The Chicago Short Comedy Video and Film Festival 2008

Thursday, July 17 and Friday, July 18
The Music Box Theatre
3733 N. Southport

The festival that spotlights comedy shorts made by Chicago filmmakers, now in its 11th year, and featuring a terrific line-up of hilarious films!

This is the festival that focuses on the outstanding talents of Chicago’s comedy and filmmaking community. Thirty-four short comedy films will be screened during the two shows of the event; the shows are at 7:00 p.m. on July 17 and July 18. Among the many accomplished actors and improvisers featured in the films are: Allison Bills, Robert Buscemi, Will Clinger, Megan Grano, Noah Gregoropoulos, Peter Grosz, Hans Holsen, Matt Hovde, Jessica Joy, Jared Logan, Brad Morris, David Pasquesi, Sarah Reule, Andy Ross, and Rich Talarico.

Shows on July 17 and July 18 at 7:00 p.m. – Admission price is $10 per show (See bottom of page for details on multi-show discount passes – three shows for $25)

Thursday, July 17        7:00 p.m.

American Male, Ben Simmons, 4-1/2 min.
Why the world envies us.

Yum-Yum, Frank Merle, 5 min.
A vegan by necessity.

Hobbies, Steve Delahoyde, 4 min.
A Renaissance Man.

Therapy, Rich Talarico, 1 min.
What’s bugging you?

Moses, Willow Creek Productions, 4-1/2 min.
He’ll try to fit it into his schedule.

Baking With Bruce, Keith Waller and Kara Norton, 3 min.
A mercurial chef.

German Prank, Direct Sunlight Productions, 2-1/2 min.
High German it’s not.

Dinner Is Served, Galileo Players, 7-1/2 min.
Cuisine à la Madame Curie.

Amaze-icilin, Lakewood Manor Players, 1 min.
For what ails you.

Aminal Crackers, John Curtis, 5 min.
Memorable hippos I have known.

Cars, Peter Casey, 30 sec.
A fact not many people know.

Carved, The Popular Vote, 4 min.
Keep him away from Cinderella’s coach.

Promoted, Erik Gernand, 6-1/2 min.
Deadwood City.

Tuesday, Steve Delahoyde and Wakiza Gamez, 1 min.
A day that will live in infamy.

The Ventriloquist, Dale Chapman, 7 min.
Which one’s the dummy?

Science Digest, Galileo Players, 4 min.
Was that the question or the answer?

Dead British Kid, Adrian DiGiovanni, 5-1/2 min.
For a dead kid, she sure gets around!

Friday, July 18        7:00 p.m.

Recyle, Rich Talarico, 1 min.
A typical Green scene.

Sabrina Fox: Finding Your Inner Seductress, Megan Grano, 4-1/2 min.
Here she comes, in a cloud of musk…

Laundry Day, Schadenfreude, 4 min.
Cleanliness nuts.

Cliff Dinn, Monsters from the id productions, 5-1/2 min.
Strawberry fields forever (and ever).

Ziggy’s Basketball, Willis Searcy III, 1-1/2 min.
A boy and his basketball.

Fall Out Friends, Chris Roman and Kaj Kjellesvig, 8-1/2 min.
Nucular laffs galore!

Animal Instincts, Chris Gummert, 4-1/2 min.
A nutty buddy.

Naked, Joe Avella, 4 min.
Call me sometime, when you have nothing on but the radio.

German Club, Steve Delahoyde, 2-1/2 min.
Excitement beyond belief!

A Cut Above, Keith Waller and Kara Norton, 2 min.
There’s something missing in their lives.

Night Class, Seth Cramer, 3 min.
How to write while asleep.

Girl Talk, Rich Talarico, 1-1/2 min.
Entre nous (with malice).

Pasta Foolzooli, Ken Biringer, 2-1/2 min.
For Neopolitan tastes only.

Marshall’s Field of Dreams, Chris Davis, 9 min.
Where only the strong survive.

Tom S. Must Die, Dale Chapman, 3-1/2 min.
This has gone on too long.

Christmas Chicken, Steve Delahoyde, 2-1/2 min.
A culinary tour de force!

A Death in Progress, Don Bitters III, 8 min.
Some days you just shouldn’t get out of bed…

Festival Coordinators:
James Gustin and Tom Herman

Produced by Marion Sours, Wits' End Productions, (312) 642-2156

Information on concurrent event, The Chicago Comedy TV Pilot Competition, can be viewed on this web-site.

Tickets for both Chicago Short Comedy Video and Film Festival and Chicago Comedy TV Pilot Competition can be purchased at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport, on July 17 and 18 (box office opens at 2 p.m. on those days). Credit card orders accepted before the event (through 2 p.m. of show date) at TicketWeb, (866) 468-3401 or on-line at www.ticketweb.com. Specify the name of festival, day, and 7:00, 8:45 or 10:30 p.m. show when ordering. Admission is $10 per individual show; a three-show discount pass of $25 (for shows on same day) is available both at the theater and in advance via TicketWeb. There is a public parking lot at Blaine Elementary School, one block north of theater on Southport.

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