Wednesday, July 27, 2005

A&E Gorilla Suit Bio online

if you missed " The Curse of P.P. Fartingham's Gorilla Suit ", then that's a shame. but fret not, because now you can view the A&E Biography on The Legend of the Curse of P.P. Fartingham's Gorilla Suit online. featuring the talents of Moses Robinson, Daniel Fogland, Danforth France, Pat Healy, Josh Fadem, Charlyne Yi, Paul Rust, Neil Campbell, Michael Busch, Jenn Fee, Nic Wegener, Billy Ferguson, Chad Fogland and Wingnut the Dog.
Just CLICK HERE, courtesy of Maria Friesen (the editor!)
and if you liked the Video and are in need of a great editor, then hire Maria Friesen! she is really awesome, as one can see at her website:
and if you liked the photos of Fartingham's Circus and are in need of a great photographer, then hire Meredith Jenks! she too is awesome, as one can see at her website:
ps: if you liked the way some of the photos were altered or the actual flyer of the show (as seen in post below) and are in need of a great graphics person, then hire Danforth France, he is awesome, as one can see at his website:
and BIG THANKS to everyone who made it out to the show!!! you made a silly little guy from Nebraska happy.

Saturday, July 23, 2005

Tonight, Saturday the 23rd

TONIGHT IS THAT CURSED GORILLA SUIT SHOW
(Hurry - almost SOLD OUT!)

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

not another sax

i have never been musically talented. those who know me well, know that i have no idea what tone, pitch, or harmony are. when i sing, i just sing and worry not about the consequences.

now don't get me wrong, i have my rare moments. songs such as "Wooly Bully", "Monster Mash", and even "You Got It" i can sing rather well. more or less because i can simply imatate the singer's voice while singing. but still i do sound good with those songs. i am still trying to find others i can sing as well, but it's a long road.

as for musical instruments, i have never been able to get them down very well. my ear just seems to be unable to pick up the proper sound that needs to be made to create a song. this reminds me of my saxaphone i had in junior high. i was in the band, but i couldn't really play. and yes, i will admit that i didn't practice as much as i should of and eventully when we had to do performances, i would just finger along with my mouth on the reed and not really play at all. this reminds me of a time when i was in the cub scouts and there was a talent show where each troop was to lip sync to a song. i forget what song we choose, but i had my sax and i was suppose to pretend to play along with the sax solo in the song. this would of been just fine and dandy except the troop before us did the superbowl suffle and had a sax mimic as well. they went all out. they all dressed up as the bears and everything. i remeber thinking that i shouldn't do my sax thing because it would seem like i was coping them. but i swallowed my pride and mimiced my saxaphone playing. "not another sax" was heard from the crowd and i began to sweat, but i fake played on. we didn't win and those were the only times in my life where i held an instrument in front of a live audience.

that is until this last monday. at a comedy show, Garage Comedy, my friends Danforth France and Josh Fadem asked me to help out in a sketch that they pulled from an old Spectacular on Ice! show we did. Danforth played Teddy Tuneful, a beatles mix with buddy holly like that sang a simple song about love. Josh played a teenage tiny-booper who kept trying to get on stage to hug Teddy. then at one point, i run out instead of Josh. i was dressed like a mummy, and i moaned and danced to the song, until Teddy saw me and was scared stiff. the roadie pulled Teddy off and then brought on a Bass Guitar for the mummy to play. so for the first time ever, i played a musical instrument and sang to a live audience. it was a lot more scary than i thought. what did i play? well, it was really not that hard. just the bass rift to "Louie, Louie". and then as a mummy, i moaned the lyrics of the song in a singing tongueless moan. turned out to be pretty funny and made me want to play music more.

needless to say, i got a tiny, tiny taste of being a rock star and i really liked it.

Saturday, July 16, 2005

surf n turf, a la mode

i like to mix different kinds of food in my mouth for new favors. much like the guys who discovered ice cream with pie, lobster and steak or chicken and waffles, i feel that i am an innovator.

some of my discoveries are:

cottage cheese with french fries

chedder and sour cream lays potato chips with cream cheese on a bagel

cookie crisp cerel with cinnamon life cerel

dark chocolate with buttered and salted popcorn

a banana with a A&W cream soda

all, i'm saying is that sometimes putting two different things in your mouth at once can be a serediptiously tasteful delight. brave new worlds, people. brave new worlds.

Thursday, July 14, 2005

in production 2

in just 8 days, my comedy show, "The Curse of P.P. Fartingham's Gorilla Suit" goes up for it's one night only performance at the new UCB Theatre here in Los Angeles. i feel like i'm about to give birth.

just so you know kids, i will be passing out Fartingham Circus Trading cards to all that attendthe show. here's a choice few for your enjoyment:



a full set is 16 indiviual cards, all with added information about each character on the back. everyone will get a pack of 5 cards each.

and then there's the show itself! happening on July 23rd at 10 PM - 5919 Franklin Ave. LA, CA.

a 35 minute Chad Fogland epic:

"The Curse of P.P. Fartingham's Gorilla Suit"

"Once you put it on, it's the last thing you'll ever wear."

Written by Chad Fogland, Moses Robinson and Nic Wegner.

Starring Chad Fogland, Jenn Fee, Billy Ferguson, Moses Robinson and Nic Wegner.

A Show with Surprises, Danger, Romance, Mystery, Chocolate, Comedy and Cameos!

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

Friday, July 01, 2005

double hockey sticks

i have never been to Hell. but i hear that it is...

as hot as a summer’s day, beach sand, boiling water, fresh pizza from the oven, a sexy woman, a sexual act.

as hard as a complex math probelm, concrete, froozen earth, a tough video game level, an old fruitcake, escaping prision.

as funny as a great joke, a practical joke, your favorite comedian, an accident that happens to a good friend.

as stupid as a dumb joke, an idiot person or idea, a bad movie, a bad plan of attack.

as crazy as a wacky idea, a nutty joke, an insane person, a fancy computer altered movie, ...mostly anything now a days seems to have the possibilty of being as crazy as hell.

as strong as steal, a safe, a muscle man.

as weak as a lame premiss for a story, brittle wood, a bad hypothesis.

as rad as a cool skateboard or bike trick.

as cold as a blizzard, a popsicle, the water at a pool, lake or beach at times, a mean person who has hurt you.

all in all, Hell sounds like a really unstable place. i'm glad i don't live there. i wouldn't know how to dress for one thing- a heavy coat and shorts? i dunno.