Comedy Script Contest

Comedy Central and NY Television Festival announce new contest: (information provided by Comic Bible Blog) Seeking Independent Producers To Submit The Produced First Act Of A Comedy Pilot And Shooting Script http://www.nytvf.com/2012_comedycentral.htm.

FOX - NYTVF Comedy Script Contest

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Orlando Improv Fest

Orlando Improv Festival | September 25-27, 2011

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The 2011 Orlando Improv Festival is September 25-27, 2011 at Winter Park Playhouse (711-C Orange Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789) with workshops held at City

Recycle NEW Comedy $$$

Win Cash for humor video - Keep America Beautiful (KAB) is conducting a video contest, which runs through October 21, 2011. Submissions can be anything ranging from a one-liner, to a comic strip or skit about recycling, but the video must show recycling in a positive, humorous manner. AmericaRecyclesDay.org

America Recycles Day is celebrated nationwide each November 15th, and celebrates the benefits of recycling through an array of awareness-raising events nationwide. To increase the buzz this year, national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful (KAB) is conducting a video contest, which runs through October 21, 2011. Submissions can be anything ranging from a one-liner, to a comic strip or skit about recycling, but the video must show recycling in a positive, humorous manner.

The video needs to be uploaded to the ARD YouTube page (youtube.com/AmericaRecyclesDay) by Oct. 21, 2011, as a response to a short video that explains the competition. The ARD Video Committee will vote on the top 10 winners and upload them to a YouTube playlist on our ARD page by Nov. 8, 2011. During the following week, the public will pick the winning videos by clicking the “like” button associated with their favorite video. Voting ends on America Recycles Day. See full details below.

The grand prize is $1,000 in cash, and members of the winning group (up to five) will also receive a prize pack. The second-place winner will receive $500 in cash. The Committee also may award additional prizes. More information can be found on AmericaRecyclesDay.org or by emailing americarecycles11.15@gmail.com.

About Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
Keep America Beautiful, Inc., established in 1953, is the nation’s largest volunteer-based community action and education organization. With a network of over 1,200 affiliate and participating organizations, Keep America Beautiful forms public private partnerships and programs that engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments. To join America Recycles Day, visit www.americarecyclesday.org. To learn more about Keep America Beautiful, visit www.kab.org.

America Recycles Day “Recycling is no Joke” video contest

Here are some rules (not the “official rules”, but some details you might need):
Send us as many submissions as you want – improves your chance of winning!
You can be any age to participate but all entrants under 18 years of age need parent/guardian consent.
To enter you will upload your joke/skit/comic video as a video response via the America Recycles Day YouTube page - www.youtube.com/americarecyclesday.
The ARD Committee will pick the top 10 entries and put them in a separate YouTube playlist.
Then the public will vote using the “like” button. At this point it is up to you to rally your friends, family and perhaps enemies to vote for your video.

So what’s allowed in this video?
It must be less than 1 minute in length.
It needs to mention America Recycles Day (i.e a call to action to visit the website).
Try to show recycling in a positive, humorous manner.
It should be original, creative, innovative, and unique (see official rules for copyright info).
It can be a stand-up joke, a group skit, an illustrated comic strip, etc.

How much time do I have to create all my laugh-out-loud submissions?
Upload your video by 3pm Eastern Time on Friday, October 21, 2011.
The top 10 winning videos will be uploaded to the ARD YouTube page by Tuesday, November 8, 2011.
Public voting will end Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 3pm Eastern Time.

Now of course you want to know about the prizes.
The top 2 videos with the most “likes” will win. The individual or members of the 1st place winning group (up to 5 people) will receive a prize pack and $1,000 in cash. The second place winner will receive $500 in cash. The ARD Committee may award additional prizes.

More information can be found on www.AmericaRecyclesDay.org or by emailing americarecycles11.15@gmail.com

NY Television Fest closing night

Wrapping up another fantastic festival the New York Television Festival will award winners of their pilot competitions with cash prizes and development deals this evening.

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All Atheists are Muslim

All Atheists Are Muslim

You may be more Muslim than you think!

Written and Performed by Zahra Noorbakhsh
Directed by W. Kamau Bell
Sept. 1 – Oct. 1 2011 (Thurs., Fri. & Sat. at 8:00 pm)
Stage Werx Theatre in San Francisco
Limited Engagement - Five Weeks Only!
http://www.zahracomedy.com/

Muslim, Iranian-American comedian and performer Zahra Noorbakhsh (pronounced Zah-ra Nor-bash) brings back her successful one woman show All Atheists Are Muslim to the Stage Werx Theatre for a 5 week Limited engagement from Sept. 1 – Oct. 1, 2011. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Noorbakhsh invites audiences to laugh at the stereotypes about Islam that have many Americans ducking for cover. This critically-acclaimed romantic comedy is an insightful and funny one-woman show that uses a story about cross-cultural relationships to discover unexpected common ground among ethnicities, religions and traditions.

Shore on East Coast

Pauly Shore is on Showtime, Vegas is my Oyster, and in New York at Stand UP NY August 15 and Broadway Comedy Club August 17...and in the next Bible...
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