Rejected Jokes

Valentine's Break Up

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:47:00 -0800

Here’s a short film I made four and a half years ago with the wonderful Sarah Burns (Enlightened) about a couple on Valentine’s Day. It features the hilarious Eugene Cordero, Will Hines and Sue Galloway. A big thank you to Vincent Peone who helped me direct this and made it look so nice for almost no budget half a decade ago.

And here are some bloopers-

Fridays at Galweather- Ep. 5- Stripper

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:41:00 -0800

Episode five of our House of Lies web series, Fridays at Galweather, follows Clyde (Ben Schwartz) and Doug (Josh Lawson) as they hire a stripper for Marty’s (Don Cheadle) surprise birthday party.

Watch previous episodes of Fridays at Galweather below-

EPISODE 1- SEXUAL HARASSMENT

EPISODE 2- THE APPLICANT

EPISODE 3- BLACKOUT (with Kristen Bell)

EPISODE 4- MYSTER DRINK 1

Last week I was invited as a guest on Doug Benson’s...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:41:00 -0800

Last week I was invited as a guest on Doug Benson’s podcast- Doug Loves Movies along with hilarious special guests TJ Miller and Paul F. Tompkins. You can listen now by clicking play above or you can download through iTunes by clicking on the photo below.

Jean-Ralphio is the Amazing Spiderman

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:47:00 -0800

The wonderful people at CollegeHumor edited this together at breakneck speed after so many people tweeted/posted about Jean-Ralphio kinda looking like the Amazing Spiderman. To those editors (especially Sam Jacobson, I know it was you, you sly dog) I say kudos and thank you. To everyone else I say enjoy the trailer now as it will inevitably be taken down for breaking 1000 copyright laws.

Jean-Ralphio is the Amazing Spiderman

Fridays at Galweather- Ep. 4- Mystery Drink 1

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:10:00 -0800

Here’s the fourth episode of our Showtime web series- Fridays at Galweather. This episode has Clyde (Ben Schwartz) pressuring Doug (Josh Lawson) to take a sip of a mysterious beverage that has been lying around for a month.

Watch previous episodes of Fridays at Galweather below-

EPISODE 1- SEXUAL HARASSMENT

EPISODE 2- THE APPLICANT

EPISODE 3- BLACKOUT (with Kristen Bell)

Jake and Amir: Mountain Hiker- The Complete Series

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:11:00 -0800

It’s happened. I’m back on CollegeHumor’s Jake and Amir…but this time with a safari hat. I present to you Mountain Hiker: The Complete Series- Parts 1 and 2. Cows.

Part I

Part II

Fridays at Galweather- Ep. 3- Blackout (with Kristen Bell)

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:42:00 -0800

Here’s the third episode of our Showtime web series- Fridays at Galweather. This episode features the talented/beautiful/amazing Kristen Bell as Jeannie who gets trapped in an elevator with Clyde (Ben Schwartz) and Doug (Josh Lawson).

Watch previous Fridays at Galweather episodes below-

EPISODE 1- SEXUAL HARASSMENT

EPISODE 2- THE APPLICANT

My Attack of the Show Live Interview

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:26:00 -0800

Yesterday I was the live guest on G4’s Attack of the Show. It was so much fun, everyone over there was amazing. A big thank you to Andrew Zilch, Nando Velasquez, Sean Jordan, Kevin Pereira and Candace Bailey. In the show, there was a bit where a jacket was attacking the hosts…so we called that back at the end..that just wasn’t randomly out of nowhere…although that would be equally as funny. Check out the interview below.

Fridays at Galweather- Ep. 2- The Applicant

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:13:00 -0800

Here’s the second episode of our Showtime web series- Fridays at Galweather. This episode follows Clyde (Ben Schwartz) and Doug (Josh Lawson) as they haze a new applicant (Greg Tuculescu).

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FIRST EPISODE- SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Fridays at Galweather- Ep. 1- Sexual Harassment

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:30:00 -0800

I am very excited to premiere the first episode of the Showtime web series Fridays at Galweather. The six episode series follows Clyde Oberholt (Ben Schwartz) and Doug Guggenheim (Josh Lawson) on the only day of the week management consultants spend at the office.

We’re thrilled that Showtime let us play around and make these and I can’t wait to release a new one every week. The web series is from Me, Josh Lawson and Wes Nickerson and is directed by the great Glynn Turman. If these get passed around enough, we’re hoping the network will let us do more.

House of Lies airs Sundays at 10pm on Showtime

I Get Interviewed by the Onion's Prestigious A.V. Club

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:21:00 -0800

Here’s an interview I did with the talented Steve Heisler for the Onion’s A.V. Club. We talk Jean-Ralphio, House of Lies, Baby Animals Books and coping with the anxiety of trying to find work. Click the photo below to read the full article.

House of Lies: The Pod

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:13:00 -0800

It’s isn’t just one episode guys…it’s a SERIES of episodes! House of Lies continues with one of my favorite episodes this Sunday, 1/15 at 10PM on Showtime. Here’s a behind the scenes video on the pod of Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell, Josh Lawson and I.

Glenn Howerton, Josh Groban, Steve Little and I join forces like Voltron to star in CollegeHumor's First Feature Film Coffeetown

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:09:47 -0800

I’m excited to announce that Glenn Howerton (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Steve Little (Eastbound and Down), Josh Groban (The Office and “Music”) and I will star in CollegeHumor’s first feature length film- “Coffeetown.” The movie is being written and directed by the talented Brad Copeland (Arrested Development) and produced by CollegeHumor and Ricky Van Veen. I’m honored to be in the first CH movie and this cast is so funny, I can’t wait to start. Click the photo below to read the entire article.

*Although the below photo may suggest it, I do not play a character who constantly pulls his face back with his hands in this movie.

NY Magazine Vulture Interview on Baby Animals, Acting and Writing

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:24:21 -0800

Here’s an interview I did with Steve Marsh from NY Magazine. We talk other Ben Schwartzes, Parks and Rec, Soapdish, my baby animal books and an array of other things. Big thanks to Steve, NY Magazine and Vulture. Click the photo below to read the entire interview.

Complex Magazine Interview

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:33:00 -0800

Here’s an interview I did with the lovely Shante Cosme for Complex Magazine. We chat (for three pages) about House of Lies, Parks and Rec, UCB/long form improv and writing. Click the photo below to read the entire article.

My LA Times Interview for House of Lies

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:36:00 -0800

Here’s an interview I did for the LA Times with the wonderful Judy Berman. We talk about my characters on House of Lies and Parks and Rec. Click the pic below to read the complete interview.

House of Lies Red Carpet Interviews and Free Showtime

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:03:00 -0800

Our beautiful little show, House of Lies, is premiering this Sunday at 10PM on Showtime! Please watch, it’s so very worth it. Now, I know what you are thinking- But Ben, we don’t get Showtime and I have to teach all these kittens how to dance. Well- A- that’s amazing that you train kittens how to dance, I’m not going to take that away from you and B- if you don’t get Showtime, this weekend they are giving it away for free! Click here for the details.

Click the pic below to watch some of the interviews from the red carpet last night.

And here’s a photo from the after party. Click the photo to see the sketch I did with Michael C Hall for CollegeHumor.

CollegeHumor Releases Best of Ben Schwartz Playlist

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:31:00 -0800

In celebration of the premiere of House of Lies this Sunday at 10pm on Showtime, CollegeHumor has released a “Best of Ben Schwartz” Playlist. CH took their favorite twenty one sketches I’ve done for the site over the past five years and served them up on an all you can eat buffet. Get ready for varying degrees of youth and hair. An enormous thank you to CollegeHumor’s staff. It’s insane how many short films we have done together. I will always love you.

Click on the pic below to get to the playlist.

La Times Faces to Watch 2012

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:05:00 -0800

I made the LA Times list of “Faces to Watch in 2012”! An enormous thank you to the LA Times and Judy Berman who conducted the interview. We talked about Parks and Rec, House of Lies and the new animated show I’m voicing for Disney XD- Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja. Click on the clip below to see the link at LATimes.com

USA Today/Pop Candy/Paste/BuzzFeed Lists of the Year

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:23:00 -0800

I just found out that some wonderful people were nice enough to include me on their 2011 end of the year lists! Here’s a few that were sent to me. A big thank you to USA Today, Pop Candy, Paste Magazine and BuzzFeed.

USA TODAY/POP CANDY’S 100 PEOPLE OF 2011

BUZZFEED’S 90 BEST TWITTER ACCOUNTS OF 2011

PASTE MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST TWITTER ACCOUNTS OF 2011

Thank you so much for including me.