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Chris Gethard (on tour now) landed Diddy as his guest @ UCB (where Daniel Kitson will be Monday night)

“I can never thank @iamdiddy enough. And everyone who helped make that happen on any level. Never give up. #diddygethard” – Chris Gethard

Puff Daddy & Chris Get Hard @ UCB (photo by Ari Scott)
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“At about 11:30 p.m. [on Friday], Mr. Gethard (pronounced GETH-erd) could be found in his mended glasses, pacing the pea-green dressing room of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Chelsea. He had been told Diddy would be arriving soon, but then, that rapper had broken promises to him in the past, and he was trying to keep his expectations in check.

“He just lives on a different planet from me,” said Mr. Gethard, who was drinking from a 16-ounce can of Red Bull and repeatedly applying ChapStick to his lips. “I have no idea why he’s doing this.”

Then, through a back door, Diddy arrived, as unassumingly as one could enter a room with a hulking bodyguard (as well as an assistant and his teenage son, Justin). Dressed casually in a thermal shirt and jeans, Diddy (whose given name is Sean Combs) introduced himself to Mr. Gethard and the other comedians he’d soon be performing with. They chatted about the night’s routine and Mr. Gethard warned Diddy not to take personal offense at anything in the show.

“That’s good,” Diddy replied, “because I’ll talk about everything.””
[NY Times]

The Apiary says the show “will surely be remembered as one of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater’s most talked about “Were you there when…” moments in its history.”

I don’t know when the next edition of The Chris Gethard Show hits UCB in NYC, but you can catch Chris and the gang on tour across the country now, and with some effort you can figure out (or influence) exactly where. All I know (and they know) is that the tour ends at UCB n LA on 1/27. A video with some more info on the tour is below too.

Meanwhile, head to UCB in NYC on Monday night (1/17) to catch the next edition of Whiplash with special guests John Mulaney (SNL), Moshe Kasher, Mike Drucker, Jim Marsdale, and… Daniel Kitson who has that night off from his current St Ann’s Warehouse run.

Video of Chris Gethard reaching out to Diddy, Diddy at UCB, videos of Gethard and friends on the road, and more below…


Introduction to The Chris Gethard Show Cross Country Adventure

The Chris Gethard Show Cross Country Adventure – Why You Might Want to Contribute

George Kareman Raises Funds for the Tour

Shannon Gives You a Tour of a Gas Station Bathroom.

CHRIS GETHARD’S MESSAGE TO DIDDY – DEC 24, 2009

GETHARD’S LATEST UPDATE ON THE DIDDY SITUATION – Jan 29, 2010