It’s rare that Conan O’Brien plays a character rather than himself in on-screen cameos. But he happily took on the role of Farley in Peacock‘s The Treasure of Foggy Mountain comedy, created by the guys of Saturday Night Live‘s Please Don’t Destroy, Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy. In The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, three deadbeat co-workers fend off hairless bears, desperate park rangers, and a hypocritical cult leader while searching for a priceless treasure. O’Brien, Meg Stalter, Bowen Yang, John Goodman (as the narrator), and more comedic favs appear in the movie, premiering exclusively on Peacock on Friday, November 17. In the video interview above, director Paul Briganti (who worked on Please Don’t Destroy videos on SNL before signing on for this flick) shares what O’Brien was like on set, working with producer Judd Apatow on the film, deleted scenes, and more.
- 11/16/2023
- TV Insider
Zany comedy is alive and well, thanks to Paul Briganti’s Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain. Reminiscent of films like Dude, Where’s My Car, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and Rat Race, today’s Please Don’t Destroy trailer finds three losers hoping to make a name for themselves by finally uncovering the lost treasure of Foggy Bottom. Unfortunately for the dim-witted trio, everyone and their grandmother knows about the jackpot and will stop at nothing to claim its prize of a rumored $100 million in spoils.
John Goodman narrates the adventure of Ben, Martin, and John, three childhood friends turned deadbeat co-workers, who fend off hairless bears, desperate park rangers (Meg Stalter and X Mayo), and a hypocritical cult leader (Bowen Yang) in the hopes of finding a priceless treasure, only to discover that finding the treasure is the easiest part of their journey. Oh,...
John Goodman narrates the adventure of Ben, Martin, and John, three childhood friends turned deadbeat co-workers, who fend off hairless bears, desperate park rangers (Meg Stalter and X Mayo), and a hypocritical cult leader (Bowen Yang) in the hopes of finding a priceless treasure, only to discover that finding the treasure is the easiest part of their journey. Oh,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
These childhood best friends are on a mission to solve the ultimate treasure hunt.
“Saturday Night Live” breakout trio Please Don’t Destroy, comprised of Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy, wrote and star in Peacock film “The Treasure of Foggy Mountain.”
The film follows three best friends on an adventure as they fend off hairless bears and desperate park rangers (X Mayo and Meg Stalter) in search of priceless treasure, a golden bust of Marie Antoinette. Conan O’Brien also stars as Ben’s father, with Bowen Yang in a cameo role as a hypocritical cult leader. John Goodman narrates the film.
The Please Don’t Destroy team started working together in 2017, with their name stemming from a stand-up show hosted by Marshall and Herlihy called Please Don’t Destroy My Farm about corporate greed. The group’s ties to “SNL” have been decades in the making: Higgins’ father Steve Higgins was a writer,...
“Saturday Night Live” breakout trio Please Don’t Destroy, comprised of Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy, wrote and star in Peacock film “The Treasure of Foggy Mountain.”
The film follows three best friends on an adventure as they fend off hairless bears and desperate park rangers (X Mayo and Meg Stalter) in search of priceless treasure, a golden bust of Marie Antoinette. Conan O’Brien also stars as Ben’s father, with Bowen Yang in a cameo role as a hypocritical cult leader. John Goodman narrates the film.
The Please Don’t Destroy team started working together in 2017, with their name stemming from a stand-up show hosted by Marshall and Herlihy called Please Don’t Destroy My Farm about corporate greed. The group’s ties to “SNL” have been decades in the making: Higgins’ father Steve Higgins was a writer,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
America’s first female presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was showered with thank you’s on Wednesday night by the female writing staff of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — and a teary-eyed Miley Cyrus.
During the 69-year-old politician’s visit to the NBC late night institution, Clinton took part in Fallon’s popular “thank you” segment — where the host writes letters of appreciation to the people, places, and things for which he’s most grateful.
Rather than Fallon running the bit, he passed his pen onto the women of his staff (Albertina Rizzo, Becky Krause, Caroline Eppright, Marina Cockenberg, Jo Firestone,...
During the 69-year-old politician’s visit to the NBC late night institution, Clinton took part in Fallon’s popular “thank you” segment — where the host writes letters of appreciation to the people, places, and things for which he’s most grateful.
Rather than Fallon running the bit, he passed his pen onto the women of his staff (Albertina Rizzo, Becky Krause, Caroline Eppright, Marina Cockenberg, Jo Firestone,...
- 10/5/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
The Writers Guild of America has just announced the nominations for their annual awards for Best Screenplays (by writers who are guild signatories). That’s right, before you get nervous thinking that your favorite may have been left off the list, you must remember that the WGA is the group that is not all-inclusive and leaves out several of the top contenders each year due to them not being part of the guild or not following their very specific rules. For this reason, you won’t see Inside Out, The Hateful Eight, and Ex Machina in the Original Screenplay category or Room, Brooklyn, or Anomalisa in the Adapted screenplay category.
Taking a look at what’s left over for the nominations, we find many that were expected to make a showing, including Spotlight and Bridge of Spies for Original Screenplay, though they apparently had to sink to really low depths...
Taking a look at what’s left over for the nominations, we find many that were expected to make a showing, including Spotlight and Bridge of Spies for Original Screenplay, though they apparently had to sink to really low depths...
- 1/6/2016
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
The Writers Guild of America announced some of its nominees for its 2015 awards on Thursday, including television, new media, and radio, and among the TV nominees are series both new and old, and all beloved.
In the comedy series category, freshman Netflix show "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" scored a nomination for best series, as well as an overall best new series nod. "The Last Man on Earth" also landed in that latter category, and was singled out for its pilot episode writing, too.
On the drama side of the equation, lauded "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" also got best series and best new series nominations, in addition to a an episode writing nod. Newly-minted Emmy winner "Game of Thrones" also scored a best drama citation, as well as an episodic writing nomination.
The full list of nominees released this week are below. Nominations in the theatrical and documentary categories will...
In the comedy series category, freshman Netflix show "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" scored a nomination for best series, as well as an overall best new series nod. "The Last Man on Earth" also landed in that latter category, and was singled out for its pilot episode writing, too.
On the drama side of the equation, lauded "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" also got best series and best new series nominations, in addition to a an episode writing nod. Newly-minted Emmy winner "Game of Thrones" also scored a best drama citation, as well as an episodic writing nomination.
The full list of nominees released this week are below. Nominations in the theatrical and documentary categories will...
- 12/3/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
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