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October 21, 2004
World Cup Comedy
Dan sent me this some time ago, but... I suck. So here's information about the already-on-the-air World Cup Comedy:
I am writing to tell you all about PAX-TV starting October 6th at 9pm Wednesday nights repeated again Mondays at 10pm. 13 episodes or more if you guys watch and tell your friends and post like mad fiends throughout the net or not if you don't dig it.
There will be 69 Los Angeles improvisers performing on the show during the first run and hopefully a lot more if we get a pick up. There are performers from Theatresports, ComedySportz, IO West, the Groundlings, Second City and a number of other LA groups and some great guest stars. The show is about marrying improv to TV/film/theatre styles and having fun. It's an hour long competitive format with 12 scenes a show... no games. Not that there is anything wrong with that but we are trying something new. Also it will be as "live to tape" as we can get it. So mistakes as well as moments of sublime goodness will be in the mix. It's great to have so many perfomers from so many groups under one roof. Oh and did I mention there will be women on the show?
Well that's all very well Dan but what do I care? Well, eventually this will be an opportunity for performers nationwide to get to do what they love to do but on TV for money. Starting in October there will be a number of WCC nights at comedy/improv clubs in about 14 markets around the country (don't know which yet) the goal is to get improv nights sponsored in clubs and then the tapes of those shows would be sent to Hollywood and they would pick folks from each market to fly out for an audition. If the show does well we will hopefully have more of these nights and more importantly be able to have casting calls outside of LA as well.
I hope all improvisers can get behind the show and support it.
Thanks for you time,
Dan O'Connor
Posted by Fuzzy at October 21, 2004 10:50 AM