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December 6th, 2011 | No Comments
A small note thank you to you for screening Tooty’s Wedding at the LA Comedy Fest and for giving it such generous recognition. Needless to say I am also super excited to share with you the news that Tooty’s Wedding was selected for competition at the Sundance Film Festival. You sure can pick ‘em. http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/2012-festival-program-announcement-shorts/ broad smiles fred Congratulations -- [Read More]
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By Kenny Madrid | December 6th, 2011 | 1 Comment
Lately, I’ve been accidentally RecoMondaying a lot of Comedy Fest alumnus. But for once, I’m doing it on purpose. Gabe Diani and Etta Devine recently had their feature film, “The Selling,” in our competition and took home the coveted ‘Best of the Fest’ award. Well apparently cinematic gold isn’t enough for them. Their latest creative -- [Read More]
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By Kenny Madrid | November 29th, 2011 | No Comments
I’ve been racking my brain to figure out what would be my RecoMonday this week. It should not have taken so long as I regularly listen to the Nerdist Podcast, led by Chris Hardwick, Jonah Ray, and Matt Mira. It’s a great merger between all things pop/geek culture and comedy. Chris Hardwick really has nailed -- [Read More]
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By Kenny Madrid | November 22nd, 2011 | No Comments
I realized I have mainly been RecoMonday-ing television shows and as most of you probably know, comedy is not something strictly bound by a television show. So I thought I’d mention a stand-up comedian that has really been catching my eye for quite some time. No homo. T.J. Miller is that guy. I first noticed -- [Read More]
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November 19th, 2011 | No Comments
The 10th LA Comedy Festival Award Ceremony will be held Sunday, Nov. 20 at Acme Comedy Theater. Emmy award winning, Rick Overton will be hosting. Among the presenters will be Missi Pyle and Scott Chernoff. 23 awards will be handed out in the categories of Live Performance, Feature film, Film Shorts and Screenwriting. The evening -- [Read More]
