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About Me

Howdy. My name is Adam Sanborn (September 20, 1983 - ). My dad is Alan Sanborn, and my grandfather is Kenneth Sanborn, but I am unfortunately not important enough for a Wikipedia page - yet.

I attended Armada High School in Armada, Michigan, and a slew of schools before that. I was involved in several school and community plays and started an improv comedy group at school. I also wrote movie reviews for a few years as the "Movie Guy" for the Armada Times. I graduated in 2002 and began attending Michigan State University, a place that I love. There, I met my long-time girlfriend, Lauren Revard, and enjoyed involvement in several different organizations, including an improv comedy group (Sketchy People), two acapella groups (State of Harmony and The Desperate Measures, the latter founded by me), and a sketch comedy television show (Sideshow - see the information below). I was also in the MSU Men's Glee Club, and for a while was Vice President of the MSU Dodgeball Club. As you can see, I got around. (I've added a "performance resume" to this page down below.)

Currently I'm working on my degree in computer engineering, but as I've discovered too late, there is nothing I want to do less with my life than work in an office. What I would really like to do is some kind of performance, whether it be acting, singing, or generally just finding some way to entertain people and get paid for it. I would also like to open some kind of business that specializes in being a haven to people, a fun place to relax and get away from life (in my imagination it would feature laser tag, an arcade, books, and movies, sort of like Whit's End from the old Adventures in Odyssey radio show). At the same time I want to be able to please God with what I'm doing in my life.

I'm a life-long Christian. I grew up in the Church of Christ, but now I attend a nondenominational church called Riverview. Church is where I first learned to sing, and I enjoy music, though I can't play an instrument. Two things I want to learn to do before too long are play guitar and speak Japanese. I'd like to go to Japan sometime, mostly because I love sushi and I think Japanese culture is cool. Generally I'm not much of a traveler; I prefer being within my comfort zone at home.

I enjoy video games, sports (basketball, dodgeball, wallyball, and more), and all kinds of other stuff. I've described myself before as a jack of all trades, master of none, and I think that's why I'm having such a hard time thinking up the right career. It's like I want to do too many different things at once.

My favorite movie is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Jim Carrey is my favorite actor. Other movies I enjoy a lot include Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Princess Bride, Labyrinth, and Spider-Man. I've got an extensive movie collection, but I will defend to the last the high quality of every movie I own.

Physically I'm a big guy, coming in at 6'4" and 250 pounds. I have brown hair and green eyes. Admittedly, I sometimes play the fool, but I'm not really unintelligent. I am, however, pretty weird in most people's eyes. I imagine that has something to do with my tendency to find everything funny.

The moniker "Warteen" is something I came up with way back when it rhymed with my age at the time, fourteen. I've been pleased with the name because it hasn't belonged to anybody else (despite the millions of people on the internet), but now that I'm far from a teenager I admit that it is humorously outdated. Even so, I stick with the name, since it's the easiest thing to do.

My cousin owns and operates a very successful t-shirt company, Stylin. Occasionally I work for him at conventions, including the 2003 and 2006 Comic-Con International.

I'm also the webmaster of FinalFantasyIII.com.

The Public Eye

As stated above, for a long time I've been interested in entertaining people. This is the progress I've made so far down that avenue, and serves as a sort of unofficial performance resume.

Plays

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, 2002, Armada High School - Hero
The Merchant of Venice, 2001, Richmond Community Theatre - Antonio, the Merchant
Annie, 2001, Richmond Community Theatre - Apple Seller / Artie / Cordell Hull
Anything Goes, 2001, Armada High School - Billy
Calamity Jane, 2000, Armada High School - Lt. Daniel Gilmartin
The Wizard of Oz, 1997, Richmond Community Theatre - City Father 3

Television

Sideshow, 2005-present

Comedy

Member of Sketchy People (improv comedy), 2004-2006
Founding member of The Last-Minute Actors (improv comedy), 2001-2002

Music

Founding member of The Desperate Measures (acapella group), 2006
Member of State of Harmony (acapella group), 2004-2005

Movies

Nothing yet. Maybe someday.

Wikipedia and Me

I'm still new to Wikipedia, but I've been making quite a few minor edits. I bring a grammatically critical eye to the pages here, and very few errors will get by me (can't promise I'll correct every one I see, though). Someday I really would like to be important enough to have my own entry, but now is not that day. I also have a wealth of general knowledge, and I can catch factual errors people who have more conventional (read: useful) knowledge might miss. On top of all that, I have a bit of an expertise in movie knowledge.

Sideshow

(There's a chance the page about Sideshow might get deleted, so I'm adding the information here to save it.)

Sideshow, or MSU Sideshow, is a sketch comedy television program broadcast at Michigan State University and online (see link below).

History & Format

Sideshow was founded by two stars of another MSU comedy program, The ShoW, in 2001. It is created entirely by MSU students and broadcast in the dormitories on Channel 12 (run by the MSU Telecasters, a subsidiary of the Residence Hall Association). As of 2006, Sideshow producers Mike Horgan and Brandon Peeples are pursuing a deal with WKAR-TV to have the show broadcast on public television.

Sideshow is known for a blend of comedy scenes (often involving MSU students in unusual situations or groups) and parodies of pop culture, including a memorable Lost scene, a parody of MTV's Made, and a sketch with a living cigarette shooting people, lampooning the "Infect Truth" ads. Nearly all of Sideshow's scenes are filmed in or around East Lansing (usually right on MSU's campus).

Cast & Crew

The current credited cast and crew (as of Fall 2006) is as follows:

Ryan Alloway
Mike Block
Jaret Bozigian
Mike Casey
Ideene Dehdashti
Mike Horgan (producer)
Ashley King
Brian "Mousse" Kruse
"Dr." Stephanie Johnson
Alexandra Oh
Amy Oprean
Rose Overton
Brandon Peeples (producer)
Stephanie Rea
Jeff Rosenfeld
Adam Sanborn
Jen Semetko
Jessica Shamberger
Mike Tiseo

Sideshow's alumni include Alex Priebe, Kyle Surma, and controversial State News editorial cartoonist Mike Ramsey.

Episodes

Sideshow has run for 19 episodes over 5 years and currently creates roughly 2 new episodes per semester. In 2006, a DVD was made that featured episodes 16-19.

Episode 1: First episode.
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11: Cigarettes kill people, literally.
Episode 12: Sadistic teacher supervises Duck Duck Goose. Over-sexed giant bunny roams the land.
Episode 13
Episode 14 - "Kappa Tappa Doopa": Terrorists stopped at a silly American checkpoint. Rap dance-off outside Planned Parenthood.
Episode 15 - "Breastises": Hit new show "American Porn Star". Protests erupt over a landlord refusing turtle rights.
Episode 16 - "Skank of the Church": Introduction of "Tucker and Snatch" credits. Diabetes commercial gone bad. Snickers bar love affair. Dungeons and Dragons fun. Tom Cruise interview. Nipple music.
Episode 17 - "Lollerskates": Internet-obsessed students lament their lives. MSU Hide & Seek Team profiled. Sideshow Made presents "I Want To Be A Beer Pong Champion". Tour of the National Institute of What's Funny.
Episode 18 - "Buttocks": Too-obscene skit censored for public TV. Oedipus's parents ponder their options. Rocky relationship ends with violence in a theater. The first season of Lost condensed to one episode. Jesus appears on a game show. German wrestling sensation The Vaculator makes his music video debut.
Episode 19 - "Log Hunting": "Live On" ads promote dorm life. First period party thrown by Grandma. MacGyver's lost episode. Butter that's "so good it doesn't taste like butter". Vampires infiltrate a dance club. The Wells Hall preacher receives comeuppance, featuring characters from the last five episodes.

External Links

Sideshow: Official Page, featuring downloadable episodes
MSU Telecasters, with airings schedule

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