Long Island Masterworks 2010/2011 Appeal

Fear of Sleep

Some free press…

Ira Glass, host of This American Life said of Birbiglia in a recent interview with the Chicago Tribune: “I feel he’s a big rising star. He’s somebody I feel, like, whenever we have him on the show I just feel, like, wow, he’s gonna be so much more famous than all the rest of us.”

UCB Theatre Looking For Residents of the East Village, NYC

The Upright Citizens Brigade is exploring an opportunity to open an additional venue in the East Village and we can use your help. If you currently reside in the East Village and would be willing to support the effort please sign the petition linked below.

The Theatre is hoping to move into the Pioneer Theatre at Avenue A and 3rd Street, next to Two Boots Pizza. While we’re still a long way from making this happen the first step is to see if we can get enough support from within the community. To continue offering the same brand of comedy at the same affordable prices we’ll need to get a Beer/Wine license.

If you or anyone you know live within Community Board 3 (the area of NYC from the East River westward to 4th Avenue, and from 14th Street down to the Brooklyn Bridge) and support this effort please take a moment and sign the online petition, or stop by Two Boots this weekend and sign a live petition. If you do not live in the neighborhood, we appreciate your support but it will not be helpful to us for you to sign the petition.

GERALD McBOING BOING

WHAM host, Joe Lomonaco writes on his radio blog, “In 1950, Dr. Seuss wrote a book called GERALD McBOING BOING. It was based on an Academy Award winning short subject animated film. It’s the story of a boy who becomes a star on radio because of his unique “talent”. Check out the film for a visual demonstration of what we in the business call Theatre of the Mind.”

My favorite line- “From Public School 7 to Mrs. McCloy, Your little son Gerald is a most hopeless boy. We cannot accept him for we have a little rule – that pupils must not go *BEE* *BAP* in our school!”.

Free Movie Wednesday

I posted this video to highlight the pre movie short film, “The Crimson Permanent Assurance”. Props to hulu.com for posting this up for FREE.

From Wikipedia: The Crimson Permanent Assurance, a lengthy introductory film directed by Terry Gilliam. In a satire on globalization, elderly office clerks rebel against their cold, efficient corporate masters at ‘The Permanent Assurance Company’, commandeer their building and turn it into a pirate ship, raiding financial districts in numerous big cities before falling off the edge of the world. Originally conceived by Gilliam as a 6-minute animated sequence in the middle of the film (at the end of Part V), it was later expanded to a 16-minute live-action piece, to the point where it no longer fit into the framework of the film and became a pre-movie short film in its own right.

Monty Python’s Meaning of Life
The British troupe’s sketches include gluttony, birth control and total insignificance.
Release Date: March 31, 1983

Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Carol Cleveland
Patricia Quinn
Michael Palin
Mark Holmes
Eric Idle
Andrew MacLachlan
Simon Jones
Judy Loe
Valerie Whittington
Terry Jones
Terry Gilliam

Director
John Goldstone

SNL: The Office

Ricky Gervais presents the inspiration for The Office.

a second life

Dwight: I signed up for Second Life about a year ago. Back then, my life was so great I literally wanted a second one. Absolutely everything was the same… except I could fly.