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Help LA Indie Improv’s Clubhouse Reopen with This Kickstarter

November 24, 2021
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crowdfunding, indie improv, kickstarter, los angeles comedy, los angeles venue, rebecca drysdale, reopening

So many venues and things in comedy fell victim to the pandemic in one way or another. We won’t bring the mood down by listing those yet again, but, odds are, you have mourned the things that have closed and gotten anxious over the things in comedy whose fate is yet to be determined.

Fortunately, one of the things that will survive is one of LA comedy’s beloved indie improv venue, The Clubhouse, nestled in a very large strip mall on Vermont Ave. in Los Feliz. Dozens and dozens of improv shows as well as some sketch, stand-up, clowning, and other wild comedy experiments were held lovingly at one of the The Clubhouse’s two rooms.

We were thoroughly worried that it was going to be a place that was indeed going to close as a result of having to be dark for so long. That is not the case as you now know, but they will need help reopening. There is back rent that’s due and many long overdue and necessary repairs that The Clubhouse needs. That’s why its amazing and gracious founder, Rebecca Drysdale, is doing this very Kickstarter to have the Clubhouse rise from the ashes once more (and make sure no one gets tetanus from the security gate).

Please support a LA comedy venue that was a home for so many, big and small, weird and weirder, etc. etc. Do so on Kickstarter here.

Kickstarter for Hayworth Theater and Dynasty Typewriter Is Sucessful and LA Comedy Will Be Getting a New Venue Soon

November 17, 2017
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After all was said and done, Jamie Flam’s Dynasty Typewriter raised $102,997 for the opening of the gorgeous, restored Hayworth Theater last night. This comes in just with perfect timing as LA has just lost two venues Cinefamily @ The Silent Movie Theatre and Trepany House @ Steve Allen Theater forever over the last few weeks.

Congratulations to Flam and company and Dynasty Typewriter AND The Hayworth!

Now, we have this timeline and whatever else Jamie has up his sleeve to look forward to. You might want to follow Dynasty Typewriter on Twitter, FB, Instagram to see exactly what’s coming.

Hayworth Theater To Be Revived as a Multi-Purpose Venue by “Dynasty Typewriter” and Former Hollywood Improv Booker Jamie Flam

October 25, 2017
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comedy, crowdfunding, dynasty typewriter, hayworth theater, jamie flam, kickstarter, los angeles, theater, venue

Though LA is losing the Steve Allen Theater in a few weeks and Cinefamily is closed indefinitely pending an internal investigation of the extent of sexual harassment and assault, the city is gaining two new venues where primo comedy will get to live. 

Yesterday, we tipped you off to the rebirth of Echoes. Today, we can tell you about the revival of The Hayworth Theater as restored classical theater (restoration done by building owners Jenji Kohan and Christopher Noxon architect Linda Brettler) near MacArthur Park that is aiming to bringing premium comedy, music, podcasts, variety shows, screenings, etc. to LA’s Eastside. 

Thanks to Jamie Flam, a former booker of the Hollywood Improv and one of the most fun loving people we know, and his Wes-Anderson-esque fake company Dynasty Typewriter, a whole new wave of live shows is set to come in the next few months.

See Jamie tell you himself in this pretty swell Kickstarter video and read Julie Seabough’s write-up of the whole affair in LA Weekly. 

Speaking of Kickstarter, “Dynasty Typewriter” is looking for $100K by November 16th to spend on A/V installation, operation costs for the first 3 months, and staffing via this Kickstarter campaign. Knowing what Jamie is capable of and having been to the space throughout the years, we definitely think it’s worth backing.

Join the Dynasty (and support what will be a great indie venue) here.

Zach Broussard Is Trying to Make a ‘Sorta Marathon’ So Everyone Can “Run a Marathon”

September 12, 2017
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Zach Broussard has spent a good deal of time and resources for large scale silly projects, which always peaks our interest. 

His latest endeavor is taking marathons down a peg or, more accurately, making them way shorter so anyone really can say that they ran a marathon.

What he has dubbed the “New York Sorta Marathon” will be a race, if it raises $8K by next Friday, that’s so short that most people on Earth could finish it without any training or even breaking a sweat.

See how short it is in this Kickstarter video. Also, take note of the great stretch goal of being able to pay a professional marathoner to finish last. 

Please Support the Kickstarter for Wonderful Non-Profit Art/Community Space, junior high

March 23, 2017
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Please Support the Kickstarter for Wonderful Non-Profit Art/Community Space, junior high

Since it’s inception, junior high, in Thai Town, really has lived up to its mission of emboldening and empowering marginalized voices (i.e. women, LGBTQ, POC) in Los Angeles. 

Comedy in LA especially depends on indie art spaces like this and junior has provided a space for stand-up, storytelling, open mics, and much much more.

Please support this Kickstarter here ASAP. There’s only three days left, as of this post, on the campaign and they’re only at $10,498 out of $20,000.

Please Help Wendy McColm Finish Her Feature Film “Birds Without Feathers”

August 16, 2016
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Basically, Wendy McColm is a great filmmaker and actress on the rise whose work you’ve might seen and enjoyed, like we have, at Channel 101 and she and her feature film need your help.

She is currently working on completing a feature length dark comedy called Birds Without Feathers and is trying to raise $10K worth of finishing funds. As of this post, she has just over $4K of it raised with three weeks to go. 

You can watch the Kickstater campaign video to see herself, the cast, DP, and other crew really explain to you why it might be worth donating $10 for a digital download of the movie.

In case you need a little more convincing of putting your money down for this, here’s one of our favorites, I Am Radio, from her unique body of work.

Please Help Joey Izzo Make His Latest Dark Comedy Short “I Was There Too”

May 3, 2016
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Joey Izzo is a great director who has been repeatedly knocking it out of the park with his short films and sketches for years now.

He is setting to make his latest dark comedy short I Was There Too about a man lying about surviving a mass shooting in order to get sympathy from family members. The film will star the fantastic DeMorge Brown and Eric Dadourian.

All Joey is looking for is $5K on Kickstarter and he already has $3220 raised at the time of this post. There is a month left to go on the campaign.

Three Busy Debras Are Trying to Crowdfund a Show at Carnegie Hall

April 25, 2016
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Only a handful of the biggest comedians have ever played the legendary Carnegie Hall including Bob Hope, Louis C.K., Kathy Griffin, Jerry Seinfeld, Phyllis Diller, and Steve Martin. For many, it was a lifelong goal to play there and signified a rarefied status in comedy.

Little did all of these people know that they could just rent it out for a bunch of money. 

Comedy trio Three Busy Debras (you might remember them from their otherworldly Brunch video) uncovered this secret and plans on trying to put on their own free comedy show at a recital space in the very same Carnegie Hall through a Kickstarter campaign.

So, Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari, and Alyssa Stonoha are looking to raise $7500 and already have $4929 of that raised. If you donate, you could get anything from personalized poetry to requested cover songs to a .zip file of papers they wrote in college.

They have until May 19th to raise the money that will cover the base level cost of putting on a show there.

Get in on their mischief and donate here.

Sandy Danto Really Wants to Do His Comedy Special on a Jet Ski in a Pool on a Yacht on a 18 Wheeler Big Rig Truck

March 23, 2016
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Nearly all comedy specials are just a single person on a stage talking through some form of amplification. Maria Bamford’s Special Special Special taped at her house with her parents, Harland Williams’ A Force of Nature taped in the desert, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel’s Crash Test taped on a party bus, and even Netflix’s Characters are starting to buck that trend. However, those are only a handful of specials out of the dozens and dozens that are just someone talking in front of a crowd.

However, Sandy Danto wants to snap that trend even harder by going as big as he imagination will let him. He wants to do a comedy special in a way that would put most lavish hip hop music videos to shame (he apparently also wants to get the last bit of his wild youthful days out of his system before going forward with settling down with his family).

His idea is that he would want to be on a jet ski that’s riding in a pool that has been built into the deck of a yacht. Then, that yacht would be on an 18-wheel flat bed truck that drive across the country. 

Read that back and watch his presentation video just to ensure that you didn’t read that wrong.

Knowing that such a project would actually cost millions of dollars, Sandy is only asking to raise $10K on Kickstarter for this dream special. With that money, Danto can put something together to shop around to bigger investors that might actually fork over the time, money, and resources to make this American fever dream of a comedy special a reality.

Comedian Quincy Jones, Diagnosed with Terminal Cancer and Given One Year to Live, Has Successfully Crowdfunded Money to Film Hour Special

February 24, 2016
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Quincy Jones (the comedian and not the legendary music producer) made his way to LA to pursue his dreams in stand-up comedy in the early 2010s. While he was grinding his way through the LA scene as hard as anyone could be, Quincy was unfortunately diagnosed with Stage Four Mesothelioma Cancer and an estimate of about a year to live.

Fortunately, before Quincy’s time runs out, he might get to see his dream come true as a crowdfunding campaign for an hour stand-up comedy special has raised over 6 times the amount of money he needs. As of this post, the campaign was looking for $4,985 and has $29,263 with 24 days to go.

The special is set to tape on Apr. 3rd and you can get more info and donate here.

Based on Their Kickstarter Video Alone, You Should Back the Kickstarter for Literary Humor Magazine “Janice”

February 10, 2016
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Sure, Janice is a humor magazine that has the likes of writers and editors (specifically, Matthew Brian Cohen, Ryan Haney, Maëlle Doliveux, Bradford Evans, Nick Ciarelli, Langan Kingsley) that have been featured frequently across the comedy universe including SNL’s Weekend Update, McSweeney’s, NY Times, and much much more and that should be enough to back their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.

However, this video made for this campaign is a whole other reason that you should help them reach their $5K goal over the next two weeks to Feb. 24th. 

So, what we’re saying is support a humor print magazine based on how great they make videos. It really does makes sense.

Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland, Dana Gould, and More to Guest Write for MST3K Revival

December 9, 2015
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So, make the 12 episode goal happen already.

As if having the perfect cast of Jonah Ray, Baron Vaughn, Felicia Day, Hampton Yount, and Patton Oswalt wasn’t a cherry on top of Mystery Science Theater 3000 coming back, Joel Hodgson announced this morning that they’ll have a stellar guest writing staff:

Here’s a list of writers who have already agreed to come help out:

  • DAN HARMON, the incredible mind who created Community, hosts the Harmontownpodcast, and co-creator of the very funny Rick & Morty.
  • JUSTIN ROILAND, the other creator of Rick & Morty, as well as a very talented voice actor/comedian/artist, and a huge MSTie.
  • ROB SCHRAB, an original remote writer for MST3K, co-founder of the seminal Channel 101… and now, director of the next Lego Movie.
  • NELL SCOVELL, a long-time collaborator and friend, will be “in the house” too. She’s currently writing on the The Muppet Show but has worked on The Simpsons, Newhart andIt’s Garry Shandling’s Show, among others.
  • ERNIE CLINE, the New York Times best-selling author of Ready Player One, which will soon be a movie from Steven Spielberg! If you’ve read RP1, you know how good Ernie is with cultural references.
  • PAT ROTHFUSS, the New York Times best-selling author of The Name of Wind, has offered to have a “story breakfast” with me and go over “story beats” for the next series… and a few of you can join us!
  • PAUL & STORM, the hilarious musical act, W00tstock founders and stars, musical contributors to Despicable Me 2, my good friends and the hosts for Friday’s live “Final Countdown Telethon” will be contributing riffs and some special music!
  • DANA GOULD, the brilliant comedian and former Simpsons writer, who will also probably appear on camera as well for a cameo or two. But actually, that gets into the area of our Guest Cameos, which is a topic I want to save for tomorrow.
  • ROBERT LOPEZ, the EGOT-winning songwriter from Avenue Q, The Book of Mormon andFrozen, has offered to write some original songs for us!

The main writing staff was handpicked by Hodgson and, like pretty much everything with this revived MST3K, he was glad to bring in new blood. He added in this announcement:

So, our next staff writers are mostly people I’ve met in my travels, who I thought were funny and who have a knack for movie riffing. They come from all walks of life:

  • One is a teacher at a Montessori school,
  • One works in a bookstore,
  • One does graphics for a college,
  • One is in advertising,
  • One writes for a women’s online magazine,
  • One has a local public radio show,
  • One does IT for a design firm…

For the MST3K loyal, Joel also has got you covered:

Pretty cool, huh? I’m excited to have so many new faces and voices helping out. But I also want to make sure it’s not “too” new – you know, even as the show changes, I want to make sure we’re honoring MST3K’s past.

So, like I said, we’ve now made offers to all of MST’s original writers. While it seems like most of them won’t be available to join us, at least for now, I still hope they’ll decide to join us later. We’ll always be glad to have them back, even if it’s just for an episode or two when they can spare some time.

And actually, I’m happy to tell you that a few MST veterans have agreed to come back and “Pitch” in – not just as writers, but in other creative departments too – to make sure MST3K still has the spirit of the little cowtown puppet show you know and love:

  • CHARLIE ERICKSON,or, as he’s now known in the international DJ scene, Chuck Love, was the musical genius behind the original MST3K theme song, as well as the arranger of the haunting “MST3K Love Theme.” Charlie will be back to work on some new arrangements for us… and hopefully some new music, too!
  • BEEZ McKEEVER, MST3K’s original “Prop Diva,” will return to design special costumes for the bots. (Watch for her special line in the credits: “Robot Fashions created by Miss Beez of Duluth!”)
  • CRIST BALLAS, our original MST3K hair and makeup designer – and a long time friend – will also be joining us in that department, as well as plying his real trade: creating Academy Award-winning special effects makeup!

And finally…

  • PAUL CHAPLIN – old “Pitch” himself! – the veteran writer (over 144 MST3K episodes!) will be back demonstrate his mastery of “the craft we call riff”… and more important, to show the newer MST3K writers how we did it back in the day!

As it stands now, the Kickstarter for MST3K has raised $4,190,969 and are almost at its 9 episode goal of $4.4 million. There’s only 56 hours to go (just over two days) and it’d be great, especially with all the above info, if they could get to the $5.5 million goal so there will be 12 new feature length episodes. 

Back MST3K here.

The MST3K Revival Has Almost Reached Its 4-6 Episode Goal on Kickstarter

November 30, 2015
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Hodgson and company have raised of $3,190,406 of $3,300,000 as of this post.

Ultimately, so many of us would like to see over $5.5 million raised for the new Mystery Science Theater 3000 in order to see 12 episodes featuring Jonah Ray, Baron Vaughn, Hampton Yount, Felicia Day, and a yet to be announced “evil henchmen”.

The Kickstarter campaign is inching closer to that goal, but it’s even closer to the 2nd tier goal of making 6 new MST3K episodes. There are 11 days left on the campaign and given how fast people contributed in the first go around of Joel Hodgson’s Kickstarter launch, we’re sure this is definitely within the realm of possibility.

FYI, there are only two $400 donation packages left where you can get a personalized voicemail from the new MST3K crew. Get in on all of it here.

Baron Vaughn, Hampton Yount, and Felicia Day Are Latest to Join MST3K Revival

November 24, 2015
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We’re going to venture a guess that both the MST3K loyal and newcomers to Mystery Science Theater 3000 will be pleased with this news. 

As the Kickstarter to bring back MST3K has already reached its initial goal and speeds towards its stretch goals, creator Joel Hodgson has announced the folks that will being playing the roles of Mad, Crow T. Robot, and Tom Servo as well go into some detail over the dynamics of this new iteration of MST3K.

Earlier today, Joel sent the update out that Felicia Day will be playing Mad (specifically Kinga Forrester, the daughter of Dr. Clayton Forrester), Hampton Yount will be filling the role of Crow T. Robot, and Baron Vaughn will be the next Tom Servo.

With Jonah Ray as the host, this almost rounds out a pretty swell cast, but, there seems to be a new role for an evil henchmen waiting to be announced.

Based off of who he got so far, we’re sure Joel has got someone great lined up for that role and that’s all the more reason that the Kickstarter should raise as much as it can to make as much new MST3K as possible.

The Return of MST3K Is Officially Funded and Jonah Ray Will Be Its New Host

November 17, 2015
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Yep, this all makes sense to us.

Only a few days after Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson announced a Kickstarter campaign to bring back MST3K, the $2 million goal to make 3 brand new episodes of the show has been reached. 

With thousands of dollars pouring in literally by the minute, reaching the original goal was inevitable. Now, with 25 days left on the campaign, the stretch goal of $5.5 million for 12 new episodes of MST3K seems very attainable.

The other bit of great MST3K news should even make it seem more enticing to have more and more new feature length episodes. 

Announced this morning, Jonah Ray will be the new host of the new MST3K, complete with jumpsuit and all. This is a pretty fitting choice given that Jonah’s a huge MST3K fan as well as having the hosting thing down per Nerdist podcasts and The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail.

So, knowing all of that, please keep contributing to the campaign as much as possible to make this new season of MST3K as big as possible.

Joel Hodgson Is Looking to Bring Back Mystery Science Theater 3000 Through Kickstarter

November 10, 2015
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Well, we shouldn’t to have say any more than MST3K creator Joel Hodgson wants to bring back MST3K and is doing so through Kickstarter to get you excited.

However, we will say this: Hodgson has set up a deadline of Dec. 11th for a goal of $2,000,000 for three feature length episodes and a couple million many more episodes and in the time it took to watch the Kickstarter video above and writing this post, we saw over $20,000 contributed. 

So, people are excited for it.

Get in on bringing back Mystery Science Theater 3000 here.

Support Bill Plympton and Jim Lujan’s “Revegeance”

April 25, 2015
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Now that Super Troopers and Con Man have secured millions, here’s the next crowdfunding campaign that deserves some shine.

Legendary Oscar nominated animator and filmmaker Bill Plympton has partnered with Jim Lujan on a new animated crime comedy feature Revegeance.

You might recognize Plympton’s work with Your Face or other various cartoon shorts.

They’re looking to raise $80K by May 21st and have raised $29.329 as of this post. 

Donate and support Revegeance here.

Support Jason Nash’s Next Film “FML: A Social Media Adventure”

April 11, 2015
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We really enjoyed Jason Nash’s “Jason Nash Is Married” last year and thus we think Nash’s latest film FML: A Social Media Adventure could use your help.

Interestingly enough, Nash’s last film featured him doing a podcast as that was what he was doing at the time when he was putting the film together. 

Nowadays, Jason has become quite the star on Vine with over 1.5 million followers. As such, he’s making this film with Vine stars as a buddy road comedy with two guys, him as one and Brandon Calvillo as the other, from much different generations trying to up their social media presence.

The likes of TJ Miller, Patton Oswalt, Rob Corddry, Busy Philipps, Ken Marino, Andy Daly, and Paul Scheer will be in FML as well as Vine stars Cavillo, Brittany Furlan, and Sunny Mabrey. 

They’re looking to raise $200K and are at $22,663 with less than three weeks to go. If you want to help and donate, do so here ASAP.

Please Support Sara Benincasa’s Body Positive Short Film “The Focus Group”

March 26, 2015
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Sara Benincasa is great. Body positivity is great. That’s all you should need to know to support the making of this short film.

Called “The Focus Group”, Sara will show in a short film how a focus group would analyze her body and show how ridiculous many beauty standards are today. 

The Kickstarter campaign is looking to raise $9000 currently at $7355 as of this post. There’s three weeks to go before the campaign ends on Apr. 16th.

You can donate here.

“What We Do In The Shadows” Met Its Kickstarter Goal and Will Be Playing in More U.S. Cities

February 12, 2015
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A few days ago we posted the Kickstarter campaign for Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s What We Do In The Shadows to expand its U.S. release.

With only 5 hours to go before the campaign ends, they have exceeded their goal of $400K by raising $433,848. So, that means several cities throughout the country will get the benefit of seeing their vampire mockumentary that’s getting critical acclaim left and right. 

Which cities and when it will come to said cities have yet to be all announced, but we will keep you updated. 

So, along with David Cross’ Hits, score two for Kickstarter funded independent film releases in 2015. 

Help Barbara Holm Make Her Graphic Novel “The Adventures of Mon Ster”

February 11, 2015
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Barbara Holm, who has made our 100 Best Things in Comedy We Were Witness To In No Particular Order list in years past, is now making her own comedic sci-fi graphic novel delightfully titled “The Adventures of Mon Ster”. Barbara explains in more detail here.

She’s looking to crowdfund the project to make it all happen. Holm has reached her initial goal of $1000 by next month, but more funds could make Mon Ster’s adventures even better. 

As an added incentive on top of Kickstarter rewards, Barbara is willing to do more for your donations. In her own words:

“If I get to $1500 I will dress up like an X-Men and walk around downtown handing out pamphlets and say "Have you accepted the X-Men as your savior?” Like a scientologist, and I’ll film it and put it online. If I get to $1800 I will make a Hump style video with my action figures and put it online. If I get to $2000 I will film a parody of Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off but make it all about X-Men.“

So, let’s make sure Barbara gets $2K by Mar. 10th, OK? 

Help Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s “What We Do In The Shadows” Expand Its U.S. Release

February 7, 2015
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Though the hilarious vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows from Jemaine Clement and Taiki Waititi is going to play in limited release in LA and NYC on Feb. 13th, both Jemaine and Taika want to follow suit with David Cross’ Hits and expand the release to as many cities as possible around the good ol’ U.S. of A. They’re aiming for about 70. 

So, to do this, they’re attempting to raise $400,000 to accomplish that goal on Kickstarter. As of this post, they’ve raised $289,863 and only have 5 more days, specifically until Feb. 12th 4:37PM, to crowdfund the rest. 

The rewards are pretty great ranging from set visits and special screenings to baby onesies and cooking aprons. 

So, please take the money you were going to spend on the corporate-created Valentine’s Day and make sure America gets to see What We Do In The Shadows. Your significant other will understand.

There’s a New Kickstarter Campaign That’s Part of David Cross’ “Hits”, The Great American 1921 Gentlemen’s Box Company

January 31, 2015
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In David Cross’ upcoming Hits, an “organization” by the name of Think Tank Brooklyn led by Donovan McAfferey (James Adomian) seeks to “…challenge the suppressive and convoluted systems set forth by the self-appointed nanny state”. In the movie, that manifests itself by cherrypicking the plight of a disgruntled citizen and making a viral online awareness campaign around him. 

So, after the success of the actual Kickstarter campaign for the movie, this Think Tank Brooklyn has “started” a new crowdfunding campaign for The Great American 1921 Gentlemen’s Box Company and they’re looking to raise $10,000,000.

We’ll let McAfferey tell you about the rest. 

David Cross Met Kickstarter Goal to Independently Release “Hits” Which Will Now Play In Over 35 Cities

January 28, 2015
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With 6 days more to go on the Kickstarter campaign, David Cross has reached the goal of raising $100K in order to release his film Hits in a truly independent fashion.

As a result, Hits will play in over 35 cities and counting listed below:

Austin, TX-Violet Crown Cinema
Bellingham, WA-Pickford Limelight
Berkeley, CA-Rialto Cinemas Elmwood
Boston, MA-Brattle
Boulder, CO-International Film Series
Brooklyn, NY-Nitehawk
Chicago, IL-Music Box
Columbus, OH-Gateway Film Center
Dallas, TX-Texas Theatre
Daytona, FL-Cinematheque
Denver, CO-Sie Film Center
El Cerrito, CA-Rialto Cinemas
Greensboro, NC-Geeksboro Cafe
Houston, TX-Sundance Cinemas
Iowa City, IA-Bijou
Los Angeles, CA-Sundance Sunset Cinemas
Madison, WI-Sundance Cinemas
Miami, FL-O-Cinema
New Orleans, LA-Zeitgeist
New York, NY-Village East
Ogden, UT-Arthouse 502
Phoenix, AZ-Film Bar
Portland, OR-Cinema 21
Pittsburgh, PA-Hollywood Theater
Providence, RI-Cable Car
Salt Lake City, UT-Tower
San Francisco, CA-Roxie
Santa Fe, NM-Center For Contemporary Art
Seattle, WA-Sundance Cinemas
Sonoma, CA-Rialto, CA
St. Johnsberry, VT-Catamount Arts
Tucson, AZ-Loft Cinema
Tulsa, OK-Circle Cinema
Vancouver, BC-Rio Theatre
Washington D.C., West End Cinema
WInston-Salem, NC-Aperture Cinema

Cross wants to the film to play in as many cities as it can. So, if you can get a local theater not listed above interested in playing Hits, then you can reach out to producers at info@honoraproductions.com.

Help David Cross Truly Independently Release “Hits” in Theaters and as Pay-What-You-Want (Oh, A “Mr. Show” Reunion Is Also Really Happening)

January 7, 2015
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In lieu of a traditional indie film release, David Cross is taking cues from Radiohead and Louis C.K. in order to get his film Hits to fans more directly.

Cross wants to play Hits it in select cities across the country as well as on BitTorrent for a Pay-What-You-Want and also a release on iTunes, etc. To do this, he’s going looking to raise $100K on Kickstarter to do this all on his own and the more money that’s raised, the more cities they can visit.

As you’d expect there are some great rewards for helping crowdfund this experimental film release of David Cross’ Hits. One of them is being in the background of a Mr. Show reunion.

That’s right, Paul F. Tompkins wasn’t deceiving us when he tweeted out this picture on New Year’s Eve and a reunion of David, Bob, Jay Johnston. Scott Aukerman, Paul, and more is indeed happening this year.

Eight men out… of the 1990s. Maybe something new coming from the Mr. Show gang in the new year? #MrShow pic.twitter.com/gBy8CQ49nv

— Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins)

December 31, 2014

With all of that said, get in on all of this.

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