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So Why Is Super Producer-Director Judd Apatow Doing A Netflix Stand-Up Comedy Special?

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Writer/Producer/Director Judd Apatow is one of my favorite filmmakers, with “Knocked Up”, “This is 40”, “40 Year Old Virgin” and “Funny People” being my personal loves. As the ultimate Hollywood hyphenate, he’s produced dozens of Brady family classics such as “Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy”, the recent “The Big Sick” and the tour-de-force “Talladego Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby”. So why after 22 years would Judd Apatow return to his roots of stand up comedy? Find out.

Judd also shares his method of extracting the most from his entire filmmaking team actors, writers, directors and editors. Never stopping until the film is it’s funniest. I’ve always admired how he’s encouraged his team to write his or her own stories, and that support has brought us HBO’s “Girls”, “Crashing” and all things Franco. Judd Apatow: The Return” debuts December 12th on Netflix.

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Jordan

This is an hour and 40 minutes of the best stuff and Wayne Federman drops in! The best stocking stuffers are “I Am Battle Comic” dvd’s and digital downloads. Buy it today!

How To Book National Commercials With Comedian/Actor Wayne Federman.

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Comedian/Actor/Writer Wayne Federman is my favorite comic, and he’s just put out his debut comedy album, The Chronicles of Federman. The box set of three CDs (also available digitally) spans his 30 plus years of unique, killer stand-up.  Judd Apatow, who writes the liner notes, says “Epic, hilarious, inspired and whimsical.” And Mr. Apatow goes on and on. Oh, and I must reveal, Wayne is also my best pal.

Wayne has acted in dozens of national commercials, with a proportionate amount of them being oddly-costumed characters. Regardless, Wayne shares his secrets on how he approaches his auditions and gets booked time and time again. We also chat about how he constructed and edited “Chronicles” himself, so plenty of tech talk here.

Here’s Wayne and Kenny Rogers for Geico:

The Wayne Federman Commercial MegaMix:
Here’s a Toyota spot I directed Wayne in called “Charades“.

My next Commercial Directing Bootcamp will be in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, December 19th, 2015 – so sign up for Commercial Directing Bootcamp today! Read the reviews on this site. Pretty flattering. #blush.

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Jordan

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Anchorman 2 Composer Andrew Feltenstein Plays It Straight.

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Top shelf composers, songwriters, lyricists Andrew Feltenstein & John Nau own Beacon Street Studios in Venice, California. They’re the go-to guys for any musical genre, but certainly have made a name scoring for “Funny Or Die” titans Adam McKay and Will Ferrel. Credits include “Anchorman 2”, “The Spoils of Babylon” and more.

Andrew and I chat about the process of scoring commercials, inspiration, late hours and how playing the music straight buoys the comedy.

Watch the trailer for “Casa de mi Padre”, a favorite Will Ferrell film. Buy the soundtrack today!

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