other great events included a saturday night live: the originals panel with dan aykroyd, tom davis, laraine newman, don novello and moderator carl arnheiter; brian henson in conversation with neil patrick harris featuring a live puppet demonstration; the thrilling adventure hour with a star-studded cast including neil patrick harris, colin hanks, alison brie, john dimaggio, donal logue, danny pudi, james urbaniak, busy philipps, samm levine, john ennis and paul f. tompkins; a four show preview of mike birbiglia’s new solo show, my girlfriend's boyfriend; celebrity autobiography with will forte, rachael harris, joe pantoliano, jonathan silverman and linda cardellini; whose live anyway? improv show with ryan stiles, greg proops, chip esten and jeff davis; a viva variety reunion show with thomas lennon, michael ian black, kerri kenney-silver and robert ben garant; gentlemen’s club with bob odenkirk; the paul f. tompkins show with gillian jacobs, neil patrick harris and musical guest tom brosseau; the dave hill explosion with moby, thao nguyen and will franken; delocated witness protection program variety show with jon benjamin and guests todd barry, andrew daly, kristen schaal, eugene mirman, will forte and musical guest a.c. newman; the benson interruption with doug benson and guests zach galifianakis and more; the kevin pollak chat show with guest adam savage; greg behrendt’s maximum volume with matt nathanson and brendon small; music night with garfunkel and oates, david koechner, and more; tig has friends with tig notaro; billy the mime; charlyne yi; paul brittain; rich fulcher; killing my lobster; solo shows by rob delaney, brett gelman, joe sibb and lauren weedman; storytelling shows porchlight, this is not happening and risk! with kevin allison and the friday forty with dave holmes.