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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Hi, I’m Eric Appel and I’m a senior writer at funnyordie.com.  In the past, I have written for Human Giant, Crank Yankers and The Andy Milonakis Show.  In the future, I will write for robots.  This is where I post about things I find funny or interesting.</description><title>erockappel.com</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @erockappel)</generator><link>http://erockappel.com/</link><item><title>Who Will Be the Godfather of Comedy Video On The Web?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/article/who-will-be-godfather-comedy-video-web"&gt;Who Will Be the Godfather of Comedy Video On The Web?&lt;/a&gt;: (via &lt;a href="http://rickyvanveen.com/" target="_blank"&gt;rickyv&lt;/a&gt;)</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/46476336</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/46476336</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:13:36 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>NEW WEEKEND WARRIORS VIDEO!!!
This one is called “Front...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="334" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www2.funnyordie.com/public/flash/fodplayer.swf?af2c813e" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="key=b68c40e561" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;embed width="400" height="334" flashvars="key=b68c40e561" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" src="http://www2.funnyordie.com/public/flash/fodplayer.swf?af2c813e" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW WEEKEND WARRIORS VIDEO!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This one is called “Front Lawn Spy.”  We had a lot of fun making this.  I hope you like it.  It’s pretty retarded.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/46456307</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/46456307</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:41:46 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>This is by far my favorite of the UCBCOMEDY NYC Originals so...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="238"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.ucbcomedy.com/videos/embed/688fe1ae49313f72cefab3bd89ba0dbe" /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.ucbcomedy.com/videos/embed/688fe1ae49313f72cefab3bd89ba0dbe" width="400" height="238" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is by far my favorite of the UCBCOMEDY NYC Originals so far.  Really great sketch!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://anthonyking.tumblr.com/post/46359458/snapple-cap-facts-a-ucbcomedy-nyc-original" target="_blank"&gt;anthonyking&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SNAPPLE CAP FACTS&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A UCBCOMEDY NYC Original.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Directed by Will Hines.  Written by Sean Clements.  Edited by Carmen Angelica.  Starring Fran Gillespie, Ben Rodgers, Sean Clements, &amp; Joe Spellman&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/46441179</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/46441179</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:11:33 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>My 7 year old niece had an AWESOME dance receital tonight!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/TnGgkDycLcqmizavX6rzHLOr_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;My 7 year old niece had an AWESOME dance receital tonight!</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/46249618</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/46249618</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:09:07 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Go see this show!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Hey, that’s MY show!  Thanks Jonah!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://jonahray.tumblr.com/post/45984286/go-see-this-show" target="_blank"&gt;jonahray&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The weekend warriors are all very funny performers/writers. And this show is no doubt gonna be amazing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I mean, just look at their videos…imagine that shit LIVE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;also, AWESOME special guests.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;strike&gt;____________________________________________________________&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/weekendwarriors" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Weekend Warriors&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/a&gt;(Brett Gelman, Jon Daly, and Eric Appel) cordially invite you to the best show you’ll ever see.&lt;br style="display: none;"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Come witness their amazing:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;A.&lt;br style="display: none;"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Sketches&lt;br/&gt;B.&lt;br style="display: none;"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Videos&lt;br/&gt;C.&lt;br style="display: none;"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Bodies&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Featuring:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Human Giant&lt;br/&gt;Nick Kroll&lt;br/&gt;Seth Morris&lt;br/&gt;and&lt;br/&gt;Special Guest&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Friday @ 8:00&lt;br/&gt;@ The Upright Citizens Brigade (L.A.&lt;br style="display: none;"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;)&lt;br/&gt;5919 Franklin Ave.&lt;br style="display: none;"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;$8&lt;br/&gt;Res.: www. ucbtheatre.&lt;br style="display: none;"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;com&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/46000707</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/46000707</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:49:20 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Ween: Freedom of ‘76 — The Jane Pratt show,...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zzYykIA1xVg"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zzYykIA1xVg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ween: Freedom of ‘76 — The Jane Pratt show, 1993&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;“This is one of my favorite tv clips of us. “Pure guava” was still a new record and we had just written this song. I think this is one of our last performances as a duo. This was filmed early in the morning and we were very stoned” &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45999715</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45999715</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:36:17 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>This is a big turning point for the Sexman.  BRACES!</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UFr2YeW4mac"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UFr2YeW4mac" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This is a big turning point for the Sexman.  BRACES!</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45995441</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45995441</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:45:19 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Wow, there’s something real sweet about this.
purns:
7th...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZKuNW4ME5Bw"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZKuNW4ME5Bw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wow, there’s something real sweet about this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://purns.tumblr.com/post/45964783/7th-grade-recreates-feists-1-2-3-4-video" target="_blank"&gt;purns&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;7th Grade recreates Feist’s 1-2-3-4 video&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45970248</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45970248</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:22:20 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Lorne Michael’s gave me a pretty awesome birthday...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/TnGgkDycLcm3fc1auKKNd98K_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Lorne Michael’s gave me a pretty awesome birthday present.</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45866985</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45866985</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:03:17 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>The “Funny or Die” staff picked out the PURRRRR-FECT...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/TnGgkDycLcm0573oFGWAKCjy_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The “Funny or Die” staff picked out the PURRRRR-FECT birthday card for me.</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45858554</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45858554</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:26 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>(via purns)
Ugh…Purnell…why did you post this?  And...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NHuGG_FsC20"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NHuGG_FsC20" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://purns.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;purns&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ugh…Purnell…why did you post this?  And furthermore, why am I reblogging it?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45850212</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45850212</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:59:09 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>katespencer:
(via patrickmoberg)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/MJ2Za9Vhmclok4zkVRIyx0MC_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://katespencer.tumblr.com/post/45826809/via-patrickmoberg" target="_blank"&gt;katespencer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://patrickmoberg.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;patrickmoberg&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45839643</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45839643</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:08:56 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Love it!  I got to meet Dan Gurewitch at the Del Close Marathon...</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1826417&amp;fullscreen=1" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" quality="best" value="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1826417&amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Love it!  I got to meet Dan Gurewitch at the Del Close Marathon over the weekend and drunkenly gush about how much I love everything that College Humor does.  I hope to form a bitter East Coast/West Coast rivalry with him (as we both share senior writer titles at FOD and CHTV).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blazey.tumblr.com/post/45721167/high-larious" target="_blank"&gt;blazey&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;HIGH-LARIOUS&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45723063</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45723063</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:47:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Daily News has a Incredibly Inaccurate Report of Match Game 76</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/08/12/2008-08-12_brooke_shields_balks_at_dead_gag.html"&gt;Daily News has a Incredibly Inaccurate Report of Match Game 76&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://paulscheer.com/post/45705045/daily-news-has-a-incredibly-inaccurate-report-of-match" target="_blank"&gt;paulscheer&lt;/a&gt;:
&lt;blockquote&gt;I’d love to see the same show that their “Rush and Molloy Spy” saw…this story is pure bunk and makes the show sound incredibly offensive and mean spirited, when in fact, it was an insane fun goof around. The article in question is best summed up by a commenter named “Chumgrinder”
&lt;p class="comment-module odd-module"&gt;“You had a “spy” at a show that was open to the public, with press invited and photographers everywhere? I was at the show in question, and this story is wildly inaccurate. The show was a parody of the game show “Match Game” with a panel of over 20 improvisers playing different stars of the 70’s as well as today. Heath Ledger was indeed represented, played by for SNL alum Horatio Sanz. There was no one playing Bernie Mac, though his death was mentioned. They were onstage the entire time with Brooke, who I was a few feet away from in the audience. She was laughing and enjoying it throughout. When a mock fight and beer spilling broke out Brooke backed up, seemingly to prevent from getting soaked in beer. She did not seem “freaked out” nor did i see her “eyes well up”. I saw her laughing throughout, as she stood next to Bill Haders wife who was playing a Charlies Angel.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="comment-module odd-module"&gt;ALSO and most importantly how come no one mentioned that we accused Match Game Host Gene Rayburn of being a Rapist.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p class="comment-module odd-module"&gt;And why didn’t it mention Horatio lighting a sulfer/smoke bomb in a basement theatre.  If anything, that would be what made Brooke’s eyes well up. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45722074</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45722074</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:37:16 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>I believe this is the first look at the puppets from...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="333"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://videos.onsmash.com/e/c22k7zDXysDtQiT1" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://videos.onsmash.com/e/c22k7zDXysDtQiT1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="333"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I believe this is the first look at the puppets from Kanye’s new Jackhole produced hip-hop puppet show.  It was originally supposed to be called “Hoodwinks,” but Kanye made them change the name to “Alligator Boots.”  Hilarious!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://patbaer.tumblr.com/post/45707214/davidcho-kanye-west-champion-thats-right" target="_blank"&gt;patbaer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.money-cash-hos.com/post/45667136/kanye-west-champion-thats-right-its-all" target="_blank"&gt;davidcho&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kanye West- ‘Champion’&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That’s right, it’s all puppets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pretty fucking sweet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While watching this video a second ago, Violet wondered aloud if the lyric was “Do you realize that you are Italian in their eyes”. Listen again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45721424</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45721424</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:26:46 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>“Hello YouTubes!”
Ronald Jenkees finally put...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0O2aH4XLbto"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0O2aH4XLbto" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Hello YouTubes!”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ronald Jenkees finally put something new up!  So good.  Seriously, I fucking dare you to not love this guy.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45702345</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45702345</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:28:15 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>The 10th Annual Del Close Marathon
Full Set Here!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/TnGgkDycLckdlbcjZmBAQ896_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 10th Annual Del Close Marathon&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/erockappel/sets/72157606677291258/" target="_blank"&gt;Full Set Here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45700892</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45700892</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:12:20 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>noahkalina:
America Is F*cked…….(Graphically at least)(via:...</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="224" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1465284&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1465284&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1465284&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="224"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.noahkalina.com/post/45690391/america-is-f-cked-graphically-at-least-via" target="_blank"&gt;noahkalina&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;America Is F*cked…….(Graphically at least)&lt;br/&gt;(via: &lt;a href="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/" target="_blank"&gt;tat&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45700751</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45700751</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:10:30 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>I’m at the airport hating life, but this did “put a...</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1826024&amp;fullscreen=1" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" quality="best" value="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1826024&amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’m at the airport hating life, but this did “put a smile on my face.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;…and by that I mean the sides of my mouth were slit open with a razor blade.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://azizisbored.tumblr.com/post/45488779/pretty-much-no-way-i-wasnt-posting-this-well" target="_blank"&gt;azizisbored&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Pretty much no way I wasn’t posting this. Well done kids.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45515653</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45515653</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:59:42 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Del Close Marathon Weekend at UCB was tons of fun, but being at...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/TnGgkDycLcigfpf7eC8TpCr7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Del Close Marathon Weekend at UCB was tons of fun, but being at the airport right now is one of the most miserable experiences I’ve had in quite some time.</description><link>http://erockappel.com/post/45515375</link><guid>http://erockappel.com/post/45515375</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:56:25 -0700</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
