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Dr. Lanny Latham had another gig yesterday where he performed his patented “Get Psyched” seminar at an office in New York City. This was his second seminar performing for a group of strangers in the last two weeks. The first seminar was at an office in Brooklyn. This time it was at a bigger office in lower Manhattan.

For each seminar, the employees were told that a real, certified life coach would perform a seminar that would change their life for the better. Most were skeptical. But Dr. Lanny did his best to change all that. He started things off with a bang – by making a dramatic entrance to the song “Sirius” by The Alan Parsons Project (a song once used to introduce the starting lineup of the Chicago Bulls). Right when the synthesizers kicked in, Dr. Lanny entered the crowded conference room (still holding his cassette tape player) and began to jump up and down and yell “Get Psyched!”

Still, most remained skeptical. But after Dr. Lanny led everybody through The Seven Steps to Living a Better Life, as well as exercises of Quick Hands and Shuttle Runs, he had several believers on his side. Plus he broke the world record for psychedness on his psych-odometer. So I think, all in all, it was a success.

Also, Dr. Lanny had his expert camera crew on hand to film each seminar (each camera operator wore a “Get Psyched” T-shirt). So hopefully you can see the footage sometime soon.

What does this all mean? It means you should hire Dr. Lanny Latham immediately for your own seminar. Click here to contact Dr. Lanny Latham. Your life will drastically change for the better. Don’t believe me? Well, maybe this will help you….

Quick Hands!

Quick Hands!

The good people at Funny or Die asked me to make a video for Father’s Day. So I made one where Permanent Nutface Gary looks for his long lost father. It’s now on the front page of Funny or Die in the main player. It stars John Lutz, Nate Shelkey and Permanent Nutface Gary. And once again the team of Bassham/Schultz did some heavy lifting to make it happen. If you like the video, feel free to forward it around or even “digg” it by clicking here. That’s what the kids say to do. But before you do all that, watch it…

The first episode of Fat Guy Stuck in Internet airs this Sunday night/Monday morning at 12:15 am on the Cartoon Network as part of Adult Swim. The series was created, written by and stars John Gemberling and Curtis Gwinn. And it’s way cool that it’s finally airing on Adult Swim. It originally started out as a fake tv pilot for Channel 102. Every single episode of the original “Gemberling” (as it was called then) was filmed at my old office which is mentioned in this NY Times article. For the Adult Swim episodes they of course branched out from my old office (especially since I no longer have the security pass) and found their own space.

I think I’m in three of the episodes. In the first episode I play a guard in tights. In the third episode I play a zombie keyboardist in tights. And in the fifth episode I have a few roles – none in tights. So DVR it! Or watch it live! Tights!

Update: some clips from the show that I’m in are below.

Dracular

Dracular at Dance

Nobody Puts Toddler Under a Table

Home Schooled Fools

It’s Friday the 13th. No sign of Jason. But you might want to stay on the lookout for either a guy who looks like he’s constantly having an orgasm or a guy who likes to do an exercise known as “Quick Hands.” That’s because today, while I’m still on the company clock at my day job, I will be playing not one, but two of my alter egos: Permanent Nutface Gary and Dr. Lanny Latham. (Yes I know that it’s sad to have two alter egos.)

For Permanent Nutface Gary I have to film some pick-up shots for a Father’s Day video I’m doing for Funny or Die. So stay tuned for that.

For Dr. Lanny Latham, I was hired to perform a fake seminar for a company in Brooklyn. It is sort of a prank I think. I guess I’ll find out when I get there.

So I traveled on the subway this morning with a camera, a boom box (for Gary), clothes for Gary, props for Dr. Lanny (which includes a toy guitar, a toy keyboard, a jump rope, a hand puppet, a noise maker, a fake snake in a fake can of peanuts, etc.) and my suit for Dr. Lanny. And I carried all of these items up the elevator to my cubicle at my day job. Throughout the day I will be changing into my various characters’ getup, grabbing my props, and traveling around NYC to perform, all while I’m supposed to create an image that I’m still doing normal day-job type work.

It’s actually just a typical day at the office for me. But still…

The insanity has got to stop. Make it stop. Why? Why must it continue?… Quick Hands!…Ah, much better…

Remember Permanent Nutface Gary? How could we not, right? Well now, a tribute song has been written and performed in his honor. Who, might you ask, would have written a song for Permanent Nutface Gary? Oh just a guy by the name of Eddie Vedder. Check it out.

Last Friday night I performed at the benefit show for Supersnack at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. I performed as Dr. Lanny Latham. There were over 500 people there. All of those 500 plus people were there mainly to see the band, The Mountain Goats. A great majority of those people were also excited to see John Oliver, Dave Hill and others perform. I don’t think anyone was there to see Dr. Lanny Latham. But Lanny did his best to get them psyched. Check out some of these awesome pics from the event all taken by Jason Bergman.

Audience is asking themselves, “Who’s this guy?”

Dr. Lanny is telling them to “Get Psyched.”

“Quick Hands!”

Stilts.

Dr. Lanny works the crowd with his toy guitar.

Dr. Lanny checks his psychodometer while wearing a fake mustache.

In addition to the benefit concert on Friday night was the actual AIDS Walk NY on Sunday morning. Our good friend, Permanent Nutface Gary, just might’ve participated in this walk as well. We got some great footage of Gary walking through Central Park as crowds of people cheered him on. Team Supersnack was cool enough to go along with it and led many cheers of “Go Nutface! Go Nutface! Go!” On Monday, my mouth, neck and head were really sore. And I couldn’t figure out why. Then I remembered, “Oh yeah, I had my head and neck turned back with my mouth wide open while I walked around for 6 miles. Maybe that was it.” But I think it was worth it. Stay tuned for the next Permanent Nutface Gary video.

This post probably doesn’t help those living outside of the Greater Tri-State Area, unless you want to get on the next flight into LaGuardia. But I’ve got several shows coming up next week. You can check out all of my show info here on this very site or on my MySpace Page. (I’ve never promoted my MySpace page before, but I figure why not now? Also, does Facebook have an application where you can list your shows?)

Now at this time, I’d like to highlight two of those shows. The first one is a showcase show at the UCB. Here’s the info:

1. UCBT Super Spring Showcase
Monday, May 12th at 9:30 pm
UCB Theatre
307 West 26th Street
$5
Reservations

The second one is a benefit show for AIDS Walk NY. This is the third year in a row I’ve performed at the show. And I gotta say, it’s honestly one of my favorite shows of the year. Plus it’s for a good cause.

2. Supersnack’s Third Ball: A Benefit for AIDS Walk NY
(With The Mountain Goats, John Oliver, Dave Hill and More)
Friday, May 16th at 8 pm
Brooklyn Masonic Temple
317 Clermont Ave. at Lafayette Ave
Click Here To Get Tickets and More Info

In related news, last Saturday, I had the honor of performing at the hit improv show, Let’s Have a Ball. And I might be sitting in on future shows. So stay tuned for that.

Okay, that’s that. Thanks for listening. I mean reading.

Dad’s 70th Bday Video from lathan on Vimeo.

Yesterday was my Dad’s 70th Birthday. As a present, my sisters’ and I made a video for him. We all live all over the place (London, NYC, and West Chester, PA), so we had to film everything separately, and I had the task of editing the footage together. I have zero experience editing, but I was able to somewhat pull it off. It still doesn’t look very slick, but it’s okay for a “Latham” job I guess. The video is very long at 13 minutes, so you definitely don’t have to watch it. But hey, you get to see my awesome nephews and niece, as well as my cool sistas’. But definitely turn it off before you see me at the end. Otherwise you’ll have to sit through my excruciatingly painful performance, full of exaggerated accents that go in and out. (If you can’t tell, my Dad is into Elvis.) Also, if you can’t tell I am a huge dork-wad.

Oh yeah, also today is my wife’s birthday. She is not 70, but I still thought I’d make a special video for her as well.

Above is a new video I did for UCBComedy.com called “Ask Bobby”. I first performed “Ask Bobby” live on stage at an Osgood-Schlatter Show a few years back. But with the help of one Will Hines I fine tuned it and broke it up into four parts. Will did a great job directing and editing it. Greg Tuculescu and Violet Krumbein also did a great job as the voices of the callers. Below are links to all four videos in the “Ask Bobby” series. Enjoy.

Ask Bobby: Career

Ask Bobby: Marriage

Ask Bobby: Middle East

Ask Bobby: Lightning Round

Several months ago (February 4th to be exact) the wife, Niki, purchased a pair of rain boots on eBay. We paid for them. But they never came. We contacted the seller several times. But still received no reply. Well, a week ago, we finally got a reply. I felt bad about posting it but felt it was too good to pass up. Plus I’m not revealing the sellers username or real name. Here it is:
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Dear lathan85,

I have your boots, and I can still ship them out, I do not have the money to refund all these people, I can get your boots shipped out to you asap, I just got out the hospital from having a nervous breakdown from all this stress plus my marriage, and other problems, I know it is not your fault but I am cannot handle all this stress with all these orders, I just got out the hospital today, I have not been trying to ignore anyone, please work with me on this, my nerves are very bad, and I need you to work with me. I am willing to make this right however I am not making good decisions right now, my ebay acct is a mess, and everything is screwed up, I had to leave my husband twice, plus i just got out the hospital, so please help me work this out with you, I am gathering info right now of who i owe money too and who i need to stillship product out to, please work with me on this, i am very confused at this moment, the monies you paid for your boots, i ordered them, some of the boots i got from the supplier some she shipped out for me, tell me the boot you ordered plus the size cause it is easier for me to ship the boots i have rather than refunding everyone money cause i am completely broke and distressed and having a nervous breakdown, i could just not care, but i am trying to care, my counselor told me to try to make this right with everyone and that is what my intentions are, so please help me with this, cause i am not in my right mind. sorry but i am going through a bad time in my life. please write me back, im crying. ok so you tell me what to do cause this could happen to you too, your mind could snap at any minute like mine did, i am a honest person i just dont know how to pay back all these people, i got some of the boots i need to ship, if i dont have the boots i will refund you. please help me get this money back to you, i am completely broke.. and i need some time or payment arrangments to pay this back to you. i still have these boots i got to get money -
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Am I a dick for posting this? Do you think we’ll ever get the boots? I don’t think so.