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Animosity Pierre - The Inventionors Ep. 6

Mikey Gleason - Drowned by Energy Drinks (Current TV)

The Feeko Brothers - Meeting Mister Millstone (feat. Gregg Gethard)

Secret Pants - Booty Shorts for Me

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PODCAST: Animosity Pierre's "Detective Richard Spoolding: A Radio Play"

Animosity Pierre: Detective Richard Spoolding: A Radio Play

Lung Cancer Cigarettes brings you another exciting episode of Dick Spalding as Detective Richard Spoolding. Costarring Jim DeLancey as Spoolding’s right-hand-man, James DoLuncey, and the lovely MJ Flanigan as Spoolding’s secretary and main squeeze, Mary Jane Flonnigan.

Animosity Pierre will be presenting I.R.S. (Intensely Ridiculous Sketch), 100 minutes of comic hi jinks TONIGHT at the Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom) at 8PM. Stand-up comics Doogie Horner and Andy Nolan will also perform.

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PODCAST: Blangalangalang, DJ Footie Pajamas and Animosity Pierre

Blangalangalang, DJ Footie Pajamas and Animosity Pierre

First, rappers Blangalangalang and DJ Footie Pajamas stop by to perform their song "Buy Your Face" and then Animosity Pierre visit to talk about their show at Helium Comedy Club, "Intensely Ridiculous Sketch", this Wednesday the 15th.

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Here's a (quite NSFW) video of Blangalangalang and DJ Footie Pajamas performing one of their other signature songs live at The Khyber:

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PODCAST: Kevin Allison

Kevin Allison of The State

Kevin Allison was a writer and performer in the The State and now he's got a one-man show called 'F*** Up' that he'll perform this Friday through Sunday at the Shubin Theatre. He's also teaching classes this weekend with the Philly Improv Theater.

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And if that wasn't enough for you, here's another podcast of additional talk that didn't make it to air.

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TONIGHT: The C vs. A Radio Hour!

Our bi-weekly comedy talk show returns tonight from 7-8PM EST with our friends at Gtownradio.com (The Sound From Germantown).

Your host Dave Walk will be talking to Philadelphia comedians, playing not-funny songs and other great stuff, so make sure to set your internet dial to Gtownradio.com. Who will be on the show this week?

Kevin Allison was a writer and performer in the New York City sketch group The State, who had a televsion show on MTV from 1993-1995. He's got a new one-man show, "F*** Up" that he'll be performing at the Shubin Theatre Friday through Sunday.

And Animosity Pierre are a Philadelphia sketch comedy duo that are presenting I.R.S. (Intensely Ridiculous Sketch), 100 minutes of comic hijinks on Tax Day (April 15th) with Andy Nolan and Doogie Horner at the Helium Comedy Club.

Remember, that's 7-8PM TONIGHT Eastern Standard Time U.S.A., streaming at Gtownradio.com. If you want to join in, instant message us in the studio on AIM, Yahoo!, Gchat or MSN at CVSARADIO or through Twitter (@comicvsaudience).

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Comedy News In Brief

- The N Crowd have added three new members to the team: Michael Cosenza, Ben Schindler and Alan Williams. [Phillyimprov.com]
- Local stand-up Chip Chantry opened for Judah Friedlander at The TLA this past Saturday. According to Chip on Twitter: "Judah Friedlander drinks bottled shark tears."
- Comedysportz Philly is holding auditions. [ComedySportz Philly]
- The No. 1 Comedy Show open mic at Cavanaughs' Rittenhouse is dead due to issues with management.
- Chicago's Second City are coming to Philadelphia to team up with, aptly, the Philadelphia Theatre Company for shows July 8th through August 2nd. [Theatre Alliance]
- Local improv groups BWP, Fletcher, Illegal Refill will perform in New York City with Magnet Theater house team Lead McEnroe this Friday. [Magnet Theater]
- Welcome to the Terrordome is back on Friday, May 15th. It'll be in Fishtown like in the past, but this time at Johnny Brenda's (just say "JBs", play along). The Sixth Borough, Secret Pants, Meg & Rob, Animosity Pierre and powerpoint master Jon Goff will perform.

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RECAP: The Sixth Borough: Depression Isn't Just A River in Egypt, 4/3, Connie's Ric Rac

Photos by Dave Walk
The Sixth Borough: Depression Isn't Just A River in Egypt
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Connie's Ric Rac

One quick glance at the title of The Sixth Borough's latest show may, well, depress you. Are they going to talk about the sad state of this country, the very thing that the audience may be at the show to avoid? Thankfully, no, not too much at least. The show opened with a old-timey educational video about Fairmount ("A Neighborhood For Kings"). I, for one, learned a lot about that part of the city that I haven't really visited too often. That one block of Fairmount St. looks to be the place to be.

Elsewhere, there was an violent intervention, vampire reality show producers, cults, a depression study by a non-doctor, a monkey that could read and a few 10-second sketches. The highlight of the night was a video concerning a love triangle between two dudes, a girl and a bunch of mix CDs. Hopefully the video will be hitting your internets soon.

The five members of the group have differing acting styles that make for an interesting mash-up of sensibilities. And by the time they did talk about our economic disaster, it was all ok in the end with the song and dance number "We're In The Money" because we are sooooo in the money!

Also, this may be a better time than most to present to you our new Flickr photostream featuring photographic images from live shows around Philadelphia. Look for more soon!
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Steven Wright to play the Keswick Theatre 6/4

at the Keswick Theatre
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
8PM
$32.50
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Secret Pants - "Dead Hooker Theater"

Needless to say it's NSFW.
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THIS WEEK: PHIT at the Shubin Theatre

It's time again for the Philly Improv Theater's week at the Shubin Theatre (407 Bainbridge St). The week actually kicked off Monday with our show, but the highlights of the week are still yet to come with the new show of sketch comedy from The Action Section, the one-man show of Kevin Allison of The State fame and more.

Wednesday, April 8th
8 p.m. - Why Am I Not Famous?!?: A Comedy Talk Show w/ Kent Haines, $5. This month Philly's only comedy talk show welcomes Phliadelphia comedians Meg Favreau and Steve "The Iceman" Gerben. According to Kent: "Steve is the 2007 winner of the Philly's Phunniest contest that I won last summer, which means that I am technically one year funnier than he is. But actually he is much more hilarious than I am, and my sole goal that evening is to give him a nervous breakdown with my intense Frost/Nixon style interrogation. Should be fun!"

10 p.m. - Guilty Pleasures w/ Brendan Kennedy, $5. Bringing you the best in awful scripts, acted out for you on stage. This month Chris Cotton, Roger C. Snair, Luke Giordano, and Alan Piket will perform a rejected spec script for the CBS hit sitcom Two and a Half Men. Listen to Brendan talk about the show on the C vs. A Radio Hour.

Thursday, April 9th
8 p.m. – Improv Comedy, PhD: Every Thursday the theater pairs up "today's comedy over-achievers and tomorrow's comedy legends." This month: Lehigh University with PHIT house team Activity Book.

10 p.m. - Cagematch: Whoever has the guts to go up against reigning champs Angry People Building Things, $5. CAGEMATCH pits two groups against each other for 25-minute sets that can only use one audience suggestion. The audience decides the winner by secret ballot.

Friday, April 10th
8 p.m. – Rare Bird Show + The Action Section presents: Life, $10. Improv trio Rare Bird Show opens for sketch group The Action Section performing an all new show since their Halloween weekend. According to member Joe Gribbin: "It's about life, death, and the creamy filling between."

10 p.m. - Kevin Allison: F*** Up, $15. Writer and performed of the cult 90s MTV sketch show The State. "F*** Up" is Allison’s one man show of outrageous character sketches. Hilarious, touching and always surprising, the show is a date with passionate dreamers and lovable daredevils who work their hearts out, only to land in the dirt. The characters include: Ron, a closeted Southern aerobics instructor; Ira, a 90-year-old Jewish comedian who botched his career in vaudeville; Fleming, an alcoholic thespian; and others. PROGRAMMING NOTE: Kevin Allison will be on the C vs. A Radio Hour this Thursday.

Saturday, April 11th
8 p.m. - Rare Bird Show + The Action Section presents: Life, $10.

10 p.m. - Kevin Allison: F*** Up, $15.

Sunday, April 12th
7 p.m. - Kevin Allison: F*** Up, $15.

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Judah Friedlander eats an apple on South St.

Philly really does have everything!

[via Philebrity]
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TONIGHT: The Comic Vs. Audience Comedy Show!

Picture this: it's a Monday night. You've done your work for the day, you've had your dinner. You've about to curl up by the fire and bury yourself in a book, but something isn't right. First of all, why are you still lighting a fire, it's not that cold out. Second, you don't even like that book and who reads now-a-days?

No, instead, come out to THE COMIC VS. AUDIENCE COMEDY SHOW brought to you by the Philly Improv Theater and ComicVsAudience.com for a night of engaging and hilarious stand-up comedy. Details:

The Comic Vs. Audience Comedy Show!
Monday, April 6h, 2009
8PM
at the Shubin Theatre
407 Bainbridge St.
ONLY FIVE AMERICAN DOLLARS (tickets on-sale NOW! No creepy service fees!)

Featuring stand-up comedy by:
Mikey Gleason
Dave Temple
Luke Giordano
Chris Coccia

And hosted by Dave Walk (he'll have some jokes too)

And did we mention it's BYOB?!?!?
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