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Anna Konkle
Anna Konkle (born April 7, 1987) is an American actress, writer and director. She is known for co-creating and starring as Anna Kone on Hulu's original TV comedy series ''PEN15'', alongside Maya Erskine. Her work on the series earned her two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 2019 and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Comedy Series in 2021. Konkle was born in Randolph, Vermont, on April 7, 1987. In 1994, her family moved to Scituate, Massachusetts, where she attended public schools. Her parents divorced in her early teens, a theme she would explore deeply on ''PEN15''. Konkle attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She initially studied musical theater but shifted to the school's Experimental Theater Wing after finding out she had vocal nodules. During her junior year at NYU, she attended an international experimental theate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randolph, Vermont
Randolph is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 4,774 at the 2020 census, making Randolph the largest town in Orange County. The town is a commercial center for many of the smaller, rural farming communities that surround it. When the area was originally settled there were three villages— Randolph Center, East Randolph and West Randolph—the current locations of the three fire departments. What is now Randolph, the primary village of the town, had previously been the village of West Randolph. History Vermont granted the town on November 2, 1780, when the New Hampshire settlers could not locate the original grantees, whose patents were issued by New York. It was chartered on June 29, 1781, to Aaron Storrs and 70 others, and was originally named "Middlesex".Randolph, Vermont, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Girl
''New Girl'' is an American television sitcom created by Elizabeth Meriwether and produced by 20th Century Fox Television for Fox that aired from September 20, 2011, to May 15, 2018. The series revolves around quirky teacher, Jessica Day ( Zooey Deschanel), after she moves into a Los Angeles loft with three men, Nick Miller ( Jake Johnson), Schmidt ( Max Greenfield), and Winston Bishop ( Lamorne Morris). Former roommate Coach ( Damon Wayans Jr.) and Jess's best friend Cece Parekh ( Hannah Simone) later join the characters. The show combines comedy and drama elements as the characters, who are in their late 20s and early 30s, deal with relationship issues and career choices. ''New Girl'' is a joint production between Elizabeth Meriwether Pictures and 20th Century Fox Television and is syndicated by 20th Television. Produced in Los Angeles as a single-camera comedy, ''New Girl'' is an ensemble show aimed at a general audience. ''New Girl'' received acclaim from critics and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Together Together
''Together Together'' is a 2021 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nikole Beckwith. The film stars Ed Helms and Patti Harrison. It follows the friendship between a single man and the surrogate pregnant with his child. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 31, 2021, and was released on April 23, 2021, by Bleecker Street. The film ultimately received an R rating because of how many times they say "vagina" in addition to single use of the word "ejaculate". Plot Matt, an app developer in his forties, interviews Anna, a young coffee shop employee, to become his surrogate. He wants to become a dad without getting married and she wants to finance her bachelor's and master's degrees. During her first trimester, the doctor tells Matt and Anna that everything is going well, so he invites Anna to dinner to celebrate. Afterwards, Matt tells his brother and parents about the pregnancy; his mother is unhappy about it. At dinner, Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Mouth (American TV Series)
''Big Mouth'' is an American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett for Netflix. The series aired for eight seasons between 2017 and 2025. The series centers on students based on Kroll and Goldberg's upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictionalized younger self. ''Big Mouth'' explores puberty while embracing an openness about the human body and sex. The first season, consisting of ten episodes, premiered on Netflix on September 29, 2017, and the second season was released on October 5, 2018. The third season was preceded by a Valentine's Day special episode on February 8, 2019, and the rest of the third season was released on October 4, 2019. In July 2019, Netflix renewed the series through to a sixth season. The fourth season was released on December 4, 2020, and the fifth season was released on November 5, 2021. The sixth season premiered on October 28, 2022. A seventh season premiere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robot Chicken
''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animation, adult stop motion, stop-motion animated sketch comedy television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The twelve-minute show consists of short unrelated sketches usually satirizing pop culture characters or celebrities. Toys are employed as the players, animated via stop motion and supplemented by claymation. The voice cast changes every episode, and features many Cameo appearance, celebrity cameos. The writers, most prominently Green, also provide many of the voices. ''Robot Chicken'' has won two Annie Awards and six Emmy Awards. Production history ''Robot Chicken'' was conceptually preceded by ''Twisted ToyFare Theatre'', a humorous photo comic strip appearing in ''ToyFare''. Matthew Senreich, an editor for ''ToyFare'', got in touch with actor Seth Green when Senreich learned that Green had made action figures of castmates from ''Buffy the Vampire Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baskets (TV Series)
''Baskets'' is an American comedy drama television series that premiered on FX on January 21, 2016. The series was co-created by Louis C.K., Zach Galifianakis, and Jonathan Krisel; Krisel is also the showrunner and director. Galifianakis stars in the dual lead role as Chip Baskets, a failed professional clown in Paris, who instead becomes a local rodeo clown in Bakersfield, California, and his twin brother, Dale Baskets. Galifianakis, C.K., M. Blair Breard, Dave Becky, Marc Gurvitz and Andrea Pett-Joseph serve as executive producers, with FX Productions as the production company. In 2017, C.K.'s production company Pig Newton had all ties to the show and FX cut after C.K. admitted to sexual misconduct with five women. On May 24, 2018, FX renewed the show for a fourth and final season, which premiered on June 13, 2019. The series ended on August 22, 2019. Premise Chip Baskets aims to become a professional clown. After failing to get a degree at a prestigious clowning school i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus One (2019 Film)
''Plus One'' is a 2019 American romantic comedy film, written, directed, and produced by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer. Starring Maya Erskine, Jack Quaid, Beck Bennett, Rosalind Chao, Perrey Reeves, and Ed Begley Jr., the film follows two longtime single friends who agree to be each other's plus one at every wedding they're invited to. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 28, 2019, where it won the Narrative Audience Award, and was released on June 14, 2019 by RLJE Films. It received generally positive reviews from critics. Plot Ben King and Alice Mori, friends from college and now in their late twenties, separately attend a wedding between their friends, Matt and Amanda. Having recently broken up with her boyfriend, Nate, Alice gets drunk. Ben is fixated on former classmate Jess Ramsey and hopes to establish a romantic relationship with her. However, he embarrasses himself when she rebuffs his attempt to kiss her, as she is engaged. At the hotel, Ben and Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where's My Meth?
"Where's My Meth?" is the second episode of the eighth season of the American television comedy drama '' Shameless'', an adaptation of the British series of the same name. It is the 86th overall episode of the series and was written by executive producer Nancy M. Pimental and directed by Anthony Hemingway. It originally aired on Showtime on November 12, 2017. The series is set on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, and depicts the poor, dysfunctional family of Frank Gallagher, a neglectful single father of six: Fiona, Phillip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and Liam. He spends his days drunk, high, or in search of money, while his children need to learn to take care of themselves. In the episode, Frank starts working at a home improvement store, while Fiona struggles in getting the building's residents to pay rent. Meanwhile, Lip attempts to sabotage Charlie's recovery, while Ian is unable to move on from Monica's death. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures With Tip & Oh
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme sports. Adventures are often undertaken to create psychological arousal or in order to achieve a greater goal, such as the pursuit of knowledge that can only be obtained by such activities. Motivation Adventurous experiences create psychological arousal, which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow). For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux, in his ''Man's Fate'' (1933), "If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?" Similarly, Helen Keller stated that "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Outdoor adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of recreation or excitement: examples are adventure racing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maron (TV Series)
''Maron'' is an American sitcom created by and starring Marc Maron as a fictionalized version of himself. The series premiered on the American cable television network IFC on May 3, 2013. Maron, Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Olivia Wingate, Sivert Glarum, Michael Jamin and Duncan Birmingham served as the show's executive producers. Glarum and Jamin were the showrunners. ''Maron''s second season premiered on May 8, 2014, and its thirteen-episode third season premiered on May 14, 2015. In November 2015, the series was renewed for a thirteen-episode fourth season. In 2016 the show was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy. On July 11, 2016, Maron announced on his ''WTF'' podcast that the series would not have a fifth season, with the season four finale serving as the series finale. The series finale aired on July 13, 2016. Cast and characters * Marc Maron as a fictionalized version of himself Supporting * Josh Brener as Kyle, Marc's assist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Seeking Woman
''Man Seeking Woman'' is an American romantic comedy television series created by Simon Rich for FXX. It originally aired for 3 seasons from January 14, 2015, to March 8, 2017. The series is set in Chicago, about a naïve and soft-spoken man in his 20s named Josh Greenberg (played by Jay Baruchel), who finds himself in several surrealist and awkward circumstances while trying to find love. The series is based on Rich's short story compilation, '' The Last Girlfriend on Earth'', Jonathan Krisel, Andrew Singer, and Lorne Michaels are also executive producers, with Broadway Video, Allagash Industries and FXP (formerly FX Productions) as production companies. It has received generally positive reviews from critics. On April 4, 2017, the show was canceled after three seasons. Premise Most episode plots are based on relatable conflicts and struggles of entering/maintaining a relationship; however, these conflicts are taken to absurd and literal extremes. The show centers on Josh Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betas
''Betas'' is an American television series produced by Amazon Studios. The show stars Joe Dinicol and Karan Soni as "dating app" developers in Silicon Valley who are looking for an investor. Amazon offered the first three episodes of ''Betas'' for free on November 22, 2013, with each subsequent episode released weekly thereafter. In March 2014, Amazon decided not to renew for a second season. Cast Series regulars * Joe Dinicol – Trey * Karan Soni – Nash * Jon Daly – Hobbes * Charlie Saxton – Mitchell * Maya Erskine – Mikki * Daivik Dave - Daivik Recurring characters * Ed Begley, Jr. - Murch * Madeline Zima - Jordan Alexis * Tyson Ritter - Dane * Breeda Wool - Victoria * Mark L. Young - Trevor * Margo Harshman - Lisa * Diana Burbano - Hispanic Mother * Paul Walter Hauser - Dashawn Episodes Reception Metacritic gave season 1 an average rating of 69/100 based on reviews from 8 critics. Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggrega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
