Las Vegas!
Mere hours from now I’ll be heading to Las Vegas, with the entirely altruistic motive of promoting a mockumentary sitcom starring a young hopeful named “Adam Felber.”
I don’t know how often I’ll be checking in with you, dear readers. I’ll probably be preoccupied with hob-nobbing, schmoozing, cavorting, and just plain begging. But it’ll be worth it: If I succeed, I’ll be able to attain my lifelong dream of being introduced to the television viewing nation as a dilapidated failure 15 years older than myself. Who could ask for more?
Be brave, me hearties. I’ll try to check in, and in any case I’ll be back before Iraq has its free and fair elections.
But then again, so will Jesus…
Fanny Roborat
31 comments
tess
January 25, 2005 at 4:38 am
1G’luck.
So who’s going to play you?
Mary
January 25, 2005 at 10:06 am
2Break a leg!!! We’re all cheering for you.
Mike Z
January 25, 2005 at 12:03 pm
3Good luck, Gummy!
David
January 25, 2005 at 12:50 pm
4You go, boy.
Had Jesus known how to schmooze……..
jammy
January 25, 2005 at 1:06 pm
5Good luck mate. Liked the last line - punch line…to be specific. Check out my blog for some funny pieces…
Jai
January 25, 2005 at 1:35 pm
6Wait, Adam is leaving for good? No more FA? WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!?!
ghani
January 25, 2005 at 2:04 pm
7Good luck Adam!
Going of topic again (sorry),
RUMSFELD ISN’T COMING TO GERMANY ANYMORE!!! Yeah!!!
Sorry, for the all caps, but I just have to celebrate this.
The Center for Constitutional Rights filed a complaint with the Federal German Prosecutor’s Office against Rumsfeld, accusing him of war crimes and torture. Since then he has cancelled his visit to Munich in Febuary to attend the Security Conference.
Thompson
January 25, 2005 at 2:58 pm
8To easily pliable producers. Dry cup!
David
January 25, 2005 at 3:48 pm
9Ghani, you lucky s.o.b.
Now how in the hell do we get Rummy to refuse to visit the United States? Can’t we just beam him back to whatever dark world he came from? It’s not enough just to put him under house arrest in Foggy Bottom.
Modification for Adam: Go, Guy. (You go, boy just doesn’t have the right ring)
Deno the Untergeek
January 25, 2005 at 5:05 pm
10Hahahahahaha…go gratuitous Jesus jokes. I am amused.
Way to go Adam! Now, if only I had a tv I could watch the mockumentry with my mockorn in my mocking chair…
I was wondering when someone would openly indite the head bros (male bra=bro) for their crimes against humanity. It’ll be interesting to see what history has in store for them - history, that is, written by an outsider (ie, not American rightist).
Sue
January 25, 2005 at 5:07 pm
11David:
Jesus schmoozed. (Shortest verse in the Bible)
Jesus had the schmoozing down pat; it was the cavorting that gave Him trouble.
Adam:
Break *both* legs……. and maybe sprain a wrist. We will be keeping you in our thoughts. And thanks for the LOL punch-line!!
Murray
January 25, 2005 at 6:51 pm
12Adam,
Don’t forget about us.
(Send Peter down here some time)
AFlippin
January 25, 2005 at 7:33 pm
13Come visit us at the Review-Journal. We love you. OK, those of us who are grunts love you. The guys who control things think you’re subversive. So … PLEASE come visit us.
J. Deighton
January 25, 2005 at 8:51 pm
14Yeah- bring Peter back. I miss Peter.
Thompson
January 26, 2005 at 7:15 am
15Maybe we can work out a trade. We get Peter for a week, and adam gets to host WWDTM for a week.
-insert slowly spreading evil grin-
David
January 26, 2005 at 9:31 am
16A call for Adam to peter out? I’m confused (now a 63 year-long uninterrupted life script). But then I’m a backslud Southern Baptist whose KJB omitted the part where Jesus schmoozed, along with the Maccabees and Lobster knows what else.
Does anyone know if Nostradamus predicted that a great and holy nation, lead by a Warrior for God, would arise and wipe the cradle of western civilization from the face of the earth?
Mary Kay
January 26, 2005 at 11:52 am
17Will one of the long-time regulars please explain this whole Life With Skippy/Buddy Wilson thing? I’m lost. I’m consumed with trying to grasp how we could have 36 American fatalities in IRAQ today…almost two years after the start of what was supposed to be a “quick” campaign. But I truly do want to understand what Adam’s up to. Thanks!
Happy Entrails
January 26, 2005 at 11:55 am
18Hey Adam. When they get you to commit to 52 episodes of “The Felber Follies,” I hope you’ll consider me for a stall in your stable of writers. Pretty confident I can emote what it will be like to be a “dilapidated failure 15 years older than myself.” And I thrive on oats and hay. Good luck!
Mike Z
January 26, 2005 at 11:23 pm
19Mary Kay-
Adam has mentioned a few things here and there about this project, but as far as I’ve seen, he hasn’t really spelled out the whole story to the F.A. readers.
This much I’ve gathered: Adam recently moved from NY to LA in search of Hollywood stardom. Some studio bigwigs liked the idea of a fake reality show (funny how that doesn’t sound like a contradiction anymore) that follows the middle-aged years of a former child TV star who used to be on a peculiar Leave-It-To-Beaver-esque sitcom.
I haven’t tried to explore it in any detail, but it seems that the whole Buddy Wilson story on the “Life With Skippy” website is just part of the background story for the real fake reality show that Adam is making (or trying to make?).
The clips on the website are hilarious if you haven’t checked them out.
Deno the Untergeek
January 26, 2005 at 11:56 pm
20Ah, ok, much better now. Thanks Mike. I was worried there for a bit about Adam’s mental state…well, more worried than usual.
Vinft
January 27, 2005 at 11:21 am
21David, I believe Nostradamus predicted that Babylon would choose the Great Chimp King of the West to lead them, even though no one was aware he was on the ballot. It would turn out the black magic of the wizards Halliburtus and Dieboldius helped him perform this seemingly impossible feat.
David
January 27, 2005 at 2:32 pm
22Thanks Vinft,
I needed something to help me at least frame my quest to understand What the f*** and why? as the run-up to the invasion of Iran unfolds. Any idea what the network logos for the coverage of that most excellent adventure might be?
Deno the Untergeek
January 27, 2005 at 3:24 pm
23I like the Daily Show’s Mess’O'Persia. Cleaver. Very cleaver.
Scott
January 28, 2005 at 11:24 am
24Who the hell is Adam Fellbur?
dee
January 28, 2005 at 2:29 pm
25Reading these posts, in order, pretty much describes the arc of Adam’s career.
adam
January 28, 2005 at 5:46 pm
26Okay, I’m back.
Let me explain: “Life After Skippy” is a pilot that I was cast in last year in New York. It’s not my creation, but I ended up getting the starring role. Most of the show is improvised.
It’s a mockumentary series (or possibly a “fake reality show”) about a child actor from the 60’s who never gave up despite an utter lack of talent or success. For some reason (which I still don’t understand), the whole cast performed with their real names as their characters’ names. A couple of months ago the producers agreed to alter the spelling of my character’s name, because the guerilla marketing campaign was causing some confusion.
There. Clear? Not really.
It’s a funny show, and it’d be a lot of fun to do. This week in Las Vegas there were a lot of meetings with people who’d gladly distribute it, and a few people who just might possibly maybe perhaps produce it or buy it. In other words, we hit a solid double, but still aren’t home yet.
Meanwhile, back here in LA, I just got a writing/consulting job on a highly-rated television program. Just for a couple of weeks as a start, but it’s a good job. I’ll tell y’all more when I can…
Murray
January 28, 2005 at 6:29 pm
27OK Adam, what is it?
Was it Law and Order,-they are looking to give it a bright new hilariously sarcastic tone.
Sex and the City - As good as TV comedy can get. Sorry to have to tell you this, but it’s already gone.
Are you working with Chris R. on the Daily Show?
Jerry
January 28, 2005 at 6:30 pm
28God, Scott, keep up. We’ve been through this once. Either take your Ritalin or put the electrodes on!
That’s Felb Ur, an ancient city in the cradle of civilization! It was the crowning achievement of the the people of nearby Hum Ur.
Mike Z
January 28, 2005 at 8:47 pm
29A writing / consulting job? The “consulting” part is a dead givaway: It’s gotta be Spongebob Squarepants.
(Congratulations again, Adam.)
Murray
January 28, 2005 at 8:58 pm
30Now Jerry,
Some people are new and have not had the time (although there really is no excuse) to have gone through the archives. Not only have that, but virtually all of the comments (which would help explain) been purged clean.
Now on the other hand if Scott just hasn’t been paying attention, well, then have at him.
David
January 29, 2005 at 12:37 am
31Is there any truth to the rumor that Sacramento (I’ve always wondered why the full name, Holyo
Sacramento, got shortened) will be re-named Grop Ur?
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