Pitchfork

[Posted Monday, September 22nd, 2003 04:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

Boys, break out the reefer (yes, Pitchfork condones the use of illicit drugs): everybody's favorite loser, David Cross, has set a November 4th date for his new DVD, Let America Laugh. According to his label, Sub Pop, "Let America Laugh is a video tour diary from David's 2002 tour (the same tour on which his smash-hit comedy album Shut Up, You Fucking Baby! was recorded). Hijinks and hilarity ensue as we follow our hero on the road, encountering family, friends, fans, promoters, interviewers and oh so many others, with the gentle, nurturing brand of humor for which he is internationally known and beloved." This of course, is in addition to the recent DVD double-whammy of the third season of Mr. Show in August and last week's straight-to-video release of the Mr. Show movie, Run Ronnie Run.

Further upping the stakes in the indie-label dash to enter the world of comedy, Drag City has apparently inked Laura Kightlinger for a 2004 release (no tentative date or title just yet). In addition to appearing in, yes, Run Ronnie Run, Kightlinger has also been a cast member of Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, and Tenacious D's HBO extravaganza. According to her Drag City webpage, she's been an actor, author (the 1995 tome Quick Shots of False Hope), comedian, and show writer. Now, she's a soon-to-be recording artist-- a modern-day renaissance girl. Plus, we're pretty sure this is the first Drag City signing to have also appeared in Daddy Day Care (though we shall never forget Will Oldham's fine performances in both Matewan and the baby-down-the-well docudrama Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure).