2009 promises to be a fantastic season for etc… Expect old friends (Gandhi, Babe Ruth) to join new allies (Iceland) as etc… celebrates its 15th year of performing comedy to pay alimony!
Also, be sure to mark your calendars now for the first four shows of the 2009 season.
Saturday January 31, 2009 at 7 PM
Saturday February 28, 2009 at 7 PM
Saturday March 28, 2009 at 7 PM
Saturday April 25, 2009 at 7 PM
All shows will be at the PIT (154 W 29th St bet 6th and 7th avenue).
I ___ my ankle over the weekend, so I won’t be able to ___ at work today. Over the weekend, I went ____ to ____ with some friends, and proceeded to ____ my way right off the top. Oops! I have attached a doctor’s note which attests to the fact that if I ___ too much, I might be unable to ___ for several weeks. This injury has nothing to do with ___ing etc… advance to the finals of the 1st Annual Sketchprov Festival. (Though that was very ___ing exciting!)
I hope to back at work a couple days. Thanks for ____ing!
Warm regards,
_____
Fresh off its scintillating run to the Sketchprov finals, etc… rolls into the PIT this Friday for the Co-workers ___ing finale. There will be no more ___ing after this Friday night. Did you hear that right? ___ right you did!
Co-Workers ____ing FINALE
$8
7pm Friday November 14th
@ The PIT
154 West 29th Street (bet 6th and 7th ave)
Amy Albert
Jackie Danziger
Jamil Ellis
Kevin Flinn
Trevor Foley
Justin Leahy
Rob Penty
Gene Perelson
Chris Chan Roberson
Sarah Spiegelman
Last night, etc… brought the hot sketch and improv action to the PIT and advanced to the semifinal of the 1st Annual Sketchprov Festival!
The semifinal is tonight November 8th at 8pm. Tonight’s audience will determine which troupe advances to the final later this evening. The losing troupe will forced to run for a third term as mayor of New York City. Save etc… from that fate, and come support us at the semifinals and (maybe) the finals!
We’ll be doing 11 minutes of original sketches and 11 minutes of a super-compressed Co-workers ___ing at the show tonight. If we make the finals, we’ll be doing the mysterious SketchProv format which is not to be missed! Come watch and vote for us in the semis at 8pm ,and if we make it, at the finals at 9:30p.
Remember your vote counts, so do your civic duty to laugh and get us to the finals!
etc @ the Sketchprov Semifinals
8pm Saturday November 8th
$8
etc @ the Sketchprov finals (pending semis victory)
9:30pm Saturday November 8th
$12
@ The PIT (People’s Improvisational Theatre)
154 W 29th St (bet 6th and 7th Ave )
Well, Obama did “okay” on Tuesday, but on Wednesday, after the two teams slugged it out in the Sketchprov opening round, etc… was left standing to fight another day! That day is Friday November 7th at 11pm!
Why so late?? Hey, that sounds like a socialist talking! We live in a capitalist society, so bring $8.00 for the ticket and we’ll bring the funny.
Join other maniacal fans to root on etc… in the quarterfinal of the 1st annual PIT Sketchprov Festival. The quarterfinal will be a THREE WAY SLUGFEST between etc… and two other teams featuring 11 minutes of brand-new etc… sketches in addition to a super-condensed 11-minute version of Co-Workers ____ing.
Tomorrow night’s audience will determine which troupe advances to the semifinal on Saturday night. The losing troupes will serve jury duty for the next 13 months. Save etc… from that fate, and come support us at tomorrow’s show!
Be loud! Be proud! Be rowdy! Vote etc…!
etc… @ the Sketchprov Quarterfinal
11pm Friday November 7th
$8
The PIT (People’s Improvisational Theatre)
154 W 29th St (bet 6th and 7th Ave )
Watch the 6 short films pitting Marvel candidates Captain America and Medusa against DC candidates Superman and Green Lantern for true Super Tuesday supremacy! Vote now to see who wins!
Last night, Bud Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball, elected to suspend play in the sixth inning of game 5 of World Series with the score tied 2 - 2 between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays. That the weather was terrible was not in question, however the timing was suspect In the top of the 6th inning, BJ Upton, the Rays centerfielder, scored the tying run off a flare to left field after having reached base on an infield hit, which in more pacific weather might have been an easy out.
The Phillies were none too pleased at Commissioner Bud’s decision:
“That (expletive deleted) guy,” one pitcher said as he saw commissioner Bud Selig before walking out the back door of the clubhouse. “I wouldn’t let him supervise one of my (bowel movements). He has no clue. Not one (expletive deleted) clue.”
(Expletive deleted) Selig supervising a (bowel movement) is an intriguing proposition: I imagine he’d give you about 10 minutes to work your magic before declaring the event a tie and suspending play until the following day. Subsequent (bowel movements) would be decided by the winner of the All-Star game.
If the last week has taught us anything, it’s that the world is fucked. These are dire times that call for real leaders with real solutions. And superpowers. Lots of superpowers. But not in a fascist, Übermench way. Really, what these times calls for is Super-Tuesday.
Super-Tuesday is the political spin you’d never expect. Watch OUR candidates Superman and Green Lantern run against Captain America and Medusa. How do they rate? Check out Uatu the Watcher as he assembles Television’s Best Political Team (that’s swore an oath of non-interference). Tune in to see Aquaman’s thoughts on off-shore drilling, Captain America’s solution to the Fiscal Crisis on Infinite Earths, and Tony Stark talking about Homeland Security.
A round-up of what etc’s crack pundits are predicting for this evening’s Kablooey in St Louis:
Paul Begala (Democratic commentator)
It’s going to be a pretty tame debate: Joe Biden will eat the podium. Sarah Palin will melt a toaster with her eyes, and then paint a portrait of a black bear with the slag. Gwen Ifill renounces Satan.
Frank Luntz (Republican pollster)
Joe Biden is pretty prone to gaffe tape, so I think that will be a big thing to watch for. Quick guess: Joe Biden drinks wine from Sarah Palin’s skull, but makes a major screwie by allowing some of it to dribble down the front of his shirt.
Sarah Palin disrobes on camera, thinking that it is the swimsuit portion of the evening. Then Biden will get naked cause he ain’t going to be shown up by a Governor. Gwen Ifill calms everyone down by making Yorkshire pudding smoothies.
Obama will air a 2-minute commercial laying out his priorities for other debate. McCain will replace Gwen Ifill with $700 billion “rescue” plan and then accuses her of not going far enough.
Sir Robert Mofo (Mofo)
Obama will take out Biden for the debate and replace him with Tina Fey dressed as Sarah Palin. Tina goes on to just repeat everything Palin says but 1 second later.
Palin: She’s copying me.
Fey: She’s copying me.
Palin: This is sexist.
Fey: This is sexist.
Jim Lehrer replaces Gwen Ifill. He insists that the two candidates look at each other when they debate one another. Fey and Palin immediately fall in love. Joe Biden joins the two in a civil union that is not recognized in Missouri.
The economy thing, that’s my fault. I had that idea for the credit default swaps, and thought “hey, this seems like a lark!” Now it seems to have ended up in a couple trillion dollars in problems, so…yeah…my bad. Next time I so won’t do it. How about I pay for dinner next time we go out and we can call it even?
