June 10, 2009

SketchfestNYC Thursday!

That’s right, our Sketchfest show is tomorrow night. Check out the details right below this awesome trailer.

A year goes by so fast, doesn’t it? It’s almost time for one of the best comedy nerd weekends of the year, SketchfestNYC!


A Week of Kindness at SketchfestNYC!
Thursday, June 11th at 11 PM
performing with Murderfist
at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
307 W. 26th Street, by 8th Avenue
Tickets can be reserved online (which we recommend) three different ways. Follow these links:
$10: Single show ticket
$40: Thursday night pass
$100: 3-night pass
In addition, Upright Citizens Brigade students can buy tickets at the door for $5 by showing their student ID!

This show is going to be something special, with a whole lot of new material, and a whole lot of old favorites reimagined. You’ll leave traumatized like you haven’t been since your dad explained the birds and the bees to you!

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June 02, 2009

SketchfestNYC next week!

A year goes by so fast, doesn’t it? It’s almost time for one of the best comedy nerd weekends of the year, SketchfestNYC!


A Week of Kindness at SketchfestNYC!
Thursday, June 11th at 11 PM
performing with Murderfist
at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
307 W. 26th Street, by 8th Avenue
Tickets can be reserved online (which we recommend) three different ways. Follow these links:
$10: Single show ticket
$40: Thursday night pass
$100: 3-night pass
In addition, Upright Citizens Brigade students can buy tickets at the door for $5 by showing their student ID!

This show is going to be something special, with a whole lot of new material, and a whole lot of old favorites reimagined, and wildness that we can’t really describe in words right now. See you there!

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May 22, 2009

Brown Sabbath!

Check us out tonight at the Creek, for free!


Brown Sabbath is an electric funeral of rat salad. It’s a show of Stand-ups and Sketch, reunited and it feels so good, doing some of their rawest/stinkiest material. Hosted by toilet veteran Ben Kissel and Murderfist, the War Pigs of Sketch Comedy. FAIRIES WEAR BOOTS!

W/ Host Ben Kissel (Brain and The Beast)
Donald Glover (The Color Purple)
Week of Kindness (NYC Sketchfest)
and MURDERFIST (The Slayers of Normal)

That’s at The Creek, in Long Island City
10-93 Jackson Ave Queens
Take the 7 train to Vernon-Jackson or the G to 21st Street

And what’s more, check us out in June, returning for the 3rd time to SketchfestNYC!

A Week of Kindness at SketchfestNYC!

Thursday, June 11th at 11 PM
performing with Murderfist
at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
307 W. 26th Street, by 8th Avenue
Tickets can be bought three different ways. Follow these links:
$10: Single show ticket
$40: Thursday night pass
$100: 3-night pass

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April 26, 2009

A-Side/B-Side at UCBT this Thursday!

Come check us out at the Upright Citizens Brigade theatre this Thursday!

Thursday, April 30th, at 9:30 PM At A-Side/B-Side
Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
307 West 26th Street
Featuring AWOK, Harvard Sailing Team, and Sidecar

The best and the oddest from three heavy-hitting sketch groups. We bring you the crowd-pleasers you know (A-sides), and the uncensored material you’ll never forget (B-sides). Hilarious and strange, come get a look into the minds of sketch comedy’s most innovative. Tickets are $5, and reservations can be made at this link.

And in addition to all of this, we have just learned we will be appearing at SketchfestNYC for the third year in a row this June, so stay tuned for info on that in the very near future.

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April 09, 2009

Short Notice Shows! Two nights in a row!

Hey, long time no see. That’s what you’re probably going to say to us when you see us at some shows this weekend!

Saturday, April 11th, at 9 PM At the B-Cat and C-Town Variety Show!
Location: The Petri Space
114 Forrest Street, apt. 4C (buzzer 15), in Brooklyn.
Take the L to Morgan Ave or the JMZ to Flushing Ave
Featuring AWOK, Bent/Lind, and other special secret guests, with a dance party afterwards!

Sunday, April 12th at 7 PM
At Under St Marks
Location: 94 St. Marks in Manhattan
with Rue Brutalia, the Bilderbergs, and Jill Donnelly!

And in addition to all of this, we have just learned we will be appearing at SketchfestNYC for the third year in a row this June, so stay tuned for info on that.

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February 17, 2009

Bee Movie Oscars at Muffins in the Window!

It’s February, and that means it’s Oscar Season, and that means it’s Academy Awards season, and that means it’s Bee Movie Academy Awards Season!

A Week of Kindness at Muffins in the Window (a variety show at the New Acting Company Theatre)

Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 8:00pm
219 Sullivan Street
Free (Donations Accepted) and BYOB

Featuring The Mighty Jeels, The Other Baldwins, Jay Welsh, Oscarbait, and A Week Of Kindness
hosted by AWOK’s Mike Still!


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November 20, 2008

Sketchfest Toronto is nigh.

It’s finally here. Now that Americans can show their faces abroad, it’s time to take our show to foreign lands. It’s this coming Friday and Saturday, so if you’re a Torontonian, you get two chances.


AWOK at the Toronto Sketch Fest!

Friday, November 21st at 9 PM
at the Diesel Playhouse
56 Blue Jay Way in Toronto, ON
Appearing with PunchDRYSDALE and the Williamson Playboys.
Tickets are $12, and can be purchased here.

Saturday, November 22, at 11 PM
at Comedy Bar
945 Bloor St W in Toronto, ON
Appearing with The Riot and My First Crush
Tickets are $12 and seats can be reserved by calling the Comedy Bar box office, at 647-898-5324

More information about the festival can be found at torontosketchfest.com

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November 08, 2008

Toronto Sketchfest! (Now with advance ticket info!)

Wow, it’s been a long time since we rapped at ya, but we’re getting ready for something exciting: Two performances in the Toronto Sketch Fest!

AWOK at the Toronto Sketch Fest!

Friday, November 21st at 9 PM
at the Diesel Playhouse
56 Blue Jay Way in Toronto, ON
Appearing with PunchDRYSDALE and the Williamson Playboys.
Tickets are $12, and can be purchased here.

Saturday, November 22, at 11 PM
at Comedy Bar
945 Bloor St in Toronto, ON
Appearing with The Riot and My First Crush
Tickets are $12 and seats can be reserved by calling the Comedy Bar box office, at 647-898-5324

Information about ticket prices and advance ticketing will be posted as soon as we have it, but more information can be found at torontosketchfest.com


Also, in case you missed it, here’s a recent video from us. “Poetry by Kerosene Jack”

Like it? Leave a comment on this video’s Youtube Page!

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July 18, 2008

Top 5 Independent Comedy Websites? Thanks, IFC!

A great big welcome to everybody coming from ifc.com, where we have been named one of the top 5 independent comedy websites.

So, to show you that we know how to take a compliment, so we’d like to invite you to take a scroll on down the page and check out a player we’ve set up containing a few of our favorite sketch comedy videos, including our newest, posted today, called “Poetry by Kerosene Jack”. There’s more where that came from over at our videos page, and if you want to be updated about our upcoming videos and live shows, you can enter your email address into the box on the right-hand side of the page. Enjoy!

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