Last week Los Angeles Penn alumni gathered in Hollywood to celebrate some great emerging Penn talent. The night was filled with some dirty good comedy from host DJ Lubel (C’05) and great original music, improv, inspiring monologues, some over the top characters, a belting rendition of The National Anthem, and of course, a must-see musical(!) […]
Recently at a Los Angeles Penn event, I bumped into Penn alum Rob Golenberg (W’87, ZBT). Rob has been in the Hollywood biz now for over 20 years now and is currently the VP and Head of TV Literary and Packaging at the Gersh Agency. (I’ve known about Rob for years now because some Penn […]
As you may recall, for 6 years here in LA and one year in NY, I had created a Penn “emerging talent” Pennfest event showcasing the work of Penn filmmakers and musicians. I am now happy to report that Pennfest has evolved. The event will now be split up into a performance-themed night and a […]
If you caught “The Craig Ferguson Show” last night you would have seen that Liz Banks (C’96) was on promoting her latest movie Our Idiot Brother. No, she wasn’t on the show talking about chicks and relationships like this Penn alum did a few years back. But she did talk “Penn”! After the jump, check […]
It has just been announced that Penn Alum Vanessa Bayer (C’04, Bloomers) is one of three new cast members of the upcoming 36th season of Saturday Night Live! (source) Like many SNL castmates, Vanessa comes from doing Chicago’s Second City. Per her bio on the Second City website, “The Cleveland native was director of Bloomers […]
There is only one thing more ridiculously funny than Matt Rittberg’s (L’02) NSFW “Yeay O’Doul’s” video you’re about to see. And that is the fact that apparently there was an ACTUAL PRODUCT like this on the market in the 80s called “Synth Coke”. Check out Matt’s video and the horrendous 80’s video after the jump! […]