5/29/2006
The View
The winner and judges from The New York City Beard and Moustache Championships on ABC's The View today!
// posted by Jon Friedman @ 5/29/2006
5/26/2006
NEW REJECTION SHOW NEWS
The Rejection Show returns live in a "Summerfest of Rejection" with 11 (eleven!) shows throughout the summer to celebrate the launch of the new REJECTIONSHOW.COM!!
Much like the live show, the new REJECTIONSHOW.COM will feature rejected material from anyone, anywhere in a variety of categories including: cartoons, animation, stand-up comedy, television, radio, literary work, magazines, personal stories, rejection letters, rejected greeting cards, recipes, paintings, pictures, videos, audio clips, scripts, pilots, music and a whole slew of failed and turned down pieces and segments. Anything goes! Spread the word and send in your rejected material and or stories and insights. Updated daily (eventually!)
The new site will also serve as a companion to the live show featuring recaps, pictures, video clips and contests!
SUBMIT YOUR REJECTED MATERIAL AND VISIT THE NEW REJECTION SHOW.COM
WHAT IS THE REJECTION SHOW?
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 (and now on the web.)
THE REJECTION SHOW
"SUMMERFEST OF REJECTION"
HOSTED BY JON FRIEDMAN
BEGINS JUNE 6, 2006!
MO PITKIN'S HOUSE OF SATISFACTION
7:30PM - $8
34 Avenue A at 2nd & 3rd St.
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
June 6th lineup Featuring rejections from:
DAVID WAIN (Stella, The State, Wet Hot American Summer)
RACHEL KRAMER BUSSEL (Village Voice, Penthouse)
JON FRIEDMAN (CBS Marketwatch)
I finally get to interview him.
REJECTED CARTOONS FROM THE NEW YORKER
with ERIC LEWIS & GLEN LELIEVRE
A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY THE DEVIL (6-6-06)
And as always more fun rejection surprises!!
Continuing "SUMMERFEST" dates
JUNE 13, 20, 27
JULY 18, 25
AUGUST 1, 8, 15, 22
Special editions include: OUTTAKES NIGHT, SKETCH COMEDY NIGHT, STAND UP COMEDY NIGHT & MORE!
Stay tuned for future lineups!
"On the surface, The Rejection Show is a mere demonstration of unsuccessful work by usually successful comedians, writers, filmmakers, and cartoonists. Deep down, though, it provides an interesting look into the thought processes of magazine editors, network executives, and others who wield power."
–THE ONION
"Ever wonder what you're not seeing? Each month comedians perform pieces that have been rejected by anything from Conan O'Brien to The New Yorker..."
–TIMEOUT NEW YORK
“Novelists, TV writers, stand-up comics, cartoonists, filmmakers, recording artists, dramatists, and poets come together for a friendly but edgy celebration of failure.”
–LA TIMES
"In New York, audiences are finding that failure is fun!"
–ABC NEWS
"'The Rejection Show' is a refuge for the rebuffed, a haven for the heave-hoed,
a destination for the deep-sixed."
–NEWSDAY
"A show like this is like the ultimate catharsis, for sure."
-NY DAILY NEWS
"Like a gang of Farmer Ted’s leading the geeks through the brutal, estranged halls of high school, the Rejection Show features some of NY’s finest rejected writers and performers, in this comedy-centric event."
-THE L MAGAZINE
"Not just a brilliant idea, it’s a well executed one."
–COMEDY CENTRAL
"'What do you get when you display a whole bunch of stuff that didn’t make the cut
at the New Yorker, Conan, and a bevy of other shows and publications?
Evidently, some funny shit.”
–GAWKER
"True to it’s maxim, ‘Just because it’s been rejected doesn’t mean it’s not good,’
the show continues to attract an audience that can relate.”
–FLAVORPILL
Much like the live show, the new REJECTIONSHOW.COM will feature rejected material from anyone, anywhere in a variety of categories including: cartoons, animation, stand-up comedy, television, radio, literary work, magazines, personal stories, rejection letters, rejected greeting cards, recipes, paintings, pictures, videos, audio clips, scripts, pilots, music and a whole slew of failed and turned down pieces and segments. Anything goes! Spread the word and send in your rejected material and or stories and insights. Updated daily (eventually!)
The new site will also serve as a companion to the live show featuring recaps, pictures, video clips and contests!
SUBMIT YOUR REJECTED MATERIAL AND VISIT THE NEW REJECTION SHOW.COM
WHAT IS THE REJECTION SHOW?
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 (and now on the web.)
THE REJECTION SHOW
"SUMMERFEST OF REJECTION"
HOSTED BY JON FRIEDMAN
BEGINS JUNE 6, 2006!
MO PITKIN'S HOUSE OF SATISFACTION
7:30PM - $8
34 Avenue A at 2nd & 3rd St.
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
June 6th lineup Featuring rejections from:
DAVID WAIN (Stella, The State, Wet Hot American Summer)
RACHEL KRAMER BUSSEL (Village Voice, Penthouse)
JON FRIEDMAN (CBS Marketwatch)
I finally get to interview him.
REJECTED CARTOONS FROM THE NEW YORKER
with ERIC LEWIS & GLEN LELIEVRE
A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY THE DEVIL (6-6-06)
And as always more fun rejection surprises!!
Continuing "SUMMERFEST" dates
JUNE 13, 20, 27
JULY 18, 25
AUGUST 1, 8, 15, 22
Special editions include: OUTTAKES NIGHT, SKETCH COMEDY NIGHT, STAND UP COMEDY NIGHT & MORE!
Stay tuned for future lineups!
"On the surface, The Rejection Show is a mere demonstration of unsuccessful work by usually successful comedians, writers, filmmakers, and cartoonists. Deep down, though, it provides an interesting look into the thought processes of magazine editors, network executives, and others who wield power."
–THE ONION
"Ever wonder what you're not seeing? Each month comedians perform pieces that have been rejected by anything from Conan O'Brien to The New Yorker..."
–TIMEOUT NEW YORK
“Novelists, TV writers, stand-up comics, cartoonists, filmmakers, recording artists, dramatists, and poets come together for a friendly but edgy celebration of failure.”
–LA TIMES
"In New York, audiences are finding that failure is fun!"
–ABC NEWS
"'The Rejection Show' is a refuge for the rebuffed, a haven for the heave-hoed,
a destination for the deep-sixed."
–NEWSDAY
"A show like this is like the ultimate catharsis, for sure."
-NY DAILY NEWS
"Like a gang of Farmer Ted’s leading the geeks through the brutal, estranged halls of high school, the Rejection Show features some of NY’s finest rejected writers and performers, in this comedy-centric event."
-THE L MAGAZINE
"Not just a brilliant idea, it’s a well executed one."
–COMEDY CENTRAL
"'What do you get when you display a whole bunch of stuff that didn’t make the cut
at the New Yorker, Conan, and a bevy of other shows and publications?
Evidently, some funny shit.”
–GAWKER
"True to it’s maxim, ‘Just because it’s been rejected doesn’t mean it’s not good,’
the show continues to attract an audience that can relate.”
–FLAVORPILL
// posted by Jon Friedman @ 5/26/2006
5/16/2006
A Little More of What to Expect Tonight
From The Comedy Central Insider:
Inside with: Jon Friedman, Comedian/Producer of the NYC Beard & Moustache Championships
http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/cc_insider/2006/05/inside_with_jon.html
Inside with: Jon Friedman, Comedian/Producer of the NYC Beard & Moustache Championships
http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/cc_insider/2006/05/inside_with_jon.html
// posted by Jon Friedman @ 5/16/2006
Tonight is the NYC Beard & Moustache Championships
New York City Beard and Moustache Championships
when: Tue 5.16 (8pm)
where: Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3132)
price: $15 / $12 advance
FROM TIME OUT NEW YORK
"A harem of mustached men descends on New York Tuesday 16, and its not Fleet Week. The New York City Beard and Moustache Championships (see listings) will crown winners in several facial-hair categories, and will feature several performances by local comics. Producer Jon Friedman promises to keep ladies involved, too, with an artificial hair competition. Somewhere Tom Selleck is fainting."
FROM AOL
"In ancient Greece, a beard meant wisdom. Orthodox Jews grow beards for religious reasons. And in 'Broadway Danny Rose', Woody Allen was just Mia Farrow's beard and not her real partner. Add to the list this special variety night combining music, comedy and facial hair. Hosted by Jon Friedman of the Rejection Show, it features the cream of downtown performers, including Comedy Central stand-up Todd Levin, and music by Curtis Eller's American Circus -- a slovenly group whose unshaven appearance normally only scores them hip status, but here awards them actual cash and prizes. Tied in to promote a documentary, the facial hair competition includes categories like freestyle, artificial and patchy. Open to men and women, wacky or conservative, a celebrity panel will judge all styles of beards: the Hemingway, the ZZ Top, the Mr. Miyagi; and mousta"ches: the Saddam, the Poirot, the Rollie Fingers." -- Yon Motskin
FROM GAWKER
"Put your weeks worth of stubble to use at the NYC Beard and Mustache Championships. Extra points if you can actually find enough scraps in your beard to make yourself dinner."
FROM PAPER MAGAZINE
"Looks like the folks behind the New York City Beard and Moustache Championships beat us to the chase and registered the domain name nycbeard.com before we could. Damn! Putting that aside, its beard and moustache season, people! Head on over to the Knitting Factory this evening as a bevy of comedians (Todd Levin, Nick Kroll, Christian Finnegan, et. al.) make facial hair-related jokes and New York Citys hairiest compete in four different hairy categories. Theyre promising celebrity judges and appearances from subjects featured in the upcoming doc, Splitting Hairs, which follows the United States Beard and Mustache team through Europe. We hear theres a Kenny Rogers category. Hairs to that!"
Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St., (212) 219-3006. 8 p.m. $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
FROM FLAVORPILL
"Extravagantly coiffed hair is hardly rare on New York streets, but handlebar moustaches can still turn our jaded heads. Local comic luminaries, including Nick Kroll, Chris Finnegan, and Jon Friedman of The Rejection Show host the New York Beard and Moustache Championships for Gotham's finest facial groomers. The event celebrates Splitting Hairs, an upcoming documentary following the United States Beard and Moustache Team as they travel through Europe to take on the formidable Association of German Beard Clubs at the World B&M Championships. Five of the flick's trophied protagonists judge fuzzy-faced contestants in six categories, including a "Patchy" division for the follicularly challenged and an "Artificial" class for the fairer sex."
FROM NEW YORK MAGAZINE
"Hairy participants compete for top honors in categories such as patchy, freestyle, Kenny Rogers, and artificial (for the ladies and follicly-challenged) at the first ever NYC Beard and Moustache Championships. In addition to live music from Valley Lodge and Curtis Eller's American Circus, comics Christian Finnegan (VH1's Best Week Ever) and Michelle Collins (VH1's So Jewtastic) are among those slated to introduce the different facial hair categories." Leaya Lee"
FROM CITY SEARCH
"Think the perfect handlebar can top a patchy-faced fellow any day? Not so fast--there's no standard of beauty at the NYCBMC. It's anyone's game up on stage, where multiple categories will face judgement--the quintessential mustache and beard; freestyle for glorified sideburns, goatees and the like; one for patchy looks; even a woman-friendly artificial competition when cross-dressing is encouraged. Prizes will be awarded by comedians, and bands will be performing in between rounds throughout the night."
http://www.nycbeard.com/
when: Tue 5.16 (8pm)
where: Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3132)
price: $15 / $12 advance
FROM TIME OUT NEW YORK
"A harem of mustached men descends on New York Tuesday 16, and its not Fleet Week. The New York City Beard and Moustache Championships (see listings) will crown winners in several facial-hair categories, and will feature several performances by local comics. Producer Jon Friedman promises to keep ladies involved, too, with an artificial hair competition. Somewhere Tom Selleck is fainting."
FROM AOL
"In ancient Greece, a beard meant wisdom. Orthodox Jews grow beards for religious reasons. And in 'Broadway Danny Rose', Woody Allen was just Mia Farrow's beard and not her real partner. Add to the list this special variety night combining music, comedy and facial hair. Hosted by Jon Friedman of the Rejection Show, it features the cream of downtown performers, including Comedy Central stand-up Todd Levin, and music by Curtis Eller's American Circus -- a slovenly group whose unshaven appearance normally only scores them hip status, but here awards them actual cash and prizes. Tied in to promote a documentary, the facial hair competition includes categories like freestyle, artificial and patchy. Open to men and women, wacky or conservative, a celebrity panel will judge all styles of beards: the Hemingway, the ZZ Top, the Mr. Miyagi; and mousta"ches: the Saddam, the Poirot, the Rollie Fingers." -- Yon Motskin
FROM GAWKER
"Put your weeks worth of stubble to use at the NYC Beard and Mustache Championships. Extra points if you can actually find enough scraps in your beard to make yourself dinner."
FROM PAPER MAGAZINE
"Looks like the folks behind the New York City Beard and Moustache Championships beat us to the chase and registered the domain name nycbeard.com before we could. Damn! Putting that aside, its beard and moustache season, people! Head on over to the Knitting Factory this evening as a bevy of comedians (Todd Levin, Nick Kroll, Christian Finnegan, et. al.) make facial hair-related jokes and New York Citys hairiest compete in four different hairy categories. Theyre promising celebrity judges and appearances from subjects featured in the upcoming doc, Splitting Hairs, which follows the United States Beard and Mustache team through Europe. We hear theres a Kenny Rogers category. Hairs to that!"
Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St., (212) 219-3006. 8 p.m. $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
FROM FLAVORPILL
"Extravagantly coiffed hair is hardly rare on New York streets, but handlebar moustaches can still turn our jaded heads. Local comic luminaries, including Nick Kroll, Chris Finnegan, and Jon Friedman of The Rejection Show host the New York Beard and Moustache Championships for Gotham's finest facial groomers. The event celebrates Splitting Hairs, an upcoming documentary following the United States Beard and Moustache Team as they travel through Europe to take on the formidable Association of German Beard Clubs at the World B&M Championships. Five of the flick's trophied protagonists judge fuzzy-faced contestants in six categories, including a "Patchy" division for the follicularly challenged and an "Artificial" class for the fairer sex."
FROM NEW YORK MAGAZINE
"Hairy participants compete for top honors in categories such as patchy, freestyle, Kenny Rogers, and artificial (for the ladies and follicly-challenged) at the first ever NYC Beard and Moustache Championships. In addition to live music from Valley Lodge and Curtis Eller's American Circus, comics Christian Finnegan (VH1's Best Week Ever) and Michelle Collins (VH1's So Jewtastic) are among those slated to introduce the different facial hair categories." Leaya Lee"
FROM CITY SEARCH
"Think the perfect handlebar can top a patchy-faced fellow any day? Not so fast--there's no standard of beauty at the NYCBMC. It's anyone's game up on stage, where multiple categories will face judgement--the quintessential mustache and beard; freestyle for glorified sideburns, goatees and the like; one for patchy looks; even a woman-friendly artificial competition when cross-dressing is encouraged. Prizes will be awarded by comedians, and bands will be performing in between rounds throughout the night."
http://www.nycbeard.com/
// posted by Jon Friedman @ 5/16/2006
5/15/2006
NYC BMC on Good Morning America Today
Contestants and judges from The New York City Beard and Moustache Championships on Good Morning America today between 8AM & 8:30AM.
// posted by Jon Friedman @ 5/15/2006
5/05/2006
Other Talents
5/03/2006
Stuckey and Murray CD Release at the Knitting Factory - Tonight!
Wednesday May 3rd on the Knitting Factory mainstage with Michael Showalter, Jon Friedman and Cracked out.
74 leonard St. ( Church and B'way)
8$ cover
Show time 8-10
74 leonard St. ( Church and B'way)
8$ cover
Show time 8-10
// posted by Jon Friedman @ 5/03/2006
5/02/2006
First ever 'JON FRIEDMAN INTERVIEW'
I hope you enjoy the first ever JFI, where I finally get a chance to ask the questions I want to ask.
I chose to interview Rachel Kramer Bussel first because
1) I always wanted to interview someone who does interviews
2) She is a Village Voice Columnist
3) She blogs at LUSTY LADY
4) She is a comedy fan
5) I always wanted to ask her these questions....
'Jon Friedman Interview' with Rachel Kramer Bussel
Hi. How are things?
Things are good, thank you for asking.
You do a lot of interviews. Are you only able to answer me in the form of a
question? I'm just kidding.
What?
Have you ever thought of going on Jeopardy? You know, because of the whole
question asking thing.
I once tried out for college Jeopardy! but soon found that I actually
knew very, very little compared to the real trivia nerds out there.
I'm good at asking questions though.
If you had an uncle named Ben how often would you make references to him
about rice?
(No answer given)
If you saw the book "Tuck Everlasting" in the street would you pick it up
and put it on your bookshelf? What if I told you the author's last name is
Babbitt.
Ummmm . . . I don't know. It would depend if I had room in my bag.
Raaaar! Did that scare you? But seriously what scares you. Demons? I bet
it's demons.
Real demons or fake demons? Actually, lots of things scare me—cars,
for one. I'm terrified of them and try to avoid them as often as I
can.
Does this mean anything to you? "When you retire, you're not just retiring
you, man! You're retiring us!"
Sorry, no. I feel like I'm failing your interview here.
Did you cry at the end of Armaggedon? One of my friends did when it was
just he and I watching it on his couch. It was weird.
I don't think I did, but I do cry really easily during super cheesy movies.
You're a sex columnist right? What would you rather do, go bowling with
Geraldo or make pancakes with...Geraldo?
Pancakes, I guess—but can we change it and say cupcakes?
Tell me about some memories you have from loosing your first tooth.
I have an okay memory but I really don't remember this. See? Failing again.
Ok, that's more than enough tooth memories.
Fine! Whatever. I was lying above and I really do remember but just
didn't want to tell you.
What would you rather have...A topless picture of you on a comedy website or a
funny picture of you on a sex website? Oh wait.
No comment.
Thanks for doing the "Jon Friedman Interview"
I'm not sure if you'll want to thank me after reading my answers!
It was Riggs. Riggs from Lethal Weapon 3.
--If you'd like to take part in 'The Jon Friedman Interview' send me an email with the word INTERVIEW in the subject line (but also say more in the actual email.)
Thanks.
I chose to interview Rachel Kramer Bussel first because
1) I always wanted to interview someone who does interviews
2) She is a Village Voice Columnist
3) She blogs at LUSTY LADY
4) She is a comedy fan
5) I always wanted to ask her these questions....
'Jon Friedman Interview' with Rachel Kramer Bussel
Hi. How are things?
Things are good, thank you for asking.
You do a lot of interviews. Are you only able to answer me in the form of a
question? I'm just kidding.
What?
Have you ever thought of going on Jeopardy? You know, because of the whole
question asking thing.
I once tried out for college Jeopardy! but soon found that I actually
knew very, very little compared to the real trivia nerds out there.
I'm good at asking questions though.
If you had an uncle named Ben how often would you make references to him
about rice?
(No answer given)
If you saw the book "Tuck Everlasting" in the street would you pick it up
and put it on your bookshelf? What if I told you the author's last name is
Babbitt.
Ummmm . . . I don't know. It would depend if I had room in my bag.
Raaaar! Did that scare you? But seriously what scares you. Demons? I bet
it's demons.
Real demons or fake demons? Actually, lots of things scare me—cars,
for one. I'm terrified of them and try to avoid them as often as I
can.
Does this mean anything to you? "When you retire, you're not just retiring
you, man! You're retiring us!"
Sorry, no. I feel like I'm failing your interview here.
Did you cry at the end of Armaggedon? One of my friends did when it was
just he and I watching it on his couch. It was weird.
I don't think I did, but I do cry really easily during super cheesy movies.
You're a sex columnist right? What would you rather do, go bowling with
Geraldo or make pancakes with...Geraldo?
Pancakes, I guess—but can we change it and say cupcakes?
Tell me about some memories you have from loosing your first tooth.
I have an okay memory but I really don't remember this. See? Failing again.
Ok, that's more than enough tooth memories.
Fine! Whatever. I was lying above and I really do remember but just
didn't want to tell you.
What would you rather have...A topless picture of you on a comedy website or a
funny picture of you on a sex website? Oh wait.
No comment.
Thanks for doing the "Jon Friedman Interview"
I'm not sure if you'll want to thank me after reading my answers!
It was Riggs. Riggs from Lethal Weapon 3.
--If you'd like to take part in 'The Jon Friedman Interview' send me an email with the word INTERVIEW in the subject line (but also say more in the actual email.)
Thanks.
// posted by Jon Friedman @ 5/02/2006
