Comedian Tommy Pope (2012 Just For Laughs Festival, 2011 Philly’s Phunniest Person) can be seen is this clip from last night’s episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon applauding comedy legend Steve Martin during his entrance to the show. Look for his handsome face around the :45 second mark of the video.
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If you are a Philadelphia comedy performer that produces a podcast, web series, sketch video, humor column, or any other online content let us know by emailing us at contact@witout.net so we can share it! On the final Saturday of every month co-hosts Sidney Gantt and Dave Terruso bring The Captain Action Comedy Show to the Conshohocken Cafe (521 Fayette St. Conshohocken). There, comedians take the stage to perform and then are put on the hot-spot as they are interviewed by the hosts. Check out this highlight reel from the latest edition of the show featuring: Anton Shuford, Michael Donovan, Elise Thompson-Hohl, and Clarissa Gavin. If you are a Philadelphia comedy performer that produces a podcast, web series, sketch video, humor column, or any other online content let us know by emailing us at contact@witout.net so we can share it! Philly Sketchfest has released a few videos from the 2012 Dirtiest Sketch in Philadelphia Competition. Below you can see the winning entry from High Dramma as well as The Feeko Brothers‘ entry and Animosity Pierre’s contribution to the evening. You might not want to watch these at work, or if you’re eating, or squeamish. After all, it is a competition about who can get the filthiest. If you are a Philadelphia comedy performer that produces a podcast, web series, sketch video, humor column, or any other online content let us know by emailing us at contact@witout.net so we can share it! New York comic/Philly native Dan Goodman’s Skinja began as a joke in his stand-up act. After a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the project – it is now a fully realized short film in the style of a movie trailer with animation work from former Philly/current New York comedian Pete Kuempel. The mini movie has since been featured on Heavy and Co Ed Magazine. Goodman is trying to raise awareness of the film in hopes to create a full-length version of the movie. We let you know a while ago that Philly sketch group Secret Pants named Narragansett their “official beer”. Now, the group is helping with the launch of Narragansett’s Cream Ale. In addition to these hilarious spots featuring Fastball Pitcher Bob Gutierrez, Secret Pants will also help host a launch party for Cream Ale at Bar (1309 Sansom St. Philadelphia) this Thursday, March 29 from 7:00 – 10:00 PM. The second opening round of Troika was held Friday night at The Sideshow with the team of 3AM (Rob Baniewicz, Maggie Keegan, Jason Stockdale) moving on to the finals. The third and final opening round of Troika will be this Friday, March 23 at 9:00 at The Sideshow and will feature Chaperone (Frank Farrell, Meredith Weir, Steve Kleinedler) Virginia Clemm Sideburns (Cara Schmidt, Claire Halberstadt, Dennis Trafny) and Pickle (Jen Curcio, Mike Marbach, Scott Hinners). The second annual March Madness Comedy Competition is in full swing, with the second round beginning last night at The Famous International Variety Show at Drinker’s West. Moving on to the third round from last night are: David Terruso, Rachel Bensen, Mike Logan and David Ray Ageykum. The contest continues at open mics throughout the week. The first ever NYC Improv Fest will be taking place this week at The PIT in New York City and Philadelphia will be well represented. Performing at this year’s festival will be Iron Lung (Wed. 7pm Striker Theater), Mayor Karen (Wed. 7pm, PIT Underground), Hey Rube (Wed. 9pm, PIT Underground), King Friday (Sat. 5pm, Striker Theater), Michael Loves Greg (Sat. 6pm, Striker Theater), and Asteroid (Sat. 8pm, PIT Underground). Full schedule and ticket information are available online. Center City Comedy has released another video in their Blitzkrieg Vodka series. The second commercial parody can be viewed online. Following the popular internet meme format, some Philly comics wrote and produced this Sh!t Philly Fans Say (part 2) video. The video is written and directed by comedian Katie Kohler and features Philadelphia area comedians Chris Smith, Bob Marsdale and Sidney Gantt. We told you last week that Center City Comedy would be celebrating it’s third anniversary of Thursday night open mics at the Raven Lounge with a special show that would bring together hosts from open mics all over the city, along with some of Philly’s favorite comics. Well, it happened, and our friends at Super DPS were there to capture the action on video. Below are some clips from the night – and you can see more on Super DPS’ Youtube Page.
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