"Super Best" Had The "Worst Week Ever"

"Super Best" of Washington Improv Theater won the "How the Fuck Do You Follow That?" Award at the Del Close Marathon at UCB Theater in New York City this past weekend. The DC trio (Mike Bass, Colin Murchie, Brian Coleman) followed Nick Kroll's character sketch, "Fabrice Fabrice, Craft Serives Coordinator for 'That's So Raven' and a collective of other comics including John Mulaney and TJ Miller. There was a slight oversight in the slotting of shows. 'Super Best' would have been better suited during the afternoon or evening hours of the festival where their show would have been given the chance to develop. Kroll's performance fit the mood of the hour--a party. It was bigger in presence, status, and characters, which made it a bit of a chore for the Washington based group to follow at 3:30 morning. If you click on the video (hit on the read more), you will see what the three DC players followed immediately as Kroll's show came to a close. How do you follow "Ahh Poppie Poop Poo, Ahh Poopie Pooh?" from a man in a dog suit? Bass, Coleman and Murchie deserve Comedy's Purple Heart. Folks sticking around that late at night on an early Sunday morning in a cramped, damp and HOT theater were more into the development of the party than any, narrative, relationship or character development that could be depicted on stage. To play at that slot, your show has to be over-the-top, in-your-face and not take itself too seriously. I know it was the lesson I learned: next time, rather than trying to do "good work", my time would be better spent just trying to have a good time....without a beer...jesus...no, I'm happy in my sobriety...just can, we talk about something else, please.

Notes from the show: *John Mulaney's George Takei (Sulu from Star Trek) was pretty F'n good. However, *TJ Miller (Carpoolers, Cloverfield, Quaker Oats Commercial, and GW Alum) did not seem to be having fun during this 15 minute segment. "Super Best" did have a good show despite the cold reception. Colin Murchie relayed later that as he left the stage in disgust he gave the evil-eye to what he thought allegedly was guy clapping and cheering out of sarcasm--he found out later that the poor guy was actually being serious. Follow Link to see video of show's closing...



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DC Comedy Festival Updates

TODD BARRY Joins dccf!Tig Notaro & Rob Cantrell too!
We're excited to welcome TODD BARRY to our line up of headliners. He'll be joined by the super fun TIG NOTARO. And don't miss ROB CANTRELL with Jewish reggae band LIONIZE.

VISIT dccomedyfest.com for this and other programming updates!

JB SMOOVE Joined by Owen Smith
Join us for RUCKUS, the all energy show starring JB SMOOVE joinged by OWEN SMITH of "Everybody Loves Chris." And don't miss our other headliners including TJ MILLER ("Cloverfield," "Carpoolers"), LIZZ WINSTEAD (Co-creator of THE DAILY SHOW), 4 SHADES OF BLACK and more!

NEW INDUSTRY JUDGES!

We're excited to announce the following INDUSTRY JUDGES* for our SCREENPLAY, TV PILOT and SHORT FILM CONTESTS AND our FRESH VOICES INDUSTRY AUDITION:

Daphne Zuniga (actress, SPACEBALLS, A SURE THING)

Nick Weidenfeld (head of development, ADULT SWIM)

Jonathan Baruch (Partner, Rain Management Group LA)

JoAnn Grigioni (Director of Talent, COMEDY CENTRAL)

Ali Bell (VP of Production/Development, THE MONTECITO PICTURE COMPANY)

Amee McNaughton (Creative Executive, FOX 2000)

Paul Getto (Creative Executive,ROGUE PICTURES)
Michael/Goldwyn, Lorne Michaels and John Golywyn's production company (BABY MAMA, etc)
Angela Bowers (Celebrity Talent Coordinator, VH1)

Michael Cox ("Chelsea Lately")

* scheduled to participate - and more expected to be announced from Rogue Pictures, Spyglass and Fox!

Deadline July 3rd
Funny writer? Prove it!
Enter your comedy FILM SCREENPLAY or TV PILOT teleplay in our Comedy Screenplay Contest. The entries will be reviewed by a panel of renowned industry judges representing some of the most respected talent agencies, management and production companies in the world of entertainment.

The winning screenplay and teleplay will receive staged reading of sample scenes for industry and general public audience at dccomedyfest, trip to dccomedyfest 2008 and 3 month representation of the project by Rain Management Group.

Rules and details available at the dccf website:http://www.dccomedyfest.com/dccf/submissions.htm

Deadline July 3rdWe want your short video films!!

dccomedyfest is accepting video submissions for the Comedy Short Competition. Finalists will have their short films reviewed by a panel of renowned industry judges representing some of the most respected talent agencies, management and production companies in the world of entertainment.

The winning video will be aired on the dccomedyfest website, in high profile position on an industry leading video portal, and before select shows as dccf venues. The winner will also receive $250.

Rules and details on the dccf website at: http://www.dccomedyfest.com/dccf/submissions.htm

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TJ Miller is on David Letterman tonight

Who is TJ Miller? Sheesh...really? Well, if you saw the lastest JJ. Abrams blockbuster "Cloverfield", he was the only character anyone cared about in the movie. Yeah, the actress who played Beth was incredibly, unworldly hot ("New York AND my penis are underattack!" -Me) but TJ's performance as the guy behind the camera was great.

I f'ing loved the movie. Now, I'm a big TJ Miller (and the actress who played Beth) fan. Seriously, the movie kicks all sorts of ass. You'll love it. As long as you are not like John McBride and don't need to know the answer to every question raise in the movie. "No, John..I don't know why the monster is mad...okay?"

Tonight you can catch TJ on David Letterman @ 11:30pm ET, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Super Furry Animals.
*UPDATE! The clip of his interview after the jump.

Did You Know?(TM) that TJ Miller is an alumni of GWU's sketch group ReceSs? Uh huh, it's true. ReceSs still keeps kicking ass, even without TJ, with a new show this Friday.

Keep supporting local comedians and the local groups that make national comedians!


[WARNING! CLOVERFIELD MONSTER REVEALED AFTER THE JUMP!! And Letterman Appearance!!]

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