Winstead and Kilstein Added to 'Happy Sunshine' Guests 9/27
By: Faetra Petillo Sep. 24, 2008
LIZZ WINSTEAD, founding member of Air America Radio and Co-Creator of Comedy Central's The Daily Show will be a featured guest for HSKFF on Sept. 27, as will JAMIE KILSTEIN as seen on BBC and Comedy Central. Also appearing will be WILLIE GEIST, co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe and a regular commentator on MSNBC's "Tucker." He is also a contributor to Countdown with Keith Olbermann and to NBC's Weekend Today. In addition to his television duties, Geist hosts a satirical video blog on msnbc.com called Zeitgeist.
Called "Shocking, Engaging, Funny, and Totally Original," by Rachel Maddow (The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC), Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower is written/produced by Matthew-Lee Erlbach (Important Things with Demetri Martin, Comedy Central 2009), and has been featured by the NY Post, TONY, Village Voice, and NY Press. Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower is a multimedia socio-political satire centering on a group of outsourced Japanese Ninjas hired by China to infiltrate the American Psyche by taking on roles in the Media, Pop Culture, and Politics. Now at The Zipper Factory, began at Lotus and later moved to Comix and Ars Nova, gaining recognition and a cult following in NYC for integrating political pundits, celebrities, journalists, and music from the NYC underground scene into its raw comedy format. Sponsored by The Onion.
Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower is directed by Darren Katz (25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), with music supervision by Ian Wehrle, and features writing and performances by Lynn Andrews (Annie), Tarik Davis (Boom Chicago), Brooke Ishibashi, and Matthew-Lee Erlbach. Heath Calvert (Huffiington Post) and Jeff Ashworth (Comix) serve as contributing writers. Kelli Jo Claxton serves as associate producer/ production manager and Wendy Harris is associate producer/ general manager.Photo Credit Peter James Zielinski
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