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"EASY TO ASSEMBLE" LAUNCH-APALOOZA



The cast and crew of Easy To Assemble: Co Worker of the Year hit Hollywood last Wednesday at the first ever red carpet premiere for a web show. We documented the magic.

       
Illeana Douglas                           Rob Mailhouse                       Illeana & Justine Bateman
 
   
Judith Owen & Harry Shearer                     Illeana & Tom Arnold


We were slightly confused as to what happened to the yellow polos, but everyone still looked great.  Illeana Douglas, Rob Mailhouse, Justine Bateman, Tom Arnold, Keanu Reeves, Todd Spahr, Sean Durrie, Dominik Rausch, Wilson Cleveland, Greg Pritikin, Cheri Oteri, Kevin Pollak, Elisa Donovan, Kate Flannery, Michael Irpino, Nina Rausch, Daryl Sabara, the cast of "Prom Queen: Homecoming", the cast of "The Fall of Kaden", the cast of "Compulsions" and My Damn Channel VIPs Harry Shearer and Judith Owen graced the red carpet too.

Easy to Assemblepremieres new episodes every Thursday.  In episode 2, Illeana has a team building event to have "Ikeans spend more time with Ikeans".  See the joys of speed dating - or, uh - team building...here.



HARRY SHEARER'S "FOUND OBJECTS" ON CNN

Posted in Harry Shearer with tags Harry Shearer, My Damn Channel, Ann Coulter, Gum on 10/13/2009 8:11:07 AM by Meg Mylan




CNN just featured Harry Shearer's "Found Objects".

Jeanne Moos reported on the gum chewing of various public figures - caught on camera. Her piece includes Harry Shearer's My Damn Channel series, "Found Objects," with a clip of Ann Coulter chomping on her Nicoret.

Harry's art installation "The Silent Echo Chamber" is a compilation of these "Found Objects," on tour now across the country.  The installation is currently at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center through November.

Harry's brand new, digital album is Greed and Fear, documenting the economic meltdown in music and comedy. The first digital singles have just been released: Get them here. And look for brand new videos from Greed and Fear in the coming weeks premiering on Harry's channel.




MY DAMN CHANNEL FLAUNTS "NEW FALL SEASON"

 


Those 3 tired words are decades old but Hollywood hopes they help you fall in love with new shows.

We put quotes around our "new fall season" - knowing we can't fool you into love - but hoping it feels just a little funnier that way.

In two years, we’ve birthed 25 channels of music and comedy…working with artists we love. We think you’ve taught us how to get talent and new series worthy of your evil eye.

Help us buy another bag of chips for lunch! Share the full press release. Share these links to our New Series:

 

Spärhusen

Easy To Assemble: Co-Worker of The Year

Knight Shift

RAMP (Radio And Music Pros)

Harry Shearer: Greed and Fear

Don Was: The Wasmopolitan Cavalcade of Recorded Music (Season 3)

Stella Live in Boston

Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer

Animation Block (Season 2)

Grace Crashers Presented by Southern Comfort

 

New Stars:

 

Illeana Douglas

Keanu Reeves

Ask A Ninja 

Sir Paul McCartney

Rob Mailhouse

Sir Sean Connery

Todd Spahr

Sir Richard Branson

Wallace Langham

Ryan Hunter

Taige Jensen

Sir Ben Kingsley

Jeff Goldblum

Stephen Hawking

Brad O’Farrell

Justine Bateman

Tom Arnold

Sir Elton John

Kevin Carter

Keith Berman

Steve Resnik

Prince William

The Queen

Ed Begley Jr.

Craig Bierko

Kevin Pollak

Sidney Poitier

Jane Lynch

Cheri Oteri

Ricki Lake

Tim Meadows

Dave Ahdoot

Daryl Sabara

Eric Lange


REBORN



Welcome to the rebirthing. My Damn Channel is all new.


For 21 months, we slowly built a world to co-create the best, original series with the pros that we love in film and television, music and comedy.


We crunched stats last night during our all-night reincarnation and our year-to-year comps for eyeballs are awesome.
We can’t thank you enough for taking 3 or 4 or 5 minutes to be here from time to time & support the likes of Harry Shearer, Don Was, David Wain, Daily Grace, Sam Seder, Sarah Silverman, “You Suck at Photoshop” and every artist that decided to create for you here. 

We gave our pros a safe haven where ‘the suits’ are never welcome. We gave our artists direct access to you – without the layers of show business bullshit that normally get in the way.


We raised less than most – we spent less than most – we’re staffed tinier than most. But when triple-digit audience growth brought big sponsors, we were finally ready to re-invest in what we hope is a much better viewing experience.


Take this baby out for a test drive – share the ride – spread the news – post our link – status update us – tweet this re-launch & let us know what you think.

DAY ONE features the season 4 premiere of WAINY DAYS. We worship David Wain. Tonight’s first-ever WAINY DAYS LIVE show is now sold out.


We just learned that the first 2 weeks of PILOT SEASON racked up over 2 million views!! You can watch the first 4 episodes now starring Sam Seder, Sarah Silverman, Andy Dick, David Cross & Isla Fisher.


Thank you for getting us this far. We’re going to continue to unleash the audacity of HBO and bring you the best stuff that outdoes the rest.


SMELL THE GENIUS



Thanks to our heroes for letting My Damn Channel and Kurt Loder so far inside yesterday's event that you can smell the genius.

See all the action at www.MyDamnChannel.com/Unwigged

See the tour dates & GET THE TIX:  www.Unwigged.com


UNWIGGED & UNPLUGGED



I'm the almost dead drummer on the right. Keep your eye on the My Damn Channel home page this Monday afternoon.

In the words of GOD - as played by some guy in the movie, 2010....."something wonderful is about to happen."


NEW NEW & NEW



We started My Damn Channel in the wake of an earlier round of big corporate layoffs as traditional media tried to wrap its arms around the intense insurgency of online video.

Many major media companies took a shot at chasing YouTube's brass ring, but they couldn't ride their horses fast enough to get into the lead ahead of all the upstart brands racing onto the field.

We ran fast in our first year. Some of our best competitors like Super Deluxe didn't make it. We loved their work.  We stayed determined to keep costs low, but still bring the best talent - treat them well - and let them deliver quality, original web video which is getting seen by an audience growing faster by the second.

In the past 24 hours, we've had the #1 video on all of YouTube - thanks to Big Fat Brain, creators of "You Suck at Photoshop" and their NEW web series, "Agency of Record."

This week, TIME Magazine honored us in their Top 10 Everything of 2008 - twice!  They put YSAP in the Top 10 TV Episodes of the year next to Lost, Mad Men, 30 Rock & Colbert. And they honored Sir Harry Shearer for one of his Katie Couric Open-Mic Moments that we call "Found Objects." 

Maria on our team just told me we passed 42 million total views yesterday.

This week, we added Suhaila Suhimi to lead the advertising team bringing more top brands in to sponsor all of our new programming.

Here's a list of what's NEW & what's coming for the year ahead with immeasurable thanks for every second you've stopped your world to take a look at www.MyDamnChannel.com:



Flight of the Conchords HBO premiere episode next week on My Damn Channel - 3 weeks before it airs on HBO !

STELLA - new channel just launched

GraceNMichelle - new channel just launched

Agency of Record - new episode tmrw/Fri

Heather Fink channel

new episodes of LAPDANCE with KURT LODER

new videos from atom.com

new episodes of BACK ON TOPPS - every Tuesday

new episodes of FACETIME

and a lil tease of more/new magic wonderments:

ED HELMS
KERRI KENNEY-SILVER
SAM SEDER
SARAH SILVERMAN
DAVID CROSS
ANDY DICK
ISLA FISHER
A.D. MILES
MARK MALKOFF
and....

S P I N A L   T A P   2 0 0 9
    


How 'bout a LAPDANCE ?



LAPDANCE with KURT LODER is our newest series premiere on My Damn Channel.

Kurt Loder saves the world - one interview at a time.

Author, journalist, MTV anchor, movie writer, and former Rolling Stone senior editor Kurt Loder interviews filmmakers, musicians, and anyone else who's around, anywhere in the world, via iChat.

Harry Shearer is our first victim. Four video segments just went LIVE.
 
Topics include: a Spinal Tap reunion, Ricky Gervais, Eddie Izzard, Richard Pryor, Christopher Guest, Tom Leopold, Paul Shaffer, reality TV, TV news, Sarah Palin, Al Franken, and you can find out what kind of world it would be - if it was ruled by Harry Shearer

on Spinal Tap: 
http://www.mydamnchannel.com/LD/Harry_Shearer/HarryonSpinalTap_982.aspx

on Comedians:
http://www.mydamnchannel.com/LD/Harry_Shearer/HarryonComedians_995.aspx

Reality TV / News:
http://www.mydamnchannel.com/LD/Harry_Shearer/HarryonRealityTVNews_996.aspx

Politicians:
http://www.mydamnchannel.com/LD/Harry_Shearer/HarryonPoliticians_997.aspx


THE FINAL SILENT DEBATE



Harry Shearer & My Damn Channel present the last word on the Presidential race: no words at all.



Don't just sit there watching TV - get involved - EMAIL this link:

http://www.mydamnchannel.com/Harry_Shearer/Silent_Debates/TheFinalSilentDebate_972.aspx

and please - for the love of god - V O T E !


AMAZING GRACE

"I once was lost, but now am found. Was blind, but now, I see."

Harry Shearer's "Found Objects: Why Sarah Palin Talks That Way"


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My Damn Channel is the brainchild of Founder and CEO, Rob Barnett. He was a production and a programming exec at MTV and VH1 for more than 11 years. Barnett served tours of duty in Rock Radio in Boston, Dallas, and Los Angeles and was President of Programming for CBS Radio. Barnett has produced radio, television, film, and new media with hundreds of diverse communicators including President Bill Clinton, Mick Jagger, Oprah Winfrey, Martin Scorsese, Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla and Johnny Rotten. Rob Barnett is at: Rob@MyDamnChannel.com.