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Comedian Matt Rittberg

I'm so hot, you haven't even heard of me yet

About Me

Here's me doing standup a few weeks ago at the Laugh Lounge.
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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: matt
Birthday: july 28, 1979
Birthplace: new york
Current Location: new york
Eye Color: green
Hair Color: brown
Height: 5'9
Right Handed or Left Handed: left
Your Heritage: israeli/romanian/russian
The Shoes You Wore Today: kangaroos
Your Weakness: entenmman's glazed popems and chocolate chip cookies
Your Fears: high diving board
Your Perfect Pizza: ziti
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: join the cast of snl
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: hahahahahahahahahaha
Thoughts First Waking Up: fuck i missed work again
Your Best Physical Feature: eyes
Your Bedtime: 3 am
Your Most Missed Memory: my conception
Pepsi or Coke: never drank soda in my life
MacDonalds or Burger King: nasty
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: snapple
Chocolate or Vanilla: vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: toss up
Do you Smoke: never
Do you Swear: at the appropriate time
Do you Sing: karoake god
Do you Shower Daily: at least
Have you Been in Love: twice
Do you want to go to College: again, if only i knew then what i know know
Do you want to get Married: yes
Do you belive in yourself: absolutely
Do you get Motion Sickness: not usually, but catamarans in thailand are tough
Do you think you are Attractive: hell yes
Are you a Health Freak: freak -no, but i care
Do you get along with your Parents: they are my best friends
Do you like Thunderstorms: sure
Do you play an Instrument: air guitar
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: um, let me think, yes
In the past month have you Smoked: no
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: no
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: 3 times
In the past month have you been on Stage: yes, standup and improv shows
In the past month have you been Dumped: never
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: does taking a bath count
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: a christmas tree
Ever been Drunk: yesterday
Ever been called a Tease: probably
Ever been Beaten up: once, but it wasnt a fair fight, he was bigger than me
Ever Shoplifted: no
How do you want to Die: get lifted up by a tornado and see cows and televisions and stuff
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: im grown up, so i want to be me
What country would you most like to Visit: tibet
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: blue/green
Favourite Hair Color: brown
Short or Long Hair: either
Height: 5'2-5-7'
Weight: whatever weight is appropriate for your size, but definitely thin
Best Clothing Style: elegant
Number of Drugs I have taken: a few
Number of CDs I own: cd's??
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: none
Number of things in my Past I Regret: i hope none
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My Interests

skullduggery, getting bd, playing air hockey, thumbwrestling, rock paper scissors, performing, making people feel unconfortable, finding a story in any situation, not letting life pass me by

I'd like to meet:

fun people

Music:

killers, dmb, beastie boys, lou reed, cash, beatles, weezer, beck, ben folds, white stripes, oar, matisyahu, pixies, everything classic rock, nas, kanye, punk rock really speaks to me and i love jumping around my room to it.secretly-kelly clarkson

Movies:

munich, hoop dreams, garden state, napoleon dynamite, 13 days, wedding crashers, anchorman, shawshank, very bad things, cable guy, heat, godfather, the sting, city of god, anything early eddie murphy, i could go on forever...

Television:

oc, west wing, nip/tuck, lost, prison break, how i met your mother, curb, sopranos, entourage, project runway, 24, comedy central

Books:

fortress of solitude, middlesex, everything updike, roth, brett easton ellis, palahniuk, t-rex, freakonomics

Heroes:

sadly our generation doesnt have too many, but these are mine- john lennon, jfk, rfk, mlk, teddy roosevelt

My Blog

Hair

So I'm growing my hair back after about a 6 month shaved head experiment. I learned a few valuable things. 1. I don't have as many weird lesions or bumps on my head as I thought I did. I do have a wei...
Posted by Comedian Matt Rittberg on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:53:00 PST

Sugar Ray

I'm not usually big on meeting celebrities, or listening to people talk about their brushes with fame, but this one was so surreal, I felt the need to share...btw...I'm talking about Sugar Ray Leonard...
Posted by Comedian Matt Rittberg on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:31:00 PST

Dear Hallmark, You Suck

This is an article I wrote about the dreaded process of sending Ex-Girlfriend's birthday cards:Oh crap, its that stupid time of year again. You know what Im talking about, the one where you have to ...
Posted by Comedian Matt Rittberg on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:01:00 PST

Does anyone else have a friend like this?

The other day I was talking about relationships with a bunch of my friends, and one guy, who shall remain nameless, kept chiming in with his opinions, even though he has never been in a relationship. ...
Posted by Comedian Matt Rittberg on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:33:00 PST

the weak American Dollar

I just got back from Montreal for my brother's bachelor party..obviously the details of the weekend are off limits for this blog but I did come back wondering what the hell is going on with the US Dol...
Posted by Comedian Matt Rittberg on Wed, 24 May 2006 12:09:00 PST

Things I will never know

Im 26, and its about time I accept certain realities, there are things in this world I will never know, here is my short list..it's kind of a relief to make this list because now I can officially stop...
Posted by Comedian Matt Rittberg on Fri, 12 May 2006 08:28:00 PST

Subway Homeless People

I'm no economist, but I generally just measure the state of our economy by the quality of the homeless people in the subway. If the homeless people are incoherent, have lice, smell like feces, and are...
Posted by Comedian Matt Rittberg on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:06:00 PST

Why I HATE Working in an office

3 things that really suck today about working in an office.1. The "cocksmashing" device when I enter the building. I believe the technical term is "turnstile" but could they have possibly made it so t...
Posted by Comedian Matt Rittberg on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 01:51:00 PST

Last Two People in the Library

Last Two People Anywhere- why arent these people having sex???I just dont get it. Why do you stay somewhere until closing unless you want to have sex with the other person still there. Am I crazy, I d...
Posted by Comedian Matt Rittberg on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:29:00 PST

Guys who Fight

I don't know why I never noticed it before but it just became so clear to me: those guys who always get into fights when they go to bars are really just crying out for homosexual affection in the same...
Posted by Comedian Matt Rittberg on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:38:00 PST