Sunday, December 30th, 2007
I Made It Onto The National News!
Yup. You read it correctly. Tonight I was on the NBC Nightly News.
Screenshot from MSNBC.com
They were doing a story on the writer’s strike and how it affects shows that are run every day like The Tonight Show, and Late Night with David Letterman, and one of the clips they used when talking [...]
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
First Show for the Happy Hour Heroes!
Last Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, was the first-ever show by the Happy Hour Heroes. We are: Steve Brown, Mark Hayward , and Aaron Bonk. This group is the brainchild of Steve Brown, who bills himself as the Happy Hour Hero in his solo work. The idea is to be a modern-day [...]
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
Being on Letterman Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving
I just got an email today from Jonathan Burns saying that he saw me on Letterman’s website. I didn’t know what he was talking about so I went to the site, and lo and behold, there I am on the front page in the highlights slideshow! (I’m number 3) That is so awesome! [...]
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Am I the First to Benefit from the Writers Strike?
My friend Jon Wee just pointed out that I may in fact be the first person to benefit from the current writers strike. Since there is no one to write for The Late Show with David Letterman, they have started doing reruns, and the first one they aired was the one with my appearance [...]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Mark Hayward on Letterman
It’s true! I had the good fortune to be on the Late Show with David Letterman last month on the Stupid Human Tricks segment. I’m not sure why I haven’t gotten around to writing about it before now… I must’ve been busy… or something. I will write up a more detailed account [...]
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
I’m Big In Asia
I just got a great email from my friend Kenny Ahern:
HI Mark — I hope all went well for you on Letterman. I am in
Singapore now, no Letterman Show.
However, I have good news for you. Two young guys in my stage crew
think you are a yo-yo god. They were doing some amazing yo-yo moves
between shows [...]
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Monday, June 18th, 2007
Letterman’s Stupid Human Tricks Audition
I went up to Chicago this week to audition for Stupid Human Tricks from The Late Show with David Letterman. It was surprisingly low-key. I figured that there would be at least 100 people in line, and possibly 1000, but as it turned out, there were 18 registrants. I did my marshmallow [...]
