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Starting out on the comedy scene, 'The Four Seasons' star Kerri Kenney-Silver had to learn to do everything herself. — 'What No One Tells You' ...
Ken Marino and David Wain have, in a sense, been bandmates for decades. They became fast friends at New York University and started a comedy troupe there that became The State, which got its own ...
Step inside comedian David Wain's garage and you'll find a middle-aged dad band rocking out. The rotating crew of band members includes "Weird Al" Yankovic and Ken Marino.
David was a sketch comedy group at the time called the Sterile Yak. ... Wain: In many ways it was easier or just different, because of course we’ve had 15 years of experience.
David Wain likes to perform card tricks, and he’s really, frustratingly good at them. The writer/director tends to summon out a deck of 52 from his pocket during the most random, ...
David Wain: We knew of the theater company, Clubbed Thumb and I think that they had just lost a play in their season. They knew that we were doing clubs and alternative comedy around town and they ...
This week's pick is from the inimitable David Wain, who, before Wet Hot American Summer, created the wonder that is Wainy Days.
Exclusive! When David Wain and Michael Showalter first wrote the original script for “They Came Together,” it was a specific sort of parody, an assemblage of scenes that riffed on particular ...
Creators and co-writers David Wain and Michael Showalter, members of ’90s MTV sketch group “The State,” premiered “Wet Hot American Summer” — featuring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks and ...
— David Wain (@davidwain) October 30, 2017. Then he went about his day, not really thinking about it. Until, that is “I looked at my phone an hour later and I was like, ‘Jesus.’” ...
Ken Marino and David Wain have, in a sense, been bandmates for decades. They became fast friends at New York University and started a comedy troupe there that became The State, which got its own ...