THE BEST COMEDY In The UNIVERSE Festival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[UCBFan]

*THE UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE THEATRE PRESENTS
THE BEST COMEDY in the UNIVERSE Festival
November 3-18, 2006 *

*FEATURING SHOWS FROM
DAVE FOLEY (Kids In The Hall)
JOHN OLIVER (The Daily Show)
STEPHNIE WEIR (MAD TV)
EUGENE MIRMAN (Comedians of Comedy)
BILLY THE MIME (from “The Aristocrats”)
CHRISTIAN FINNEGAN (VH1’s Best Week Ever Live!)
GOD’S POTTERY (2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival) *

*Also a very special night of ASSSSCAT to benefit GILDA’S CLUB NY
starring Amy Poehler & Friends! *

The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre will host “THE BEST COMEDY in the
UNIVERSE Festival” (“The UCBT:TBCU Festival”) November 3-18. All
performances will take place at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
Shows will be priced between $5 and $10 (except ASSSCAT 3000).


*_FULL SCHEDULE_ *


*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3*

*WEIRDASS (8pm)
$8*
Husband and wife team Stephnie Weir (/MADtv/) and Bob Dassie (Improv
Olympic) bring their amazing, two-person improvised show to NYC.

*SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 *

*SLOWDEATHA, TX w/Stephnie Weir (7:30pm)
$8*
A solo show that chronicles a night in the life of Destry Pharis, the
woman Stephnie Weir (MAD TV) fears she would have become if she hadn't
left her hometown of Odessa, Texas.


*WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8*

*OLDE ENGLISH & MEGAN and BRIDIE: Friends Without Benefits (8pm)
$5
FIRST - *The phrase "braver than the firemen who gave their lives on
September 11th" gets thrown around a lot these days, but when applied to
Olde English, it is no exaggeration. Fresh off a summer which saw them
produce 45 videos in three months, Olde English is taking it to the
stage in a half-hour show you'll go walnuts for.
*THEN - *Think falling in love makes you crazy? Try falling in like.
When two lonely girls meet and move in together, strictly platonic
becomes completely ridiculous. A romantic comedy...without the romance.

<http://ucbtheatre.com/schedule/showdetails.php?showid=1239>

*THE REJECTION SHOW (9:30pm)
$5*
The Rejection Show is a comedic based event that embraces the rejected
and "turned down" material of professional and amateur writers,
comedians, cartoonists, artists, and human beings whom display their
creative “failures” live on stage. Hosted by Jon Friedman. *With special
guests TBA!*


*THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 *

*GOD’S POTTERY: The Concert For LaVert (8pm)
$5
NOMINATED FOR "BEST NEWCOMER" AT THE 2006 EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL*
Christian folk rockers Jeremiah Smallchild and Gideon Lamb are raising
money for LaVert, a sick boy they met recently after getting lost in the
subway system and ending up in Harlem. Armed only with a guitar, two
voices, and a profound desire to make friends with the Youth of today,
they aim to change a young boy’s life through the power of song, true
belief, and a PowerPoint presentation.

<http://ucbtheatre.com/schedule/showdetails.php?showid=1094>

*MYSPACE (9:30pm)
$5 *
MySpace is an interactive improv form where we examine the MySpace
profiles of 3 different audience members and create long form scenes
based on the information explored with them. Starring Jack Mcbrayer,
Jackie Clarke, Rob Huebel, Rob Riggle, and Paul Scheer
/Voted "Best Improv" By LA Magazine/


*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 *

*REBECCA DRYSDALE: One Woman in Several Pieces (8pm)
$8
**NAMED BY VARIETY AS ONE OF THEIR "10 COMICS TO WATCH** *
Rebecca Drysdale's one hour show takes on everything from hip hop to
homos, from racism to religion, from family to frelationships and more.
/"This girl is a STAR, period...she is a genius. Smart, inventive and
totally original"/ - New York Magazine's Amy Sohn
/"Drysdale's comic star rages upward."/ - Darel Jevens (Chicago Sun Times)

<http://ucbtheatre.com/schedule/showdetails.php?showid=1019>

*TWO DUDES KISSING & SCHEER/MCBRAYER (11pm)
$8
FIRST - *Cale Hartman and James Pumphrey bring their hit sketch from
from Los Angeles featuring “tree humping, improvised recipes, utilities
scams, rashy bottoms, aliens named Marc, and a mystery so unsolved, so
secret, so forbidden, it's like area 51 f**ked the JFK assassination.”
*THEN - *Paul Scheer (VH1's Best Week Ever, MTV's Human Giant) and Jack
McBrayer (Talladega Nights, 30 Rock) join together for a night of improv
comedy.


*SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 *

*PAUL THOMAS: Rubber Pig & PRANK THE DEAN (7pm)
$8
FIRST - *When he was a boy, he wasn't allowed to play war with the other
kids. Or even own a toy gun. Repression set in. In this performance, he
will disarm you with his wide-range arsenal of characters. Destructively
mellow and violently smooth, Paul Thomas (2005 HBO Comedy Festival) is
the Rubber Pig.
*THEN - *Prank the Dean are the hottest young sketch group in
California. The group performs fun, profane, intelligent comedy, with
the occasional donut-and-hot-dog joke. In their short lifespan, they've
performed all over the Bay Area, from Cobb's Comedy Club to the San
Francisco Sketchfest, and all over the West Coast, from the UCB Theater
in Los Angeles to Seattle's Sketchfest.

<http://ucbtheatre.com/schedule/showdetails.php?showid=1230>

*BILLY THE MIME (9pm)
$8*
A stand-out performer in the hit documentary The Aristocrats, Billy
presents a shocking and darkly hysterical show. His routines include
/JFK JR. We Hardly Knew Ye, A Night In San Francisco: 1979, Slave!,
Close to Her: Karen Carpenter, World War II, Terry Schiavo - Adieu, The
Abortion, Love & Death: OJ & Nicole, Kurt Cobain: Why?, Thomas & Sally:
A Night at Monticello, A Day Called 9/11/ and /Columbine: School’s Out!/
/“Politically incorrect, shockingly unsentimental and as uncomfortably
funny as a dirty joke in church! Sardonically twisted! Skillfully
obscene! Chilling!”/ -The New York Times


*SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 *

*ASSSSCAT: A Benefit for Gilda’s Club NY (7:30pm & 9:30pm)
$50*
The Upright Citizens Brigade performs longform improv with special
guests from Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O' Brien and The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart. All proceeds from tonight’s shows go to
Gilda’s Club NY. Starring Amy Poehler (SNL), Rachel Dratch (SNL, 30
Rock), Seth Meyers (SNL), Jason Sudeikis (SNL), and more.


*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 *

*STAND-UP: Christian Finnegan & THE CODY RIVERS SHOW (8pm)
$5
FIRST – *Christian Finnegan (VH1’s Best Week Ever) performs some
stand-up comedy.
*THEN - *The Cody Rivers Show brings dynamic physicality, airtight
precision and wildly original ideas to the sketch form. The duo performs
weekly in the Pacific Northwest, and their appearances in New York,
Miami, DC, Vancouver, and San Francisco have solidified their reputation
among the most innovative and memorable groups around.

<http://ucbtheatre.com/schedule/showdetails.php?showid=1242>

*STAND-UP: John Oliver & Eugene Mirman (9:30pm)
$8 *
John Oliver (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and Eugene Mirman
(Comedians of Comedy) take over the UCB Theatre stage for a night of
stand-up comedy.


*WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 *

*INSIDE JOKE w/Dave Foley (8pm)
$8 *
A cross between Charlie Rose and This Old House, minus the interruptions
and power tools, Inside Joke answers the question “What makes people
laugh?” without ever asking it. *Tonight’s guest is DAVE FOLEY (The Kids
In The Hall).* Hosted by Carl Arnheiter.

<http://ucbtheatre.com/schedule/showdetails.php?showid=493>

*MY BIG FAT & DUTCH WEST Live! (9:30pm)
$5
FIRST – *Being fat is the life of Kings and Jim Santangeli lives it. He
truly is one of the lucky ones, and he knows it. So, from the bottom of
Jim’s fatty heart, he would like to invite you all to a rare look into
the enviable world of the few, the proud...the FAT!
*THEN - *In their short history, Dutch West has become known as one of
the smartest, edgiest comedy groups around. You can catch their weekly
antics on www.dutchwest.tv and their podcast on iTunes. This forty- five
minute show will feature their latest live sketches and video.


*THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16 *

*WE USED TO GO OUT (8pm)
$8 *
You know that time in a relationship where you should break up but
instead stay together and make your lives a living hell? UCBT favorites
Jason Mantzoukas and Jessica St. Clair have written a show about it. An
unflinchingly funny look at relationships by the duo that Variety called
“…the next Nichols and May.” Mantzoukas and St. Clair are currently
developing We Used to Go Out for HBO.

<http://ucbtheatre.com/schedule/showdetails.php?showid=824>

*Dave Foley presents THE TRIBUTE (9:30pm)
$10 *
The Tribute takes a comedic, acerbic look at four forgotten former
bandmates whose lives fell apart when the only break-out star and
tabloid bad girl from their 1980’s girl band, Sparkle, went solo.
Co-written and directed by Dave Foley (The Kids In The Hall).


*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 *

*KASPER HAUSER: Sky Maul (8pm)
$8*
San Francisco sketch artists Kasper Hauser return to the UCB for two
nights with a new show centered around their catalog parody, SkyMaul
(St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne Books).

<http://ucbtheatre.com/schedule/showdetails.php?showid=1232>

*Dave Foley presents THE TRIBUTE (9:30pm)
$10 *
The Tribute takes a comedic, acerbic look at four forgotten former
bandmates whose lives fell apart when the only break-out star and
tabloid bad girl from their 1980’s girl band, Sparkle, went solo.
Co-written and directed by Dave Foley (The Kids In The Hall).


*SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 *

*KASPER HAUSER: Sky Maul (7:30pm)
$8 *
San Francisco sketch artists Kasper Hauser return to the UCB for two
nights with a new show centered around their catalog parody, SkyMaul
(St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne Books).

<http://ucbtheatre.com/schedule/showdetails.php?showid=1232>

*KARLA & KERRY AND KINGA: I’m Just Not That Into Me (10:30pm)
$8
FIRST - *Sex! Death! Fertility! LAs Megan Kellie and Marion Austin
Oberle are five year sketch comedy veterans, hell-bent on proving the
theory that tragedy plus time equals comedy or at least a way to spend
and evening. Karla has peformed at the Chicago Sketch Festival, The Los
Angeles Sketch Festival, ImprovOlympic West, The Fake Gallery, and
ImprovAcadia in Bar Harbor Maine! Last summer, Oberle scored one of
AOL's top ten television moments.
*THEN - *kerry and kinga: i'm just not that into me is a 30 minute
sketch show. It's about wanting to save the world -- unless you have to
give up Starbucks, gender idenity crises, sorta liking sexual
harassment, and other fun ways to flounder.

<http://ucbtheatre.com/schedule/showdetails.php?showid=1236>