One time only SEX next monday in NYC!

UPDATE: POSTPONED DUE TO STORM - NEW DATE TBD

In 1998, Michael Showalter, Joe Lo Truglio and I wrote a very silly play called

SEX

(a.k.a. weiners & boobs)

and we performed it at the Clubbed Thumb theater company's Summerworks festival in New York.

The basic storyline:

Jack Greenberg is the new sheriff of Teaneck, New Jersey. Unfortunately, the corrupt town is run by Tad Theaterman, a crime boss armed with henchmen and a legion of hookers and gigolos. The Mayor and townsfolk fear Tad, but love the money the sinful brothels bring in! When Jack meets Hillary, a recent divorcee, it’s love at first sight, but there’s a showdown that’s closin’ in on our hero! Will Jack save Teaneck, get the girl, and defeat Tad? Or will the wieners and boobs prevail?!

Amazingly, the play was published and has been performed all over the world. And next Monday we're gathering (most of) the original cast (JOE LO TRUGLIO, NINA HELLMAN, IAN HELFER, ZAK ORTH, SHARI ALBERT, PETER SALETT, ME) along with TARAN KILLAM, JEREMY SHAMOS and others for a one-time-only reading to benefit Clubbed Thumb!

MON, OCT 29th @ 7:30pm

13th Street Theater

136 E. 13th street

seating is limited, BUY TICKETS HERE

"SEX a.k.a. Wieners and Boobs...is utterly ridiculous, completely stupid and thoroughly absurd. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time."

--John Staton, Wilmington Star-News

"The very first time I met David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Joe Lotruglio was at a performance of Sex (a.k.a. Weiners and Boobs). I immediately saw it for what it was — a play that rivaled Hamlet in sheer scope and bravura. Ingeniously, I became friends with them that very night. Since then, I have ridden their coattails on many past and future projects. I guess what I’m trying to say is, go see Sex (a.k.a. Weiners and Boobs) while you have the chance, befriend them, and you too may have a shot at becoming an internationally beloved movie star."

--Paul Rudd

And here's me and Joe explaining how it happened.

And here's a little trailer from the first production.

**Please note, this play INCLUDES A SCENE FROM DAVID MAMET'S GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS**

A Year in the Life - TONIGHT

I wrote and directed tonight’s NEW episode of Childrens Hospital It’s a whirlwind, epic – 11 minute – journey through an entire tumultuous Year in the Life at Childrens.

Guest stars include PHILIP BAKER HALL, RICK OVERTON, FREDERICK WELLER and ERICA OYAMA.

PLUS look at this sexy cast of regular players!

You really don’t want to miss this one. You might even want to tweet about it.
This Thursday, 12mid, Adult Swim.

UPDATE: here's a little preview

John Cleese

I just re-read Nathan Rabin's great AV Club interview with John Cleese from several years ago.  One of many choice quotes:  

AV CLUB: Have you written any scripts for yourself since Fierce Creatures?

JOHN CLEESE: No. I wrote a couple of scripts about three or four years ago, because I wanted to see if I could make a living writing scripts. And then I realized that you had to deal with the studios. No matter how much fun you had writing the script, at the end of the day, you were dealing with people who had no idea what they were doing, but had no idea that they had no idea what they were doing. It's terribly frustrating.

AVC: Which has to be all the more vexing, considering the incredible success of A Fish Called Wanda.

JC: Yes, but studio executives always treat people like me, and writers in particular, as though we live in some kind of ivory tower. And these executives think they know what audiences really like, despite the fact that I've spent my life in front of audiences. And the executives have never been in front of audiences, apart from sycophantic young junior executives who wouldn't dare not laugh at their jokes. So the whole idea that they have some kind of practical knowledge that I don't have is so ludicrous that it does not bear inspection. But they hang onto it. They hang onto a mystical belief that in the moment they inherited the biggest desk and office in their block, they also inherited an understanding of comedy. And it's absolutely insane, but they really do think that they understand it. And so they start telling you to do things which you know are wrong, and I don't know how you can write something that you know is wrong. I mean, what do you try, do you try to write it badly so it will be better? [Laughs.] 

Comicon today

Hi everybody - if you're in New York today, come see us at Comic Con at the Javitz Center. 

At 3:30 I'll be on the Superjail panel, then at 4:30 I'll be joining Rob Corddry, Paul Scheer and the other creators of Childrens Hospital AND NTSF:SD:SUV:: for a panel about those shows!

These are both in room 1A10.

In between I'll be available for hand shaking, card tricks and/or making out.

Tonight is LADIES NIGHT

Tonight's NEW episode of Childrens Hospital is all about the ladies! -- so stand back fellas!

It's a quarter-hour jam packed with (SPOILER ALERT): low-income lesbians in a taco bar, horny doctors hitting on sexy guest star Janet Varney, Chief's secret nightlife, a subtle reference to Raiders of the Lost Ark, and of course, Dr. Richie (Ken Marino) delivering a baby from his own pregnant mother's vagina.

Written by Ken Marino & Erica Oyama and directed by me, David Wain!

Tonight, 12mid, on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim