Here are some interesting facts about Today:
It's the day before
Easy To Assemble Season 3 "Finding North" premieres! Oh! And we have a new trailer for you to watch! What a coincidence!
It's the anniversary of the
1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake aka
"The Last Time the Giants and the A's faced each other in the World Series"!
(Credit: Brant Ward / The Chronicle 1989)
It's
National Pasta Day... which is not to be confused with
WORLD Pasta Day!
It's
Eminem's birthday!
And--yes-- we know this isn't a birthday cake
for Eminem, but it's funnier this way! And this post needs all the help it can get.
Illeana Douglas, creator and star of
Easy To Assemble, will be reading for
Celebrity Autobiography in Los Angeles, California on 2/20 and in Green Bay, Wisconsin on 3/12. Two giants of My Damn Channel
aligning their forces together!
So if you're from either of those areas - or want to travel thousands of miles cuz it'll be worth it - get your tickets
here.
And to check out more Celebrity Autobiography news, visit their
homepage.
Illeana Douglas dropped by The Adam Carolla Show to give us an update on everything going on in her world including her cameo on the season finale of Entourage, this Sunday (9/12) at 10pm on HBO.
Listen to Illeana's entire interview with Adam here.
And while you're at it, get ready for SEASON THREE of Easy to Assemble by watching
Flying Solo.
My Damn Channel is featured in a page one story in the Business section of The New York Times by Brian Stelter.
The full press release details breaking news about our business here.
8.9.10 is a good day.
We simply, briefly want to THANK YOU for supporting our team and our artists and business partners building a new way to deliver original entertainment. We're humbled and on fire with new energy. THANKS!
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Horrible People on 6/10/2010 3:00:00 AM by Rob Barnett
Boxee is the best way to get TV shows, movies, videos, music, and photos from the Internet on your TV. We’ve been watching this company grow and we’ve seen people’s heads turn every time their name is mentioned…inna good way. Put simply, this company is hot – with the right ideas to build the future with you in the driver’s seat. Here’s more.
Boxee just gave My Damn Channel access to one million new households. We just gave Boxee every single video we’ve had on My Damn Channel since launch in 2007.
You can now see our original music and comedy in the comfort of your own domestic domicile – on the largest screen of your choice. This is a HUGE win for our fans, artists, and sponsors … even our moms will finally think we’ve all got real jobs.
We’re launching this new chapter of our life by giving Boxee exclusive off-site distribution of the premiere of David Wain’s new “WAINY DAYS.” This is episode 32 from one of the most-watched comedies in the new world - starring David along with Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman & Zandy Hartig.
If we weren’t working so hard to entertain you – we’d be home right now partying our brains out watching Wainy Days, Easy To Assemble, the entire catalog of the Don Was Cavalcade of Recorded Music, all those You Suck at Photoshop and Horrible People episodes and the deadly smart creations by Harry Shearer.
It's all there waiting for you. New stuff we can't even tell you about yet will be there soon, too. Admit it: you want to go there. It's okay. We want you to go to there, too.
THANKS BOXEE!
We were pretty stoked about yesterday's announcement that IKEA said "yes" to a third season of Easy To Assemble.
We started perfecting our Swedish meatball and lingonberry pie recipes and our moms are helping us get some custom-made yellow polo shirts to wear at Season Three premiere parties.
When Illeana Douglas herself sent us THIS VIDEO to say Thank You to the fans for helping to make Easy To Assemble: Finding North a reality, we just about died from happiness.
You guys, she thanked us. THANKED. US.
::whispers:: Awesome.
It's Mother's Day on Sunday. We're taking our mother to see that Babies movie. We don't really want to see it ourselves, you know, because it's about babies, and babies are, like, not really our thing, but, well, that trailer is kind of cute and our mom totally wants to see it and everyone keeps talking about it and how the babies are so adorable, like no one has ever seen a baby before and everything that babies do isn't adorable anyway, and ... FINE. I WANT TO SEE CUTE BABIES WITH MY MOM.
Also, if you're in Los Angeles tonight, you should head on down to the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood to watch EASY TO ASSEMBLE on the big screen. Illeana Douglas, Kevin Pollack and producer Dominik Rausch will be there. Tell them we said "hi," and ask Illeana what she has against Justin and Alden's bromance.
(Above image is from My Damn Channel series Horrible People.)
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IKEA on 5/4/2010 3:22:25 AM by Rob Barnett
My Damn Channel was born 7/31/07. We were still in diapers when the Webby Awards first starting loving our artists with 7 nods in 2008.
They honored our family 5 more times in 2009. And this year, 8 new acts of love. We suck at math, but that's a lotta Webby lovin'.
The Webby Awards were just announced today.
THANKS to every human who voted - the judges, the fans...and congrats to every creator in webland for the recognition for your work n' fun that goes into forging the new world.
BIG love and respect to all in our family. Here are links to the My Damn Channel honored class of 2010:
Extra special love to Illeana Douglas and the "Easy To Assemble" team for her nomination for Best Individual Performance...and to David Wain and Amanda Peet and the whole Wainy Days fam for their nomination for Best Individual Episode for "Jill."
New "Wainy Days" and New "Easy To Assemble" episodes are in the works now.
Right on the heels of a successful Streamy Awards comes the announcement of the Webby Awards... My Damn Channel friends picked up 2 nods in People's Voice:
Best Individual Performance: Illeana Douglas in Easy to Assemble. Illeana just announced that IKEA is coming back for a new Season 3.
Comedy: Individual Short or Episode: Wainy Days #27, "Jill". David Wain just announced that new Wainy Days is coming to My Damn Channel.
TO VOTE: Go to http://www.youtube.com/webby and click on the HIGHLIGHTED categories to vote for Illeana Douglas in IKEA's Easy to Assemble for Best Individual Performance, and Wainy Days in Comedy: Short or Episode.
We love you, have we told you lately? We do. Lots. Gobs.
Rob Barnett (My Damn Channel Founder/CEO); Illeana Douglas
The My Damn Channel family of artists took home 4 Streamy Awards Sunday night:
- Illeana Douglas won 2 Streamy Awards for EASY TO ASSEMBLE. Best Ensemble Cast and Best Product Integration for IKEA.
- Jason and Randy Sklar won a Streamy Award for Best Branded Entertainment Web Series for BACK ON TOPPS sponsored by Dick's Sporting Goods.
- David Wain won a Streamy Award for Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series for WAINY DAYS.
HUGE THANKS to every artist, active fan, and advertiser for saying YES to "the good shit."
Here's the new news:
A 3rd Season of IKEA's EASY TO ASSEMBLE will debut this year on My Damn Channel. Illeana and IKEA will deliver the details in the coming days. This is a tremendous sign of support for everyone who co-creates Branded Entertainment.
David Wain told Grace on the red carpet that more WAINY DAYS is on its way to My Damn Channel. Cameras will roll on episode 32 next weekend!