WAMG Interview: DAN FOGLER

I recently had the chance to spend some time with Dan Fogler (BALLS OF FURY, FANBOYS) at his home to discuss some of his upcoming projects. We mainly talked about M’LARKY, which is his new web series on Atom.com. 4 episodes are now online but if you haven’t seen it yet, here is a brief description:

Jon M’larky is a renegade cop who partners up with Chicago Cubbs, a man torn with revenge over the death of his cousin Gel Roy, to take down the worlds most notorious drug lord Toblerone.

Click below for video of our very informal interview where Dan talks about the show, its origin and his thoughts on producing for the web. He even breaks out a few impressions, including Pacino and Schwarzenegger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjFDwPtKI2E

If you want to watch M’LARKY, head over to www.Mlarky.com or check it out on www.Atom.com.

Jerry Cavallaro – www.StuckLikeChuck.com

Dan Fogler is Full of M’LARKY

Last Tuesday night I went to Bar 13 for a preview of Atom.com’s newest original web series, M’LARKY. Dan Fogler (BALLS OF FURY, FANBOYS) created the series, which he also stars in along with Josh Warren, TJ Hassan, Jeffrey Ross, Gilbert Gottfried, and Ariel Shafir. Here is the plot according to the official Facebook page:

Jon M’larky is a renegade cop who partners up with Chicago Cubbs, a man torn with revenge over the death of his cousin Gel Roy, to take down the worlds most notorious drug lord Toblerone. Produced by Studio 13.

This description does not do the show justice because it is far more insane. The show is a barrage of hilarious and over the top homages to classic cop movies and TV shows told through green screen action, video game footage and one-liners. The storyline is extremely loose but that is only to fit as many jokes and slapstick action as possible in each episode, which only run a few minutes.

Similar to Fogler’s directorial debut, the equally insane horror comedy HYSTERICAL PSYCHO, it is easy to tell that a lot of fun was had on set while making this show. Not only does it come through on the screen but Dan had a huge grin whenever talking about M’LARKY. I’ll be posting a full interview soon but for now check out the first two episodes of M’LARKY at www.Mlarky.com.

And if you want a chance to win some stuff by watching the show, enter this contest from Atom.com: http://www.atom.com/blog/2010/05/19/win-a-prize-mlarky-has-a-case-for-you-to-crack

Full Disclosure: I am friends with Dan Fogler and producer Thomas Sullivan but that doesn’t alter my opinion of the show. It’s a damn fun web series.

Jerry Cavallaro – www.StuckLikeChuck.com