My chat with Modern Family’s Ty Burrell—aka Phil, aka “Why the face?”
Oh, hey. I thought that was you. Welcome to Steve Heisler (.com), glad you could make it. I'm a writer living in New York. So…now what?
Contact
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Work stuff to click
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The AV Club
- Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner on the 2000 Year Old Man and why Brooks wants a free pass from critics. [Q+A]
- "Are we nearing comedy podcast overload?" is a question with a potential answer I asked and answered, FOR YOU. [Essay]
- A chat with Norm MacDonald, mostly about bombing onstage. [Q+A]
- Some thoughts about Jimmy Fallon and how he should reinvent the talk show format. Because if he won't, then who will? [Review]
- I treat him like a princess: an epic chat with The Room's Tommy Wiseau. [Q+A]
- My take on The West Wing's brilliant season two closer, part of ongoing essays on classic TV. [Review]
- Heroes creator Tim Kring talks about why the show sucked so bad, angers everyone. [Q+A]
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New York Magazine / Vulture
- Comedian Mike Birbiglia: "You know what? I'm the guy who shows people his balls." [Profile]
- Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele, of Key & Peele fame, tell me about the "race card" and really smart poop jokes. [Q+A]
- Talkin' to Albert Brooks about his futuristic novel and Twitter hecklers. [Q+A]
- The Daily Show's Samantha Bee wrote an awesome memoir, then talked about pornography. [Q+A]
- Brilliant Brit comic Peter Serafinowicz achieves his life ambition. [Q+A]
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Variety
- Spending a day with Daily Show director Chuck O'Neil, seeing how he handles Will Ferrell strokin' a baseball bat. [Profile]
- Jennifer Lawrence never took an acting class, skins squirrels for realsies. [Profile]
- I took a survey of the late night TV landscape post-Conan kerfuffle, and it wasn't all that satisfying for most people. [Reportin']
- I interviewed Leonardo DiCaprio so you don't have to! [Profile]
- The story of Adam Sandler cronie Dennis Dugan, newly minted billion dollar filmmaker. (Also, thank you for Happy Gilmore.) [Profile]
- The non-mystery of the wonderful Kyle Kinane. [Profile]
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The Gameological Society
- The Super Mario World level "Tubular" sends Mario to the sky, with terrifying results. [Essay]
- So I went off and visited the headquarters of Megatouch, the makers of those bar games like Photo Hunt, and turns out they're a deeply confused company. [Reportin']
- The only way to win at The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask and Dark Souls is to completely and utterly lose. [Essay]
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GQ
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Chicago Reader
Entertainment Weekly
- Books and computers, together at last: My take on the Nook e-reader. [Review]
- Beatles Rock Band vs. DJ Hero: Only one can be the most button-y. [Blurbz]
- Assassin's Creed 2 vs. Left 4 Dead 2: Gore. Action. Sequels. [Blurbz]
- Nintendo DSi w/ Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks vs. PSP and Little Big Planet: Small. [Blurbz]
- FIFA 10 vs. NBA2K10: Sports sports sports sports sports sports sports sports... [Blurbz]
- Super Mario Bros. Wii vs. Mario & Sonic: There can be only one game with a fat plumber throwing things. [Blurbz]
- Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time vs. Brutal Legend: Hey, both have metal. [Blurbz]
