I am an improviser, an actor, a writer, a teacher, and a recovering neerdowell.Tumblr (3.0; @bradfordjordan)http://bradford-jordan.com/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-u_IGN-3qp0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-u_IGN-3qp0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>New video from <a href="http://www.swordscomedy.com">Swords</a>.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/405428287http://bradford-jordan.com/post/405428287Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:38:17 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JmIUxx9Oui8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JmIUxx9Oui8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmIUxx9Oui8&feature=player_embedded">Blood Into Wine</a></p> <p>Patton Oswalt, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Bob Odenkirk, and Maynard James Keenan (apparently the Bon Jovi of viticulture) make a documentary about winemaking.</p> <p>Every aspect of this tickles and confuses me.</p> <p>As a side note, Bob Odenkirk has always been - and presumably will always be - a terrible actor.  He is also one of my all-time favorite performers.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/356253466http://bradford-jordan.com/post/356253466Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:41:27 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qA7qVBF6_6Q&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qA7qVBF6_6Q&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA7qVBF6_6Q&feature=player_embedded">Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival Full Bouncer Audition Video</a></p> <p>This is much better than most television.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/347654048http://bradford-jordan.com/post/347654048Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:03:16 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw66gfBI8n1qa9qgbo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I found out today that I was invited to be one of the <a href="http://storypirates.org/">Striking Viking Story Pirates</a>’ newest teaching artists.  I have loved this group since I first saw them in 2007.  I am humbled…and very excited.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/331842549http://bradford-jordan.com/post/331842549Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:12:15 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2mTLO2F_ERY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2mTLO2F_ERY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY">Mr. W</a></p> <p>This remains my favorite commercial of all time (though the Taco Bell dog is a close #2).</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/329222574http://bradford-jordan.com/post/329222574Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:02:33 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvxwfeq7UM1qa9qgbo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://topicalfunny.com/2010/01/08/google-promotes-openness/">Google Promotes Openness | Topical Funny</a></p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/323620076http://bradford-jordan.com/post/323620076Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:54:48 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nuMCs2Qym7Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nuMCs2Qym7Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Nerd Alert: I got goose bumps watching this.</p> <p>Literally everything in this video, including our groovy curator appears to be from 1972.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuMCs2Qym7Y&feature=player_embedded">Inside the oldest mint-condition microcomputer</a></p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/323503013http://bradford-jordan.com/post/323503013Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:12:28 -0500<p>My ‘improve’ act is my signature self-help seminar.  <i>Improve Eyes</i> is my self-help book series.</p> <p>As you know, I was born without two of my front teeth and I wear an orthodontic prosthetic.  Popping my front teeth out during my <i>Improve Eyes</i> superseminar is my way of reminding the audience that I am fallible…that in one small way…I am like them.  Then I proceed to revolutionize their lives with my signature mix of “rock and role play,” “glass ceiling smash,” and “that baby is not your responsibility” exercises.</p> <p>Remember, J, “Look in the mirror with Improve Eyes and see the world anew!”*</p> <p>*tradmark, copyright 2009 BradfordCorp.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/321790804http://bradford-jordan.com/post/321790804Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:13:00 -0500<p>Yes.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/320953184http://bradford-jordan.com/post/320953184Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:36:23 -0500<p>Drinking a from a bottle of my own urine.  In America, that is looked down upon.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/320952928http://bradford-jordan.com/post/320952928Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:36:13 -0500<p>Only human hearts, which break regularly.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/320951809http://bradford-jordan.com/post/320951809Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:35:29 -0500<a href="http://bradford-jordan.com/ask">Ask me anything</a>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/320351420http://bradford-jordan.com/post/320351420Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:58:18 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvucqn2r4V1qa9qgbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.luxist.com/2010/01/02/your-money-or-your-life-french-artist-makes-a-deal-with-the-dev/">Your Money Or Your Life? French Artist Makes A Deal With The Devil</a></p> <p>I would do this in a heartbeat.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/320194434http://bradford-jordan.com/post/320194434Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:56:47 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z86V_ICUCD4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z86V_ICUCD4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4&feature=player_embedded">The Most Useless Machine EVER</a></p> <p>And I want one.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/310615442http://bradford-jordan.com/post/310615442Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:55:00 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvf7fnkGbH1qa9qgbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/us/27peek.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1">Kim Peek, Inspiration for ‘Rain Man,’ Dies at 58</a></p> <p>Yeah, I like my iphone, but I would rather have this guy around.  He carried his Oscar everywhere with him for 21 years.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/306312385http://bradford-jordan.com/post/306312385Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:38:00 -0500“Everything was dragging me towards the arts. Even the study of modern philosophy suggested that philosophy was nonsense.”<br/><br/> - <em>Steve Martin</em>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/305403702http://bradford-jordan.com/post/305403702Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:00:27 -0500“Through the years I have learned that there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions in between moments of valid inspiration.”<br/><br/> - <em>Steve Martin</em>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/305202453http://bradford-jordan.com/post/305202453Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:38:19 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kup8w8rvDF1qa9qgbo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>please?</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/284741615http://bradford-jordan.com/post/284741615Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:12:08 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oIF3Jo61xlE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oIF3Jo61xlE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIF3Jo61xlE&feature=player_embedded">David Cross & Will Arnett in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret</a></p> <p>And it was good.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/284729772http://bradford-jordan.com/post/284729772Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:59:14 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kunlehy2P61qa9qgbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5426035/quadriplegic-man-gets-a-license-to-control-a-shotgun-with-his-mouth">Quadriplegic Man Gets a License to Control a Shotgun with his Mouth</a></p> <p>Ah yes, it makes me feel much less quadriplegic to murder things.</p>http://bradford-jordan.com/post/283407462http://bradford-jordan.com/post/283407462Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:47:02 -0500