“If this is gonna be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy, without condition, and then admit that we just don’t wanna do… [Read more…]
August 5, 2011
May 20, 2011 Taco Bell 215 East Lake St. Minneapolis, MN 55408 Dear Taco Bell on East Lake St. and 2nd Ave, My coworkers make fun of me when I visit you for lunch because I pass by over a dozen authentic Mexican restaurants on the way from my office at 34th and Park. I… [Read more…]
June 1, 2011
“Unlike so many wrestlers with their various made up names and adopted personae, I was authentic — born Bret Hart into a wrestling world I couldn’t escape.” ”Later in life I was one guy on the road, another at home, and yet another in the ring. Which one is truly me? They all are.” “I… [Read more…]
May 30, 2011
Here is the “God Talk” that I wrote for the Park Avenue Church‘s high school youth ministry newsletter last October: Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you” ; and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.” But… [Read more…]
May 24, 2011
Matt Houchin’s Book Club is kind of like Oprah’s Book Club, except with more books about 80′s pro wrestlers. If you’d like to join this club, send me an email, or just read the book I’m talking about and comment below! Yesterday I purchased a copy of Bret “The Hitman” Hart’s autobiography on sale at… [Read more…]
April 29, 2011
My friend Andy Mogren made a short film called “Bear Force One,” and he invited me to act in it. This movie recently won the Grand Prize at the L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival! It was all shot on green screen, one character at a time. I did not actually get to act with any bears.… [Read more…]
April 1, 2011
Dear Mitt Romney & Friends of Mitt Romney- I don’t understand your disdain for organic food. Apparently you can use it as a (hilarious!) shorthand now for “out of touch elitist.” Is this because you think organic food was invented by liberal elites, the way that “caramel macchiato” probably was? If so, I’m not sure… [Read more…]
March 1, 2011
That is something I never thought I’d say. Until last summer, I had never given country music a chance. Occasionally I had enjoyed it as a novelty — like when we had to learn the “Achy Breaky Heart” line dance in middle school gym class — but it was never to be taken seriously. At… [Read more…]
February 13, 2011
It has been a confusing year since my last blog post. In early 2010, I found God on Melrose Hill in Los Angeles. I had never been religious. I had never even considered myself “spiritual.” I never considered myself an atheist, though, because making a point to not believe in a higher power seemed to… [Read more…]
February 13, 2010
While home in Minnesota for the holidays, I made this video along with producer Maria Cocchiarella:
December 19, 2009
“Celebrity Ding Dong Ditch” What would the Bloomington Bros. do if they lived in Hollywood? Oh right. Obviously this: CLICK HERE TO SEE THE OUTTAKES!!
November 29, 2009
After months of working exclusively on our secret “pilot presentation” and not releasing a sketch since August 10th, (and only a 41 second, single-shot sketch at that) Ross and I FINALLY got together to shoot “World’s Longest Basketball Shot.” It took us about 4 hours to write, shoot, edit and upload this video, and now it’s probably… [Read more…]
October 12, 2009
Pilot Presentation News: Last week Ross and I screened the rough cut of our Bloomington Bros. “Pilot Presentation” for our management. It went super well, and we got some great notes. We’re hoping to start bringing it to the networks by the end of October. We’re still months away from an actual Bloomington Bros. show… [Read more…]
September 18, 2009
Finally, I got to rap on a video!! Ingrid Haas and I wanted to do some funny song videos together, and this was the first idea that she pitched. As you can see, we effing ran with it: Once we had the lyrics written, it only took about 3 days to record the song, shoot,… [Read more…]
August 23, 2009
The actress in the video is Rachael Bogert who performs with me at ComedySportz L.A. The English muffins in the video are Thomas brand.
August 14, 2009
So I was cast in a couple segments of Spike TV’s “MANswers” this week. This involved me sitting on a beach and watching 3 women’s boobs bounce up and down, over and over, and reacting to it. I’ll have to wait until the show airs to see what my “character’s” name was. My guess: “Guy… [Read more…]
July 29, 2009
The latest from the Bloomington Bros: The actress in the beginning is Michelle Lang. Michelle went to Northwestern at the same time Ross and I did. We really appreciate her help with this video, and hopefully she’ll be in future sketches. We also put together an outtakes reel – but I suggest you watch the… [Read more…]
July 8, 2009
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November 16, 2011
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