 Kalan occasionally appears in bit parts on "The Daily Show" and has provided voice-over narration for "The Decider" comic-book segments.He was instrumental in putting together the "gay cowboy" montage (a comedic series of clips from classic westerns, illustrating that the gay content in "Brokeback Mountain" is nothing new), when Jon Stewart hosted the 78th Academy Awards.From 2006 to 2009, Kalan wrote a weekly column for the free morning daily "Metro".