Friday, September 25, 2009

DT's B&P: 6 Reasons Why ABC Is Really Loving On Penn Alumni This Week

UPennThis week the "The Mouse House" (ABC/Disney) is all about the red and the blue.

From news pertaining to studio heads, actors, producers, and writers, find out what sorts of waves Penn alumni are making this week!

Scott Baio Makes a Cameo in Their EXTREMELY NSFW Viral Video

Scott Baio
From the Penn alum who brought you "The Murray Hill Song" and "I Miss Moranis", DJ Lubel (C'05) has now created a, dare I say, very funny, and very well produced (thanks to Jake Avnet (C'05)) viral video so very NSFW (that's "Not-Safe-For-Work") that I need to have you click the "continue reading" link below to watch this video!

Thursday, September 24, 2009

This Musician sings (and wrote) the Jingle for ABC's "Modern Family" (VIDEO)


Modern Family
Did you catch ABC's new show "Modern Family" last night?

If you didn't fastforward through the credits, you would have seen that the show's composer is a Penn alum (and DT favorite!)

Find out who!


Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Demi Moore, Alyssa Milano and CNN's Wolf Blitzer Love "Twitteleh" (VIDEO)



Last week I covered Reg Tigerman (C'07, Mask and Wig) and Matt Johnson's (C'99, Mask and Wig) hot new viral video, "Twitteleh"

Twitteleh
Since then (as of this posting), the video has gotten over 177,000 views (!) and has been tweeted by Demi Moore, Alyssa Milano and covered by Wolf Blitzer on CNN's "The Situation Room".

Check out the CNN coverage above! Classic!

Monday, September 21, 2009

Hollywood's Abuzzing About THIS Penn Alum Taking Over Disney

Last Friday, Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger canned studio head Dick Cook.

Today, newspapers and blogs are abuzzing about the speculation of one of our notable Penn alumni taking over...

Real Jobs Are Not My Forte: "Don't Get Trapped" (Episode 2)




Last month, we started a new exclusive DT monthly Vlog series documenting the life of 2 Penn graduates who are embarking on a music career, so that others can learn from their experiences.  

This month Ben Naecker (C'09, Water Polo) and Blake West (W'09, Jazz Combos) talk about:
  • their move to Austin
  • their new day-to-day life
  • their plans for how they're gonna keep eating and living (and how much that costs...). 
  • What sorts of gigs don't make financial sense for musicians like themselves.
Watch Episode 2: "Dont' Get Trapped" above!

DT Catch Up:

This New Emmy-Award Winning Entrepreneur Knows How to Get To (and On) Sesame Street

After working in children's television for nearly 10 years, most notably  creating, producing and writing for:
  • an award-winning series of animated shorts for "Sesame Street"
  • Bill Cosby's Emmy-winning Nick Jr. series "Little Bill," and "Whoopi's Littleburg," (as lyricist)
  • a series of specials also seen on Nick Jr., last month
...Eric Weil (C'97. UTV-13 News, The Practical Penn (Restaurant Reviews) won an Emmy.

And just being nominated was a total surprise...