tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105585292024-03-07T03:52:51.811-05:00Whither Laffs?The road map to delightful hilarity.Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.comBlogger584125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-68120701170319016702012-10-21T12:15:00.002-04:002012-10-21T12:15:18.864-04:00EpilogueThis blog is pretty much dead. But shows and news articles still link "Dan McCoy" to here on occasion, so if you're seeking comedy from yours truly, let me direct you to some of my more recent projects.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/">The Flop House</a> is my award-nominated-for bad movie podcast. Co-hosted with Elliott Kalan (The Daily Show) and Stuart Wellington (being an awesome dude), we're three friends who watch a terrible recent Hollywood movie, then discuss it on air. We've been positively reviewed in the Onion AV Club, and in 2012 we joined the podcast network <a href="http://allthingscomedy.com/">All Things Comedy</a>, featuring people much more famous than ourselves (Al Madrigal, Bill Burr, Eddie Pepitone, and others).<br />
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<a href="http://9ammeeting.com/">9 AM Meeting</a> was my animated webseries that I co-wrote and co-voiced with <a href="http://www.mattkoff.com/">Matt Koff</a>. It's about two office drones, stuck in an early meeting, waiting on a boss who never arrives. It's Waiting for Godot by way of Dr. Katz, but in glorious black and white. In 2010 we won "Best Animation" at the New York Television Festival, which came with an MTV development deal, which came to nothing but was a fun ride all the same.<br />
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I've written <a href="http://www.dev.slate.com/authors.dan_mccoy.html">a few</a> <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/authors/dan-mccoy">things</a> around the web that might amuse, but mostly now I spend time writing for this thing called <a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/">The Daily Show</a>. You probably haven't heard of it; it's pretty underground.<br />
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One of these days I'll get my act together and give myself an official website, but until then, enjoy these links.Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-8163989724216623672012-02-11T08:43:00.000-05:002012-02-11T08:43:53.307-05:00Hiatus WeekThe Flop House is off this week, mainly (solely?) because Dan was in Florida. Was he there casting the title role of Elliott's long-awaited "Rocket Crocodile and The World of Tomorrow?" Unlikely. He was probably just sucking down rum drinks and paying bikini girls to massage his bunions. Pervazoid.<br />
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We apologize for the break, but rest assured we'll be back with a new episode next weekend. In the meantime, please enjoy Jean Claude Van Damme pulling Rob Schneider around in a rickshaw:<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-vZcn3493Ms" width="560"></iframe>Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-86516069657793259092012-01-28T13:27:00.003-05:002012-01-28T13:27:53.608-05:00The Flop House #95 is OnlineDespite my lack of updates on my personal blog, which I've apparently lost interest in, The Flop House is still happening. Listen to the latest episode <a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2012/01/suppose-they-gave-nicholas-cage-nicole.html">HERE</a>.Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-15954223191590714832011-11-21T15:29:00.001-05:002011-11-21T15:29:22.635-05:00Flop House #91 ONLINE!It's about Zookeeper, starring Kevin James, with guest host Hallie Haglund in for Stu. <a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2011/11/episode-91-zookeeper.html">Enjoy</a>.Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-84776930388204877202011-10-29T15:05:00.000-04:002011-10-29T15:05:34.119-04:00Flop House Episode NinetyThe flops keep coming. New podcast episode - <a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2011/10/episode-90-red-riding-hood.html">Red Riding Hood.</a>Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-25758897361738800002011-10-02T16:07:00.003-04:002011-10-02T16:08:01.720-04:00Another Podcast Guest Alert!I guested on Andy Rocco's podcast, "<a href="http://heretohelppodcast.com/2011/10/02/here-to-help-episode-2-leo-allen-dan-mccoy-nick-vatterott/">Here to Help</a>" along with stand-up comic <a href="http://www.oodlesofpun.com/">Nick Vatterott</a> and <i>Jon Benjamin Has a Van</i> co-creator and former SNL writer, Leo Allen.Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-71417538216563862982011-10-01T11:46:00.000-04:002011-10-01T11:48:55.241-04:00Podcast Guest Appearance AlertI appeared on Rob Stern's very funny podcast <a href="http://overloadthemachine.podbean.com/2011/09/05/dan-mccoy-lauren-lapkus-dave-bluvband-oscar-montoya/">Overload the Machine</a>, along with special guest <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1944055/">Lauren Lapkus</a> and others. Why not give it a listen?Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-35460963475925171382011-10-01T11:41:00.003-04:002011-10-01T11:42:31.203-04:00Flop House #88 is ONLINEWe talk about Priest. <a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2011/10/episode-88-priest.html">Check it out.</a>Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-80737908738139565932011-09-17T10:05:00.000-04:002011-09-17T10:05:28.187-04:00The Flop House Episode Eighty-Seven is ONLINE<a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2011/09/episode-87-my-soul-to-take.html">Let's do it again!</a>Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-58015756371548148112011-09-02T15:52:00.000-04:002011-09-02T15:52:44.191-04:00Flop House! Old Disney musical! <a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2011/09/only-army-could-make-us-sit-through.html">You go now!</a>Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-68733056334997211632011-07-31T13:40:00.001-04:002011-07-31T13:41:48.369-04:00The Flop House Episode Eighty-Five is ONLINEAre you getting tired of how this blog has turned almost entirely into me <a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2011/07/episode-85-limitless.html">cross-posting Flop House episodes</a>, now that I have a real comedy writing job? I know I have!Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-65667049571342237112011-07-17T18:48:00.001-04:002011-07-17T18:50:31.793-04:00The Flop House Episode Eighty-Four is ONLINEBoy howdy! Why not <a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2011/07/episode-84-sucker-punch.html">listen</a>?Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-72290448976619444672011-06-25T12:26:00.001-04:002011-06-25T12:26:53.405-04:00The Flop House Episode Eighty-Three is ONLINE<a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2011/06/episode-83-i-am-number-four.html">Listen, whydoncha?</a>Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-74639175012393411242011-06-12T14:46:00.001-04:002011-06-12T14:47:35.880-04:00The Flop House Episode Eighty-Two is ONLINECheck it out <a href="http://bit.ly/jKKJz9">HERE</a>.Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-36414465609048224532011-05-28T09:16:00.001-04:002011-05-28T09:17:16.763-04:00The Flop House Episode Eighty-One is ONLINECheck it out <a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2011/05/episode-81-roommate.html">HERE</a>.Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-56539754442460655892011-05-21T11:19:00.001-04:002011-05-21T11:20:55.353-04:00LIVE SHOW ALERT - The Flop House and I Love Bad Movies at 92Y TribecaDue to some major life events in a couple of the floppers' lives, we had to push back the regularly scheduled episode until next week.<br /><br />That's the bad news. The good news is that our good friends at <a href="http://ilovebadmovies.com/">I Love Bad Movies</a>, Matt Carman and Kseniya Yarosh, have swooped in with their Frankenstein machines to resurrect the corpse of The Movie Minute, and bring us more details about the <a href="http://www.92y.org/shop/92Tri_event_detail.asp?category=92Tri+92YTribeca+Film888&productid=T-MM5FJ99">FLOP HOUSE/ I LOVE BAD MOVIES LIVE EVENT</a> at 92Y Tribeca in Manhattan. Listen to it in your ear-holes!<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://player.wizzard.tv/player/o/j/x/130598950692/config/k-835db056873258dd/uuid/root/height/220/width/440/episode/k-6d20326c2d3b6f02.m4v"></script><br /><br /><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/theflophouse/Movie_Minute_36_-_A_Shameless_Plug.mp3">Download the MP3 directly, HERE.</a><br /><br />EVENT DETAILS:<br /><br />Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 8:00pm<br />200 Hudson Street (<a href="http://www.92y.org/content/directions.asp?site=92TRI#2">MAP</a>)<br />92YTribeca Screening Room<br />$12.00<br /><br />TWIN SITTERS TRAILER<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3aTHSSwpkUo" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ilovebadmovies.com/"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_toOh0ojiZcfQiLKEVwIAKEq3PKxNpAgx-Pc1do5x_JUlkl_ZtndJpF2YImVBwBl64wq10BsI8UHHuIE9UJ-FYTr7_RXthSszERnJWQdKiSN2SgWP83EuoF7MumUbBxV4kw6z/s400/il_570xN.182558844.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609185641331226658" border="0" /></a>Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-30737534270541544792011-05-06T23:30:00.002-04:002011-05-06T23:31:28.637-04:00The Flop House Episode Eighty is ONLINEGo listen to it <a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2011/05/episode-80-sorcerers-apprentice.html">HERE</a> whydoncha?Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-12087606324224995972011-04-22T15:38:00.001-04:002011-04-22T15:39:34.334-04:00The Flop House Episode Seventy-Nine is ONLINEWith special guest Wyatt Cenac. Check it out <a href="http://bit.ly/fBObww">HERE</a>.Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-86066663589383282612011-04-10T10:46:00.001-04:002011-04-10T10:47:35.184-04:00The Flop House Episode Seventy-Eight is ONLINEWhat are you waiting for? Listen <a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2011/04/episode-78-gooby.html">HERE</a>.Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-38684421181480845782011-04-07T10:53:00.001-04:002011-04-07T10:56:26.903-04:00What The Chipmunks Hath WroughtA River Runs Through it 2: The Creekquel<br />No Country for Old Men 2: The Bleakquel<br />Peeping Tom 2: The Peekquel<br />Shopgirl 2: The Boutiquel<br />Last Year at Marienbad 2: The Obliquel<br />Dracula 2: The Widow's Peakquel<br />Eyes Wide Shut 2: The Asscheekquel<br />Catch a Fire 2: The MozambiquelDan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-48444731483391222742011-04-02T12:52:00.004-04:002011-04-02T13:07:25.668-04:00"Captains in Space" Lost Secret: REVEALEDI was going through old documents and found this first draft of what was to be a script for my friend <a href="http://www.hatoum.com">Fed</a>'s webseries <a href="http://captainsinspace.com/index.html">Captains in Space</a> back in 2008.* It ties up the one cliffhanger mystery we ever had in the show, so it would've been nice if we'd produced it, but by that time we were all sort of getting tired of the F/X heavy productions, and the way the green-screen seemed to sap performance energy. <br /><br />No one probably cares about it but me, but if you ever wondered why Captain Adam disappeared and Captain Matt replaced him (other than Adam moving to San Francisco in real life) then <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0ByteP8WKzdofODY2MDM5M2ItNzk2MS00Nzk2LTk0MzEtOWE3YmQ3NTFhMTA3&hl=en">HAVE AT IT</a>.**<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">**Lots of the </span>Captains in Space<span style="font-style: italic;"> folk have gone on to better things. "Captain Matt"/ Matt Koff is currently writing for </span>The Newlywed Game<span style="font-style: italic;">. "Spacewoman Schaefer"/ Sara Schaefer from episode 8 is a 2-time Emmy-winner for Jimmy Fallon's website. The cosmonauts / Brock Mahan and Elliott Kalan from episode 6 have written for TruTV and </span>The Daily Show<span style="font-style: italic;"> respectively. "Future Adam"/ Andrea Rosen is in every commercial ever made and can be seen in movies like </span>The Baxter<span style="font-style: italic;"> and </span>The Ten<span style="font-style: italic;">, and--perhaps most exciting--"Frankie the shipboard computer"/ Vedette Lim is set to be a major character on the upcoming season of </span>Tru Blood<span style="font-style: italic;">. <br /><br />What have <span style="font-weight: bold;">I</span> been up to? You know... stuff.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >*This is a first draft so it's WAAAAY too long and full of exposition. Trust that it would've gotten better, and that my writing has improved since then.</span>Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-68152366513727311932011-03-27T13:42:00.001-04:002011-03-27T13:43:49.189-04:00The Flop House Episode Seventy-Seven is ONLINEGo and listen <a href="http://www.flophousepodcast.com/2011/03/episode-77-skyline.html">HERE</a>.Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-38421812202554975922011-03-15T12:33:00.000-04:002011-03-15T12:34:07.231-04:00The Return of Gchat Theater: Part II, The Chatening<meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">me</span>: knock knock</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Matt</span>: who is there</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">me</span>: Alpaca</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Matt</span>: alpaca who</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">me</span>: I'LL PACK-A YOUR BAGS FOR YOU, BECAUSE THE BANK IS FORCLOSING ON YOUR HOME DUE TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS.</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span>This is a joke I just made up.</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span>Please pay me $13 for it.</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Matt</span>: you know where that joke doesn't work?</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span>in print.</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span>in an IM window.</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span>so</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span>the way i see it</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span>you owe ME $13</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; "><span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">me</span>: I'd argue that it doesn't work <i>outside</i> of print or an IM window, either.</span></span></div></span>Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-1092449873301519132011-03-05T17:13:00.004-05:002011-03-05T17:25:33.440-05:00Episode #76 - Third Annual Awards FloptacularWe've broken our curse, with our first Academy Awards-in-review show that doesn't have terrible audio problems, although it has our usual staying-on-topic problems. Meanwhile Stuart reveals looking-glass Hitler's nefarious plot, Elliott talks about previous winners of the Twix-sponsored Twixie Awards, and Dan unravels a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in Inspector Gadget.<br /><br />0:00 - 0:53 - Red carpet introduction<br />0:54 - 35:51 - In contrast to EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET and our usual tendency to hate on things, we actually didn't mind the Oscars.<br />35:52 - 45:25 - Flop House Movie Mailbag<br />45:26 - 48:20- A brief pledge drive<br />48:21 - 55:56 - Dan tells the greatest story in American letters. Suck it, Twain and Hemmingway.<br />55:57 - 59:47 - Plugs, goodbyes, theme, and outtakes.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://player.wizzard.tv/player/o/j/x/129936318958/config/k-835db056873258dd/uuid/root/height/220/width/440/episode/k-bfbbd27df69b7113.m4v"></script><br /><br /><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/theflophouse/The_Flop_Houses_Third_Annual_Awards_Floptacular.mp3">Download the MP3 directly, HERE.</a><br /><br />Paste theflophouse.libsyn.com/rss into iTunes (or your favorite podcatching software) to have new episodes of <a href="http://theflophousepodcast.blogspot.com/" style="color: rgb(153, 170, 221); text-decoration: none;">The Flop </a><a href="http://theflophousepodcast.blogspot.com/" style="color: rgb(153, 170, 221); text-decoration: none;">House</a>delivered to you directly, as they're released.Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10558529.post-27403273569513396052011-03-04T11:19:00.001-05:002011-03-04T11:20:29.179-05:00Hey NerdsPlease follow me on Twitter @dankmccoy.<div><br /></div><div>love,</div><div>Dan</div><div><br /></div><div>P.S. - Sorry for calling you nerds</div>Dan McCoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231241053500980570noreply@blogger.com0