Seth Rogen is actually blowing up (!)

I like getting behind things (pause). Whether it be musicians, actors, comedians, TV shows, whatever. I like trying to spread the gospel of a certain thing to get that thing into the public spotlight. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. Probably one of my biggest campaigns has been Seth Rogen. I watched Undeclared when it aired in 2001, but I wasn't a Seth fan then. More a fan of the show overall. I become a rabid Seth Rogen fan like many people did with his role as Cal in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. He consistently cracked my shit up during the film, and he shares probably my two favorite scenes in the movie (besides the finale): The woman fucking a horse monologue, and the phone conversation between Andy and Cal where Cal says his grandma looks like Jack Palance and makes old people jokes. Just gold. I then watched Freaks And Geeks and re watched Undeclared and became a full fledged fanboy for Seth.

News came out following the huge success of Virgin that Judd Apatow's next directorial film would be a film called Knocked Up which would be a vehicle for Rogen. I was completely jazzed. The pre-release buzz for Knocked Up was over the moon. Seeing the now iconic What If This Guy Got You Pregnant? poster was just amazing, and I was so happy for him. I realized that he might actually be becoming a big star. Of course, Knocked Up came out and did huge business, and so did his pet project Superbad which he had a co-starring role and co-wrote the script.

Following that he went to shoot Pineapple Express with James Franco, which you have all heard about by now. Then he went to do Kevin Smith's Zach And Miri Make A Porno with Elizabeth Banks. Now word comes tonight that he just got signed on for Jody "The Foot Fist Way" Hill's Observe and Report where Rogen will be playing a mall cop. Just amazing projects all around.

The thing that really blew me away last week was seeing the TV spot for Horton Hears A Who in which Seth Rogen gets billed in the commercial with such heavyweights as Jim Carrey, and Steve Carell. Hell, in another spot i've seen he's third billed behind them! I didn't realize Rogen would ever get this big. It was just wishful thinking on my part, and now he is just going to the moon. I am so, so, happy for him, and hope this success continues on for years to come.