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I’ll be performing in a big show this Thursday night with the sketch group 12 Angry Mascots. There will be sports related sketches performed, videos screened, as well as professional athletes on hand as guests. These guests include: All-Pro Jets cornerback Darrell Revis, Knicks starting point guard Chris Duhon, and from the Lingerie Football League (no joke) Majesty starting quarterback Krystal Gray.

Unfortunately, I don’t think Steve Phillips will be able to make it. BUT Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow, just might make an appearance. Details:

12 Angry Mascots
Thursday, October 22 at 7 pm
Comix
353 West 14th Street (& 8th Ave.)
$10 Advance Tix ($15 day of show)
Reservations

Finally, here’s a little video I did with 12 Angry Mascots called ‘Collinsworth NFL 10′. Chris Collinsworth is not only taking over for John Madden in the broadcast booth, he’s also cornering the video game market as well.

On Sunday I participated in the latest Improv Everywhere mission involving the use of 2,000 “invisible dog” leashes.

One highlight while I was out walking my invisible dog:

Crazy Guy: That your dog?

Me: Yeah.

Crazy Guy: Oh. I use Zoloft.

I guess he meant that instead of walking around with an invisible dog leash, he chooses to heavily medicate himself with Zoloft. Hey, whatever it takes.

The event has already been covered by several places including Gothamist, where you can see my punk-ass mug on the front page. As per usual most of the comments on Gothamist are highly negative and snarky, except for this nice one from The Klaus. Thanks Klaus! Also props to Katie Sokoler and Chad Nicholson for taking the photos, as well as Charlie Todd of course for organizing it.

My main man Mitch Magee recently got hired by Funny or Die. So he’s moving to LA soon for a brief stint. Big congrats to Mitch.

Above is the latest video I did with Mitch as part of his “Bartender” series. Probably the first time in my life where I’ve gotten to use the phrase “well greased ramekin” and “define my trade” in the same sentence.

The highly prolific LandlineTV asked me to play Don Draper in their latest vid, Mad Men in 60 Seconds. And I happily obliged.

And just for the record, I’m a huge fan of the show.

LEAKED – Rick Pitino’s Food Network Pilot

I filmed this with Scott Rogowsky and 12 Angry Mascots during a lunch break at my day job. We hit up various restaurants near my office in about an hour. Scott did an awesome job putting it all together on the fly.

In between humping the table at the Oyster Bar, I noticed Director Jonathon Demme having lunch. Hopefully he was impressed.

As you can imagine we got funny looks from people every place we went. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned after making several of these guerrilla-style videos is that people in New York will let you get away with anything. You can basically film anywhere you like while acting like a total jackass. And that’s the way I like it.

My dog Dean was put to sleep a few days ago (really my parents’ dog.) I’m okay about it. Dean lived a long 13 years. So you don’t need to say sorry or nuttin’. But here are some of Dean’s highlights:

1. Dean chewed through an entire wooden column on our back porch so that the ceiling of the porch collapsed.

2. Dean knew immediately what item you treasured most, and then he would steal it. If I was about to leave the house, Dean would grab my wallet with his mouth and start running around the house. It would take several minutes before I got my wallet back.

3. One time, my friend Danny needed to jump his car that was parked in front of our house. Dean immediately stole the jumper cables from Danny and started running around the yard with the cables dangling out of his mouth. It took Danny a good hour before he finally got the jumper cables back.

4. When Dean was in trouble my Mom would scold him by calling out his full name: “Dean Smith Lathan, get back in here!”

5. Dean and I used to shoot hoops together. Dean would rebound my ball by jumping in the air and tracking it down with his paws. But instead of passing it, he would try to eat it.

6. Dean ate everything in sight (mostly stuff not intended for him) including: birthday cakes, entire sticks of butter, brownies, biscuits, and occasionally a pack of gum (which tricked him up a bit.)

7. Dean enjoyed playing in the mud and then jumping up on top of you and ruining your clothes.

8. My nephews and niece loved Dean (even though Dean was jealous of them and would try to knock them over.) We would go on hikes together, which mainly consisted of Dean dragging us around the woods in search of rodents and the perfect spot to pee.

9. Dean once rescued my Dad when he was really lost while hiking in the NC mountains. Dean ran up ahead, found some people and in perfect Lassie cadence barked at them: “Hiker is lost. He needs help. He is over there.”

10. I will one day write a memoir about Dean. It will be a #1 best seller and will eventually be made into a major motion picture staring one of the Wilson brothers (preferably Luke.)