https://www.theericblume.com/erics-work daily 0.75 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518115360840-3YHI9LM4NVZSGOOTF4CL/badmoms.png Co-Branded Movie Content - Bad Moms Christmas Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, and Mila Kunis read letters from Santa. Produced for TBS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518115437828-IQCZJAH7XN4DYQG433MB/image-asset.jpeg Co-Branded Movie Content - Baby Driver Ansel Elgort reads lips in the movie Baby Driver. Here he makes his co-stars try. They are not very good. Produced for Comedy Central. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518115801747-CD4EHXY5SYUFOLVBX39B/image-asset.jpeg Co-Branded Movie Content - The Heat Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy talk about their breasts. This topic came up naturally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518116352041-72T5EY33W57I6JADO7HB/image-asset.jpeg Co-Branded Movie Content - Skyfall From the rooftop of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, an exclusive on-set look at the James Bond film Skyfall. Produced for Spike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518116541956-OTTKP90BXVE8BOJTA5AY/image-asset.jpeg Co-Branded Movie Content - Kingsman MTV's Johnny Bananas goes to London to train how to be a Kingsman. Produced for 20th Century Fox and MTV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518116940534-TDYQM09YSB9LTH699EMQ/transporter.png Co-Branded Movie Content - Transporter Refueled The blondes out of Transporter Refueled are anything but dumb. Produced for 20th Century Fox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518119403782-YULWGF8N3I68BSTJ7AXM/image-asset.jpeg Co-Branded Movie Content - Ted 2 Tattoos are tough. So are some teddy bears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1609787537220-40KSNSLO97K8VDVO6JMV/image-asset.jpeg Co-Branded Movie Content - John Cena IS Ferdinand! John Cena heads to Nickelodeon for an obstacle course like a bull in a china shop. https://www.theericblume.com/branded-content-for-products daily 0.75 2022-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1515609815230-MHM89F731S7QMD3SN1XB/image-asset.jpeg Commercial & Branded - Experian Commercial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1515877156061-ODTKT0Z9P7YYWU0O53UJ/image-asset.jpeg Commercial & Branded - J. CREW Presents Paul Feig in "Not Famous" Part of campaign to launch the new Paul Feig Collection at J. Crew. Paul Feig is director of BRIDESMAIDS, SPY, THE HEAT, and GHOSTBUSTERS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518035344863-FBR4DMT4XSE0KBUFAW55/image-asset.jpeg Commercial & Branded - E! and L'Oreal Blush Co-Branded spot for L'Oreal, aired in E!'s Facebook Live show. Part of a multi-spot campaign for several L'Oreal and Maybelline products. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518038056316-7MBVFBP4OBVJ1QZNG0NQ/image-asset.jpeg Commercial & Branded - AXE Hair, Intern Edition AXE hair products celebrate the new movie "The Internship" with a tale of three interns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1594404616765-2JL02SWL8GBD0XQC1HQ1/image-asset.jpeg Commercial & Branded - Bug-A-Salt National Commercial National commercial for Lorenzo’s Bug-A-Salt, a gun for killing pesky creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1605642129735-GNMZEQBM3A0VBC06U2BY/image-asset.png Commercial & Branded - RunTime Commercial Long-form commercial for RunTime, a meal-replacement beverage that’s healthy AND tastes great. Seriously, they’re yummy! Spot contains fake porn and a hacker bunny rabbit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1605645025998-GAL9WKE3WURZMK5V0WZZ/image-asset.png Commercial & Branded - RunTime Science! Branded content piece for launch of RunTime, a meal-replacement beverage. You may or may not want to trust this scientist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1605645258188-VB7SJS197IBE889KT70I/image-asset.png Commercial & Branded - WENDY'S Commercial with Nick Swardson Comedian Nick Swardson loves Wendy’s new Pretzel Bacon Pub Cheeseburger so much, he can’t remember his lines… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1609787695313-K887NR1K6EIRZQ74X3YE/image-asset.jpeg Commercial & Branded - Aflac Branded Content: OPEN CALL AFLAC is holding auditions for their latest commercial. But these actors just…don’t…quite…get it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1614969958181-6HQUQNVMGI5ICE75VFLF/image-asset.jpeg Commercial & Branded - Popeyes Chicken Commercial (Get Handy!) (In)Famous Hollywood hand model Erich Thomas Lane wraps his magic fingers around the country's most-loved chicken sandwich from Popeyes. But nothing every quite goes smoothly for Erich… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1654714405813-KISPG8YFTGO2H7YPZP77/image-asset.jpeg Commercial & Branded - Subaru Commercial Subaru partners with LGBTQ+ organizations to provide university scholarship opportunities for PRIDEful students. It's a pretty inspiring story, and super cool that Subaru does this. https://www.theericblume.com/original-comedy daily 1.0 2021-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518035717707-TPAMVK4ANREFK373SIM1/image-asset.jpeg Original Comedy - Seth Rogen and Zac Efron Meet the Workaholics Seth Rogen and Zac Efron compete to see who will share the cubicle with the Workaholics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518035869536-051F74A81KHN9I1Y38JB/image-asset.jpeg Original Comedy - Inside Amy Schumer for Trainwreck (with John Cena) John Cena joins Amy Schumer in a special-edition version of "Amy Goes Deep" from her show Inside Amy Schumer. Produced for Universal Pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518036008119-M6QR8823ESPK9WCP7FKA/image-asset.jpeg Original Comedy - PubLIZity With James Franco and Seth Rogen James Franco and Seth Rogen interview Liz (Nick Kroll) to be their publicist for their new film. Produced for Sony Pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518036268194-FUIN090ATVJXXEAE605Q/image-asset.jpeg Original Comedy - Nathan Fielder is a Bad Interviewer Nathan Fielder is not a good interviewer. See for yourself as he tackles Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie & Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Produced for Sony Pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518036619504-0N474YDLGM934FM63HMU/image-asset.jpeg Original Comedy - BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS custom content piece for Vanity Fair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518036783801-HHPWRXDYHNUTIS77P13P/image-asset.jpeg Original Comedy - Marlon Wayans in House Haunters In a spoof of HGTV's "House Hunters," Marlon Wayans acts as a real estate agent for a couple looking to buy a haunted house. Produced by Open Road Films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518037475850-Z852BWUTCBB4OG9JLR5S/image-asset.jpeg Original Comedy - Chris Hardwick Auditions for The Fantastic Four Chris Hardwick would like to be the fifth member of The Fantastic Four. The existing four aren't having it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518037686470-A2N836EN8S006RDTV7CQ/image-asset.jpeg Original Comedy - Loki Talks with Kids Tom Hiddleston, as Loki, chats with children in a spoof of AT&T commercials. Produced for Disney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1603256644934-VLHUPKDKQ2SPF27NX6QM/image-asset.jpeg Original Comedy - Celebrities Love Hugh Jackman! Celebrity impersonator (and star of “The Walking Dead”) Ross Marquand dons several personalities to wax poetic about Hugh Jackman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1603235379778-N7LFP5EW1MSEN0CF6MYK/image-asset.jpeg Original Comedy - Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick Pitch Their Movie Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick, and director Paul Feig pitch their movie to two clueless Hollywood executives, played by Tom Lennon and Annaleigh Ashford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1609787824357-A4TPUO4I55HYBS4X25R2/image-asset.jpeg Original Comedy - The Christian Laettner Workout! Former NBA basketball player Christian Laettner has his own 1980s-inspired information that is just plain wrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1622381493219-1B49PHCVUST3Z474L3US/image-asset.jpeg Original Comedy - Nikki Glaser Gets Real Nikki Glaser proclaims her love of reality TV to host MTV’s Movie Awards Unscripted. Don’t worry, it’s just a promo. https://www.theericblume.com/scripted daily 0.75 2025-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518113275523-XEP5AIX4SRGCD7L30QDO/image-asset.jpeg Scripted - Paul Blart Supermarket Cop Paul Blart (Kevin James) gets out of the mall and patrols the local market. The grocery business will never be the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518113573140-PFMGVLYHDKVP04H53CA1/image-asset.jpeg Scripted - Hold That Baby! Everyone is excited about the release of the new movie Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Hopefully Mama can hold in that baby for two hours! Produced for 20th Century Fox and truTV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518114442784-ABLP21RML7NA10VZ7P33/spidey.png Scripted - New Web Guy Comedy Central has hired a new web guy, but he makes the office very sticky. Produced for 20th Century Fox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518114646260-BU92W45O1C6THFLJ3VP7/image-asset.jpeg Scripted - OBLIVION: OBJECTION! Don't hold your wedding on the same day a new Tom Cruise movie is releasing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518114841821-TT0O48I3HMG72PE4T37V/image-asset.jpeg Scripted - The Huddle Football is very important. But more important than the new Keanu Reeves movie? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1611256552025-QACUHBKRZRVWHKSIR12S/image-asset.jpeg Scripted - InstaGay Fitness! Fitness trainer John Smith tells you that you can look just like him! Not really. But it's only $29.99/month! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1631563631067-Z5KQNJIK411W18ZR7DN7/image.jpg Scripted - Hollywood Musical Jersey Style Jersey Shore stars Pauly and Vinny try their hand at a Hollywood dance number. Gene Kelly is not threatened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1707787589542-AIH68FE8JKEPB0JTNXS0/image-asset.png Scripted - John Smith: Gay Men's Hair Health Fitness guru John Smith gives pointers on how to stay hairy and hot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1707787781955-W9V7NP3AJA20K1OVAMZP/romcom.png Scripted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1707787965784-VQQQS9GU8DDADARV2XI7/image-asset.png Scripted - Bravo TV: The Valley Teaser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1757634468803-NM9V815S3VVE7RIRH0CN/image-asset.jpg Scripted - Bowen and Matt Host The Culture Awards on Bravo Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, of the infamous LAS CULTURISTAS podcast, host their own Culture Awards for the first time for the masses on BRAVO. It’s all about THEM! https://www.theericblume.com/celeb-reel daily 0.75 2018-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1518119574176-2P7VFCBGZSCY3O9UE0XW/image-asset.jpeg Celebrity Reel - Celebrity Reel A partial list of celebrities I've directed or interviewed. They were all very nice. https://www.theericblume.com/about daily 0.75 2025-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a53ca2fa8b2b097cd528dde/1515441387454-M3EFXLRVLHMEYUKBQTBA/EBcorsica.jpg About Eric Blume is a comedy writer and comedy director. He has over 300 on-set directing days, working repeatedly with Hollywood's top comedy talent: Kevin Hart, Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, et al. He has written and directed countless comedy shorts, from narrative pieces such as a House Hunters episode spoof with Marlon Wayans to a Hollywood pitch meeting gone awry with Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick. Eric has directed half-hour specials for Comedy Central and Spike, as well as comedy commercials and branded content for Wendy's, Popeyes, JCrew, Experian, Subaru, and Aflac. He's written and directed content featured in truTV's Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack, as well as original content for networks such as MTV, Cartoon Network, Netflix, Nickelodeon, TBS, and E! Recently, he helmed two hour-long episodes of travel show V IS FOR VINO in France and Italy. He is set to direct the feature comedy film ADVANTAGE, starring Alex Aiono, for American High Productions. He is currently writing a feature for Kevin Hart's production company, Hartbeat, and has three other features in development.