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September 30, 2005
The Sting: Whitest Kids Seek Morning People For Pilot Taping, K-Rock Smells Exactly Like How You'd Imagine It Would, Kambri Crews Maganimously Descends to New Orleans, and more!
Now You're Really Living with The Post Show
Jest Magazine Launches Officially, For Real -- via Dan
Kambri Crews Departs for NOLA for 7-Day Animal Rescue Volunteer Mission
Tell the World How You Really Feel with an Emoticon on Your Melon, :^/ --via All Things Christie
Chris Elliott Wrote a Book; Book Signing This Tuesday --via AST
Sam Means, contributor to The Onion, to Make Splashy Debut on Weekend Update
In Light of The Season Premiere of SNL, Here is The Only Guide You Need to Scoring Tickets
Rob Paravonian Reveals What K-Rock Really Smells Like
Oh, How the Mighty Useless Have Fallen; Farewell Jeeves, of AskJeeves.com
Advertising with The Apiary Allows You to Reach THOUSANDS, Allows Us to Afford Sandwiches
Be in the Whitest Kids' Pilot!
Rififi Adds New SUNDAY Night Show to Formidable Lineup
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Bloomberg Invokes New York City Underground Comedy Festival Week Mandate
Lifted directly from the New York City Underground Comedy Festival website:
I, MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG,
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, IN RECOGNITION OF THIS IMPORTANT EVENT, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2-10, 2005 IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AS:“NEW YORK CITY UNDERGROUND COMEDY FESTIVAL WEEK”
With that in mind, next week is as good a week as any to get out and see some live comedy if you are not doing so already.
This year, the festival's scheduling has responded well to the popularity of the sketch, improv, and variety acts that dominate these webpages. The PIT, the UCBT, Rififi, Juvie Hall, & Galapagos are all hosting events this time around.
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September 29, 2005
Critical Discussion: Who Will Pay $59.50 to See Joy Behar?
Lame internet snarkiness isn't usually something that's condoned here at The Apiary, but after seeing on Gothamist a link to the upcoming New York Comedy Festival, one thought went racing through the mind:
Who Will Pay 59.50 to see Joy Behar?
In fact, every show at this so-called festival is exorbitantly priced! What are these organizers trying to pull? Who is going to these shows? Triumph sticks out as the sole shining beacon against the otherwise standard, misery inducing, 2-drink minimum comedy club fare, but the $$$$$ of tickets will send many fans scurrying away.
Here is an elaborate spreadsheet we've created comparing the New York Comedy Festival's prices to other high-pro comedy events in the city:
| Joy Behar | 59.50 |
| Comedians of Comedy | 20 |
| Del Close Marathon | 20 |
| Flight of the Conchords | 15 |
| Neil Hamburger | 10 |
| ASSSSCAT | FREE! |
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September 28, 2005
Look Who Stopped By: It's Anthony DeVito!
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
Whoooooooo is it?
Ah! Well--whaddaya know! It's Anthony DeVito! Star of VH1, Mayor of Snazzytown, and the Captain of US Weekly's Fashion Police Department. This certainly is unexpected. Come in, come in! We were just wondering how you've been. What's new Mr. DeVito?
I was on my way to OTB to put a c-note on Belgian Waffle in the 5th, when I realized I was in front of The Apiary's corporate headquarters. So, after an inappropriately sexualized security check, I dropped in to say hello, and to talk about myself. In that order.I've just shot my second music video. Recently, nearly 2 seconds of me in a mailman outfit lit up an otherwise boring Bon Jovi video. Seriously, edit me out... total snoozefest. But it's currently rocketing up the Vh1 Top 20 Countdown. Screw you, Black Eyed Peas!
Then, I was asked by my pal Melanie Salvatore (of all-lady sketch group Bitches Funny) to appear in the new video for Matthew Brookshire's ditty "I Fall Out." The scenario: a bunch of oddball actor-types are auditioning for a commercial. Melanie plays the casting director and I "play" a corny, conceited leading-man wannabe. It was quite a stretch. We had a great time and it should turn out well. (I just hope VH1 can handle another dose of DeVitocil.) Oh, and don't forget to shoplift a copy of Us Weekly. I write for Fashion Police every damn week. Screw you, Chloe Sevigny!
That sure was a swell story. See ya later, Mr. Devito! Thanks for stopping by!
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Michelle Collins' New Business Card REVEALED
The Apiary got a sneak peak at the LIMITED EDITION business cards that Michelle Collins will soon be carrying on her at all times.
She only printed up 250 of them, so its FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. Ask for one at her LIVE APPEARANCE next Wednesday, October 5th at Galapagos.
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So Long, Irrelevant Day Job! Bob Powers Lands Historic Multi-Figure Book Deal
Blogebrity has announced that comic Bob Powers is taking his blog Girls Are Pretty to the printing presses.
There is some good news to report. After three plus years on the web and well over 1,000 consecutive calendar days scandalized, Girls Are Pretty is going to be a book.
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September 27, 2005
New Sketch Comedy... On Your Computer?!
Bob Castrone of My Blog Is Poop/the Best Week Ever Blog is starting a weekly sketch comedy show FOR YOUR COMPUTER and it's called The Post Show. What? Was "My VLOG is Poop" already taken? hahahaaaaahahahaaaa *cough*
One of the most important parts of this whole announcement is that there is a LAUNCH PARTY for The Post Show with gushing mad rivers of booze, should you choose to pay for them! You're all invited!!
Bob writes:
Please join us at The Post Show's Launch Party on Thursday, September 29th at Croxley Ales on Avenue B. There will be a drink special from 10-12, a live screening of The Post Show, and we're handing out special Post Show DVD's that may be worth as much as $1 to $3 someday.Feel free to pass this along to anyone who may be interested in coming.
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Inside With: Donald Glover, DC Pierson, & Dominic Dierkes, of the sketch group The Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz and the newly formed Derrick
In addition to writing and performing full-time in The Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz, and directing their college arm, Hammerkatz NYU, Donald Glover, DC Pierson, and Dominic Dierkes (pictured from L-R) have created another sketch and video variety group called Derrick. It tests itself out this week at the UCBT's 7:00 Workout, which is sort of like a dress rehearsal for shows that could eventually become UCB anchors. The guys of Derrick sat down with The Apiary to answer the questions that matter most.
What goes on at these 7:00 shows? Is it like watching a real performance?
Don: Yeah, it's a real performance. At least I think so.
DC: You sure?
Don: Are you?
DC: Not entirely.
Dominic: If we're gonna embarrass ourselves, I'd rather not do it.
Don: Deal. Show's cancelled.
What are your roles with Hammerkatz NYU?
DC: Donald and I are both still NYU students, and we co-direct HKATZNYU. The Hammerkatz that performs at UCB was born out at NYU, but our founder (and director of Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz) AJ Morales wanted to found a sketch comedy club like the one he had when he was an undergrad at Arizona State, that would continue after the original members were gone.
Donald: The goal with HKATZNYU is to be the new National Lampoon. We want to be a school for sketch. Like, if somebody's applying for a writing staff in ten years, we want to have the sort of reputation where if they have "Hammerkatz" on their resume, that's a big deal.
DC: We want our free shows to be the best part of going to NYU. Which is actually not that difficult, because most of going to NYU is paying 40 grand to realize how not unique you are.
Donald: Also being forced to hear big loud cliques of kids in berets loudly quote Family Guy when you're trying to read.
DC: Yes, also that.
Speaking of the name of the group, Is the "Wicked Wicked" what separates the two Hammerkatz entities? Or is it the NYU?
DC: Uh...the pretentious, half-baked way I explain it on the HKATZNYU website is that when there's a band in the US and a band in the UK with the same name, the England band just throws "UK" at the end of the name. Thus, Hammerkatz NYU is the Hammerkatz of NYU. It's confusing, granted. I hope it's confusing in a good way, where people aren't always clear who they're going to see but they know they can trust the name.
Donald, regarding your recent Late Night appearances, how does it feel to be a nationally recognized celebrity?
Donald: It's not that weird. It's cool to have people walking down the street say "Hey! you're the black guy from Conan!", but then I walk two steps and people stop and go "Hey! You're Kanye West!" Two more steps and "Hey! You're James Earl Jones" Basically, what I'm trying to say is...Conan thinks I'm James Earl Jones.
Which of you is funnier?
DC: Donald.
Dominic: Donald.
Donald: Donald.
Has DC told any of you guys what the DC stands for?
Donald: I was told it stood for "Derrick Comedy". But I bet Dominic was just trying to scare me before I went to bed.
Dominic: I thought it helped you sleep?
We'll figure out what it stands for one of these days! But, is there anything else the global internet community needs to know right now?
DC: Keep checking derrickcomedy.com for audio sketches that will make your iPod funnier. We just posted a video that's a pretty good example of the style of stuff we'll be doing on Thursday. Check it out. You aren't doing anything better at work.
Derrick is pop culture, hip hop, sketch comedy, and death. It features FRAN GILLESPIE as THE GIRL and films by Dan Eckman. It will play in a 7:00 o'clock Workout Slot this Thursday at the UCB Theater before heading down to Atlanta for a weekend of shows at Push Push Theater.
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September 26, 2005
Amy Sedaris is a Dick
Just received this mass email from Kittenpants--a formerly NYC based online humor mag run by comedy superfan Darci Ratliff.
Amy Sedaris has graced us with an appearance in the upcoming Kittenpants-produced feature film: PUBERTY: THE MOVIE.Ms. Sedaris stars as the leader of the Puberty Pals, an animated gang of body parts sent to teach Junior High kids about pubes and angst and stuff. See for yourself.
She also states that the full length features Joe Lo Truglio, Caitlin Miller, Todd Barry, David Wain, Jon Benjamin, Eugene Mirman, and Corn Mo.
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More about the Puberty Pals animator at Screenhead
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Top 10 Funniest New Yorkers You've Never Heard Of
According to the latest edition of New York Magazine, these are the top 10 funniest New Yorkers YOU'VE NEVER EVER HEARD OF EVER. --via the IRC
1. Aziz Ansari
2. Vernon Chatman & John Lee
3. Dorff & Gausas
4. David Javerbaum
5. Sam Lipsyte
6. Demetri Martin
7. Russ Meneve
8. Noam Murro
9. Charlie Todd
10. Kristen Schaal
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New York Musical Theatre Festival Photos
We caught a couple of the NYMF shows being produced at the UCBT last week. Baby Wants Candy was awesome-Awesome-AWESOME improv. They performed a musical based off the suggested title, "My Favorite Infection." BWC is playing through Thursday and is highly recommended for anyone who enjoys enjoyment.
Baby Wants Candy - 9.23.05
Photography by: Brandi Ediss (click for more photos)
The cast is pictured here singing the song "Lying in a Pool of My Own Vomit."
Dances With Pitchforks - 9.23.05
Photography by: Brandi Ediss (click for more photos)
John Flynn
Monica! The Musical! - 9.21.05
Frenchie Davis as Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie
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September 23, 2005
The Sting: 826NYC and The Daily Show Corroborate in Thrilling Partnership, Office Managers Everywhere Left Crippled, Hammerkatz NYU Seeks Out The New Class
The Daily Show Auctions Off Pieces of Old Sets to Benefit 826NYC --via Jesse
We asked Ted Thompson, Director of Events for 826NYC for details and he writes:
It's extremely generous of the show (they've been nothing but with us) and every penny of what's raised will be used for student programming at our center.
826NYC Presents Film Festival of Writers and Creators of The Daily Show, Reception this Tuesday
So Long, Irrelevant Day Job!: Chris Kula Has Arrived
Saturday Night Rewritten Invites Editor of The Apiary to Guest Write This Sunday
What's That Blood Doing In Your Hair?!
The Belligerent Intellectual Tells His Refrigerator Where to Shove It
Why Didn't You Think of This?! --via Kottke
Andrea Harner and Bob Saget Are BFF4L 4EVA --via Keith
Monkeydick Announces Final Performance, Friday September 30
Who Will Be The Future of Hammerkatz?
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September 22, 2005
Improv Everywhere and Aziz Ansari Are the Next Arcade Fire!
Many are pondering right now, Who will be the next Arcade Fire?" We've figured it out! It's Improv Everywhere and Aziz Ansari!
IE, Aziz, and Flight of the Conchords have all been named HOT IN 2005 in the latest issue of ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE.
It has been a truly meteoric year for all parties. Crash Test always has the longest line (roughly 300 people for a 150 person theatre) of any show at the UCBT and Improv Everywhere continually generates enormous amounts of press (New York Times, NPR) with their crafty pranks.
Looking forward, if it's true that Improv Everywhere and Aziz Ansari are the next Arcade Fire, who will be the next Improv Everywhere and Aziz Ansari?!
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Ophira Eisenberg and Todd Levin Speak Out Against Adorable Babies
In an article in today's NY Times, stand ups Ophira Eisenberg and Todd Levin rail against the babies that litter Park Slope, Brooklyn, like cashed and useless cigarette butts.
From the article:
"These women have a child, and they're like, 'Look at me,' " said Ophira Eisenberg, 33, a stand-up comedian from the West Village who refers to oversize baby strollers as lawn mowers. "It's like this baby is more important than anything, and everyone should be bowing down because they created life."
Todd adds:
Todd Levin, a writer and comedian, said he saw an especially illustrative stroller encounter two years ago at Kennedy Airport. It happened after the mother accidentally bumped the nonmother with a stroller that Mr. Levin, 34, said looked like a "massive SUV.""Could you please not bump me with your stroller," the woman said, according to a play-by-play account Mr. Levin wrote on his Web site, Tremble.com. "I have a cat in my bag."
"Excuse me," the mother replied. "If I knew you had a cat in your bag, I wouldn't have bumped you!" Then she turned to the other travelers nearby, widening her eyes in exasperation.
An argument ensued, but Mr. Levin concluded that it was less about the collision than about who had made the better life choice, the mother or the cat owner. "The Biological mom was much, much worse, in my opinion, if only for her very clear sense of superiority," Mr. Levin wrote. "With each swipe she took at the Feline Mom she seemed to be making a transparently veiled assertion that having babies is what makes us better people. Having babies means winning."
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Streeter Seidell weighs in on the debate and HE'S NOT HAPPY
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Inside With: Chris Sullivan, of Freestyle Love Supreme, Participants of the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Chris Sullivan (pictured third from left), the human beatbox of the improvised comedic hip hop mash up, Freestyle Love Supreme(pictured all around him), spent his August performing with his group in Scotland at the world renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Chris takes us INSIDE and gives us a glimpse of the experiences he had there.
Why Scotland? Why now? Can anyone go to Edinburgh?
Unlike Aspen, there is no official selection process for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Basically if you have the money for travel, housing, venue rent, and publicity you can be in the fest. The majority of acts are produced by a larger entity. However, just getting there is half the work- there is a LOT of competition for audience -1800 shows! And everyone fights for and cares so much about reviews--everyone who gets a 4 star and makes a big deal. Freestyle Love Supreme was lucky enough to be produced in a great venue at a great time slot with great buzz and word of mouth.
Did you get to see any of the folks perform who were in contention for the Perrier Award?
In general, the overseas comedy was wonderfully refreshing and inspiring. In Scotland, audiences were more accepting, the stand-ups were higher energy, and the comedy acts were quirky and interesting. Freestyle Love Supreme played a radio show on the BBC with Tim Minchin (Australia) who won the best Perrier newcomer for 2005. He plays piano like a mutherfucker and has amazing Ben Foldey lyrics – funny and thoughtful - the best kind of comedy. Other comedy of note: Eddie Perfect (Australia), The Defiant Thomas Brothers (Chicago), Jason Byrne (Australia), Dave Fulton (England) – oh and I saw Demetri Martin (2003 winner) riding his bike around town.
Did you run into other celebs there too?
Throughout the fest we worked with Mike McShane, Jason Biggs, B.A. Robertson (the Scottish Bruce Springsteen) and Fred Macauley- a big time tv/radio personality on BBC who we also played golf at Gleneagles, his treat, a wonderful man. A lot of celebrities were foreign so I don't really know/care who they were, but of those I do, I shared pints with Steve Furst (Whose Line, UK) and Eugene Mirman and met Ricky Gervais and Ewen Macintosh from The Office and a couple old people from the London West End that I forgot.
What's the best thing to come from the festival for Freestyle Love Supreme?
We became Super Freestyle Love Supreme from doing 25 shows in a row with no break. A lot of street busking, outdoor performances, and group bonding. There was a lot of international exposure for improv, hip-hop, and nyc… so who knows what's next.
TimeOUT NY has recently added a coveted RED STAR to FLS--has that dramatically changed things?
I didn't even know we had that but I guess it'll probably make it harder to get tickets to shows cause now we're doing a lot at Mo Pitkins which is significantly smaller than Ars Nova.
You got any additional stories or advice for future Fringers that should be passed on?
I would recommend this festival for any performer if you get an opportunity; it's like summer camp. On the other hand, if you wanna be an audience member, be aware that for a "Fringe", ticket prices can be expensive and the dollar is weak, but the nightlife, beer, architecture, beer, nature, beer, landscape, castles, etc.. are amazing. The staff that work the venues are either really cute or really cool and the parties are great fun. Do it.
Chris also attached his photo album from the trip. If you look through the pics, keep your eyes peeled for some other hometown peeps who went to the Fringe too.
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September 21, 2005
NYC Comedy Powercouple Invades Europe, Internet
One of New York's leading COMEDY POWERCOUPLES, Kate Spencer and Anthony King are NEAR-SIMULTANEOUSLY sweeping the globe AND the internet.
It was revealed that Anthony's show, GUTENBURG! The Musical! is busy preparing for a 3-week, 8 show per week run at the
Meanwhile, Kate Spencer dropped her first article on the widely-read College Humor.com today. It's titled: How to Be a Best Friend.
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New York Musical Theatre Festival and YOU
From the New York Musical Theatre Festival site:
We created NYMF with a strong sense that it should not be a final destination for new musicals but a launching ground – that it should serve as a much needed middle step linking the initial drafts of a musical with their final full-scale production.
It's not surprising that a) these shows are littered with actual Broadway producers and b) some of the performances are already sold out for their entire runs. The benefits of checking out these initial drafts are manifold for the casual fan. They give you a chance to say "I saw that when..." and most notably you get to see future Broadway hits for CHEAP CHEAP ticket prices.
How is this relevant?! The UCBT has teamed up with the NYMF this year to offer a greasy buffet of offerings for the comedy and improv minded AND IT ALL GETS UNDERWAY TONIGHT with the premiere of Monica! The Musical! Here are a few of the musical comedies running the next two weeks along w/ their press summaries:
The year was 1998, when the internet was just starting out, and message boards and blogs were unheard of. Starring in Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of Gypsy were Broadway legend Betty Buckley, pop star Deborah Gibson, and non-Equity nobody John Flynn as Farm Boy #5. Like any non-Equity Farm Boy with too much free time on his hands, John shares tales of rehearsal antics via e-mail - and from there on out - all Hell breaks loose! A story of dashed hopes, fragile egos, lost innocence, and grown women in cow costumes. Sept 23, 8pm; Sept 30, 8pm. $10. UCB Theatre.
Doug Simon and Bud Davenport wrote a MUSICAL! And they think it's really GOOD! It's called: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! It's the TRUE story of Johann Gutenberg, the Printing Press, an evil Monk, and a beautiful wench named Helvetica. And they're gonna perform the CRAP out of it for Broadway producers... AND FOR YOU!! Sept 24, 7.30pm; Oct 1, 7.30pm. $10. UCB Theatre.
Based in Chicago, BWC has amazed audiences around the world with its signature show – a completely improvised hour-long musical. Every aspect of The Musical is made up on the spot. Sept 22 & 23, 9:30pm; Sept 24, 9pm; Sept 26, 8pm; Sept 28 & 29, 9:30pm. $10. UCB Theatre.
Project Footlight
You awaken to the sound of your telephone ringing. A mysterious voice on the line says that he has kidnapped your child. One problem: you don't have a child. Do you set out to rescue the kid or do you roll over and go back to sleep? This is the first of many choices that you as an audience will make in this new genre some people are calling, “Choose-ical the Musical.” Brian Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan pen the as-yet-untitled piece with an incredible troupe of improvisers. Sept 19, 7pm & 9.30pm; Sept 20 8pm; Sept 25, 8pm; Sept 28, 7pm & 9:30pm. $15. 45th STREET THEATER.
RELATED
Complete list of shows running at the UCBT
More from the NYMF front lines at Gothamist
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September 20, 2005
MercyCat Katrina Benefit Nets Astonishing Amount of Cash
Spoke with the UCBT Artistic Director Anthony King and asked how much money was raised for MercyCorps at this past Sunday's star-studded Hurricane Katrina benefit MercyCat.
OVER 14,000 DOLLARS
And that's not including the SNL tickets up on Ebay for charity. In case you were wondering how much a pair would go for if you could actually buy them -- look at this.
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Inside Joke with Al Franken & Tom Davis @ The UCBT - 9.19.05
Inside Joke is an intimate show in which industry luminaries share stories and anecdotes about their lives as professional comics to an audience consisting mostly of students of comedy. We had some serious camera issues last night, but imagine the two guys above, Al Franken and Tom Davis, a little bit older and on stage at the UCB.
NOTES
--Tom Davis traded his first Emmy for a Grateful Dead Gold Record. Al gave his to his Mom and Dad.
--Who influences a duo responsible for launching SNL? They cited oldtime radio hosts Bob & Ray. Here is an MP3
--Al declared that Jan Hooks played the best slut character ever on SNL, although they both agreed Amy Poehler does a good job now.
--Al talked about his original submissions packet sent over to Lorne--it was 14 pages long. Speaking as someone who would read submissions, he said the shorter it is, the better.
--The cause of Tom and Al's breakup was not discussed. But, wounds have since healed and one could tell that Tom Davis seemed genuinely excited to share the spotlight with a friend he's made so much history with.
--One of the neat things about these shows is that the guests will frequently name drop a whole world, (a scene, if you will), of undocumented people, places, and events. If anyone has any interest in writing about comedy history, Inside Joke is simply invaluable.
--Former SNL writer, Leo Allen was SPOTTED in the crowd.
RELATED
Insider photos from Inside Joke
Musings by: Fake Century, Dave, and Katie
The early items listed at this page could nearly fill in as an outline for what was fleshed out on stage.
For further reading on Franken & Davis, click HERE
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September 19, 2005
Follow Up to "Do You Understand That You're My Hero" Unleashed
In the wake of "Do You Understand That You're My Hero," Chelsea Peretti unleashes her second and third singles in what one hopes is a long series. One might be tempted to label C. Peretti "a post-minimalist Weird Al" but her hi-co (high concept) renunciation of established standards and forms channels the very essence of radical art.
An idea as subversive and challenging as hers will invariably alter the way one looks at these songs forever.
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Chicken Noises
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Eugene Mirman Signs to Sub Pop
Brooklyn Vegan gets the scoop that Eugene Mirman has just signed a recording deal with Sub Pop records.
Mirman joins the ranks of Todd Barry and David Cross as comics signed to a label best known for making commercial successes out of musical acts with ripe indie sensibilities like The Shins, Iron & Wine, and the Postal Service.
Mr. Vegan also points out Eugene is cutting the CD live October 23rd and 24th at Pianos here in NYC. You might recall, the last time Eugene had a recording gig at that venue, the shows completely sold out.
Looking forward, what would be real sweet is if Sub Pop packaged the audio with some of Mirman's videos or actually released a stand alone DVD of them. It's almost surprising a DVD of his vids isn't floating around already.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls, It Tolls for Thee, Respecto Montalban
As reported last week, veteran improv troupe Respecto Montalban took their final emotional bows this past Saturday at the UCB. Congratulations on an inspiring run.
On the bright side, not every tolling bell implies a meditation on death. Check it: According to this thread on the IRC, in a non-improvised moment, someone PROPOSED MARRIAGE to someone else, LIVE ON STAGE during Respecto's performance.
Improv brings people together! Take note fellas--when you're ready to ask that special lady to be your LIFEPARTNER, the UCBT is probably a much better place to do it than the Jumbotron at the Meadowlands.
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September 16, 2005
The Weekend News Sting!
Andres Du Bouchet Humbly Declares, "In all honesty, I am the single most talented person alive."
Chelsea Peretti Now Available as Podcast
Liam McEneaney Tells All on Keith and the Girl
Rachel Kramer Bussell Recaps Tuesday's Edition of The Rejection Show
Matty Goldberg Finally Makes Black Entertainment Television Debut
Top 10 Most Ridiculous Black Metal Pics of All Time
FEARSOME Prepares For Brand New Show
2 SNL Tickets On Ebay to Relieve Hurricane Victims
Newly Minted SNL Writer Bryan Tucker on S.S.I.O.W.Y Season Premiere
Preston Spears Already Blogging Like a Pro --via Jamie
Whitest Kids U Know Unveil Fall Lineup Just In Time for Fashion Week
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September 15, 2005
Panoptic Changing of the Guard Occuring at UCBT; NYC Loses Two More Senior Comics to LA
Extensive shuffling is occuring within UCBT improv circles as the recent loss of two senior-ranking improvisers leaves this community confronted with the challenge to rebuild. An ANONYMOUS SOURCE speaks:
The October schedule at UCBT is gonna change a lot. Monkeydick has been retired as a team, and that slot on Friday is going to Death by Roo Roo (Curtis Gwinn, John Gemberling, Neil Casey, and Brett Gelman). Respecto Montalban is also done - half of the group (Owen Burke and Chad Carter) up and moved to LA last week, and Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel are basically bi-coastal now. Mother is going to move to that 9 o'clock slot on Saturday, and Reuben Williams is graduating from Harold Night to Mother's old 10:30 slot on Saturday. (These next two Tuesdays are Reuben Williams' last two Harold Nights.)
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Brazen Theft Strikeforce Terrorizes Comedian Community
Two online reports yesterday show a faceless menace is threatening our city's comics.
Michelle Collins' bread and butter website, You Can't Make It Up, has been subverted by a gang of gutless rookie bloggers named Dennis, Jamie, and Lived to Tell About It. And guess what they call their site? You Can't Make It Up. These 'wads can't just go around infringin' on her shit!
In other bold thievery news, Aziz Ansari has issued an urgent plea for whoever stole his backpack the other night at Brooklyn Vegan's music showcase to return it. If anyone knows the whereabouts of his bookbag or if you have any tips, please forward them to Aziz.
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Inside With: Kiki Allgeier, A Student in Writing For SNLadies
The other day, we wondered out loud if anyone from The PIT's "Writing for SNLadies" class could tell us about the course and about what it's like being taught by Liz Cackowski, a Second City Mainstage alum and current writer on SNL. The lovely Kiki Allgeier answered the call and tells us what she has learned.
Why did you sign up for Writing for SNLadies?
Liz Cackowski was the main reason I signed up for the class. Her career is inspiring, and I wanted to learn the structure SNL and Second City uses when writing sketches. I was also curious what it would be like writing with all ladies. In every sketch or improv class I have been in the ratio is usually 1 lady to every 400 men.
Okay, so what have you produced over the course of 6 weeks?
We have around 3 sketches each, a group sketch, and some black outs.
What's it like being taught by Liz Cackowski? Intimidating? Eye-opening? Seems like it brings with it a lot of advantages. For example, she can simply say to Human Resources, "Hire this girl, she's got talent!"
Liz was a fantastic teacher. She gave us strategies and skills to generate ideas that we can follow through with. She wasn't intimidating, rather very open to helping us. She encouraged re-writes during the week, which she always gave detailed feed back on. I was grateful for that because it really allows you to expand and grow with your sketch. I don't think any of us have been hired onto SNL, but we are now armed forces ready to charge.
Are you a better writer because of the class?
This course has helped me to actually complete an idea and has given me a better sense of how to reach my goals.
Speaking of goals, what's next for Kiki Allgeier?
Next up is going to be a show called "The Documentary"(working title), directed by Billy Merrit. We will run October 10th, 17th, and 24th at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. As for myself, I am currently in the middle of filming a short film with the hope of completion in December.
Kiki Allgeier will be showcasing her hard work at the graduation reading for Writing for SNLadies this Sunday at The PIT.
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September 14, 2005
What's Going On in the Time Life Building?
This just in from an ANONYMOUS SOURCE:
"This week has seen a steady stream of UCB improvisors going in to shoot video bits at the Time Life building. The vids are going to be featured on a new big-time Time, Inc. humor website aimed at office dwellers that's launching later this year. The producers of the site just *loved* the UCB peeps, and wanna keep that pipeline open."
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Katrina Hits Closer to Home, Local Comedian Cassidy Hennehan Tells His Account
NYC comic Cassidy Hennehan, one of the hosts of the weekly comedy showcase The $1 Dollar Room, hails from a part of New Orleans that was washed out by Katrina. In this video clip from last Thursday's $1 Room, Cassidy delivers a mildly sad but spirited set regarding his first hand accounts with the destruction.
Brad Steuernagel tells us that the show this clip is from was attended by Cassidy's mother and brother, and that the entire door (27 dollars) was donated to their recovery effort.
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September 13, 2005
Tina Fey's Fetus Emerges From Womb; The Apiary Ponders Launch of 24 Hour Baby News Spin-off
Congratulations go out to Tina Fey and hubby Jeff Richmond on the birth of their first baby, Alice Richmond.
Lots of big name comedy folks are out breaking the seal all baby-style these days. Did you know Conan is expecting another one in November? Wonder if his and hers will grow up to be friends...
Perhaps it's time to launch The Apiary Baby, with 'round the clock news dedicated to this sort of thing. Not a bad idea! Hey, are you a comic who is knocked up? Or have you yourself just had a baby? If so, we want to know all about it! What's it like? Bet it feels weird.
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Editors of Cracked Magazine Speak to The Black Table; Jest Magazine Is Here
In our ongoing coverage of the made-up rivalry between Cracked Magazine and online humor e-zine Jest, GET THIS!, the day after Jest Magazine soft launches its NSFW website, out comes a high profile interview on The Black Table with a screaming headline Hey Everybody! Cracked is Back!
Will this be the cola war to end all cola wars?
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September 12, 2005
Get Out Your Day Planners
Here are some upcoming things and events to get some of you excited about the future!
--The annual CMJ indie music festival begins this week. Gothamist concert profiler Jeff Baum shares his must-see schedule.
--Brooklyn Vegan's pre-CMJ showcase is TOMORROW. It features RISEN comic Aziz Ansari, Cloud Cult, and Doveman.
--Liam McEneaney has put together the mother of all hurricane relief shows. Rob Corddry, Paul Scheer, Late Night monologue writer Brian Kiley and many more. What makes this the best is the stunning assortment of generously donated prizes he has collected for a charity raffle.
--The UCBT is hosting a viewing of Matt Walsh and Ian Roberts' rarely seen movie, Martin & Orloff on Wednesday, September 14th. It's FREE!
--Also on Wednesday, Tale of Two Cities' muse 1/2 Nelson, is putting on his first fashion show. Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this.
--The New York Musical Theatre Festival starts today and ends October 2nd. The UCBT and the Museum of Television and Radio are two venues of note hosting acts this year. The Pearl Brunswick, Gutenberg the Musical and Monica! The Musical will be out there singing and dancing. Show some love.
--FREE! passes to a screening of Thumbsucker on Thursday, September 15th.
--Graphic Novel Fans: A sharp looking store just opened up in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn called Rocketship. Their comprehensive inventory of graphic novels and collector art is unrivaled. It's also a great place to browse for gift ideas!
--The NYC Mayoral democratic primary is TOMORROW! The Apiary wrecklessly endorses Anthony Weiner for the obvious reason that his last name will inspire the best NY Post headlines ever. VOTE OR DIE.
--A very special Inside Joke on Monday September 19th brings together Al Franken and Tom Davis for the first time in 16 years.
--Character: People You Wouldn't Invite to Dinner - An evening of solo character comedy by New York's hottest stand-ups and sketch acts. Out of the minds of babes... Carolyn Castiglia and Lianne Stokes. Featuring Nick Kroll, Laura Mannino (Mintyfresh), Sara Schaefer (...is Obsessed With You), Theron Steiner (Freedumb), and Allen Warnock.
--The New York Underground Comedy Festival
LAST BUT NOT LEAST
The cool crispness in the morning air fondly brings to mind a spectacular autumnal event in the city. Be on the lookout soon for a half chicken/half penguin running amok in SoHo. You might know this creature as CHENGWIN.
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The Hollywood Reporter Fails to Break SNL News; The PIT Wants to Help You Achieve
The Hollywood Reporter just published an article today saying that SNL has added Andy Samberg and Bill Hader to the cast. The Apiary broke the story on August 16th which was further explored by Boing Boing. Can't believe someone was actually paid a ton of money to report news that is completely void of news. Blogs: the unpaid interns of journalism.
Here is some news! The PIT has just a few seats left for its class, Writing for SNL. It's taught by Ali Farahnakian--a master of the comedic arts. We spoke with someone at The PIT who confirmed that the class is not performance based. So, if you dislike acting and your goal is to write a tight packet of sketches, then this class is ideal.
Ali doing stand-up at The PIT's Hurricane Relief benefit on 9.7.5
Also! If anyone in The PIT's current Writing for SNLadies class would care to share what it's like, it would be extremely beneficial for those interested.
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Notes from The Primetime Kalan 9.9.5
Upon introduction at Friday's edition of the Midnight Kalan--a SLIGHTLY nerdy late night talk show hosted by Daily Show staffer, Elliott Kalan--a larger than life STEPHEN COLBERT steps into the spotlight, blowing dramatic kisses, bowing grandly--basking in the polite applause of the SOLD OUT crowd of the tiny Juvie Hall theatre.
ENTHRALLING NEWS REVEALED DURING HIS SEGMENT
--It's actually COL-BURT. Not COL-BARE.
--Stephen Colbert IS NOT related to 1930's cinema starlet Claudette Colbert.
--Stephen listens to Neutral Milk Hotel.
SPOTTED!
ENORMOUS CELEBRITIES paced out front of the theatre before showtime, like:
Late Night's Andy Blitz!
AND
Colbert's BFF4L/Strangers With Candy genius - PAUL DINELLO. We just happened to overhear him tell a fan he's working with Amy Sedaris to help finish her upcoming book and that he's flying to LA today for business! ...but what kind of business?
UNRELATED!
You might have noticed that the picture from the show is really poor. If anyone out there is good at photography AND would like to join The Apiary team AND would like to have his or her future live comedy expenses TAKEN CARE OF, please shoot an email to theapiary@gmail.com.
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September 9, 2005
Shandi Sullivan -- More like Shafti Sullivan!
America's Next Top Model contestant Shandi Sullivan BAILED OUT AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MINUTE from being a guest on last night's heavily promoted Parkside Radio Hour with Tony Carnevale and Sean Taylor of the Variety Underground.
For shame, Shandi Sullivan! For shame!
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Inside With: Jamie Greenberg, Host of Rififi's New Monday Night Variety Show, "FACT IN THE HEAD"
This Monday, Jamie Greenberg premieres Rififi's newest comedy show, FACT IN THE HEAD. Although he looks about 18 in this picture, Greenberg has extensive creds writing for MTV shows like "Wanna Be a VJ", "Total Britney Live", "Spring Break", and all sorts of programs on VH-1, Nickelodeon, PBS and more. The Apiary caught up with Jamie as he prepared for his first F.I.T.H.
What is FACT IN THE HEAD about? That's a lot of capital letters.
FACT IN THE HEAD is an alternative comedy/variety show with its own overarching premise: the entire thing is a game show, and all the guest comics, video clips, and sketches play into the game show competition. Each show pits a male audience member vs. a female audience member in an All-Out Battle of the Sexes.
The winning contestant each week takes home a Grand Prize worth $10,000!!! (sort of). Also if the female player wins, every female in the audience gets a prize, and vice versa.
What if you're an audience member who doesn't like participating in games? Is participation mandatory?
Participation is absolutely NOT REQUIRED! This show will feature a variety of NYC's top comics, plus video you won't believe and a great deal of other silliness, and audience members aren't required to do anything but relax and enjoy.
Have you done this show before somewhere?
No. I created the Hosty Hostman character (with a vastly different name) back when I was a regular in Andres Du Bouchet's Giant Tuesday Night, and I would host one gameshow-type segment per show. But this show is entirely new.
With the addition of FITH, it makes Rififi a FREE comedy powerhouse--how does Rififi stay in business? How do comedians there make money?
I can't speak to Rififi's business model, though I suspect attracting a lot of booze-slurping comedy fans (and performers) every night of the week must be good for the bottom line. I think it's great that Rififi now has live, unique comedy Monday through Friday.
As for how the comedians themselves make money, I know... but I won't tell. It involves a lot of time spent standing outside Port Authority though.
Your resume is long and distinguished. How did you get into all this?
I was a television writer/producer and sometimes actor for 12 years, and the business just wore my soul away. I had always been a comedy performer, from college through my own NYC group Scared Scriptless, so I decided to segue from TV into making my own films. While directing & editing short films I began to get into live comedy again, so as not to spend ALL my time staring at a computer monitor in my boxers. (Clarification: the monitor was not in my boxers. I was). I began performing each week in Giant Tuesday Night, as well as solo stuff, and eventually decided to start up my own show.
Well, good luck to you. Have any plugs, gossip, or shocking news you'd like to share?
PLUG 1: Check out my website for show news, videos you will not believe, and lots of Little Known Facts.
PLUG 2: My short film "Taxi Dancer" is currently accompanying "The Baxter" on IFC/Gen Art's Special Advance Screening tour, and will be featured in next month's Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films.
GOSSIP/SHOCKING NEWS #1: Marilyn Monroe slept with Joan Crawford. Marilyn Monroe slept with Joan Crawford! This sounds like some drag queen's opium dream, but it's apparently true. Seems it was good for Joan... not so good for Marilyn. Both dead now.
FACT IN THE HEAD premieres at Rififi, Monday, September 12th at 8PM. Guest comics on the slate are Christian Finnegan, Andrea Rosen, Mike Birch, Negin Farsad, Mark Giordano, Jamie Greenberg, Matt Himes. It's FREE.
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The Patriotic Cow Above the UCBT Achieves New Heights of Superstardom
For readers out there who haven't the financial means to tour the area around the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City to see the talking cow at Gristedes, Chris Kula has kindly offered to take you on a virtual reality adventure throughout the whole supermarket!
Chris Kula's Walking Tour of Gristedes
Photo of the Patriotic Cow taken by Chris Kula
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September 8, 2005
Tourist Attractions @ The UCBT
Now that ASSSSCAT aired on TV, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre will quickly become a tourist destination for all the nation. Here is the first of a new EXCLUSIVE series of Tourist Attractions to see on your way to the UCBT.
The Patriotic Cow at Gristedes
The UCBT sits below a grocery store called Gristedes. If you venture inside for a snack before a show be on the lookout for this awesome cow. It talks to you at a really high volume and delivers a speech filled with cow related puns. It's located off towards the produce, just beyond the motion sensitive Seafarer.
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Critical Discussion: How Soon is Too Soon?
In a 2003 article in the New Yorker, Tina Fey is quoted "If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs."
Does that statement mean the comic lusts after and thrives off the pain of others? Or is it his or her natural way of coping with it?
An extremely common question in interviews with comedians is, "Is any subject off-limits?" The answer is almost always no.
Therefore, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina--how soon is too soon? Comics are all out testing the waters on this issue. Even the big guys like Conan, Letterman, and The Onion are all searching for a balance between sharp, resonating criticism and the kind of ingrained, schoolyard humor made popular by subjects like the Challenger, dead babies, Christopher Reeves, or the bottomless well that is Terri Schiavo.
One could argue it's too soon for the schoolyard variety, but the reality of the situation is, it will eventually come out in full force, no matter how horrible and sickening the devastation is that took place. Are comics just fucked up people? When does the sensitivity timeframe get breached? Is now too soon to start with the Katrina jokes?
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September 7, 2005
ASSSSCAT - From Stage to Screen - Tonight
Eagle-eye billynord at the AST boards dug up a link to some clips from the taping.
The UCB Theatre will host a FREE viewing party tonight. Come and watch it on the big screen.
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Breaking into Comedic Television Writing with Media Bistro
The Apiary had an opportunity last night to sit in on a 3-hour Media Bistro seminar called "Breaking into TV Comedy Writing" taught by Alan Cross, whose credits include PopUp Video, Ultimate Muscle, and Celebrity Deathmatch. The class was more of an exercise in monologue joke writing than in physically busting down producers' doors.
For those who want to spare the enrollment fees, it turns out the secret to breaking into writing for tv, is the same secret as any other field--networking.
The real highlight of the class came unexpectedly from a 75 year old, rotund man, with white hair who hobbled into the small room a half hour after class had started.
As the group pined through current events for comedic material, volleying setups and punchlines back and forth, the white haired elder suddenly erupted into a tempestuous rage saying none of our jokes were funny, that no one ever remembers jokes, and that there is no humor to be found in Hurricane Katrina, whether it be straight dark humour or a play on the events surrounding it. He carried on for a good while until it was time for a break.
God only knows how this guy was able to get to this point. For starters, he had to actively want to "break into" comedy writing at the ripe age of ONE MILLION and secondly, somewhere in New York City, long before the class began, he had to figure out how to use the internet, google "comedy writing classes", find his way to Media Bistro, pay online using a credit card, and do all sorts of mindblowing minutiae thereafter. The question on everyone's mind was corroborated when he himself asked the teacher, "Why am I here?"
Anyways, this dude ended up becoming endearing towards the end because when prodded for "realities" that he had faced recently, he jovially recounted some of the battiest stories ever--such as buying a Victoria's Secret gift card for a Catholic nun.
For those interested in breaking into comedic television writing, Alan teaches an 8 week course through Media Bistro starting soon.
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Cracked Enchants and Allures with Auspicious Clock
The Cracked Magazine site has added a backwards running timer to its page, which can only mean one thing--THE FUTURE IS JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS AWAY.
In related website launching action, what is going on with Jest Online? Nonfactual speculation suggests a mini-space race is brewing between these two FRENZIED ARCH-RIVALS. Perhaps we are in the eye of a high stakes, midgame checkers match, with red and black both seizing and ceding opportunity until a single color remains. Whose WEB-STRATEGY shall overcome?
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September 6, 2005
Surprise Guests at Benefit Shows SPOILED Below
*SPOILER ALERT*
--This Wednesday, Jim Gaffigan is alleged to be surprising everyone at The PIT's Hurricane relief party.
--The Northern Hospitality bennie just booked Colin Quinn to headline an already flush undercard of Suzie Felber, Christian Finnegan, Anthony DeVito and Andres Du Bouchet.
--MercyCat has announced some of their special guests. So far they have Amy Poehler, Horatio Sanz, and Paul Scheer listed on the bill. Wouldn't be surprised if come showtime, they add a few more comedy celebs--perhaps some folks from Late Night or The Daily Show.
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Honeycollecting: Something Awful Hit by Hurricane, Fred Armisen Attacked Verbally by Angry Hipsters, and more!
Here are some links to get the week going--a couple are items from last week that didn't get posted.
Hurricane Katrina Wipes Out Something Awful; Thousands Stranded without Funny JPGs
Nick Kroll Shines in Andy Roddick's Disastrous American Express Campaign
An INSIDE look at the redesign of The Onion - via Kottke
Aziz Ansari Parties with Hollywood A-Listers
Paul Scheer Weighs in on the VMAs
Brooklyn Vegan Reports on Fred Armisen at Thunderbirds are Now! concert, Armisen Responds to Critics
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September 2, 2005
Comedy Scene Mobilizes Hurricane Relief Efforts Faster than Fucking FEMA
Asked yesterday if anyone is considering putting on a benefit show for Katrina, and the comments box was flooded, er... overwhelmed, er--let's just say these guys are an incredible bunch of magnanimous folks. Come out to see the city's finest and most upstanding comics while doing your part to help the hundreds of thousands of people whose lives have been irrevocably devastated. Here is a list of upcoming benefits:
September 12th @ The UCB - Crash Test
Featuring Eugene Mirman, Christian Finnegan, Andy Blitz & other special guests. Hosted by Aziz Ansari. Proceeds go to Mercy Corps. DETAILS
September 13th @ PS 122 - The Rejection Show
Jon Friedman has announced that a percentage of ticket sales from this month's edition of The Rejection Show will go to charity. DETAILS
September 13th @ The Cornelia Street Cafe
John Morrisson says, "Just came from a planning meeting at Cornelia Street Cafe. There will be a benefit concert. More details soon"
September 14th @ The Kraine Theatre
Anthony Devito and Ballyhoo Promotions are putting together a show called Northern Hospitality with all money going to the Red Cross. DETAILS
Sunday, September 18th @ The UCB - MercyCat
"The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre presents two special performances of their long-running improv show, ASSSSCAT, to raise support for Mercy Corps' Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Every dollar raised at the show will go directly to Mercy Corps' relief efforts in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama." DETAILS
September 22 @ Mo Pitkins
Liam McEneaney is setting something up. Money raised will go to the Red Cross. DETAILS
Also!
The PIT just added an event on Wednesday September 7th. DETAILS
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September 1, 2005
Comedians for Hurricane Relief?
Not to be a downer, but it'd be weird to continue gabbing about regular stuff here while half a million Americans have been displaced b