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Come celebrate Labor Day Weekend this Saturday night with Dr. Lanny Latham, as he presents his legendary seminar at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Lanny’s got just the right ingredients cookin’ up on his grill for your immediate psychedness. And by ingredients I’m of course talking about fake mustaches, toy guitars, toy keyboards, jump ropes, noise makers and other items on hand to delight and entertain you. More info:

Get Psyched!
Saturday, September 1st at 7:30*
Starring Dr. Lanny Latham, Adira Amram and Nate Shelkey.
UCB Theatre
307 West 26th Street (& 8th Ave.)
Cost: $8
Reservations: 212-366-9176 or go online here.

*Get Psyched! will be sharing the bill with Will Hines’ and Matt DeCoster’s hilarious sketch show, “7 Fights”.

Here’s a pic from a past Get Psyched! show:

(Photo by TomEE Pickles)

I was watching a special on NBC last night about the first 5 years of SNL. They showed footage of the opening credits from the first episode, and the cast read as follows, “Ackroyd. Belushi. Chase. Coe. Curtain…” Wait, hold on, go back. Coe? Who’s Coe? Actually it spelled out his full name as “George Coe”. Now I’m fairly familiar with the history of SNL - especially the original cast - but I’ve never heard the name George Coe brought up before.

I can’t recall Lorne Michaels ever saying in an interview, “Gilda and Chevy really pushed for me to hire Coe, even though I knew he was nothing but trouble.” Nor did I ever hear Lorne say, “I think it was during the 3rd or 4th episode where Coe really stepped it up and became the major star he is today.” And I’m pretty sure I never heard, “By the end of the first season it was either going to be the show it became or it was going to be The George Coe Show.”

So what happened to him? Well after checking out his credits on imdb.com, you can see that he has appeared in tons and tons of TV shows and movies. So I guess he’s doing all right. But it’s still weird that he’s never mentioned in any backstage history of SNL. At the very least they should release a Best of George Coe DVD.

Or the opposite of Indian Summer. That’s what’s going on now. I just coined it. Where’s my money?

Or better yet, Get! Psyched! The big show/seminar returns this Saturday night at the UCBT at 7:30.

Get Psyched!
Saturday, August 18th at 7:30
(Appearing with the sketch show, Half Empty)
UCB Theatre
307 West 26th Street (& 8th Ave.)
Cost: $8
Reservations: 212-366-9176 or go online here.

And as an added bonus to this post, here is a pic of Dr. Lanny Latham explaining “The Three Principles to Improving Your Life Through Comedy”. See if you can figure out what those three principles are…

(Photo by Brendan McMullen)

Remember that time I got Lost in Yankee Stadium? Well now, Charlie Todd and Improv Everywhere have created t-shirts with my “lost” profile on them. They look pretty sweet. And it’s hilarious and bizarre to imagine random people wearing these hipped out t-shirts with my spaced-out mug on them. Choose your own “Rob!” tee by clicking here.

Besides the “Rob!” t-shirts, Improv Everywhere also created tees of its other favorite characters such as Asian Edge, Fake Bono, Anton Chekov is Alive, Four Feet (Will Hines), and Praise Steve. Get ‘em while they’re hot!

About two months ago, Dr. Lanny Latham, received an email from a producer in London asking him if he would be willing to try out his Get Psyched philosophy for a TV show in development. (I didn’t post about it until now in case it actually happened. It doesn’t look like it’s gonna happen.) So here is the email:

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Subject:	TV Show
From:	<—————————->
Date:	Wed, Jun 06, 2007 7:34 am
To:	<drlatham@getpsyched.biz>

Dear Dr Latham,

I’m writing to you from an independent production company in the UK. We’re looking for a presenter for a show we’re developing for one of the main broadcasters over here – and I wondered if you might be interested?

The series looks at people who, for whatever reason, can’t/won’t leave home. We need a hard hitting, straight talking life coach presenter to motivate them and tell them in no uncertain terms how things are, and how they should be. Your Get Psyched philosophy looks like it might just be perfect for this….

Please could you contact me as soon as possible if you’re interested? If you email me your number I can call you, or the number to dial for me is —————–.

Many thanks, and look forward to hearing from you,

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So I called up the producer while I was at work and in character (sort of) as Dr. Lanny Latham. Here’s how that went:

British Producer: Hello?

Me: Hey, this is Dr. Lanny Latham.

British Producer: Oh yes, thanks for calling. We are looking for candidates to host our television program. And we need hard-hitting life coaches to help people who won’t leave their homes. Would this be something you are interested in?

Me: Yeah, definitely.

British Producer: Tell me about your Get Psyched method.

Me: Oh, well, um, it’s basically just a simple philosophy I came up with in order to help people turn their, uh, lives around and, uh, get psyched.

British Producer: Okay, well we are asking candidates to send in videos of themselves presenting their motivational methods. Could you send us a video?

Me: Yeah, definitely.

So I sent them these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E30XYiiGuHM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmIcagb88HI

Probably not what they were looking for. And they probably caught on that I wasn’t a “real” life coach. So I never heard back from them.

In addition to the offer to host a TV show, Dr. Lanny has been contacted by an individual via email to have a one-on-one session in which Dr. Lanny would give career advice, as well as help the individual stop smoking. Although Dr. Lanny was eager to have the one-on-one session, it never panned out (probably because the individual realized there were better ways to improve his life than by doing “Shuttle Runs”.)

But all of this has opened up the idea that maybe Dr. Lanny Latham can get “real” gigs as a life coach. Any ideas out there?

It’s that time of the year again Ladies and Gents. It’s the time on roblathan.com where we play, “Ways to Beat the Heat.” Last year we offered you this sound advice. And this year we have even more ideas up our sleeves. So let’s get started.

1. Throw Away Your AC Unit. And instead, invite your Super named Papa to come over and blow air on your forehead every 5 minutes or so while you sleep.

2. Cook a Turkey. Crank up your oven to at least 500 degrees or however high it’s supposed to be in order to cook a turkey. Then put the turkey in, and check it’s progress every three minutes or so by opening up the oven door and feeling around inside.

3. Sign Up For Your Local Summer Luge Team. You know the one that practices in the summer by wearing a full luge outfit. And since there isn’t a luge track around, play a game of softball instead. But still keep your luge outfit on. After all, it’s a luge team, not a softball team.

4. Even Though It’s Not Halloween, Dress Up For Halloween as Mr. Met. Then walk around to people’s doors asking them for candy. When they look at you funny, get all hot and bothered and sprint away to the next apartment.

5. Practice Your Speed And Agility By Doing Some Suicide Sprints Across the Van Wyck Expressway.

6. Walk Across Hot Coals. Then get all cocky that you just walked across hot coals and now start moon-walking across them. Then get even more cocky and start doing the worm across them. Keep doing this until you’re severely burned and have to go to the hospital.

7. Get Confused and Think That You Can Order a Subway Sandwich in the Subway. So now you can go up to the guy working in one of those subway booths and say, “Yeah, can I get a Spicy Italian on whole wheat with lettuce, tomato, mayo, mustard, oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and some olives.” Then when he says, “This is not a restaurant, the subway is closed today due to flooding”, get really mad and say, “I’m not leaving this subway station until I get my sandwich!” Then stay down there for a really long time, occasionally glancing over at the guy in the booth and smirking at him awkwardly.

8. Instead of Joining the Polar Bear Club, Join the Polar Bear on a Treadmill Club. That’s the one where you dress up in a Polar Bear costume and get on a treadmill for at least 30 minutes or until they kick you out of the gym. Then go to another gym.

9. Put On a 70’s Style Suit and Join the Conga Line that’s Parading thru Times Square. It’s the one that’s being led by Buster Poindexter as he belts out his hit song, “Feeling Hot Hot Hot.” Feel free to join in on the “Hot Hot Hot” part while you shake your hands around in a dazzling fashion.

10. Walk to Work.

Getpsyched.biz was mentioned in the latest edition of BPM Magazine. I didn’t even know about it until today when I stumbled upon it. And what is BPM Magazine, you might be asking yourself. Well, it’s only the most important magazine on the planet. Especially now since it ran an article on Dr. Lanny Latham’s popular website. To view the article, look below or click here:

Get Psyched!
www.getpsyched.biz
People continue to believe that the miseries of life can be overcome, that through sheer force of will and belief one can achieve happiness. It is the belief that has allowed Tony Robbins and the Church of Scientology to build empires. Encouraging wishful thinking has always been a source of steady profit, from the traveling salesman selling cure-all tonics to the latest phenomenon, The Secret, which lays the blame for your failures on your lack of belief. Nice. However, only the most gullible are likely to be persuaded by Dr. Danny Latham, mainly because Dr. Latham and his “Get Psyched!” philosophy are the creation of comedian Rob Lathan. Still, the difference between Dr. Latham’s made-up Psych-odometer and the genuine L. Ron Hubbard electrometer is merely one of degree. So get psyched, elevate your thetans and learn The Secret. Whatever you do, you’re still pretty much fucked.

Poster designed by Steve Dressler.

Get Psyched!
Saturday, August 4th at 7:30
UCB Theatre
307 West 26th Street
Cost: $8

Get your reservations now.