ASSSSCAT 3000 featuring: Walsh, Burke, Besser, Mantzoukas, Sudekis, Roberts, Glazer & Carter by Rob Michael Hugel
This past week, from Friday at 5pm ‘til Sunday at 1am I was emersed in the 11th Annual Del Close Marathon. It was an amazing time, and I got to see so many people who I respect and admire as writers, comedians and/or performers on stage in addition to meeting a bunch of rad new people. I’m sure I’ve missed boatloads of fellow tumblrs, so please feel free to reblog and add your own to the list of who you saw at DCM. #TumblrTuesday.
Eric Appel - Mailer Daemon, Super Cage Match: Kaploosh
Rob Huebel – Mantziggle, Respecto Montalban, Delta Force 2, ASSSSCAT 3000
Paul Scheer - Respecto Montalban, ASSSSCAT 3000, Scheer-McBrayer
Brett Gelman - Yoda Hot Tub, Super Cage Match: Death By Roo Roo
Shannon O’Neill - Mailer Daemon
Chad Carter - Respecto Montalban, ASSSSCAT 3000
Anthony King - The Straight Men, WUCB - Live Radio in the dark, Let’s Have A Ball
Katey Healy-Wurzburg - All around fun person and seat lender at a crucial time
Dustin Drury - The Spinoffs, Iron Ruckus
Charlie Todd - The Straight Men
UCB LA DCM Tumblr
DCM 11 Photo Tumblr
Todd Fasen - Convoy, Sentimental Lady
Eugene Cordero - Live Radio in the dark
Justin Purnell - Provider of Summerjams
Josh Rachford - Performer & Tumblr Employee, Double Duty.
Rob Michael Hugel - The Spinoffs
- We may be related by blood, but I still think he’s funny.
Brandon Scott Jones - The Spinoffs, Robber Baron
Eddie Brawley - The Spinoffs, Robber Baron
Nick Kroll - D2 Return of the Dicemen
Dave Bluvband - Iron Ruckus
Ben Rodgers - Super Cage Match: Death By Roo Roo, Mailer Daemon
Chris Kula - Police Chief Rumble
Aug 12
GPOYW: NYC + DCM Edition.
I don’t have as much of a connection to all the groups appearing this weekend as those who have gone through the school, appeared on the stage, or lived in the city for years, but I’m still looking forward to all the awesomeness that’s gonna occur by bringing all these great performers together. So…. here’s a photo from Central Park last summer. As you can see, I’m hanging out with That Annoying Couple. We’re also traveling through one of Central Parks known magnetic fields.
I took a trip to New York last weekend to finally see my brother’s new Improv group, The Spinoffs. I was also able to convince my parents to go up, as they had yet to see him perform, and missed the last time I went up. Riding up with my parents saved me some money on travel, although somewhat complicating things by adding an additional stop in DC to the trip, but I’m glad it worked out.
The show was at Gotham City Improv, an odd theater on the 8th floor of an office building. It was pretty fun, although The Spinoffs insist that it wasn’t their best show. The setting, audience and performers mood, and introduction can all go a long way to influencing a set, so facing a crowd not familiar with the improv method, or the Harold form, or arriving on stage without intro music to discover you need chairs can all hinder the momentum, and make the first few scenes difficult. 9 Famous Irishmen and George da Roofer (of which tumblr Bryce is a member) also performed. We ended the night with the crowd of comedy writers and performers at McManus Cafe, the default after-party for the nearby UCB theater.
A bit of sightseeing was mandatory so we checked out the MTA museum in downtown Brooklyn. They chronicle the history of the subway system, and have trains from every era. Saturday night we saw more improv, this time at The Creek in Long Island City. The Creek is a bar/restaurant with a stage pays the bills with comedy events most nights of the week. Shannon had practice with her new Harold Team, Robber Baron , and met us at the Creek with teammates Edward Brawley, Brandon Scott Jones and Dan Klein (check a few of them out on Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon) . The show was decent, but Rob aptly put it best when he commented that the daily comedy events are the beginning of a long series of late nights in comedy clubs, bars and theaters. He should be so lucky.
On Sunday I grabbed a few taco’s from The Corner Deli, caught my bus, put on some podcasts and came up with some #punday submissions to pass time on my trip home.
