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Joel Church-Cooper

I'm so sorry but the motorcade will have to go around me this time, cause God is on my side.

About Me

I'm a football/music/comedy nerd. I have a large capacity for remembering things that don't really matter, and a minimal capacity for remembering stuff that does. I'm tall.

My Comedy Team

My Interests

Netflix, reading books from the library (did you know its FREE?!?),listening to music that makes me feel superior to others, Writing comedy sketches

I'd like to meet:

People who listen to my podcast

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And People Who Watch My Videos

Music:

The Arcade Fire, Stars, Postal Service, Belle and Sebastian, Radiohead, Beulah, Talking Heads, The Shins, The Beatles, Wilco, Spoon, Bloc Party, Doves, The Smiths, Stone Roses, Sufjan Stevens.
But most importantly
Neutral Milk Hotel

Movies:

Goodfellas, High Noon, The Third Man, To Live, The Thin Red Line, Blade Runner, Big Lebowski, every Kubrick film ever made...too many to count. Here's the biggies in picture form.

Television:

Six Feet Under, Sopranos, Deadwood, Friends, Homicide, Simpsons (the old ones), Adult Swim, Mr Show, The Office, Arrested Development, 24
I've fallen deeply in love with only one show in my life

Books:

Guns Germs and Steel, Lolita, All of Kurt Vonegut's books my favorite being Breakfast of Champions, Blind Watchmaker, Confederacy of Dunces, Farenheit 451, Hundred Years of Solitude, Catch 22, Water Method Man, Nine Stories, Maus, Empire Falls

Heroes:

The first comedian to change my life.

Bill Hicks

Also Everyone in this Slideshow...except for Todd.

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My Blog

Blog + Plug = Blug

This blog is brought to you by Title IX. Starting in March, every Friday at 11 at IO west.  For those who don't think there are any differences between the sexes I encourage you to watch all fem...
Posted by Joel Church-Cooper on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:56:00 PST

The Finale: What You Talkin' 'Bout Church Cooper?

A sitcom catch phrase is something a character will say for virtually no reason. In real life this doesn't exist. No one's lobbing soft ball set ups to get you to say something. But there are phr...
Posted by Joel Church-Cooper on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:53:00 PST

Request 2: Wandering Towards Edgecliffe

Request number two comes from Justin Canada who wanted me to write as if William Faulkner was a Silver Lake Trust Fund Hipster (these are people who are trying to find themselves and are mainly lookin...
Posted by Joel Church-Cooper on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:35:00 PST

The 24 Words You Can't Say on Television

The only thing hanging in my very spare cubicle (purposely giving the impression of impermanence because I'm off to bigger better things soon...right....RIGHT?!?) is a list of all the words that get b...
Posted by Joel Church-Cooper on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:04:00 PST

Request 1: The Great Alex Debate

Our first request comes from Todd Fasen. He wants me to complete a thorough examination and comparison of Alex Fernie and Alex Berg or as they are referred to in the LA comedy community, The Alexes. F...
Posted by Joel Church-Cooper on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:52:00 PST

Chick-a-Cherry Cola

This is the first installment of the Great Blog Experiment I have nothing to do today at work. I mean nothing. I am getting paid to sit at my desk and refresh Defamer. So instead of being bored and fi...
Posted by Joel Church-Cooper on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:17:00 PST

Zen Schmen

About a week ago I was doing laundry and I locked myself out of my apartment. I didn't have my cellphone or wallet with me, just a hamper full of unfolded whites. I used the fifty cents I was carrying...
Posted by Joel Church-Cooper on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:50:00 PST

On Ex's and Famous Directors

My relationship with Steven Spielberg is a lot like my relationships with women. I get sucked in easily. I focus on all the flashy things about them and ignore the small signs that point to disaster. ...
Posted by Joel Church-Cooper on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:47:00 PST

Things I Can't Understand

1. My phone woke me up today at 7 o'clock, it was a wrong number. This happens once a week. The person on the other end is never the same, but they always have a foreign accent. Several time...
Posted by Joel Church-Cooper on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:14:00 PST

Awkward Moments (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Youtube)

Those who know me well, know that I can't handle public displays of embarrassment, or awkwardness. If I see a person who should feel embarrassment and isn't, it's like their shame ...
Posted by Joel Church-Cooper on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:32:00 PST