TREMENDOUS RABBIT!

If you were at the last Rejection Show you heard me talk about the possibility of a rejected Roseanne Barr look-a-like appearing on the next show (August 1st.) Will she be there? I'm still not certain but I have my fingers crossed.

How did this come about? I received this email in my inbox a few weeks ago:

Subject: Roseanne Barr Look Aalike
Date: Friday, July 14, 2006 12:42 PM
From: Gerry Laabs
To:
Conversation: Roseanne Barr Look Aalike

Jon,
I am always asked in stores, walking on the streets, "there she is...are you Roseanne Barr?" Thought I find out if there is any look alike jobs , shows or contest. Please contact me and inform me if there is.......Thanks

Waiting to hear from you.

Gerry Laabs
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Anyone that knows me would know that I LOVED THAT EMAIL. Although I don't know why she would think that I have the answer.

I responded with this:

Subject: Re: Roseanne Barr Look Aalike
Date: Sunday, July 16, 2006 12:49 PM
From: Jon Friedman
To: Gerry Laabs
Conversation: Roseanne Barr Look Aalike

Hi Gerry. Thanks for the email. It seems as though you are having trouble finding work as a Roseanne Barr Look-A-Like. That sounds perfect for my show “The Rejection Show.” I can book you on my show for August 1st and we can do a mini Q & A on what it is like to get work as a look-a-like and the rejection you face and then you can do your actual Roseanne routine. How does this sound? It will be laid back and in a fun supportive environment.

The show is at 7:30PM on August 1st at Mo Pitkin’s House of Satisfaction.

I can send you many more details if you are available and interested.

Let me know asap.

Jon
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She did respond asking for more specific details, which I gave her. I have not heard back from her after that but I don't know if that means she'll be there or decided to brush it off.

WE'LL SEE!

Come to the show to find out....

TICKETS FOR THE AUGUST 1st REJECTION SHOW HERE!

Don't forget to send or give me your own rejected material for the new Rejection Show website, soon to be updated daily with tons of rejections.

THE REJECTION SHOW 'SUMMERFEST OF REJECTION' CONTINUES....

JULY 25, 2006
FEATURING REJECTIONS FROM:

JACKIE ‘THE JOKEMAN’ MARTLING
(Howard Stern, Private Parts, Jokeland.com)

MICHELLE COLLINS & HER MOTHER
(Michelle will do a live interview with her mother confronting her about rejections from her childhood, youcantmakeitup.org)

ADAM WADE
(Wade will screen and discuss some of his early rejected short film work, adamwade.com, ESPN Classic)

HOSTED BY JON FRIEDMAN
(I’ll be telling my CHICKEN SUIT story at this show)

And as always more fun rejection surprises!!

The Rejection Show
Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction
July 25th @ 7:30PM
34 Avenue A (2nd and 3rd St.)
Call or visit the Mo Pitkin's box office at (212) 777-5660
F or V to Second Ave.

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

JULY 25, 2006
JACKIE "THE JOKEMAN" MARTLING
MICHELLE COLLINS & HER MOTHER
ADAM WADE
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

"Rejection hurts. Luckily, this hurt comes from laughing so hard you pull a muscle. Comic Jon Friedman offers a ‘Summerfest of Rejection’ -- TV sketches, movie pitches, and cartoons go from the cutting-room floor to Mo Pitkin's. Friedman cracks us up all summer by making his previously sporadic Show quasi-weekly."

-FLAVORPILL

JULY 18, 2006
FEATURING REJECTIONS FROM:

THE ONION (Staff writers share rejections from the popular satirical newspaper)
BARON VAUGHN (Comedy Central, VH1, various commercials)
GABE & JENNY (Hosts of 'At Night with Gabe & Jenny')
&
Music from FUTURE FOLK (two actual men from the future!)

HOSTED BY JON FRIEDMAN

And as always more fun rejection surprises!!

The Rejection Show
Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction
July 18th @ 7:30PM
34 Avenue A (2nd and 3rd St.)
Call or visit the Mo Pitkin's box office at (212) 777-5660
F or V to Second Ave.
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

I was asked to help produce this fun event and it is FREE! PARTY! ON A BOAT!

HAMstravaganza
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
The Frying Pan in NYC
Pier 63 North River (Boat Docked at Chelsea Piers)
23rd Street @ Hudson River
7pm - 11pm
Free!

Celebrate Gideon Defoe's best-selling "Pirates!" series at this amazing Ham and Pirate themed show at the Frying Pan, a mid century lighthouse-boat that has been dredged up and festooned in the Hudson River, right by the Chelsea Piers.

Pirate and ham themed fun!

With live music from:
The Hazzards
Future Folk
The Scurvy Pirates
Rob Paravonian

Free hugs from Jon Friedman!

Free books and ham and pirate stuff!