SketchFest NYC will present the New York City Premiere of "Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film!" at the Paley Center for Media on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011; at 7:30pm. Stars from the film and local comedy celebrities are also set to appear as part of a post-screening discussion.
Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film! is a look at the burgeoning alternative comedy scene in the tradition of great rock documentaries including The Last Waltz and Woodstock. A festival favorite, Tell Your Friends! features such alt comedy luminaries as Reggie Watts,
Kristen Schaal,
Janeane Garofalo, and Marc Maron, among others. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers and a selection of the iconoclastic comics seen in the film.
Currently scheduled to appear are:
Kristen Schaal, Correspondent, The Daily Show; Comedy Central Presents:
Kristen Schaal; The Late Show with David Letterman; HBO's Flight of the Conchords??
Kurt Braunohler, IFC, MTV, Sirius XM, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe??
Christian Finnegan, Are We There Yet?, and his one-hour Comedy Central special, Au Contraire!??
Leo Allen, Cocreator/Costar, Jon Benjamin Has A Van; Writer, Saturday Night Live; Comedy Central Presents: Leo Allen??
Neal Brennan, Cocreator, Chappelle's Show; Cowriter, Half Baked; Director, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard??
Jon Glaser, Creator/Writer/Star Adult Swim's Delocated; Writer, Late Night with
Conan O'Brien??
Victor Varnado, Director, Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film!; Star/Director, Comedy Central special, The Awkward Comedy Show??
Moderator: Liam McEneaney, Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film!; Showtime Special
Caroline Rhea & Friends; VH1′s Best Week Ever
For the past seven years, SketchFest NYC has been presenting the best sketch comedy from all over the globe as part of an annual Festival here in New York City. Past performers include The Whitest Kids U Know, Kevin McDonald (Kids in the Hall),
Chevy Chase (Saturday Night Live), and more. With hundreds of performers, and thousands of audience members, SketchFest NYC has quickly become one of the premiere comedy festivals in North America.
SketchFest NYC is Executive Produced by Alexander Zalben, with Becky Poole,
ElizaBeth Lawrence, and Marni Zalben. For more information, please visit the festival website at
SketchFestNYC.com.
WHAT: SketchFest NYC presents the NYC Premiere of "Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film!"
WHEN: Thursday, September 22nd at 7:30 PM ET
WHERE: The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street [Between 5th and 6th Aves]
TICKETS: $10 Members/$15 General Public
