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	David Wain at AllExperts
		Wain was a founding member of Stella, along with Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black.
		Wain was a featured commentator in the I Love the 70s series, I Love the 90s Part Deux series, and the weekly VH1 show Best Week Ever.
		David Wain is currently directing his second feature film, The Ten.
	en.allexperts.com /e/d/da/david_wain.htm (372 words)

	Wet Hot American Summer - Official Web Site
		Wain: We figured that by setting a teen movie twenty years ago it would significantly, if not entirely, reduce the commercial value of our movie in the marketplace.
		Wain: It takes the kinds of risks only an independent film is allowed to within the conventions of the classic teen comedy genre.
		Wain: It was such a trip to work with this group of actors who have established themselves in so many different comedic avenues.
	www.wethotamericansummer.com /interview.html (523 words)

	David Wain News
		As mentioned a couple weeks ago by Chucklefloofer, David Wain's The Ten has generated several metric assloads of hype since screening at Sundance.
		David Wain's "The Ten": "Funniest Movie of the Year" Fans of The State, Stella, Reno 911!, Wet Hot American Summer, Winona Ryder, Paul Rudd, Rob Corddry, Jessica Alba, Adam Brody, Liev Schreiber, and/or...
		The chaotic, snow-filled Sundance Film Festival has long been a test of endurance for members of the film industry, but this year many said it also will be a true test of their acquisition skills.
	www.topix.net /who/david-wain (698 words)

	S T E L L A . B I O
		Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain have been writing, producing, and performing comedy together and apart for sixteen years.
		Michael Showalter and David Wain co-wrote and co-produced (and Wain directed) the feature film Wet Hot American Summer, a comedy about the last day of summer camp in 1981, starring Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Michael Black and many others.
		(David Ansen of Newsweek called it the funniest film of the year.) All three have future films in development, and Showalter recently completed work screenwriter/director/star of The Baxter, which will be released theatrically this year by IFC.
	www.stellacomedy.com /bio.php (349 words)

	Current Statemember Projects
		(Kerri Kenney and David Wain were unfortunately cut out of the film but are on the DVD.) Lots of info at wethotamericansummer.com.
		1997: "Apartment #2F" - Michael Showalter appeared on several episodes as Phil, and David Wain was P-Dogg's brother David in one episode, and Tom Lennon appeared in the final episode of this MTV sitcom starring Randy and Jason Sklar.
		David also wrote and directed a short film ("Finishing the Novel") on the episode he appeared in.
	www.the-state.com /current.htm (860 words)

	Archives: Story
		For writer-director-comedian David Wain, writer-producer Stuart Blumberg, and musician-composer Craig Wedren, the Wain basement was where they started out, as children and best friends, on their respective paths to success in the entertainment industry.
		Wain is best known for writing and directing the film "Wet Hot American Summer," a comedy based on the trio's own experiences at Jewish summer camps in the early '80s.
		Wain directed a video of Wedren's band and appeared as an actor in Blumberg's "Keeping the Faith." Wedren wrote the theme music for "The State" and also co-composed the score for Wain's "Wet Hot American Summer." The friends collaborate casually on even the smallest projects and act as sounding boards for each other.
	www.clevelandjewishnews.com /articles/2003/11/26/features/arts/boys1128.txt (923 words)

	Portroids Presents ... STELLA
		David Wain, in my opinion, is the ringleader, or the Lord Of The Rings, if you will.
		He seems to be the one that holds the trio together; the archivist, the director, the den mother, the father figure, the lady of the lake, the pied piper, the last hope, the guiding light, the puppetmaster, the Paul, and the man behind the men (giving his share of reach-arounds, I'm sure).
		He also said he was on a plane once with David Wain, but he didn't talk to him.
	www.portroids.com /stella.htm (1751 words)

	Do you Love the '90s? Check out the steller Stella (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		David Wain knows how to ask the important questions in life: “What could be better than sitting in a Jacuzzi and cracking farts all day?”
		If Black, Showalter, and Wain can make the idea of David Bowie being beaten to death by a hobo a laugh riot, then I guess we can forgive them for acting dumber than they surely are.
		Wain’s griddle cakes (“they’re not even griddle cakes; they’re waffles!” Black interjects) are rejected by Showalter every year.
	maroon.uchicago.edu /voices/articles/2004/11/16/do_you_love_the_90s_.php (788 words)

	STELLA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain have been writing, producing, and performing comedy together and apart for the past twelve years.
		Michael Showalter and David Wain co-wrote and co-produced (and Wain directed) the feature film Wet Hot American Summer, a comedy about the last day of summer camp in 1981, starring Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper and many others.
		(David Ansen of Newsweek called it the funniest film of the year.) Showalter and Wain are now prepping their next film, They Came Together, a romantic comedy parody.
	www.irvingplaza.com /bands/bio.php?ID=1600 (262 words)

	zackwolk: xposted to the stella/state/wethotamsum communities
		I did however run to the vendors (David Wain's female roomates, who I had met during the first set) and asked them for cigarettes, they gave me a free one which I ran to Katie (MM), and presented like a good retriever...
		I consider David Wain to have always been the real driving force behind the state, not to take away any of the rest of their talents or anything for without them I wouldn't care at all about the troupe...
		Wain about various things, I asked him if he was working on any new movies to which he delightfully told me "Tons" and he was very very very happy to recieve...
	www.livejournal.com /users/zackwolk/49613.html (2588 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Interview - David Wain
		MTV viewers need no introduction to David Wain, the talented writer/performer who, aided by partner Michael Showalter, is the guiding light behind frequently hilarious mid-'90s skit-comedy show The State.
		In 2001, Wain and Showalter wrote and directed Wet Hot American Summer, a low-budget spoof that takes place at ramshackle Camp Firewood on the last day of Summer, 1981.
		We sent David a script, and he wasn't sure that we could do what we were attempting on so small a budget.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/interview.asp?ctr=913279 (1052 words)

	The State (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The opening sequence was set to Boys and Girls -- Action by Craig Wedren of Shudder To Think and Eli Janney of Girls Against Boys.
		The cast (most notably David Wain) have repeatedly said that they were not really interested in creating recurring characters, but were repeatedly pressured by the network to emulate Saturday Night Live in this matter.
		Ironically, these characters are probably what their fans remember most.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_State_(TV_Show) (500 words)

	Make Me Watch TV » David Wain
		This evening my television viewing was ham-handedly picked by actor, director, and screenwriter David Wain.
		comes out on DVD September 12th, and David is currently working on a movie called The Ten, which he wrote and directed.
		The first order of business, as detailed by David Wain, is to watch Blue Collar TV while drinking a wine cooler.
	www.makemewatchtv.com /category/celebrity-remote/david-wain (698 words)

	'American Summer' viewers won't recall / Spoof of '80s camp movies falls mostly flat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Written by David Wain and Michael Showalter, from the MTV comedy show "The State," and directed by Wain, "Wet Hot American Summer" isn't a movie in the conventional sense but a jumble of sketches.
		Janeane Garofalo, cinema's primary exponent of withering sarcasm, plays Beth, the confident but lonely camp director, and David Hyde Pierce, who ought to know better, is Henry, a shy physics professor who stumbles toward a romance with her.
		Wain and Showalter operate on the presumption that summer-camp movies are an actual genre with its own idioms and conventions -- and hence familiar enough that specific references will elicit a chuckle.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2001/08/31/DD209447.DTL (634 words)

	Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
		Co-screenwriters David Wain (who also directed) and Michael Showalter (both from MTV's semi-funny sketch comedy show The State) display a keen fondness for the '80s summer-camp flicks they're sending up, but they don't create anything new or clever out of this affection.
		Matt Dillon in Little Darlings), but their attempts at satire lack bite, and Rudd is too over-the-top for the idea to come off.
		The move from sketch comedy to feature-length film is a bumpy one for most — what amuses for five minutes is not the same as what can tickle the funny bone for 90 — and Wain and Showalter have not made the transition well.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=132891&Tab=reviews&buy=open&CID=13 (568 words)

	filmcritic.com Movie Review: Wet Hot American Summer
		Showalter and director and co-writer David Wain don’t spoof any one movie in particular, but they revel in the absurdities of the horrible sitcoms, teen movies, and Afterschool Specials of their youth.
		Wain and Showalter sure have, and their take on it is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while.
		By expanding their satiric vision, Wain and Showalter never make you feel like you’re watching a regurgitation of certain movies (a mistake made repeatedly in the dreadful Not Another Teen Movie).
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/ddb5490109a79f598625623d0015f1e4/3a9b363c8c7086b088256b690079cf01?OpenDocument (656 words)

	David Wain Interview
		David Wain first appeared in the public eye as a member of the comedy troupe The State.
		That group produced a TV series that lasted three seasons on MTV, a Halloween special on CBS, an unreleased comedy CD and a travel guide called State By State With The State.”; He’s had bit parts in Keeping the Faith and Bamboozled.
		Wain was courteous enough to respond to some questions I had about his body of work and his future plans.
	www.filmbrats.com /interviews/wain.html (963 words)

	One Guy's Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gross, smarmy and mean-spirited beneath its purportedly affable exterior, the picture wastes the talents of Janeane Garofalo, as the director of the camp where the action's set, and David Hyde Pierce, as a nerdy professor with whom she has a halting romance.
		Their relationship is intended to be a sweetly oddball pairing of two endearing klutzes, but it's so clumsily staged that the real stumble these talented performers took involved saying yes to the script in the first place.
		This misfire is the work of Michael Showalter and David Wain, members of the group that made the MTV series "The State," and it features several others guys from that troupe in the cast (including Michael Ian Black, whom some will recognize from his more recent turn as the snotty host of "Spy TV").
	www.oneguysopinion.com /review.asp?ID=458 (508 words)

	Three men in suits goof around in 'Stella' - Boston.com - TV - A&E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		"We tried," insists David Wain, who, with Michael and Michael, is occupied these days with a more pressing matter: bringing their screwball vision to TV in a series named "Stella."
		Even when taking a break to chat with a reporter at the sprawling Brooklyn loft where their series is shot, they amuse themselves, however deadpan, with the same thing that makes "Stella" tick: serial silliness.
		Eventually the name was applied to the troupe itself, while the three characters -- demented versions of the real-life Michael, Michael and David -- evolved in a string of comic videos created for the nightclub show.
	www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2005/06/23/three_men_in_suits_goof_around_in_stella (826 words)

	New York Daily News - Entertainment - David Bianculli: A 'Stella' example of lame comedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		David Bianculli is The Daily News' TV critic.
		Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black (good in "Ed," less impressive elsewhere) and David Wain star as three goofball goofoffs who share an apartment - when they're not evicted from it, that is - and argue about such ephemera as which music to play loudly to annoy the three young women living downstairs.
		Of the three ex-State players, Wain comes off the best; his unexpected instant romance with a real-estate agent, played comically by Laura Interval, is the one moment in this first "Stella" that works.
	www.nydailynews.com /entertainment/story/322778p-275946c.html (446 words)

	An Interview With The Stella Comedy Group - Arts
		David Wain (left), Michael Ian Black (center), and, Michael Showalter (right), all former members/founders of MTV's The State.
		Wain: Experience, because you can date old women with ridges on their arms.
		So from what I could gather from my interview with Stella, Michael Ian Black believes George Bush is awful, Michael Showalter is a racist who hates astronauts, David Wain wants to light an ewe on fire, and all three of them want to punch babies in their faces.
	www.vermontcynic.com /media/paper308/news/2003/04/08/Arts/An.Interview.With.The.Stella.Comedy.Group-410700.shtml (532 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Person : David Wain : Biography
		As part of the editing, writing, performing, directing, and production team of The State, David Wain has helped refurbish the kind of comedy that demands an acquired taste.
		A native of the Cleveland area, Wain was born on August 1, 1969, in Shaker Heights, OH, where he lived until he relocated to New York City to attend film school at N.Y.U. In 1991, he directed a short film entitled Aisle Six, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival two years later.
		Wain made his feature-length directorial debut in 2001 with Wet Hot American Summer (co-written by Wain and Showalter), a satirical comedy reflective of '80s coming-of-age flicks and summer camp which featured David Hyde Pierce, Janeane Garofalo, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Marguerite Moreau, and others.
	www.vh1.com /movies/person/256887/bio.jhtml (315 words)

	Booze Cruise Dude. Booze Cruise.
		David Cross introduces himself and steps on my toe.
		David Wain from "The State" without a flash
		David Wain from "The State" with a flash
	www.thecleverest.com /content/boozecruise/index2.html (105 words)

	ColumbiaChronicle.com - - Stella gets their groove on
		David Wain, Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter created Stella seven years ago with a residency at New York City’s Fez Undertime Café.
		Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and David Wain have been staples in the alternative comedy scene since they met as students at New York University in 1988.
		Showalter and Wain created an underground cult classic in 2000 with their homage to 1980s summer camp films in Wet Hot American Summer.
	www.ccchronicle.com /paper/arts.php?id=256 (735 words)

	Suit Allure : Radar Online
		BLACK: David’s secret superpower is that he can fuck whenever he wants it.
		WAIN: Regardless of that mini-scandal, I don’t think that project would have panned out.
		WAIN: I think that intensity contributed to the quality of the comedy.
	radaronline.com /web-only/the-third-degree/2005/06/suit-allure.php (925 words)

	www.myspace.com/davidwain
		I was quite seriously having 'I heart David' feelings today.
		There have honestly been days that were terrible...
		hey david,, this is erin from think coffee.
	www.myspace.com /davidwain (1280 words)

	'Stella' trio specializes in silliness \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		On the first episode last week, our heroes got evicted from their apartment after the downstairs neighbors complained to the landlord about their loud music.
		Even when taking a break to chat in the sprawling Brooklyn loft where their series is shot, they amuse themselves, however deadpan, with the same thing that makes "Stella" tick: serial silliness.
		Eventually the name was applied to the troupe itself, while the three characters – demented versions of the real-life Michael, Michael and David – evolved in a string of comic videos created for the nightclub show.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050705/news_lz1c05stella.html (707 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Wet Hot American Summer (REGION 1) (NTSC): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Set in a Summer Camp in the 1980's, it focuses on the camp counsellors and their charges trying to organise a last day of fun and frolics before the kids go home.
		This mixes in the kooky comedy of the State in a longer sketch that is absolutely fantastic and wonderful to watch.
		David Hyde Pierce is great in this comedic role - and the deleted scenes are twice as funny as the film.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005TPLI (690 words)

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