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Here is my guest appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson from last night. I had such an amazing time. Every word of this interview was improvised and nothing was talked about beforehand. He really does rip up the card. Craig is insanely talented and we break new ground with our frisbee throwing awkward pause at the end.
Here is my appearance on Good Day LA this morning. I had such a great time, thank you to the wonderful Steve Edwards, Maria Sansone and the entire crew over there who made me feel welcome.
Young Hollywood came by the Parks and Rec set when we were filming and interviewed a bunch of the cast. Get ready for Interview ping pong. The new season of Parks is happening right now! Thursdays at 9:30PM on NBC. Jean-Ralphio will be making an appearance sometime in the next two months.
My Hollywood Reporter Emmy Campaign Video for Don Cheadle
The Hollywood Reporter asked me to stop by and make a short video to support Don Cheadle for his Best Actor in a Comedy Series (House of Lies) Emmy nomination. They wanted it to be sweet and sincere like the actors’ videos before me. I said I would only do the video if they let me say/do whatever I wanted. They agreed. This is what followed. Click on the photo below to watch the video.
DON CHEADLE FOR LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES!!!!!! HOUSE OF LIES!!!
Thank you to the Hollywood Reporter for being cool with me being an idiot.
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja IS COMING!!!
Here’s a TV Guide article and some exclusive video from the new comedy/action animated show on Disney XD I’ve worked on for the past year- Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja. I voice the role of Randy/The Ninja. I can’t wait for everyone to see this thing (Preview on August 13th at 9pm, Series Premiere on September 17th at 7pm). Created by the insanely funny Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, this show has an insane cast.
Guest Cast- Simon Pegg, Sarah Hyland, Andy Richter, Steve Zahn, Gilbert Gottfried, David Koechner, David Alan Grier, Bobcat Goldthwaitt, Annie Potts, Jennifer Tilly, Biz Markie, John Witherspoon, Carlos Alazraqui.
Regulars- Megan Mullalley, Jim Rash, John Oliver, Tim Curry, Andrew Caldwell, John DiMaggio, Kevin Michael Richardson, Dave Wittenberg, Cassie Scerbo and Sterling Knight.
Click the photo below to read the full article/watch the exclusive videos.
For extra YouTube videos- click the links under the photo.
Three Extra Videos- That’s Wonk, What the Juice, That’s the Cheese.
Runner, Runner, Working Class Hero, Bob’s Burgers, Better Living Through Chemistry
I’ll be acting/lending my voice to a few more projects before we get back to filming House of Lies and Parks and Rec- I just wrapped a movie called Better Living Through Chemistry with the amazing Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde and Ray Liotta. I have a tiny role in the awesome movie Runner, Runner with Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck. I’ll be lending my voice to the Fox animated presentation Working Class Hero with Patton Oswalt (fingers crossed this gets picked up, the cast and script are both hilarious). Lastly, I have a fun guest role in an upcoming episode of the animated show Bob’s Burgers on Fox. Click the announcement below to view the full Hollywood Reporter article. And yes…that is the creepiest photo of me in the world.
No Hearts Club- My Next Screenplay
I’ve officially sold the pitch for my next screenplay. This one will be for Brian Grazer and Kim Roth at Imagine for Universal. It’s a romantic comedy idea I’ve had for a while now called No Hearts Club and I’m excited to get started. Here’s the announcement in the Hollywood Reporter.
And here’s a link to another announcement that I loved because it had the Jean-Ralphio phrase “Make that Paper” in it. Click the below link.
MAKING THAT PAPER: Ben Schwartz Sells Pitch No Hearts Club to Universal
TVLine Interview on the House of Lies Finale, Parks and Rec Finale, Hunger Games and Sloths
Here’s an interview I did with the fantastic Alyse Whitney for TVLine.com about the House of Lies season finale, the Parks and Recreation season finale and Jean-Ralphio’s Hunger Games. Click the photo below to read the entire interview.
TURBO!!!
I’m lending my voice to the newest Dreamworks Animated film- Turbo!
Dreamworks Animation just announced the Turbo cast and it’s incredible. I’m so honored to be a part of it. Here’s the announcement from the Hollywood Reporter-
DreamWorks Animation has assembled a massive voice cast for its latest animated production, Turbo. Paul Giamatti, Michael Pena, Luis Guzmán, Bill Hader, Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong, Michelle Rodriguez, Maya Rudolph, Ben Schwartz, Kurtwood Smith, Snoop Dogg and Samuel L. Jackson are joining Ryan Reynolds in Turbo, the company’s original feature that has a release date of July 19, 2013.
Turbo follows an ordinary garden snail (Reynolds) with dreams of racing greatness. His obsession with speed and all things fast has made him an oddity and outsider in the slow and cautious snail community, and a constant embarrassment to his careful older brother. When he is one day imbued with the power of amazing speed, he embarks on a quest that will see him racing in the Indianapolis 500.
So mark your calendars…for a year and a half from now.
My Attack of the Show Live Interview
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.
