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Goodnight Burbank

Bracingly funny - LA Times

About Me

Breaking News. Broken Reporters.
Goodnight Burbank is the first character driven show created exclusively for the internet. It's a comedy about the vanity of the news business; about the people who bring us the news - while they're bringing it. Imagine what news anchors are saying when they think their mics are off and you're halfway there! USA Today raves it's "a lot better than 99% of the stuff on TV". And the LA Times just called it "a wicked satire a la The Larry Sanders Show".
You can find some of the episodes scattered across this page but to see them all, read the blogs & the bios (both real and imagined) and sign up to hear your name mentioned on-air as one of our field reporters, head to Goodnight Burbank dot com .
It stars writer/creator Hayden Black, Shulie Cowen, Angela Espinosa, Wendy Rosoff, John Schaffer, Carolyn Lawrence, Marypat Farrell, David Lawrence, Eve Savona and now the Mighty Boosh's Rich Fulcher - and it's directed by Bry Thomas Sanders and edited by Josh Lipkin. With the help of Sanford Dickert who works the technical side of things, we're your GNB team.
Goodnight Burbank is shot on green screen and stuffed with 100% real news. Our performers consist of players from LA's Upright Citizen's Brigade, Second City and Improv Olympic. The BBC recently heralded the series as "a brilliant satire that wouldn't look out of place on a network" and the Wall Street Journal said we're "one of my favorite shows". So check us out!
We hope you enjoy it - and if you've smiled or laughed, please let us know! We'd love to hear your thoughts. Plus you can subscribe to the show for free via iTunes. In fact, that's the next thing you should do.

My Interests

Making you laugh. And occasionally think.

I'd like to meet:



Goodnight Burbank was featured in a recent episode of Viral, a great new series about webisodes. They went behind the scenes of a table read, saw a shoot taking place and took in some interviews with our director Bry and producer Hayden along the way. It's a great opportunity to see how we make it all happen!

Oh....and we'd love to meet...Godot.

Music:

Currently shuffling on the iPod: The Bird & The Bee. Lily Allen. Thomas Dolby. Pet Shop Boys. Crowded House. Hard-Fi. Scissor Sisters. CSS. Killers. Belle & Sebastian. Duran Duran. Arctic Monkeys. Sondre Lerche. Kylie. Amy Winehouse. The Divine Comedy. Kanye West. Annie. Keane. Trash Can Sinatras. Hot Chip. Peter, Bjorn & John. Pop Levi. Air. Alfie. Junior Boys. St. Etienne. Stephen Duffy/Lilac Time. Shack. The KBC. The Changes. Tears For Fears. Boy Kill Boy. Strokes. XTC. Franz Ferdinand. Morrissey. The Fratellis. LCD Soundsystem. Jarvis Cocker. Human League. U2. Kaiser Chiefs. Kasabian. Razorlight. Kate Bush. The Knife. The Feeling. Goldfrapp. Larrikin Love. etc.

Television:

The Office. Father Ted. Phoenix Nights. High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman. Spooks. Lost. I'm Alan Partridge. Little Britain. The Simpsons. The 4400. Peep Show. The Daily Show. The Sopranos. Shameless. The Two Ronnies. Coronation Street.

Heroes:

Your Dad. Sniff.

My Blog

MySpace In China

Rupert Murdoch has roped in his wife Wendy Deng to help make MySpace the most popular thing in China. It amazes me that his wife has the time to hit "Add A Friend" to well over 1 billion people.To re...
Posted by Goodnight Burbank on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:32:00 PST

The Unending Deaths of Afghan Governor Taniwal

Not satisfied with killing an Afghan governor on Sunday, the Taliban then attacked and bombed his funeral procession, killing six more.I suppose the one piece of good news is that the late governor wa...
Posted by Goodnight Burbank on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:35:00 PST

9/11 Remembered

What are you doing to remember 9/11?I'm recreating the exact moment I found out. I was getting ready for work and had my iPod on in the background, and its hard to forget the music that was playing as...
Posted by Goodnight Burbank on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:27:00 PST

Brad Pitt & Angeline Jolie

Brad Pitt's claiming he won't marry Angeline Jolie until "everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able." I would have tried that excuse with my first wife had I been able to d...
Posted by Goodnight Burbank on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:17:00 PST

Path to 9/11 - and Emmy Gold

Do you know how real news anchors often play fake news anchors in TV shows and movies? Well, yours truly had shot a bunch of scenes for the upcoming ABC telemovie Path To 9/11 - but because of the sti...
Posted by Goodnight Burbank on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:58:00 PST

Females banned in Saudi Arabia.

From the wires: Saudi Arabia are considering a ban on women praying in Mecca. Whereas I fiercely condemn those kind of evil, oppressive actions, it does make me wonder if something can be done closer...
Posted by Goodnight Burbank on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:56:00 PST

Steve Irwin - Dead Of A Broken Heart

Tragically, Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter was killed today by a stingray who stung his heart with deadly accuracy. So sad to think that all this time, Steve was after the wrong animal.Steve will b...
Posted by Goodnight Burbank on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:06:00 PST

Gordon's Blog - Iran

So Iran now admits it supplies Hebollah with missiles and I can't get my local deli to stock proper hummus.What's wrong with this picture?Head to http://gwinston.wordpress.com/ for Gordon Winston-Smyt...
Posted by Goodnight Burbank on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:10:00 PST

Gordon's Blog - Pluto

So all along, Pluto's just been a moon.Lying little fuck.Head to http://gwinston.wordpress.com/ for Gordon Winston-Smythe's full blog.
Posted by Goodnight Burbank on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:09:00 PST

Gordon's Blog - Macaca

Macaca. That's the word Senator George Allen, R-Va, used to describe a gentlemen of Indian extraction who'd been following his campaign with a camera.The mans real name is Shekar Ramanuja Sidarth.I do...
Posted by Goodnight Burbank on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:06:00 PST