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Encyclopedia > Goodnight Burbank
Goodnight Burbank
Genre Video Podcast
Running time 5-10 minutes
Creator(s) Hayden Black
Starring (current cast)
Hayden Black
Shulie Cowen
Marypat Farrell
Wendy Rosoff
John Schaffer
Eve Savona
Molly McNearney
Graham Douglas
David Lawrence
Angela Espinosa
Carolyn Lawrence
Country of origin USA
Original run March 21, 2006–present
No. of episodes 23

Goodnight Burbank is a character-driven comedy video podcast that goes behind the scenes of a fake Burbank, CA 11:00PM newscast. All the news used is 100% real. The show throws to real news stories but remains with the anchors, talking in what - to them - are "off-camera" moments. Video podcast (sometimes shortened to vidcast or vodcast) is a term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures. ... Carolyn Lawrence (born in April 3, 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American voice actress who voices both Sandy Cheeks on SpongeBob SquarePants and Cindy Vortex on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Video podcast (sometimes shortened to vidcast or vodcast) is a term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures. ... This article or section should be merged with Burbank, Los Angeles County, California This article is about the Burbank in Southern California. ...


The show was originally created (and written) by Hayden Black in March 2006 and initially cast with members of an Upright Citizen's Brigade improv class he was taking. The show quickly took a life of its own, and by 2006's end had become one of the Top 25 podcasts in the world. Black also plays the role of egotistical British co-anchor Gordon Winston-Smythe. His original co-anchor, Jamie Denbo, left when she landed a role on the Fox sitcom "Happy Hour". She was recast with Shulie Cowen (Reno 911) starting with Episode 13. The Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational comedy and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicagos ImprovOlympic. ...


The cast is now made up of comedic performers from Upright Citizen's Brigade, Second City and Improv Olympic. Cast members have appeared on The Young & The Restless, David Letterman, Weeds, West Wing, and French Maid TV (another video podcast). Rich Fulcher, co-star of the UK's "Mighty Boosh" and "Snuff Box" and Carolyn Lawrence, a successful voice-over artist who stars in Morel Orel and Spongebob Squarepants joined the cast in Nov '06. David Lawrence, no relation, who also joined at the same time, has his own nationally syndicated radio talk show. The Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational comedy and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicagos ImprovOlympic. ... For the North American comedy troupe, see The Second City. ... The Young and the Restless (commonly abbreviated to Y&R) is an American soap opera that takes place in Genoa City, Wisconsin (named after a vacation spot that series creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell visited annually). ... David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947 Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American television personality, late night talk show host, comedian, television producer, Indy Racing League car owner and philanthropist. ... Weeds may be: Weed, an undesired plant growth (weeds, plural) Slang for Cannabis, the herb used for its psychoactive effects, but also grown into hemp Weeds (television), the 2005 Showtime television series starring Mary-Louise Parker and Elizabeth Perkins. ... The West Wing may refer to several topics: The location of the U.S. Presidents office and offices of his political staff. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...


It has received glowing reviews from USA Today who called it "better than 99% of the stuff on TV" and BBC News who said it was a "brilliant satire that wouldn't look out of place on a network" - as well as G4, the San Francisco Chronicle and various websites. In 2006, it won vloggie for Best Web News Series. GNB was the first series to be given it's own comedy channel on iFilm (it now has one on Veoh.com). USA Today is a national American newspaper published by the Gannett Corporation. ...


It was named one of iTunes best podcasts of 2006, in both People's Choice and Staff Picks categories. [1] [citation needed] It is produced by Black's LA-based production company, Evil Global Corp. iTunes is a digital media player application, introduced by Apple Computer on January 10, 2001 at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco,[1] for playing and organizing digital music and video files. ...

Credits

Goodnight Burbank
Goodnight Burbank
Current Cast Previous Cast Crew
Hayden Black as Gordon Winston-Smythe Jamie Denbo as Susan Jones Hayden Black - Creator, writer
Shulie Cowen as Kelly Jones Darcy Lynn as Sam Jenkins Bry Thomas Sanders - Director
Marypat Farrell as Kitty Robinson Amanda Sitko as Jordan Baker Paul Wojciak- Camera
Wendy Rosoff as Zoe Travis Brandon Lippard- Gaffer
John Schaffer as Kenny Schickler Joshua Lipkin - Editor
Eve Savona as Tracy Stacy Ryan Shore - Composer
Molly McNearney as Holly Johnson Sanford Dickert - Technical/Internet
Graham Douglas as Brady Roberts
Molly McNearney as Holly Johnson
David Lawrence as Frank Warfield
Rich Fulcher as Dane Rivers
Angela Espinosa as Trisha Sakamoto
Carolyn Lawrence as Christy Allison

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