Hello. Welome to my website! I am a writer, actor, comedian, and filmmaker in New York City. I produce and perform video, sketch, and improv comedy with beast., KevinandDarrendotcom, and Mike Duffy. I make films with beast. Films, and I’ve performed standup comedy in Washington D.C. and New York City. I’m a co-founder and contributing editor for Melge Magazine (currently in development), The Colonialist, and Find He-Man, and I’m an Editor At-Large and featured author for Anderbo.com. I enjoy Reuben sandwiches and Endurance vitamin water. Check out the work I’ve done from the menu above, or read my blog here, where I’ll post updates of epic proportions. &nbspTumblr (3.0; @darrenmiller)http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/danthecomedian: I want to find comics from around the US that are around my level (pro/am) so we...http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17355584499http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17355584499Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:39:28 -0500nevver: Growing up is for losers. Film school is for fools. Auteurism is out. Fil-teurism is in....http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17291170296http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17291170296Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:39:21 -0500Terry Gilliam<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3fb712oE1qccw0so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kirklarsen.tumblr.com/post/17279833993/ryanxilliams-joestanton-gilmoregurlz-ryan" target="_blank">kirklarsen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ryanxilliams.tumblr.com/post/17279638950/joestanton-gilmoregurlz-ryan-williams-sent" target="_blank">ryanxilliams</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.joe-stanton.com/post/17279297205/gilmoregurlz-ryan-williams-sent-me-this-picture" target="_blank">joestanton</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gilmoregurlz.tumblr.com/post/17279129040/ryan-williams-sent-me-this-picture-and-said-it" target="_blank">gilmoregurlz</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://ryanxilliams.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Ryan Williams</a> sent me this picture and said it reminded him of me. i’m not going to fight it.</p> </blockquote> <p>Spinach party</p> <p>spinach party</p> <p>spinach party</p> </blockquote> <p>Spinach party at Karin’s and we’re all invited! </p> </blockquote> <p>NO LIMIT ALL STARS SPINACH PARTY.</p> <p>Come for the Spinach, stay until there’s not anymore spinach.</p> </blockquote> <p>KARIN IS A MODERN DAY POPEYE THE SAILOR WOMAN</p>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17288621077http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17288621077Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:58:07 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1ioi65ro1qzikspo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vicemag.tumblr.com/post/17222407630/one-night-a-few-years-ago-as-i-was-driving-down-a" target="_blank">vicemag</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div class="article_content"> <p>One night a few years ago as I was driving down a narrow alley in downtown LA a car approached from the other direction, ignoring the conspicuous ONE WAY sign pointing in my favor. Our vehicles met and paused. It was a showdown. From the opposing car’s sunroof, an athletic young man in a backwards baseball cap popped out like a jack in the box, his arms outstretched in the universal symbol of manly martyrdom <a href="http://blogs.mcall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fe353ef01538de8b7ed970b-320wi" target="_blank">popularized by Creed frontman Scott Stapp</a>.</p> <p>“It’s a one way street, yo!” the young man roared. He was half my age.</p> <p>I think about this moment a lot when I’m in traffic, or alleys, or being confronted by angry men popping out of things. What, exactly, happened? There are at least three meanings that could be attached to this seemingly simple interaction. The obvious reading—that Stapp Lite was too dumb to realize his error—seems a little too obvious. My gut tells me he didn’t care about his error, or he didn’t care about his error to such a great extent that he wanted it made clear that the error was mine in challenging him (by not immediately evaporating into a cloud of dust).  </p> <p>Stupid people are more complex than we give them credit for. A 1999 Cornell University study, “How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments,” reached one inescapable conclusion: stupidity bolsters confidence to, more or less, the same degree that smartness weakens confidence. The less you know, the less you don’t know what you don’t know.</p> <p>Classic egghead East Coast bullshit, right? The study, however, ignored one crucial distinction. People who don’t know they are stupid are not necessarily the same as people who shamelessly flaunt their stupidity. Bush 2, Sarah Palin, and Rick Perry (the governor, not the candidate) all made careers for themselves by playing up their stupidity as a denial of eggheadishness. Secretly, of course, they conceded to their pals that they were terribly smart by allowing us coastal eggheads—the true dummies, in an intuitive, down to earth sense—to believe that they, the alleged dummies, were, in fact, dumb to begin with.</p> <p>It’s complicated! Making things even more complicated, there’s plenty of overlap between Self Aware Stupids and Stupid Stupids. Pundit Michelle Malkin scolds bookworms for their bookworminess, but she also uses the word “idiocracy” without acknowledging the recent movie of the same name which depicts, in graphic detail, what would happen to this civilization if she and her buddies were allowed to continue pooping all over everything. Millions of stupid people buy books (<em>Arguing With Idiots</em>, <em>If Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans</em>), written to make them believe their stupidity is morally superior to prevailing smartness.  Every week, some nationally elected goofball wins supporters by treating a Colbert or <em>Onion</em> story like a bona fide outrage. The <a href="http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/n/U/moran.jpg" target="_blank">Get A Brain Morans guy</a> could absolutely run for office on the strength of one simple typo.</p> <p>As for Sunroof Bro, I had a vision that night in the alley; he would someday work in the hospital or Hospice I would reside in as an old man. He’d still wear a backwards baseball cap. Years of violent, sexual workouts would have made his body lean and hard, so that he would tower over my feeble, bedridden figure while exclaiming, for the sake of his chuckling buddies, “check out this fucking egghead.”</p> <p>And when I looked up, a single tear rolling down my wrinkled cheeks, he’d puff his chest out and be all like, “WHAT!?”</p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/sammcpheeters" target="_blank"><em>@sammcpheeters</em></a></p> <p><em>Previously – <a href="http://www.vice.com/read/brutality-report-waiting-earthquake" target="_blank">Waiting for a 9.2</a></em></p> </div> <div class="article_meta"></div> </blockquote>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17226165380http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17226165380Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:44:54 -0500Sam McPheetersIdiocracyA subtler kind of stupidityryanxilliams: gilmoregurlz: i wrote something for hello giggles. and they were like cool, we’ll...http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17212607156http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17212607156Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:18:50 -0500kirklarsen: emilyaxford: This weekend I made a Dino-rama (a diorama of Dinosaurs outrunning the...http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17159768536http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17159768536Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:51:26 -0500dinosaursextinctionhappinessreal talk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyupvzat3H1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://poupak.tumblr.com/post/17014165660/i-removed-everything-else-cuz-baked-egg-in" target="_blank">poupak</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I removed everything else, cuz baked egg in Avocado. BAKED EGG IN AVOCADO! BAKED. EGG. In. AVOCADOOOOOO! (How do you heighten the most AWESOME THING EVER??)</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.thedailywh.at/post/17013906488/this-x-that-know-this-unemployment-down-to" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2><strong>This x That:</strong></h2> </blockquote> <ul><li><strong>Above:</strong><a href="http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2012/02/03/simple-weekend-breakfast/" target="_blank">Baked Egg in an Avocado</a>.</li> </ul></blockquote> <p>I miss <a href="http://booyahgrandmere.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Erin</a>. <a href="http://booyahgrandmere.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Erin</a> did you see this? I hope <a href="http://booyahgrandmere.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">you</a> saw this.</p>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17046030508http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/17046030508Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:00:43 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/A2caotpy52g?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kirklarsen.tumblr.com/post/16983105800/happy-fun-music-time-here-it-is-another-video-of" target="_blank">kirklarsen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Happy Fun Music Time</strong></p> <p>Here it is, another video of Elaine telling jokes we wrote. Also, I do alien voices.</p> <p>WE MAKE FUN OF ZOOEY DESCHANEL & NICKI MINAJ & BET!!!!</p> </blockquote>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16984575537http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16984575537Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:13:57 -0500Ice TLOLoh man lolsuper lolthe lol-estaliensfusetalented friends<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys7ve3cCo1qch7b8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16952265602http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16952265602Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:59:01 -0500artprintstypographyworkinspiration<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypee85opu1qdt9qno1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Good long-term investment.</p>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16946802034http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16946802034Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:30:34 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyq2d7Y31o1qln7vao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://amexopenforum.tumblr.com/post/16867886905/a-boston-area-startup-has-raised-more-than-3" target="_blank">amexopenforum</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A Boston-area startup has raised more than $3 million in less than 24 hours–but so far, it’s illegal.</p> <p>Cambridge-based <a href="http://wefunder.com/petition" target="_blank">WeFunder,</a> which would help anyone invest small amounts in start-ups, needs Congress to change the law before the company can launch officially.</p> <p>Although <a href="http://www.openforum.com/keywords/crowdfunding" target="_blank">crowdfunding</a> is legal for charities and projects where those donating get no ownership–think <a href="http://www.openforum.com/keywords/kiva" target="_blank">Kiva</a> or <a href="http://www.openforum.com/keywords/kickstarter" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a>–currently <a href="http://www.openforum.com/keywords/startups" target="_blank">startups</a> can only take money from accredited investors, such as <a href="http://www.openforum.com/keywords/venture-capital" target="_blank">venture capital</a> firms or venture banks. The Securities and Exchange Commission also limits the number of investors a company can have without going public.</p> <p>What the pending <a href="http://www.openforum.com/keywords/legislation" target="_blank">legislation</a> would do is amend the Securities Act of 1933, which was enacted four years after the 1929 market crash. It was designed both to protect investors and to spur U.S. business.</p> <p>“The existing rules around who counts as an ‘accredited investor’ are antiquated and wrong,” Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot, told <a href="http://bostinno.com/2012/01/31/900-have-already-signed-wefunder-petition-demanding-crowdfunding-of-startups/" target="_blank">BostInno</a>. “I can understand the desire to protect blue-haired grandmothers from smooth-talking shysters that will milk them of their $300,000 in retirement savings.  But, that’s not what we’re talking about here.  We’re talking about a maximum investment of $1,000.”</p> <p>More than 1,100 would-be investors have signed WeFunder’s <a href="http://wefunder.com/petition" target="_blank">petition</a> urging Congress to pass the bill, called the <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:S.1791:" target="_blank">Democratizing Access to Capital Act of 2011</a>. (Yes, a lot of the signers are entrepreneurs.) If it’s passed, start-ups will be able to raise up to $1 million through crowd-funding. The company launched Monday hoping to get $100,000 from 100 pledges.</p> <p>Read the full story <em><strong><a href="http://www.openforum.com/articles/why-this-startup-is-illegal?extlink=sm-openf-socialteam-tumblr" target="_blank">here</a></strong></em>.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16870786579http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16870786579Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:00:20 -0500startupsbusinessentrepreneur<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypcu7129b1qz9ke4o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>Really, Hulu? You want me to troubleshoot the fact that you aren’t showing me ads?</span><br/><br/><span>Oh man, I’m having so many PROBLEMS. I better email Hulu support so I can figure out how to see advertisements again.  Oh look! They have tips! Maybe I could put all this effort in on my own first before emailing support.  Oh wow, “requirements” is underlined. They must really mean that. I bet if my connection isn’t fast enough they can’t show me ads.  That would really piss me off.</span><br/><br/><span>Oh that must be it.  My stupid pesky ad-blocking software must be ENABLED.  I can’t believe I made that mistake again. I’m always doing that. You know, I should probably just get rid of all this ad-blocking software.  It’s completely ruining my advertising experience. Now all I get are these stupid tv show episodes.</span></p>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16855410561http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16855410561Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:01:19 -0500lolhumorrantshulusarcasm<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyl3p9paiH1qz9ke4o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Settlers of CATan (pun written by Glenn Boozan) (photo taken by me)</p>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16727223559http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16727223559Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:53:33 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyh9frlxC91qzu26ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://yonilotan.tumblr.com/post/16597461567/this-is-tomorrow-this-is-tomorrow-i-cant" target="_blank">yonilotan</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>THIS IS TOMORROW! THIS IS TOMORROW! </p> <p>I CANT BELIEVE THIS IS TOMORROW</p> </blockquote> <p>Go to this show!</p>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16619756654http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16619756654Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:50:02 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyhh64YdVJ1qb3920o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://-saturdaynightlive.tumblr.com/post/16606873293/lets-talk-about-oscar-snubs-of-2005-jim-carrey" target="_blank">-saturdaynightlive</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Let’s talk about Oscar snubs of 2005 - Jim Carrey being robbed of a Best Actor nomination for <em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. </em></p> </blockquote> <p>Agreed!</p>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16606957629http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16606957629Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:55:38 -0500jim carrey<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygrq7GvC81qzol4do1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://danmeth.com/post/16580294960/pangaeatees" target="_blank">danmeth</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span><strong>***PANGAEA T-SHIRTS***</strong><br/>Due to the high volume of people asking “Can I get that on a T-Shirt”, my Pangaea cartoon is now available on a T-Shirt!<br/><a href="http://danmeth.spreadshirt.com/" target="_blank">Be the first kid on your continent to own one!<br/>Click here to purchase it! We got Mens and Womens!</a></span></p> </blockquote> <p>Reblog for <a href="http://kevinmead.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Kevin</a></p>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16582760844http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16582760844Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:50:07 -0500danmethteespangaea<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygnfsQnQd1qz9ke4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Friday Before The Friday Before Superbowl XLVI everybody!</p>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16577461648http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16577461648Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:11:52 -0500Sandwiches The CatInterviewer: You’ve long argued for the decriminalization of marijuana. Do you smoke weed? Barney...http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16470003368http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16470003368Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:24:26 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyb5lrdXJ01qcawd5o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jonbershad.tumblr.com/post/16408134864/seriously-is-it-just-me-or-do-these-two-have" target="_blank">jonbershad</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Seriously, is it just me or do these two have literally the best lives fucking ever? This is what I imagine an average conversation for them sounds like.</strong></p> <p><strong>KATIE:</strong> Hey, honey, want to give me script advice on the followup to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch7pOY6OZxg" target="_blank">my well-received directorial debut</a>? I’m making <a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/sundance-review-black-rock-a-back-to-the-wilds-slasher-with-brains-bonding-along-with-the-blood" target="_blank">a kick ass-sounding horror movie</a> this time.</p> <p><strong>MARK:</strong> Sounds good. I’ll help out as soon as I finish work on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kctOpTQtyUg" target="_blank">the latest dramedy my brother and I are making</a>. You know, my brother I helped <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumblecore" target="_blank">originate an entire film movement with</a>.</p> <p><strong>KATIE:</strong> Cool. Well, I’ll meet up with you on the set of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_League" target="_blank">the popular sitcom we both star in</a>.</p> <p><strong>MARK:</strong> Yeah, see you there. Gosh, we sure are two attractive people who are happily married.</p> </blockquote> <p>I just watched the entire 3rd season of The League yesterday.</p>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16415564710http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16415564710Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:32:04 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly26mrghi61qj71muo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly26mrghi61qj71muo2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bonaventurer.tumblr.com/post/16124015705/directed-by-john-ford-1971" target="_blank">bonaventurer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small><em>Directed by John Ford </em>(1971)</small></p> </blockquote>http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16415164540http://blog.darrenmillercomedy.com/post/16415164540Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:21:44 -0500John Ford