Friends it’s that time again! Chicago Sketchfest is back and so are we!
We know we’ve been any from the scene for a while and we’ve got some ‘splaining to do and we’ll be filling you in on what we’ve been up to in the coming weeks. For now though…
CHICAGO SKETCHFEST!!
4 years ago Long Pork debut as a team at the Chicago Sketchfest so this one is personal to us. With that in mind got a new show chock full of tons of new material!
We’re excited to say we don’t just have a new show… we have TWO new videos debuting at the show.
So you’re probably thinking “THAT SOUNDS AWESOME! WHEN? WHERE? HOW MUCH?”
Whoa, settle down. How does… Friday January 13th sound and $12 sound.
(aka tomorrow night if you’re reading this as it’s posted. Tonight if you’re reading this on Friday and yesterday if you’re… you get the point.)
That’s right… Friday January 13th at 11pm at the gloriously renovated Stage 773!
Tickets are still on sale but we anticipate that it may sell out on Friday night! Grab your tickets online or at the Sketchfest box office. and let us know you’re coming on Facebook.
We got to meet the very friendly, super handsome, I think we’re currently in love with, Kendall Bruns. Kendall was awesome enough to interview us for our upcoming Chicago Sketchfest 2011 show. Check it out here:
Also, we have been so busy creating our show that we have been remissed in our duties to let all you lovely people know that we HAVE A SHOW in CHICAGO SKETCHFEST 2011!! WHAT?! WHY ARE WE yelling. Okay. Back to normal.
Come out, tomorrow night to Stage 773 and see us perform at 9:30PM with the experimental GERMANS! Tickets $14. Get those here: GERMANS & LONG PORK
What? Huh?……You want to know why? Why would I hate this wonderful ice cream condiment? Why do I hate the sweet sensation of it on your tongue as I lick it off the fingers of a hooker, or much more likely in my case, as I cry alone at night in front of a really emotional episode of “Parenthood” Tuesday’s at 10/9c on NBC? Because of one word:
Splattertheater
Okay, let’s make that two words:
splatt ertheater
No, let’s move the “er” over:
splatter ertheat
No, I don’t think you understand, now move the other “er” to the end of the word:
For those not “in the know”, Splatter Theater is the brain child of a bunch of amazing Chicago improvisers. One night back in 1987, at Leona’s in Lakeview, they all got drunk and decided to do a Halloween show. They had two goals: make fun of all the great horror movies that were coming out at the time, while also covering the stage with blood. In one month they wrote and put up the Annoyance Theater‘s first show. It’s so fun we are still doing it 23 years later.
So if you have a Saturday night free and want to come please do! If you want to come and you want comps, call me, I get two a show. If you don’t have my number, there’s probably a reason for that.
I love you….unless you don’t have my number….there’s probably a reason for that.
That means there are lots of fun things to do in and about town including shows and videos!
The Gentlemen of Long Pork are keeping busy too. Aside from gearing up for Sketchfest NYC and our big road trip for it. We’re excited to announce we have a Improv show coming up next week at the Playground!
Wednesday May 26th 8pm. $10
The Playground Theater
3209 N Halsted
Chicago, IL 60657
Seeing as it’s improv it’s going to be COMPLETELY new material. This is only our second show improvising together here in Chicago so come see us!
Okay aside from that you should also check out our good friend Devin Keast in his one man show:
Devin Keast, Gentleman and Sunshineface - Friday night May 28th. This will be his closing night, it’s also $10 and also at the Playground. Devin is great, if you went to our Harold Ramis show you’ve already seen him perform and fill in for Seth. So how could you not go?
If you’re not doing anything this weekend you should check out some dramatic theater completely unassociated with Long Pork:
Sinnerman Ensemble’s Days of Late – Now playing at the Viaduct and closing this weekend. Sinnerman is a local not for profit theater company here in Chicago out of Steppenwolf, awesome people, some of which donated to help get us to NY so go see their show!
John Morrison – (our photographer, webmaster, promoter and jack-of-all-things-not-performing-or-writing) has launched a new photo blog of his street photography for the Tribune. You should take a look: Focal Points.
Zoran – Put out a new video on LowCarbComedy.com! A few of us are in it (and by a few we mean everyone associated with Long Pork except Morgan and Seth.) So you should go watch that.
Actually… ya know what, since we’re such generous guys… here you go, we’ll just embed it for you. Here’s the link just in case.
Oh yeah… then there is this. But we’ll talk more about that later.
Okay pretty people, we’re done telling you what to do for now. Enjoy your summer!
HEY, I know you were hoPing for a really fun Zoran post. Maybe even another Zack video, but no, I just have awesome news is all…
We’ll be peRforming this Monday (May 10th) at the Elbo Room (2871 N. Lincoln)! Doin’ the funny right before us is Tiffany PuterBaugh, Drew Michael, Ken Barnard (a personal favorite of mine- CC*) and hosTing the night awaY will be Beth Stelling (she’s damn funny-CC*). We are suPer excited to work with the Elbo Room, as they are One awesome venue and some of the nicest guys to work with…real Pushovers for comedy …seriousLy, we’ve had our way with them….. sexually.
The night’s festivities start at 8:30pm, so we suggest a belated Cinco dE Mayo meal and then coming over for drinks after. It will be a fun night of great standup and lots of new material from us. How can you beat that?
Tonight is our first-ever probably-not-annual fundraiser!
“Hit Yourself in The Face With a Guitar!”
Come party with us, check us out, hit on us, and maybe try to take one of us home.
The show is $10 and it’s a fundraiser to help us send Long Pork to Sketchfest New York City! We’ve already been accepted, now we just need to figure out how the frak we can afford to get there. (Yes, I said frak, thankyouverymuch.)
In all seriousness we’ve got a great show for you folks tonight and we’re really excited to see all your smiling faces. For your $10 you’ll get to see two awesome bands who are graciously donating their time for us:
On top of that we’re really excited to announce that we’re partnering with Social Media Club Chicago and are an official after-party for tonight’s SMC meeting! So come, socialize, rock out, network and have a great time! There will also be raffles where we will be giving away some amazing prizes. It’s all to support a really great cause (us) so come on down and have a good time. Maybe we’ll buy you a drink!*
Also, if you can’t make it tonight, or it’s now Friday and you’re just now seeing this in Google Reader you can still help us out by donating: via PayPal.
Here’s the details:
The HideOut
1354 W. Wabansia Ave
Doors open at 8, show begins at 9
*If you give us the money to buy it and one for us each. Sorry we’re poor, hence the fundraiser.
WE say:
YOU SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT….Did I tell you to talk again!?! DO NOT make me come over there.
YOU say:
(weep)
WE say:
Oh God, Baby, we’re sorry we flipped out like that. You know we love you. We love you so much. We’re just on edge because we’re so excited that we get to do some amazing comedy stage readings at the HideOut this week. There will be prizes…you like prizes don’t you baby?
YOU say:
(weep) y-yes…
WE say:
And we’re gonna have two amazing bands play: Common Shiner and the BareHand JugBand playing with us. Common Shiner is voiced by Morgan Foster and is one of Chicago’s favorite pop/rock bands. Shhhh….calm down. You remember Morgan right?
YOU say:
You mean Long Pork’s stage manager?
WE say:
Yep! See, you’re okay! And BareHand JugBand is one of the greatest Jug Bands in the country, or so says the Minneapolis Battle of the Jug Bands! They are also an attractive band from thier spunky lady singers, to thier sassy Jug Player, and all the well dressed pluckin and slidin’ gentlemen folk inbetween. Does this sound like a good time to you? huh?
YOU say:
Well, I had plans on Thurs…
WE say:
But you’re gonna?….YOU’RE GONNA!?!?
YOU scream in fear:
SKIP THEM! I’M GONNA SKIP THEM!
WE say:
See…I love you.
RECAP!
What?: “Hit Yourself In The Face With A Guitar!” a night of comedy stage readings by the Gentlemen of Long Pork. Featuring performances by Common Shiner and the BareHand Jug Band. Where?: The HideOut (1354 W. Wabansia Ave, 60642) When?: Doors open at 8, show begins at 9 Why?: We love performing for you, there will be drink specials, lots of prizes to give away, and to raise monies for our NYC show! Huh?: See now you are just asking questions to be silly. Silly pretty people.
We were featured on Beyond the Pedway today where we talked about sketch comedy, why we do it and the anatomy of a Long Pork show.
Also, tomorrow is the big day! Tomorrow night we are opening for Mr. Harold Ramis!
Here are the details:
Saturday March 20th, 2010
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Emanuel Congregation
5959 N. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, IL 60660
You can buy tickets here and if you use the discount code of “LongPork” you’ll save $10. However, we’ve found out that Gold Star Tickets is selling them for a low-low price of $20 so we’re not questioning it, check them out here.
Anyway, we can’t wait to see you folks tomorrow night. If we haven’t met you before, please take a moment to come say hi and introduce yourself, we love making new friends!
