I’m Steve Tatham, the smirking face behind The Ointment. I am a staff writer at Disney and have been since - well, what seems like the Carter Administration. I’ve done stand-up a lot places and I wrote a book. You can find out more about me in professionally-written, excructiating detail by reading MY BIO.
Website
theointment.com
Influences
Dennis Miller (before the untimely death of his sense of humor), George Carlin, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Ellen DeGeneres, Woody Allen, Larry Miller, Dennis Wolfburg, Lenny Bruce, David Letterman, Johnny Carson
TV Shows
A&Es An Evening at the Improv, the Free Speech television show, and E! Entertainment Television.
Politics, Comedy, Architecture, Current Events, Film
Music
Green Day "American Idiot", X "Los Angeles", Prince "1999", Loretta Lynn/Jack White "Van Lear Rose"
Movies
Annie Hall, The Constant Gardener, The Philadelphia Story, Singin' in the Rain, A Face in the Crowd, Chinatown, Sunrise, Wag the Dog, Night of the Hunter, Sunset Boulevard, King of Hearts, His Girl Friday, Devil in a Blue Dress, 40 Year Old Virgin
Television
Entourage, Ethics in America, I Love Lucy, Meet the Press, The Daily Show, My Name is Earl, The Late Show with David Letterman, Antiques Roadshow, The Larry Sanders Show
Books
Tender is the Night, Confederacy of Dunces, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, How to Be Good, "1001: A Video Odyssey"
Heroes
Eleanor Roosevelt, Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, Frank Lloyd Wright, Senator Barack Obama, Stephen Colbert
