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| Harold and Kumar Writers & Directors |
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Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg are the writing/directing team behind the Harold & Kumar film franchise. Friends since high school in Randolph, New Jersey, Jon and Hayden sold their first screenplay “Filthy” to MGM while still in college, causing them to abandon plans of Investment Banking and Law School in favor of a Hollywood career that once seemed impossible.
Their first film, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, garnered critical acclaim and a legion of fans. The first mainstream Hollywood movie starring Asian-American leads, White Castle received two thumbs up from Ebert & Roeper and was declared, “one of the few recent comedies that persuasively, and intelligently, engage the social realities of contemporary multicultural America” by The New York Times. Jon and Hayden’s 2008 follow up, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, received similar accolades, with Daily Variety referring to it as “Animal House meets Dr. Strangelove” and calling it “one of the ballsiest comedies to come out of Hollywood in a long time.”
Jon & Hayden will share their unlikely Hollywood story and will lead a discussion about exploring cultural diversity through comedy. The lecture will include clips from both Harold & Kumar films, as well as a no-holds-barred question and answer period.
The lecture will be opened and moderated by Dan Ahdoot - 3 time Campus Activities Award winner, writer for Comedy Central's Crank Yankers, and Finalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing.
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| Scams,
Sasquatch, and the Supernatural |
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Ever wonder how those guys on TV seem to talk to the dead?
What about ESP and psychic surgery? How do street scams
and cons work? Want to know how YOU can trick your friends
into believing you have psychic powers? From fakers talking
to the dead, to identity theft, to homeopathic snake oils,
to psychic hotlines, "Scams, Sasquatch, and the Supernatural"
is going to step-by-step reveal all the tricks and techniques
used by the pros, and expose the shocking hidden stories
behind each scam. If Harvard offered a PhD in deceit, this
would be it. We'll make YOU an expert in America's most
beloved lies. This is no ordinary lecture: we're talking
hands-on experiments, a live performance of psychic surgery,
free giveaways of cash and prizes, and all the secrets TV
psychics DON'T want you to know. It's hosted by magician
Brian Brushwood, so it'll be funny magical, and (of course),
bizarre. Your school is going to tell you that this is a
"lecture." That you'll be "learning."
Don't be scared. You'll be learning how to spot fakes, and
how to avoid getting ripped off.
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| Robert
Wuhl |
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Whether performing as an actor, writer, producer or director,
ROBERT WUHL refers to himself as one thing -- a storyteller.
This is never more illustrated than in his new critically
praise HBO Comedy Special, “ASSUME THE POSITION WITH MR.
WUHL”, in which he lectures NYU students about “the stories
that made up America, and the Stories that America made
up.” Robert
was the creator and star of ARLI$$, one of the longest-running
original series in HBO history. In it’s seven seasons
on HBO ARLI$$, a satire of the world of professional sports,
achieved a rare feat, growing in ratings numbers each
and every year, as it crossed the line between comedy
and dramatic social commentary, presenting such issues
as Domestic Abuse, Homosexuality, Ageism, Racism, Alcoholism,
and steroid abuse in sports. WUHL has also been critically
praised for this work in films such as Bull Durham, Batman,
Good Morning Vietnam, Mistress, Blaze, and Cobb. In 1996,
he directed, wrote, and starred in the independent feature,
OPEN SEASON, a biting satire of the TV ratings system.
In addition,
WUHL has been twice honored with Emmy Awards in ‘91 and
‘92 for writing the Academy Awards telecasts hosted by
Billy Crystal. He also received CableAce Best Actor nominations
in both drama (Tales from the Crypt), and comedy (Arli$$).
As a comedian,
Robert starred in his own HBO Comedy Hour titled, Robert
Wuhl’s World Tour, and is a frequent performer on Comic
Relief.
Wuhl has also
lent himself to a myriad of charitable causes including
the Alzheimer’s Association of Los Angeles, the National
Breast Caner Coalition, St. Jude’s, Save the Music, Children
Uniting Nations, and Heal the Bay.
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