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Friday, November 30, 2007 at 6:33AM --Victor Varnado made a video game.
--Daniel Kitson, the man who's currently THE TALK OF THE INTERNET, is coming to Union Hall for an exclusive 4 night run. Bumpershine is running a ticket giveaway RIGHT NOW.
--Regarding the recent spate of UK/International comics splashing across the pages of this website, a cherished reader wrote to us: "You should go to Edinburgh for a week next year. Go the second or third week when it's really kickin'. You'd learn about tons of terrific comedians that the rest of America doesn't know about. A few more very famous UK comedians are Simon Munnery, Earl Okin, and Josie Long. Josie Long is like the Kristen Schaal of London, Simon Munnery is like the 80's Todd Barry of London and Earl Okin is like the Jason Trachtenburg of London."
--We noticed that both The PIT and the Magnet Theater are doing charity drives for the holidays. If you have any leftover tins of beans or water chestnuts, now is the time to unload.
--The Comic Book Club is packing a wallop of a 1-year anniversary on December 18th with guest appearances by Brian Michael Bendis and Bill Hader.
--The UCBT is hosting another On Strike! show this Monday: The Colbert Report! Can't even imagine who the special guest will be. Hillary Clinton? Ban Ki-Moon? Wait, wait--don't tell us. It seems to have SOLD OUT before it was announced.
--Speaking of these On Strike shows, rumor has it there was a bit of a showdown between Lorne Michaels and General Electric in order to stage the SNL one.
--It's being said that Gawker's advice columnist, Tionna T. Smalls, is fixing to get her own reality series.
--SOMEONE'S GONNA HEAR ABOUT THIS: We usually keep our complaints to oursevles, but if we were filling out a Zagat Survey right now, The Triple Crown, the preferred bar of The PIT, would get straight ZEROES. We had a business lunch there the other day and ordered an iced tea. The waitress kept supplying us with refills but, little did we know, we were being charged for each one! At the end of the meal, we got cold cocked with a bill laden with outrageous iced tea fees. Swear to God, this is a rough transcript of the conversation with the manager, who, if you are familiar with the establishment, looks like a dead-inside John Locke from Lost:
Us: Hi. We only ordered 1 iced tea and 4 free refills. There seems to be a problem with this bill.
Manager: This is Manhattan!
Us: But the last time we were here, we did the same thing and were only charged for 1.
Manager: The waitress who did that has since been fired.
Us: Um... that sounds rather unbelievable. So, you're saying you don't offer refills on anything? Every restaurant in the world gives refills on iced tea.
Manager: We give refills on coffee and tea.
Us: That's what this is!
Manager: No, we give refills on hot tea.
Us: Look, we come here every couple weeks and have lunch. Your customers' satisfaction means that little to you? We're probably never coming back if you insist on charging us for 5 iced teas.
Manager: That's your choice. You don't get free refills on gasoline when you fill up your car.
US: This isn't gasoline! This is iced tea!
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