll bring you a bottle of vino and his wisdom on how to perfectly illuminate your living room to view his show. [via Animal]
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EVENT: Tonight Coney Island historian Charles Denson will be enlightening all about the "Genesis of the Coney Island History Project" at the American Folk Art Museum. He'll be discussing "the fascinating changes Coney Island has undergone" from its amusement park glory days to its struggle to survive. Expect to see some never-before-seen photos. More info here. 6:30pm // American Folk Art Museum [45 W 53rd St] // $10 MUSIC: We highly recommend getting over to...
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MUSIC: It's been a while since we've heard from Laura Veirs (pictured). Tonight she's back with her backing band, The Saltbreakers. Opening up the show are the always enjoyable Charles Bissell (of The Wrens) and Lake. Related: Want to be a temporary 5th Wren?
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VINYL SALE: If you're looking for some rare vinyl, you might want to check out this monthly event: Shakey's Record Fair. A meatpacking district locale seems...a little off, but as FreeNYC points out, if you're "looking for that super rare old school funktified 7"...Shakey's Record Fair is probably the only place you'll find it."
The Jonathan Ames & Moby Show
Last year Jonathan Ames and Moby shared a stage at Bowery Ballroom. This year, this month to be exact, the two will join forces again for the Jonathan Ames & Moby Show. What is this show? It will be a "downtown Dick Cavett/Smothers Brothers/Letterman/variety-show explosion." The hosts, Ames and Moby, will perform and "reveal their innermost selves to the audience". Scary. They'll also invite comedians, musicians, burlesque artists, puppet-acts, and magicians to perform.
Literati Roundup: The Week of Jonathans (and Zombies)
It's a packed week for the bookish types, with a couple of our favorite love-to-hate-them New York novelists on the readings circuit. Yeah, we're talking about the Jonathans. On Wednesday (2/22) Lethem is hosting a short-story evening at Symphony Space (W. 92nd St. and Broadway), with stories by James Thurber, Italo Calvino, and Jorge Luis Borges read by Malachy McCourt, Maria Tucci and Isaiah Sheffer. The show starts at 8PM and costs $21/25.
The Author Project
Dave Eggers and Paul Auster start a band...it sounds like the beginning of a joke. For better or worse, it's not. Joe Pacheco's documentary, As Smart As They Are: The Author Project documents how the McSweeney's in-house band, One Ring Zero, collaborated with some writers to make Lit Rock.
Colbert Tickets and More
Obviously Labor Day is the weekend to kick back and squeeze out the final drops of summer before retiring your Nantucket Reds in favor of muted browns and tweeds. Obviously. And obviously the last thing you ought to do on a weekend such as this is put any effort into anything. However, Gothamist highly recommends you take action as soon as possible to snag the now-on-sale tickets to see Elliot Kalan’s interview with Stephen Colbert at Juvie Hall. The show will take place on September 9th but tickets are available and selling quickly now at SmartTix. Long live Mr. Noblet!
See Dave Read.
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