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People's Choice!

How's this for a weekend pick me up? I was on my one-year anniversary with my wife, Mindy, and we got multiple calls saying I was in this week's People Magazine.

Rushing over to the newsstands, I picked up People Magazine, August 8, 2005, with Jude Law on the cover. (Seems that Jude has some of his own problems with his sperm and a certain Nanny.)

[Look for this guy on the cover]

Turning to page 36, People magazine, gave "Situation Comedy" three out of four stars. We are the People's choice.

Not only that, they specifically talk about our premise for "Sperm Donor" and mention Treitel & Schuster by name.

Wow. Getting into People. This is like some sort of pop culture nirvana.

Now all I need to do is light some incense and meditate to get on Entertainment Weekly's Jim Mullen's Hot Sheet and dare I say it, The Shaw Report (hot only, please). Well, here's to wishful thinking.

Sean Hayes to appear on Letterman, Friday Night

Sean Hayes will be on The Late Show with David Letterman, tonight, Friday, July 29, 2005, to talk more about "Situation: Comedy". Make sure to Tivo!

Sperm Donor in the Atlantic Monthly?

A sentence you never thought you'd see...

I saw "Sperm Donor" in The Atlantic Monthly.

In my googling, I came upon a link to The Atlantic Monthly, an article entitled the XY Files, in which the author, Lori Gottlieb, mentions our show, "Sperm Donor." Can someone e-mail me the article?

Message about real Sperm Donor Children

See how Google can bring people together? In my Google search about our show, "Sperm Donor", I came upon FamilyScholars.org, described as "Your 24/7 research assistant on all things marriage and the family"

I posted:

Acutally, as a co-writer of the show, [Sperm Donor's] really more about the real relationships of the daugher missing her biological father as she grew up fatherless. Granted, we were writing a sitcom with jokes, but there’s a real situation here — at least one that seems similiar to my friends who were adopted and longed to meet their [biological] parents.

And got a response from Elizabeth Marquardt saying:

Thanks for writing in Mark. Sounds like you might be working to present the child’s point of view on the show — more power to you.

Well, thanks Elizabeth, we aim to please and would love to make "The Sperm Donor" part of the American lexicon.

 

Mark & Shoe on Wireimage.com

Here's the pics from the Situation: Comedy's premiere party at Falcon Tuesday night on Wireimage.com.

(L to R, Mark Treitel, Todd Milliner, Sean Hayes, Shoe Schuster)

Situation: Comedy Premiere party at Falcon (UPDATED)

Here's who was at The Falcon in Hollywood. Go to wireimage and Getty Images to see more great shots!

(1) Sean Hayes (2) Lauren Graham (3) Nia Vardalos (4) Fred & Jennifer Savage (5) Maxine Lapiduss, Stan Zimmerman, Bruce Roberts.

(6) Michael Patrick King, Tim Bagley (7) Maxine Lapiduss, Charlene Tilton (8) Amy Aquino (9) Rosa Blasi (10) Taylor Negron, Nia Vardalos and Ian Gomez

Maxx & Stan's Hee-larious Posts...

Stan & Maxx write in their blog:

                                                    MAXX
Here's why I wanted The Sperm Donor. It was a strong premise and the right age range for NBC. And to me, it was a fresher point of view

...

                                                      MAXX
And The Sperm Donor can potentially be hot between the two lead characters.  Will they have sex or won't they?
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And Stan & Maxx create a new drinking game for Episode Two:

STAN

Here's what [people] can do-- they should take a shot of liquor every time someone on the show says "multi-camera."

MAXX

Yeah! Whoooo!

If you can't get enough of Mark and Shoe...

...you can see bonus videos at...

• Stan & Maxx take Mark, Shoe, Andrew and Dave out to the world's famous Musso & Frank's Grill in Hollywood.

• You want drama and pathos? Preview of Episode Three.

(Please note, the video isn't as crisp as it is on the AOL site.)

Who doesn't want a Mark Treitel .jpg? They make good Arbor Day presents.

Missed an episode of Situation: Comedy or don't get Bravo?

• Did you miss an episode of Situation: Comedy?
• Do you live in an area where you don't get Bravo?
• Do you live outside the United States?

Well, your prayers have been answered. Now, for FREE, you can watch Situation: Comedy episodes on the web! Amazing things that darn internet can do.

Click here to link to AOL's Situation: Comedy site to:

• Watch an Episode.
• Post on AOL's Situation: Comedy message boards.
• Take a survey (of course voting for your favorite sitcom, Sperm Donor.

Please tell your friends outside the US that want to watch our show. We no longer need cable TV to watch what happens.

Plus, the quality of the video is very, very, very good! Hats off to AOL!

Shoe's Blog for Episode One of Situation: Comedy

Click here for Shoe's complete post for Episode 101 of Situation: Comedy.

In the spirit of globalization, I had my blog entry translated into Japanese. It was beautiful. Each character meticulously painted on the 12th century parchment in a wondrous array of black on beige. Unfortunately, it was also incomprehensible to Bravo's English speaking audience. So, here it is translated back to English.

I work long years to be writer of funny show. Much no's filled with sad faces. Maybe I abandon dream to be crop farmer? But sun cause many cancer. I see contest from Bravo TV station. Maybe we should enter, I say. Mark listen. We get through many rounds of elimination. Beating heart breaks my shirt. From 10,000 to 50 to 10. Oh, my. Happy as twelve-year-old girl in Sanrio. Maybe buy hair curlers?