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Groundhog Day Day

Adam — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:40:28 +0000

Here’s the latest video I directed for my UCB Comedy Beta team The Brig. It might be our weirdest one yet.

Groundhog Day Day
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Matt Mayer wrote the original idea and then Matt, Nathan Russell and I kept adding to it until it very organically became something none of us would have thought of on our own.

Also, if you watched the whole thing and don’t understand the ending, it’s a callback to The Brig’s commercial for the depression medication Numbalex.

Political Self Attack Ad

Adam — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:58:21 +0000

Here’s the latest from my UCB Comedy Beta team The Brig.

Self Attack Ad
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Jon Gutierrez wrote and starred in it, I directed and did the animation, Morgan Evans shot it and Nathan Russell edited it.

Overly Ambitious Ensemble Sketch Team

Adam — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:15:49 +0000

It’s been a really busy week for my UCB Comedy Beta team, The Brig. We have THREE new videos.

Our latest is Overly Ambitious Ensemble Drama, which Zack Phillips wrote, Jason Guerrero shot and I directed and edited.

The thing about a parody of an overly ambitious ensemble drama is that it’s also an overly ambitious ensemble sketch, but Zack not only wrote such a challenging sketch, he produced it and organized all the actors (Zack and I also probably spent about 8 hours planning out the whole shooting schedule).

Who are the actors? I’m glad you asked. In no particular order: Tim Martin, Amy Heidt, Ben Rameaka, Dru Johnston, Corey Brown, Emily Axford, Shaun Diston, Alex Charak, Rob Michael Hugel, Matt Fisher, Kim Ferguson, Verónica Osorio, Jason Saenz, Don Fanelli, Will Hines, Jon Gutierrez, Amber Petty, Dan Hodapp, Brandon Gardner, Josh Patten, Molly Lloyd, Keith Bethea, Jordan Hirsch, Matt Starr, Eddie Brawley, Will Storie, Matt Cutler, Amanda Hirsch, Drew Tarvin, Jeff Wisniewski, Scott Yacyshyn, Dave Bluvband, Ben Ragheb, Matt Mayer, Adam Sacks, Morgan Evans, Zack Phillips and Jason Guerrero.

Also out this week is Time Life’s Rough Drafts Music Collection. Written and directed by Matt Mayer, and featuring the singing of Eliza Skinner, Morgan Phillips and Matt Mayer.

Rough Draft Music Collection
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Finally, here is BP’s spokesman pointing out the brighter side of their oil leak.

BP: Rich Fish
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Written by Jon Gutierrez, directed by Matt Mayer, edited by Nathan Russell and starring Andy Secunda.

And that’s all. Just three videos. If you want more per week, you just have to to pay our rents.

Open Relationships

Adam — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:57:16 +0000

Here’s the latest video from my UCB Comedy Beta team The Brig. Warning, it’s NSFW.

Open Relationships
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Crystal Delahanty wrote this one, Mackenzie Condon produced it, I directed it, Jonathan DeMuth shot it and Nathan Russell edited it.

Birdman

Adam — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:20:49 +0000

In the tradition of me making weird videos about pigeons, here’s the latest from my UCB Comedy team, The Brig.

Birdman
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If only they could all be this easy. Zack Phillips and I came up with the idea on the spot, and we had the whole thing shot 5 minutes later. Jason Guerrero was the cameraman, and I did the special effects.

420 on 4/20

Adam — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:57:19 +0000

Here’s the latest from my UCB Comedy Beta team, The Brig.

420 on 4/20
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I wrote it, Nathan Russell shot, directed and edited it. Nathan added the “realization” at the end, which I think is great and I wish I thought of it myself.

And here is last week’s video.

Star Wars 4D
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Jon Gutierrez wrote this one, Matt Mayer directed and did effects, and Nathan Russell shot and edited it.

Autobiographical Film Critic

Adam — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:53:30 +0000

Here’s the latest from my UCB Comedy Beta team, The Brig.

Autobiographical Film Critic
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Zack Phillips wrote this one, Jason Guerrero shot it and I directed, edited and did the effects. I was excited to do this one because I haven’t had many chances to do a video that really relied on the actor’s performance, and I think Terry Withers did a great job as the film critic.

Here’s another Brig video.

Sally D
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Crystal Delahanty wrote it, Matt Mayer directed and did effects and Nathan Russell shot and edited it.

Also, UCB Comedy just launched their new design, and they’re working really hard to get lots of good new content up (my team The Brig is a part of that), so you should check it out.

The Brig

Adam — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:16:00 +0000

A message to the 5 people who read this site regularly.

Over the past three months, you may have noticed far fewer posts. This is because the UCB theater formed Beta teams, which are tasked with making weekly videos for their website, and I am a director on the team The Brig.

Believe it or not, one video a week is a lot to accomplish in your free time (even with a team of 6 other talented writers, directors, editors and producers), so I have less time to write here.

Here’s our last video. Mackenzie Condon wrote it and Matt Mayer directed (along with making the song and doing the special effects). Beware, it’s veeeery weird.

Get Hunky
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Also, here’s a hilarious video made by another UCB Beta team, Diamonds, Wow! It was written by my friend Melinda Taub, and features great directing and editing by Ed Mundy and Zach Neumeyer respectively.

Sex Drugs & The Hard Rock Cafe
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Oscars In Memoriam: Movie Extras

Adam — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:34:38 +0000

Because there are no small roles.

Oscars In Memoriam: Movie Extras
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The latest from my UCB Comedy Beta team, The Brig. If there’s one thing I learned from this, it’s that I enjoy writing cheesy awards intros way too much. Keep that in mind, next year’s Oscars producer.

Matt Mayer and I directed it, Nathan Russell shot it, and I edited it. Matt Fisher plays Rick Moranis.

Takin’ Care of Business: The Musical

Adam — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:44:35 +0000

It’s every single Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit song, on Broadway!

Takin’ Care of Business

The latest from my UCB team, The Brig.

Jon Gutierrez wrote this one, I directed it, Nathan Russell shot and edited it, and Mike Costabile and I did the animation. But the real hero on this shoot was our producer Mackenzie Condon who called every theater in New York City to find us place to shoot after our first theater didn’t work out, and organized getting 16 extras for a 1 second joke at the end.

Cast, in order of appearance

Narrator: Dan Hodapp

Mamma: Jessica Stickles

Bachman: John Murray

Turner: Jamison Guest

Sally Overdrive: Amber Petty

Audience 1: Rob Webber

Audience 2 and 3: Erik Dies and Molly Lloyd

Audience 4: Patrick Clair