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Hi! I'm Jill Morris.Frank’s Comedy Flashback. It’s formatted in Final Draft HTML which doesn’t make for good reblogs as the full piece.
This is our first Adaptationy type piece, but I’d love to have more. This is great and was worth the hours it took me to figure out how to format not only the html but also the stage directions of someone yelling at their own sketch.
Please check it and Frank’s SPANK out. Orson Welle’s Basement of Terror! is tonight at 6pm.
New workshops. Please let me know if you’d like to teach!
Please register for this Comedy Flashback Festival’s upcoming workshops. Only a few slots left!
Flip Shades 201 - Emily Strachan (Thanksgiving at Bernie’s)*
Being hilarious in 1992 has never been easier with this four-hour seminar taught by the flip-shades guru Strachan. Techniques covered include: standard surprise, one-up-and-one-down, flip-up-then-pull-down, the flipper-flutter, flip-to-reveal-you’re sleeping, and the surly-flip-down.
$220, Monday 7am
*Canceled.
Topical Humor 1993-1997 - Not Arsenio Hall (The Arsenio Hall Show)**
Covering Bill Clinton’s first term in office, this is for those who want to make fun of a womanizing President and his lesbian murdering wife without all the non-family-friendly cigars. Topics covered include Lorena Bobbitt (Bobbitt? She hardly knew it!), the World Trade Center Bombing (too soon?), and the Billy Crystal Show (Oops! I mean the Academy Awards! But what’s the difference?!) Are they ever gonna release Titanic? Lemme save you the trouble: the boat sinks, people!
$40, Tuesday 2pm to “Whenever!”
**Canceled.
Showing Up Places - Hannah Perry (Almost Got to Audition For MAD TV)***
It sure is hard to show up places you say you are going to go! If you show up to this class, then Hannah Perry, best known for her role as a talking cupcake, will teach you how all the most responsible celebrities do it (Natalie Portman, Hosts of Animal Planet, and more). Showing up places is Hollywood’s best kept secret! Beginners will learn how to arrive & appear, while second-time students will learn more advanced techniques such as the pop in & the breeze by.
$225.25, Wednesday 12pm until everyone get there
***Pending on Hannah’s jaw surgery recovery.
The interns just wrote their first weekly festival post!
Workshop listings soon.
FLASHBACK ON THIS WEEK’S FESTIVAL
A weekly report on Comedy Flashback from our best interns.
“Hey guys, we just want to say that this has been the best-attended Festival ever. We can’t believe we just saw most of the original ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway’ (British) lineup reunite! We missed you Tony Slattery! After the knee-slapping performance, we overheard one excited Festival Performer proclaim, “It was like watching Comedy Central in the 90s because there was nothing else on. Then not getting the slang-dependent jokes all over again.’
However, we have to remind people that just because someone is passed out backstage, that does not mean that’s a ‘crash area.’ Be warned: our Internet festival is mentally and physically exhausting. Please plan accordingly. Also, note that Performers no longer receive free bananas.
The best-received workshop this week was Professor Albertson’s ‘When Funny Dances Go Too Far’. Due to its popularity, we will be flying Professor Albertson from his home in Los Angeles back to our festival as soon as he lowers his prices.All in all it was a fantastic Festival week! See you next Festival!”
- J. Patrick McNulty and J. Marie Morris, Interns
I’ve updated the look and the description for my new Tumblr Comedy Flashback! Please check it out. We are “The #1 Internet festival on the Internet” according to Time Outs New York.
Here’s the new description:
We’re an Internet humor festival that encourages old, dated, and useless comedy.
Our online festival ends Friday, every Friday, with a wild closing-night party. Party lasts from 4:00-4:15pm at a bar in Midtown. (Performers only.)
Want to be a performer in our festival? Please submit anything you like! Except something topical. We’d hate that. Nothing from 2009. Vintage comedy only. You may email us or submit directly. You may also submit in The Official Forums.
Weekly parties sponsored by Time Outs New York.
“Excerpts From Sex And The City And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull”
In June of 2008, I went to the movie theater twice in one week. This is rare. These are the movies I saw, and this was the McSweeney’s piece inspired by the collision of pop culture in my mind. They published it on my birthday and it was a lovely present.
For more info on Comedy Flashback Week ‘09, please go here. Or join right now by posting your dated or old comedy stuff somewhere online. CFW ‘09 ends Friday.
Celebrity Blogs: A Kape PSA
A walk down Kape memory lane begins now. I just realized none of Kape’s old sketches were on my Tumblr.
I wrote this. Kelly directed it. All of Kape + Johnny McNulty is in it.
Enjoy your slightly dated references everybody!
My friend Amber Nelson pleads for her life in the monologue I wrote for her “Sorry, Vigilante Mob”.
Directed by Eric Drysdale as part of Gorilla Gorilla’s November show at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
I don’t normally put my Onion contributions online, because contributors only write headlines, and I don’t want to seem like I’m taking credit for someone else’s funny words. Anyway, here’s a headline I wrote. I didn’t write the editorial, just to be clear. Enjoy!
“The Kingdom of Tooznia”
Two children visit a fantasy land! How fantastical!
This is a sketch I wrote for my October Maude Night with Gorilla Gorilla at UCB. Directed by Eric Drysdale. Starring Ben Rameaka, Tim Dunn, Amber Nelson, and Jen Bartels. Thanks to Ramsey Ess for uploading all the videos from our show!
This one’s about “bike culture”.
I found this neat bike blog today and sent them Cycle of Life.
We’ve Only Got Coats
At We’ve Only Got Coats, we don’t only have coats.
A commercial I wrote for Gorilla Gorilla at UCB Maude Night. Directed by Eric Drysdale. Starring Davram Stiefler. Featuring Tim Dunn and Amber Nelson. Slam dunks by Ramsey Ess.
Cycle of Life
A special soul is brought into this world.
A video I wrote for Gorilla Gorilla’s October show. Directed by Eric Drysdale. Edited by Ramsey Ess. Featuring Jen Bartels, Amber Nelson, and Ben Rameaka.
Back to School with Duane Reade
Video of the Day on The Apiary!
Part of GORILLA GORILLA’s September 14th show. New show October 5th at 8pm! That’s this Monday!
Directed by Eric Drysdale
Written by Jill Morris
Edited by Ramsey Ess
Narration by Jen Bartels
Photos by Ari Scott
Produced by Amey Goerlich
