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TheRealAndyDaly · September 18, 2008, 7:50 PM

Hello ASTers. Despite my strenuous objections, my friend the comedian Jerry O’Hearn has gotten himself embroiled in a really stupid controversy. He asked me to circulate this press release anywhere I could, so here it is. As you will see, my name gets dragged into this nonsense somehow. Believe me, I have no interest in being involved in anything like this.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ATTORNEYS FOR COMEDIAN O’HEARN ISSUE CEASE AND DESIST ORDER AGAINST SNL’S FEHN

Los Angeles –Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but LA-based tell-it-like-it-is standup comic Jerry O’Hearn doesn’t sound flattered when he talks about a particular segment on this week’s season premier of Saturday Night Live. He’s so steamed in fact, that this laughing matter has now become a legal matter.

The offending piece featured a political comedian named Nicholas Fehn whose material was immediately all too familiar to Mr. O’Hearn. And O’Hearn has some typically pointed words for Mr. Fehn. “I mean, this is really one of those things where you’re like ‘hey wait a minute. Excuse me!’ because I don’t know about you but as far as I’m concerned, it’s like ‘really?! Who said so?”, said O’Hearn in his usual take-no-prisoners style. “One minute I’m sitting there and it’s like ‘okay’ and the next minute I’m like ‘this type of thing is like you gotta be kidding me!”.

Ouch! Fehn can’t enjoy being skewered by a skillfully executed barrage of carefully chosen words like that.

According to Bang Bang Ellington, Mr. O’Hearn’s attorney, Jerry performed around Los Angeles for two years before his insightful brand of humor exploded into the national spotlight on the Comedy Death Ray album which was released in September 2007 (due to a typographical error, his set was attributed to fellow LA-based comic Andy Daly). Fehn made his SNL debut in October of that same year and, according to Elllington, the similarities were unmistakable.

“My client has spent a long time developing his laser-sharp social commentary. He has meticulously crafted flawless set-ups and rapier-like punch lines. Then to see them coming out of the mouth of another guy on Saturday Night Live, that’s probably against some kind of law, right?” said Mr. Ellington when reached at a payphone.

This latest set-back notwithstanding, O’Hearn’s career appears to be on the rise. He makes a special appearance as a bonus track on Andy Daly’s new AST Records release Nine Sweaters, where his devastating crowd work skills get a work-out, and he's in talks to contribute to The New Yorker Magazine’s Shouts and Murmurs feature.

When asked about their chances of preventing another performance by Nicholas Fehn, Mr. Ellington said “I think my client put it best when he said ‘the last time I checked it was supposed to be the sort of thing where you go “hm. Okay”. I mean, what is this, a long time ago?’”

September 18, 2008, 7:50 PM	#167 (permalink)
TheRealAndyDaly Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 58	Re: Saturday Night Live Hello ASTers. Despite my strenuous objections, my friend the comedian Jerry O’Hearn has gotten himself embroiled in a really stupid controversy. He asked me to circulate this press release anywhere I could, so here it is. As you will see, my name gets dragged into this nonsense somehow. Believe me, I have no interest in being involved in anything like this. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ATTORNEYS FOR COMEDIAN O’HEARN ISSUE CEASE AND DESIST ORDER AGAINST SNL’S FEHN Los Angeles –Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but LA-based tell-it-like-it-is standup comic Jerry O’Hearn doesn’t sound flattered when he talks about a particular segment on this week’s season premier of Saturday Night Live. He’s so steamed in fact, that this laughing matter has now become a legal matter. The offending piece featured a political comedian named Nicholas Fehn whose material was immediately all too familiar to Mr. O’Hearn. And O’Hearn has some typically pointed words for Mr. Fehn. “I mean, this is really one of those things where you’re like ‘hey wait a minute. Excuse me!’ because I don’t know about you but as far as I’m concerned, it’s like ‘really?! Who said so?”, said O’Hearn in his usual take-no-prisoners style. “One minute I’m sitting there and it’s like ‘okay’ and the next minute I’m like ‘this type of thing is like you gotta be kidding me!”. Ouch! Fehn can’t enjoy being skewered by a skillfully executed barrage of carefully chosen words like that. According to Bang Bang Ellington, Mr. O’Hearn’s attorney, Jerry performed around Los Angeles for two years before his insightful brand of humor exploded into the national spotlight on the Comedy Death Ray album which was released in September 2007 (due to a typographical error, his set was attributed to fellow LA-based comic Andy Daly). Fehn made his SNL debut in October of that same year and, according to Elllington, the similarities were unmistakable. “My client has spent a long time developing his laser-sharp social commentary. He has meticulously crafted flawless set-ups and rapier-like punch lines. Then to see them coming out of the mouth of another guy on Saturday Night Live, that’s probably against some kind of law, right?” said Mr. Ellington when reached at a payphone. This latest set-back notwithstanding, O’Hearn’s career appears to be on the rise. He makes a special appearance as a bonus track on Andy Daly’s new AST Records release Nine Sweaters, where his devastating crowd work skills get a work-out, and he's in talks to contribute to The New Yorker Magazine’s Shouts and Murmurs feature. When asked about their chances of preventing another performance by Nicholas Fehn, Mr. Ellington said “I think my client put it best when he said ‘the last time I checked it was supposed to be the sort of thing where you go “hm. Okay”. I mean, what is this, a long time ago?’”
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