hot damn. Im the first to post*smug*

Hollywood is a bit far off from Odessa.But I'll watch it on tv.

Hey Wil, when are you gonna come do a show in Chicago? There's a ton of places here, I'm sure one would book you. Maybe even Second City?

2 things to comment on. First of all, will this special show be on Comedy Central, and when. Second of all I was very discouraged by your lame stereo type of the mentally disabled, not retarded. Come on Wil at least try to be politically correct. And shit, i'm the first person to comment on this posting.

P.S. This has not discouraged me from continueing to veiw your site

okay the 3rd posting, now this is probably the 4th or 5th post

Jeez, there's never a good show in my neighborhood. If it weren't for the fact that Columbus was swimming in Chipotle restaurants, I'd move. Ahhh, too much work to move.

Would love to be there sadly the Atlantic ocean is in the way. However I am syre that it will be the success it deserves to be. Small point I work with the disabled but do not feel particullarly put out by your comments, humour is everywhere or it is nowhere. Political correctness however just gets in the way.
Cheers
(by the way I am also gay and am usually the first to make the funnies on that topic).

Wil,

If you look in that place within you dare not look, you'll see me looking back at you.

Cause I live too far away.

dang.

Terry: Sorry if you were offended. Think back to all those "Very Special Episodes" of CHiPs, Facts of Life, Love Boat, etc.

I was using satire. Sometimes satire offends. Saying "mentally challenging" would have killed the joke.

The same way explaining things kills the joke.

You'll be wearing The Shirt?

*Sideshow Bob shudder*

I would come, but the 4000-mile round trip makes it unlikely.

Hey Wil,

Am I the *first* person to comment... that is... the first one that is actually in LA and might show up to see ya?! I'm drooling at the chance to see The Shirt up-close-and-personal!

-Jocelyn

I'll have to be there in spirit, as my grandparents chose to settle in Canada rather than California, leaving me stranded in the snow.

And I'll miss The Shirt, too. Dang.

Don't worry Wil, I'm sure a lot of us got the reference to those old episodes on tv. And thus got the joke. I know I did. :)

"The Shirt"?

Makes me afraid. Uncle Willie is totally cool, but his choice of dress has always been a bit odd; I'm just not one for metallic, shiny bowling shirts.

But what do I know?

I'll be there Wil...some friends of mine just did a show at the Hudson - looking forward to it!

Damned Pacific ocean. Any chance of you heading over to Australia for anything? We'd love to have you.

http://www.startledfrog.com/beretwearingelitist/

Just so everybody knows...

The proper term IS mentally retarded, not
...slow
...disabled
...challenged
...incompetent
...handicapped
...etc.

The word "retarded" means slow.

Wil is right. Get off his back for it! :-)

COOL!

NOOOOO!!! I will be in LA on the 16th to the 21st (my girlfriend is going to be on Hollywood Squares).

arrrghhh
It's stuff like this that kills me..
I'd love to see a show like this, but since i live up in Toronto Canada, it's a tad unlikely i can make it....

it's the same thing when i see posters for 'butt numbathon' over at 'aint it cool news'....
it's not likely i'll be in austin texas anytime soon either, but i'd love to check that out too....

oh well....

I'll have to sit up here in the frozen north and quietly wait for your book to be finished...

anyhow, break a leg wil.....sounds like it'll be a funny show....
if you can post some photos, or something, it'd be appreciated :)

cheers

tyson

Hey Uncle Willie can ya come up to Canada sometime. There is a Second City in Toronto also a Yuk-Yuks comedy club. Oh please oh please oh please!!!

*pout* I would love to attend, but alas - MN is a bit too far to make the trip.

Speaking of J. Keith, what the heck happened to him on Beat the Geeks? Suddenly he was gone and replaced with the current bozo. Anyone know what's up with that?

Thanks for the invitation but by my reckoning it is 8642 km (5371 mil) from my house to your show.

*Is Bitter. Bitter, Bitter, Bitter*

I'm sure it will be good though.

Long live satire and those who don't get it!!!

I think 'the shirt' is moving farther away from Kitsch and moving more towards 'kinda creepy'

Nobody cool ever comes to Maine..........{You can't tell, but I'm making a big pouty face right now} Again, I find myself wishing desperately that I lived somewhere that didn't have sixty inches of snow on the ground.

but will you be wearing the pants?

you know, the ones with the writing on them

If I can snag the night off I'll definately be there!

I wish I lived in Cali. :(

Wish I could make the trip from Chicago to there, I would love to see it!!! I agree with an earlier post, you SHOULD come to Chicago (although as cold as it is right now I dont see why you'd want to) but we'd love to have you!!! :)

Oh sure Uncle Willie, I'll be right there. Just let me fuel up the invisible Harrier jump jet my friend Manny and I keep on the roof. Seriously though, as a major celebrity shouldn't you be making a foray to the Big Snapple, NYC, every now and again? I'm starting to feel like the little lad who had no Uncle. Happy 2003!

Unclelessly Yours,
Nephew Eric

Can't make this one, but I'd LOVE to see your show one day :-) If you're ever near the eastern shore of Lake Superior...
Anita

Just made my reservations!
Now I'll get to see The Shirt (tm).

Rock on.

*jealous jealous jealous*

At least I finally got to rent Stand By Me on Saturday. I'll see ye one day, if ye not see me first! Argh, matey.

(I have no idea what I'm writing. Really.)

I wish I could Wil, I wish I could. Oh, well,
hope it goes good for you.

I'm a kindergarten teacher, but I also have a teaching certificate for Teacher of the Handicapped and worked with mentally retarded students. I laughed when I read Wil's comment. It wasn't meant in a mean-spirited way.

Also, "mentally challenged" is a politically correct term for people who are uncomfortable with the term "retarded." It is a term that doesn't help retarded people one bit.

NOW, I wish I didn't live so far away! I guess I'll have to be content with watching it on TV. Wil, when will it be on?

I love the satire, as many of us monkeys do...HAIL THE SHIRT!

Wil,

Any chance of you and your little troupettes pootling across the pond to do a show in the UK perchance? English Ben will show you the sites of good ol' London Town, then you can nip across the border and the foxmeister here can show you and your gang a bit of the old Iechyd Da. (Good Health in welsh)

*starts singing* "We want Willie for our leader, cos he's big and tough and strong"

obviously that guy is "humorly chalenged"

Dang it! Why do you have to live all the way over there in California. Or is is why do I live all the way over here in Wisconsin...

I already blew my "I'm going to be frivolous and jump on a plane to go see Uncle Willie" trip to go to the ST:TNG 15th convention last fall. You'll just have to tell us all about it so we can experience your funny, at least vicariously.

WORLD TOUR!!! YEAH do a WORLD TOUR!!!
:D

i think............

i think i wanna go. it's been a while since i've seen the j. keith show. and a mighty fine show it is, though it'll feel weird not going to acme :(.

When you say free... does this mean you'll buy us airplane tickets too?
Hee hee.
Just another Canadian banished to the Great White North and unable to come see ya... btw, has anyone else noticed that it's snowed here (Toronto) every day for like the past three weeks?
California: gets Wil *and* no snow. Not fair.

:::curls up in fetal position:::
All the fun stuff is hapening *after* I've moved from CA.
It's intentional, I know it is...

*cue psycho killer soundtrack* (and I don't mean the Talking Heads.)
Oh no, not THE SHIRT!
If you're going to have a trademark piece of clothing at least it could be a cool one. :P

Karina: Yes. I've pointed that out to other people. Now THIS is winter.

First rule of Wil Wheaton: You will wear The Shirt
Second rule of Wil Wheaton: You WILL wear The Shirt

What the hell is "The Shirt?"

I feel that I've missed something important.
One by one, the penguins steal my sanity.

Just got my tics! Hope to meet you next week, Wil. Any chance of a dramatic reading of your two lines from "Nemesis?"

Anyone up for sending a few tickets to Berman's office?

*phew*
::wipes brow::
and i thought i was the only one who didn't know what "the shirt" is about....

and... i hear a lotta chatter about "come to canada!" , "chicago! come to chicago!" , "why don't you ever come to ohio?"

where's the east coast love, uncle willie????
BOSTON LOVES YA, BABY!!!!

ooooh - sounds like fun... and FREE! i am all about free. i have no idea what the shirt is about, but i'm intrigued. if my husband doesn't want to go, i might just have to drag another friend or show up alone!

I'm just gonna sit here and pout because some people don't have 2-3 feet of snow outside right now. At least Bears have the good sense to hibernate. But not us Nooooo. We humans still have to go to school. :( California. Bah hum bug!

(Congrats on the show Wil. I hope you have a great time.) :D

Sam.

For those of you who have never seen "The Shirt" here is a link:
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/shownotes/story/0,24330,3410462,00.html
Not a very good picture, but you can sort of get an idea.

One day, before I die, I will see you live in California. (I live in Alaska) Good luck on the show!

If I can get a babysitter, I'll be there.

I'll only go if you pay my transportation fares, and even then I reserve the right to back out if I get that not-so-fresh feeling again.
1 to beam up, Scotty.

Let's see...I think this is the sixth, no, seventh time in my life I've wished to live in California. Which is seven more times than I've ever wished to live in Texas. I think there's a mental bungee cord that will only let me get so far away from the Atlantic Ocean.

Good luck, hope the show goes well, and I look forward to reading here about how it went and when I can catch it on TV.

It must be pretty expensive buying cigarettes for 100 monkeys.

Wil,
Ever thought of making an actual t-shirt called "The Shirt?" for your online store? I'd consider buying one! Maybe just a t-shirt that says "The Shirt?" in big black letters? or "I saw Wil's Shirt in person!" or whatever, I'm not too creative. And By the way Tucson, Arizona would love to see you out here, unfortunately I don't know of any *great* clubs out here except for a Laffs. FYI we all got the joke
Peace Out

What do you think of the name "Sharon Murphy"???
PS:RE:TV show. Send us postcards, take ALOT of pix, and dont forget to say HI MOM!!!!

Although this has nothing whatsoever with your post Wil, I would just like to say thanks for introducing me to Geocashing. SO MUCH FUN. My boyfriend and I went this weekend and had a blast.

HOT DAMN!

IVE JUST BEEN INVITED TO A PARTY BY A HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY!

THANK'S FOR THE WINK ;0) AND NOD TO COME ACROSS THE VELVET ROPES MR. WHEATON!

IM SOOO THERE!

I wish I could go but alas I have to save my pennies for Vegas. Have a wonderful show. :)

Cummon... What's funnier than a smoking monkey?

a barrel of 'em

Yes, indeedy, that should be a "special episode" - especially with Fred Willard. Although he is credited way down on the list, his performance as "Buck", the commentator in "Best In Show" was hysterical...

Buck: "Do you know the difference between a rectal thermometer and a tongue depressor?"
Nurse: "Uh, no"
Buck: "Remind me never to come to you for a physical!"

Great writing by Guest and Levy, as well.

LOL munkeyz :)

Dude - Fred Willard? What, were Pauly Shore and Bobcat Goldthwait busy? Actually, Fred Willard was pretty funny in "Best of Show", but, comedy legend?

"Yeah, I remember seeing all the greats - Milton Berle, Lucille Ball, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Eddie Murphy, Fred Willard, Carrot Top - man, they were legends..."

Ack!

I will actually be in CA then, visiting from NYC. But, I'll be 6 hours away, in Santa Cruz! Damn unwieldy state. I'd have to plot a possible route for myself... but it's unlikely.

Sigh.

Oh well. I bet The Hudson Theatre isn't wheelchair friendly anyway.

(/sour grapes)

Hmmm...Fred Willard, Zack, Wil, Adam And The Chesters, and Tim Roth and 99 of his smokin' little buddies. Now all you need is a guest walk-on by Helen Bonham Carter in that black Ava Gabor wig.

Well, you said imagination.

Hey Wil if you come to Canada...(Toronto) You'll get BIG swinging balls........SnowBalls!! ;D

Wil,
Comedy is hard but I am sure you will pull it off.

FG

Wil, honey, 2 words:

Fort. Worth.

When???

But monkey always appear in my imagination - Damn.

Best of luck Wil, but sorry I wont be there. Western Australia is a bit far off from Hollywood. Anyway, I hope all goes well and have fun
xAnna

I meant MONKEYS. Double damn.

Aw, fudgemonkies. I once again say, damn being a poor college student that lives 8 hours away by car. Cause yeah. And even if I had a car...that'd be quite the long trip for one show. Ah well, maybe some other time. Yet another reson to wish that my friend Olivia and I had hashed out that plan to be roommates...(she lives down there in Pasadena)
Wow sorry, I tend to babble. *stops*

i asked my my little yellow bus driver If he could take me to your show wil.

he said its a looooooong way from hawaii.

the bus wont hold enuff gas to get there.

Jimminy Cricket Wil !

I'm stuck having to work that night because of the wimp supercrapbowl gig here in San Diego!
and the slavedriver exec won't let me off!

maybe next time.

Well I'm normally in the UK so coming to watch you would be a little bit of a streach....BUT this time I am on holiday in the US during the time period! Woot!
Now, Wil, Best Buddy, Pal, Chum, etc etc
I have done my part and flown several thousand miles to be closer to the show, how about you meet me halfway and get them to move it to New Mexico where i am holidaying? *looks hopeful* Go on......

Living in London, England - I won't even get to see it on TV :(

See how big your UK wing of WWDN is?

Think about it...

It would be great to have flown over from New Zealand to see that my since im pretty much a student bum I will just have to go without :\

ok, i think us Brits should campaign together to get Wil to come over here and do a show. Wales or england i dont care, but get him the feck here!

where's that cool pub in england that does all sci fi stuff? Get him there!

(see wil, what we're willing to do for you!)

Farkin' fark fark fark.

wood you ever come to wisconsin?
It would be cool.
I don't know if you know this but jerry's been on Crossing Jordan a couple of episodes, he plays a guy Woody Hoyt from Wisconsin.
I recently asked him a question about his research on Wisconsin and he said he called someone who was in Madison and she helped him with his script.
wierd heh?
come to wisconsin wil.
nanny
PS. The url is a jerry oconnell group that's been going strong for a couple of years and we are pretty up on Jerry news.
you should go check it out.

feh comedy. come geocaching in Calgary.

becks,
I think you mean 'Pages bar' in London?

How about it Uncle Willy?
Come see the UK!
We promise you lots of rain......and not much sun........but our beer kicks the heck out of American beer anyday!
You can even bring 'THE SHIRT' *dramatic music*

Dammit! The Atlantic Ocean is in the way!

Break a leg at your show though! I'll be thinking of ya!

My best to you, The Wife and The Kids...

Here is the link for Pages bar http://www.pagesbar.com/
Shall we start a petition to get Wil over here?

Go Wil! And get some good pics of The Shirt!! I used to wear a funny shirt too and my friends would laugh but it has since become legendary - just dont let the shirt get more limelight though! :)

Sadly, below zero temperatures and my work schedule and the fact that California is 1500 miles from here means I won't be able to see your great show... but I wish you all the best!

Nina Gordon? Sweet!!!! Oh how I wish I was in Hollywood for that.

Darn. I guess I'll have to be there in spirit... (;

Free??? COOL - does that include my return rair-fare from the UK and other expenses. Man, this is sweet...

/d'oh

Wil:

Okay i understand. It's just that my oldest sister is mentally disabled, and when i hear retarded and other words describing mentally disabled people, it kind of sparks a nerve. I will get over it.

Good Luck on CC

I knew I should have made plans to go to LA earlier! Heh.

Is there any way one of Wil's shows could be recorded and streamed on the internet.. Us Texas folk would like to see Wil give up the funny!!!

JT

What time and What channel will this air on television? Im guessing 8 but not sure what channel.

IM SO STUPID duhhh its on comedy central what am i thinking! LOL

Hey that's not fair Wil,
I can't see you live cause being in england, it make's the show, just a bit to far away to see

Kordith

snorklepuss, i'd join a petion to get uncle willie over here, that would be great

kordith

*sharpens her bouquet of pencils and draws up the "Get Wil and his Monkeys (not to mention his shirt) over to the old country PRONTO!" petition form.

"Lets see...hmmm...English Ben, Becks, Snorklepuss, Kordith, the Foxmeister here, anyone else? C'mon Brits, start writing pleeeeeeeease?"

Is there anything I can do to help the monkeys appear in my imagination, since I also cannot attend teh funny?

Yay!

I love it when Uncle Willie wears The Shirt (tm) and brings the monkies!

Wow, cool! I called in, and RSVP'd, so I'll definitely be there! How excellent. Looking forward to it! :)