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The Book of Mormon on ABC News

Posted in Gigi with tags gigi, josh gad, south park, broadway, matt parker, trey stone, the book of mormon, Penn and Teller, John August, Big Fish, abc, news, robin roberts, jake trapper on 3/21/2011 9:09:22 AM by Dubs

The headline of ABC's video reads, "South Park Creators Invade Broadway" with a subheadline of "Jake Tapper chats with the creators of Broadway's show, The Book of Mormon." I'd add a sub-subheadline to say that Jake Trapper is a South Park superfan, and that he's living out his dream of interviewing Matt and Trey. Robin Roberts even punks him out at the beginning of this video about what a fanboy he is.

But can you blame him?

South Park has been a hit for years and preview showings of The Book of Mormon are blowing minds. John August, writer of the movie Big Fish and Corpse Bride, recently tweeted, "BOOK OF MORMON is as good as everyone raves. Envy is the most sincere form of flattery." And check out this from Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller - Teller and I are at intermission at our old broadway theater watching The Book of Mormon. It may be the greatest thing I've ever seen."

It's time for us to stop being modest! We have the star of The Book of Mormon, Josh Gad, launching a new show called Gigi: Almost American THIS WEDNESDAY! 3/23. March 23rd, 2011!

A day that will live in infamy.

Until then, watch the promos and trailer and spread the word.

Vegas, Baby, Vegas!

Posted in Maria, New Media, Rob Barnett with tags Mark Malkoff, Cali Lewis, Jeffrey Hayzlett, Shira Lazar, Penn Jillette, Adam Carolla, Blogworld, Las Vegas, New Media on 10/19/2010 5:00:02 AM by Maria

Last weekend My Damn Channel founder/CEO Rob Barnett hosted all-star panel for the closing keynote at the Blogworld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas.

Some of Rob's old friends like Penn Jillette and Adam Carolla and some of Rob's new friends like Mark Malkoff, Cali Lewis and Jeff Hayzlett joined Rob onstage to chat about the ever-changing world of New Media (we named them for you from left to right):

Here's the whole gang together, including the event's MC, Shira Lazar (third from left):

And a lot of you are sad you missed it. A lot of you probably didn't even know you should've been in Vegas last weekend! Don't fear! You can watch the video here! Fast forward to the 17:55 mark to see what might be the best thing to happen in Vegas since legalized gambling and stripper poles: