5.1.08 - Honored by Erma Bombeck Foundation
My humor column has been recognized by the folks at the Erma Bombeck Foundation. I'm now a two-time winner of their "Humor Writer of the Month" award. Sheesh, it's an honor just to be nominated.
4.17.08 - Featured on MadAsHellClub.net
I'm now a columnist for the fantastic MadAsHellClub.net, the site that Fresh Yarn describes as a "cross between The Nation and Mad Magazine." I describe it as "funny as hell."
2.20.08 - Place in Top 25 with "How I Met Your Mother"
My spec script for ABC's "How I Met Your Mother" made it to the Top 25 (always a bridesmaid) in the Scriptapalooza TV Writing competition.
10.03.07 - New Wednesday Humor.
The latest in my regular humor column. Are you prepared to enter the dark depths of SkyMall? Click here for "Sky's the Limit."
8.15.07 - Place in Top 25 with "The Office"
A spec script that I wrote for NBC's "The Office" placed in the Top 25 in the Scriptapalooza TV Writing competition.
7.26.07 - Feature story in the Atlanta Jewish Times.
Nice article about "Suburban Bravery" and some of my other projects. Click here to read it.
6.18.07 - My alma mater, the University of Florida, and "Suburban Bravery."
First, an article from the Independent Florida Alligator. And here's a story from the UF Alumni Magazine.
5.11.07 - "Muppets" parody mentioned in USA Today.
Another nice mention of my work in USA Today, courtesy of Pop Candy blogger Whitney Matheson. Click here to read it.
5.1.07 - New Wednesday Humor.
I've got a Brand Spankin' New Wednesday Humor for you. It's fun, it's fast, it's a five-minute break from your job. Click here to read it!
3.29.07 - "Suburban Bravery" mentioned in USA Today.
Pop Candy blogger Whitney Matheson wrote a nice blurb about the film. Click here to read it!
3.24.07 - I'm in the Athens Banner Herald.
An excerpt from the Living section:
Bloom into Comedy
Comedy writer Rob Bloom, a former graduate student at the University of Georgia, recently won Screenvision's "Short Script-Big Screen" screenwriting contest and his manuscript is being produced by the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
The author of a regular humor column at www.robbloom.com, the Atlanta-born Bloom has written for the Cartoon Network, McSweeney's, Fresh Yarn, National Public Radio, Flagpole Magazine and the Travel Channel
3.23.07 - "Suburban Bravery" opens nationwide.
"Suburban Bravery" officially hits movie theaters nationwide. To find out where it's playing near you, visit www.screenvision.com.
3.16.07 - "Suburban Bravery" press release.
Click here to read the official press release about my film.
2.20.07 - I'm in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
From the "Hollywood Notes" section:
Movie audiences in May will be treated to a short film from comedy writer Rob Bloom. His two-minute comedy "Suburban Bravery," featuring John Lutz (Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock) and Miriam Tolan (Second City, Late Night With Conan O'Brien), won Screenvision's Short Script-Big Screen Contest. The film, which was produced by the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, is about a suburban family whose idyllic breakfast is interrupted by an insect.