TJ just moved to LA a few months ago, when he landed the sitcom "Carpoolers" on ABC. He worked onstage at Second City and busted his ass doing stand-up all over the city, sometimes several shows a night.
TJ was there the night of my first open mic nine months ago (thank god he walked in after I finished, because having him in the room would have totally unnerved me). He walked in wearing full werewolf makeup and prosthetics for a Jose Cuervo commercial he'd been shooting all day. Kristy said "Elizabeth just did her first stand-up set!" and TJ hugged me so hard I wheezed. He said "That's great! Good for you! How did it go?" And I answered honestly. "I can't remember a thing," I said.Here's TJ in one of my favorite Blerds videos, also starring Chicago-turned-LA comedy pals Lauren Bishop and Mike Bridenstine:
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That's really exciting. I'll keep an eye out for TJ. I haven't seen Carpoolers yet, though I don't watch much scripted tv anymore.
I'm pretty sure Carpoolers is done.
And it might be the writer's strike keeping you from scripted TV. There hasn't been any in 3 months anyway.
Yeah, I think Carpoolers is assumed to be DOA, but I think TJ can find better places to put his energy anyway.
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