Hi friends!

Usually this is where I attempt some sort of humorous and topical introductory paragraph, but I am sort of under the weather and I just don’t know if I have it in me. I tried! I really did. But everything has been really falling flat. “Hey Helsinki, I’m really proud of you and I’m gonna let you be Finnish, but Oslo is one of the best Scandanavian cities of all time.” Ugh. Sorry everybody. But don’t worry! This email is still filled with great news.

1. Big Terrific tonight! Gabe & Jenny and me have a crazy good lineup and super fun times planned. Joe Mande, Chelsea Peretti, Team Submarine and Jordan Rubin are bringing Lots of Love.  Tonight at 8pm at Cameo (93 North 6th St in Williamsburg)

2. If you love Big Terrific but miss when it was on Thursdays, we can meet you halfway this week. If you’re in Manhattan, Gabe Liedman’s performing his insanely funny one man show “No Answers” at 8pm at the UCB Theater (tickets here). If you are in Brooklyn, I’m premiering a new video at the opening night of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival at the Bell House, alongside Tim & Eric, Kristen Schaal, Jon Benjamin and other funny folks (tickets). And if you are anywhere that is near a TV, be sure to watch or tape the season premiere of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update Thursdays, a TV show Jenny Slate is now working on (NBC at 8pm).

3. Saturday night I’m hosting “I’ll Be Famous in 5 Years (or a Copywriter / Audience Coordinator)” also as part of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Fest at the Bell House at 6:00pm. It features a number of amazing verge-y comedians such as Hannibal Buress, Kumail Nanjiani, Patrick Borelli and Brent Sullivan. Plus it’s 18+ which is cool if you are just starting college. Tickets here.

4. In food news, I got very drunk at Momofuku Ssam and wrote about it for the AV Club NY. Also, Tom Collichio wrote in the comments of my last Top Chef recap that I sort of hurt his feelings.