Episode 28 brings us to the third and final LIVE podcast from this year’s Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival. Special guest and fellow Denzel lover Ty Barnett chimes in on the The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 edition of ‘Denzel News’. Also, Lisa Landry and ‘Best of the Fest’ winner Moshe Kasher stop by and discuss all sorts of fun stuff. Check it out!

Subscribe to the show on iTunes and keep an eye out for more episodes coming soon.

Posted: June 19th, 2009 under Aspen and the National College Comedy Competition, Cool stuff from RooftopComedy.
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Because oral history sounds much cooler than primary drunken source.

It’s been a couple of days (a week anniversary since Aspen 09 occurred, to be precise) and after much soul searching, Twitter reviewing, photo looking, and piecing together hazy memories, I will attempt to bring you my account of what happened on those legendary three days that will live forever in myth. If you’d rather live Aspen through pictures, than words, feel free to check out our Facebook gallery or Flickr feed!

I dare you to try and read all of this, after the jump!

Posted: June 18th, 2009 under Aspen and the National College Comedy Competition.
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The plane we were supposed to take out of Denver was delayed for an hour. This effectively meant that we were to miss our connecting flight to Aspen. The next flight out of Aspen wasn’t until 9:30 at night. Annie and I decided to make the three hour drive in a rented Ford Explorer to Aspen.

Here is a photo of Annie’s reaction to making that drive:

We end up missing the first show (for an in-depth recap of last night’s show, check out Punchline Magazine coverage of our festival).

The semi-finals of the NCCC were a great success, and when all was said and done, Emerson from the East and University of Minnesota from the Midwest will be duking it out for the national title of America’s funniest college team this Saturday. And as always, you can check out the live stream on Saturday (6:45,p Mountain Time) over at the Rooftop Comedy Aspen page.

Also, after the after party, an impromptu rendition of Smashmouth’s All Star was sung by some of the college kids. Video hopefully to come soonish.

Posted: June 12th, 2009 under Aspen and the National College Comedy Competition.
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The Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festivals is in full effect! Why are you here and not watching the stream? Improv Mafia is opening up the NCCC Semi-Finals! Be sure to vote on your favorite college team to make to it to the finals on Saturday!

Cal? Emerson?
Minnesota? Florida?

Your votes count!

http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/events/aspen/live

And if you miss this? Be sure to tune in all weekend for more streamed acts of hilarity!

Posted: June 11th, 2009 under Aspen and the National College Comedy Competition.
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The next time you see me blog, I’ll be in Aspen, or in the Denver Aiport waiting for my connecting flight to Aspen. Either way, the time for Aspen is NOW!

Be sure to tune in to our live stream of the Festival, thanks to our friends over at Revision3! Peep the schedule for deets.

I’ll be tweeting on the ground at Aspen (@RooftopComedy), taking photos, blogging, and hopefully doing some stuff with Ustream. Hopefully.

Posted: June 10th, 2009 under Aspen and the National College Comedy Competition.
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This is it. We are coming up on the season finale of this year’s National College Comedy Competition, with an impending showdown between the funniest four stand-up teams and funny films vying to be the national champions of chuckle. They are:

Stand-Up Teams
UC Berkeley
University of Minnesota
Emerson College
University of Florida

Funny Films
It’s been a year
Danny and the Page
Obamarama
A Cartoon by Jesse Fernandez

Posted: May 19th, 2009 under Aspen and the National College Comedy Competition.
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Check out the latest National College Comedy Competition update!

Posted: April 29th, 2009 under Aspen and the National College Comedy Competition.
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The words, “stacked” and “card” come to mind when thinking about this year’s Aspen RooftopComedy Festival. The line-up has been officially announced, and a saunter to the official Aspen page at RooftopComedy will reveal who will be at the Wheeler Opera House this coming June 11 - 14. I’d name a few, but then I’d have to name them all. It’s only fair.

Posted: April 27th, 2009 under Aspen and the National College Comedy Competition.
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The Ultimate 8 and the top 24 funny films in the 2009 National College Comedy Competition have been announced! Thanks to all for your votes, and if your school or film didn’t make it this far, you get a “sorry, maybe next year” from me.

Your Ultimate 8 Schools are:
UC Berkeley
UC Santa Barbara
University of Minnesota
Ohio State University
Emerson College
Boston College
Temple University
University of Florida

The top 24 films moving on are:
Broken Wind
Snow Day
The Depraved Little Toaster
On Set
Walter’s Wonderful Workouts - Ep. 3
Dick Pills
The Hand You’re Dealt
Sculpey the Slug
A Self-Centered Conversation
Genevieve
College Bop
It’s been a year
Danny and the Page
Cat Forum
Don’t Poop On My Face
Stuff that shouldn’t blow up
Valentine’s Day
Consonant Sorrow Trailer
Dinner Date
Obamarama
Sammy Says
Beowulf Telemarketer
A Cartoon by Jesse Fernandez
TOAM: The One Armed Man [The Trailer]

Posted: April 23rd, 2009 under Aspen and the National College Comedy Competition.
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First round of cuts have been made. World, you reap what you sow.

Check out the brackets for more information on which sixteen schools made it to the next round. But this is not the end, as now, we’re on the cusp of another culling with eight more schools biting the dust in a week. And again, the fate of these schools lie in your hands. You have six days. Vote now, and every five minutes!

Also, the top forty-eight funny films for our Funny Film competition have been decided. Check out what the funniest college filmmakers in America have to offer and vote!

Lastly, don’t forget to steal clips from us, for a chance to win a trip to this year’s Aspen RooftopComedy Festival, and on top of that five random thieves will win cold hard cash from us, to the tune of two hundred and fifty one dollar bills.

Posted: April 17th, 2009 under Aspen and the National College Comedy Competition.
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