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		<title>Before They Get Stale: Ricky Gervais, Al Jean and Jonathan Coulton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gonzalo Cordova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ricky Gervais says, &#034;I feel that I do Jewish comedy, in a way&#8230; I&#039;m selling back to America what I stole, but with a big lump of what they didn&#039;t have. That is, the sheer pessimism of being British.&#034; [Wall Street Journal] Al Jean talks about keeping The Simpsons fresh after all these years. He [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11127" title="57441971" src="http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/files/2009/08/87247553.jpg" alt="57441971" width="200" height="280" align="right" /><a href="http://comedians.comedycentral.com/ricky-gervais" target="_blank">Ricky Gervais</a> says, &#034;I feel that I do Jewish comedy, in a way&#8230; I&#039;m selling back to America what I stole, but with a big lump of what they didn&#039;t have. That is, the sheer pessimism of being British.&#034; [<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204488304574431462649624896.html?mod=googlenews_wsj" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a>]</p>
<p>Al Jean talks about keeping <em>The Simpsons</em> fresh after all these years. He also shows <a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/" target="_blank">The Daily Show</a> some love, &#034;If you look at <a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/" target="_blank">The Daily Show</a>, which is obviously on daily, I mean, they&#039;re still hilarious after ten years.&#034; [<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/25/executive-producer-al-jean-talks-about-20-years-of-the-simpsons/" target="_blank">TV Squad</a>]</p>
<p>Here&#039;s a first look at <em>Paul</em>, the new film from Greg Mottola, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost. [<a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/09/24/first-look-simon-pegg-and-nick-frost-in-greg-mottolas-film-paul/" target="_blank">/film</a>]</p>
<p>Jonathan Coulton talks about his friendship with John Hodgman, &#034;We met in college freshman year&#8230; we’ve always shared a comic sensibility&#8230; it was certainly inspiring to watch him build an entertainment career around himself.&#034; [<a href="http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/09/25/an-interview-with-music-man-jonathan-coulton/" target="_blank">Rooftop Comedy</a>]</p>
<p><a href="http://comedians.comedycentral.com/aziz-ansari" target="_blank">Aziz Ansari</a> talks to NPR about his <em>Parks and Recreation</em> character, &#034;I&#039;m really sleazy. I hit on women a lot. It&#039;s a fun attitude to play&#8230; It&#039;s always fun to play a dude who&#039;s kind of a sleazebag.&#034; [<a href="http://www.wbur.org/news/npr/113146905" target="_blank">WBUR</a>]</p>
<p>I love nerds that make nerdy things online. This nerd made a list of the top fourteen greatest recurring <em>Kids in the Hall</em> characters. Go, nerds, go! [<a href="http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/09/the_14_greatest_recurring_characters_from_the_kids.php" target="_blank">Topless Robot</a>]</p>
<p><a href="http://comedians.comedycentral.com/michael-ian-black" target="_blank">Michael Ian Black</a> and <a href="http://comedians.comedycentral.com/michael-showalter" target="_blank">Michael Showalter</a> talk about bike advocacy&#8230; but mostly they just argue, obvs. [<a href="http://www.michaelianblack.net/blog/2009/09/michael-showalter-and-i-save-lives-and-support-a-good-cause-a-little-less-saving-lives-and-a-little-.html" target="_blank">Michael Ian Black</a>]</p>
<p>For all the Twitter haters who think the social networking service isn&#039;t serious business, here are some celebrity tweets being read by serious actors like they were serious business because they are very serious business. [<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/24/dramatic-tweets.html" target="_blank">Boing Boing</a>]</p>
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