Video SketchFest #2 - In Review

10 minutes before the onslaught of sketch videos at the Gallery at Avalon Island

Video SketchFest #2 was a success!

The next sketch event is in February TBD - with submissions due before 2/1/11. I have the winners right here, but before I announce them, I want to remind people of 3 things: 1. if you're on twitter follow Matt Besser, his tweets are really funny - that's at twitter.com/mattbesser 2. Check out his Comedy Central show, "This Show Will Get You High" which is on Comedy Central only three times: October 27 @ 3 am, October 28 @ 4:30 am, and November 1 @ 4 am.

Here's the writeup from Matt:
A year ago I approached the leaders of Comedy Central with the idea to create a sketch show so funny that it had the power to get the viewer high. I theorized that if we can get the kids high on sketch comedy, then they wont have to be in the empty lots and the abandoned malls looking for real drugs like heroin, crack, and worst of all, marijuana. To accomplish this dream I recruited some of the best sketch comedians from the UCB Theatre including Brett Gelman, John Gemberling, Paul Rust, Betsy Sodaro, combined with the directing genius of Eric Appel, plus Nathan Barnatt, Sergio Cilli, Allan McLeod, and Jessica Williams.

Upon completion of the experiment, Comedy Central showed it to focus groups where it was determined that it got them way too high. It has since been decided that the safest time to exhibit the special are the hours when only those who are used to being 'way too high' are still awake. On November 2, citizens in communities across America will vote on various marijuana legalization propositions. Before that date, America needs to wake up and realize that you dont need to get high on the weed, when you can get high on This Show Will Get You High.

And thing #3 - we're having a sketch comedy meetup on November 6th, which is a Saturday at 2pm at Stardust. If you're into sketch and want to meet sketchy people, talk through sketch ideas, locate some production assistance, casting, whatever. Come out. People can talk about what they're up to and what they want to do, and maybe meet someone that can help.

So, without further conversation, here are Matt Besser's picks for the Top 3 sketches for Video SketchFest:

#1 "Showdown" by Night of the Nightwolf

"Absurd, short, well made." -Matt Besser

#2 "Mirrorman" by Salad Panther

"Very impressive for a one man show" -Matt Besser

#3 "Tammee's Room #1" by Dewey Chaffee Comedy

"These guys are all very funny" -Matt Besser

And here are all of the sketches - in the order that they were shown.
The exceptions to this are Maximum Survival 1-2, Fool Sail, TG Lee, Who Took the Cookie from the Cookie Jar
and A...Love Story which are not available online

01. Demarcus & Chang - by Dinobrite Productions
02. Maximum Survival - by Franco & Billy
03. Tammee's Room #1 - by Dewey Chaffee Comedy
04. Showdown - by Night of the Nightwolf
05. Walter Hubbard's Podcast for Single Men: Ep. 1 - by Dinobrite Productions
06: Jesus - by Magic Plus
07. College Daze - by Celery Studios
08. Carrot Bluetooth - by Dinobrite Productions
09. Fool Sail - by Beauty and the Geese
10. Babygrips - by Traveling Carnies
11. Ronald Moore's MODMS - by Night of the Nightwolf
12. Freedom Lost - by Halogen Studios

13. Tammee's Room #2 - by Dewey Chaffee Comedy
14. Mirrorman - by Saladpanther
15. Maximum Survival #2 - by Franco & Billy
16. Billy Mays Tapdancing in Heaven - by Wooden Steel
17. Cleveland's Own Golden Rae by RAK Films
18. TG Lee - by Night of the Nightwolf
19. Things We Find Interesting #1 : Nigerian Cinema - by Philosophy Inc.
20. Who Ate the Cookie from the Cookie Jar - by Magic Plus
21. The Most Un-interesting Man...in the World - by Kevin Dusinberre
22. Moustache - by Celery Studios
23. Ferrari Van - by Michael Poley
24. A...Love Story - by Anthony Torres