Like you give a crap, right?
Well, you should. Why? Because you’re a caring individual. And who wouldn’t want to take part in the glitz and glamour of the so-called “Oscars of the Internet.”
Here’s the deal: Super Deluxe is up for a few Webby Awards this year. More accurately, two of our videos have been nominated for a best “Comedy: Individual Short Or Episode” honor in the Online Film And Video section: [”(Layers)”] - Copy That by Sklars And Kroll and Bronx World Travelers - Press Conference by Ben Schwartz. Ben’s short was also nominated in the “Best Writing” field. Deservedly so. Just watch and see for yourself.
Now for the “interactive part”:
As nominees for Webby Awards, these two videos are also eligible to win a Webby People’s Voice Award. Which means you, the reader and viewer, can and should vote for them! Right HERE.
The polls are open now through May 1st. Winners will be announced on May 6th and honored at the awards in New York City on June 9th. Please, make us proud.
This is so fucked up. Ben was such a funny and awesome human being with so much potential. And so young. He was, like, 26? 27? And he was already freelance joke writing for SNL and Letterman and Adult Swim. All he wanted to do in this life is make people laugh. That’s it. And for some sick, twisted reason, he was cut down in his soon-to-be prime by a vengeful, blood-thirsty and obsolete children’s toy (see today’s premiere, Teddy Saw).
Well, we couldn’t sit by and just let this senseless act of cruelty transpire before our eyes and not immediately retaliate. If not for Ben’s life, then for justice itself. So, we did what any hurt and vindictive blog would do in this situation: we hunted down Teddy Ruxpin like the animal he is and gutted his ass.
He wasn’t hard to find. We just paid a visit to the so-called World of Wonders where the talking shitbag himself was holding court at a Cinnabon with his goofy-ass caterpillar friend, Grubby. We snuck up on their trifling asses, and the rest, as you can see, is what happened to Teddy.
1. Lights out, bitch. Guess you should’ve had some mechanized eyeballs installed in the back of your head.
2. Just relax, Ted. Think of this as one, big hibernation.
3. Now to dial down the volume on that child-molestor voice of yours. Oh wait. You’re already dead. There’s no chance of you lip-synching to some crappy story about Rillonia or whatever shithole you crawled out of ever again.
4. Sorry, Ted. Did that hurt when we cracked open your back? Suck it. There’s no soul in there anyways.
5. Just a cold, unfeeling, inhuman circuit board. Can you believe this engineering marvel is what was responsible for babysitting half of the American population now in their mid-20’s? Maybe we can swap it for a Commodore 64 harddrive.
6. Hey, Ted! Without the skin on your face, you look like you’re 20 years younger! And like the AFLAC duck, faggot.
7. Oh, can we hear that wonderful yarn again about the Treasure of Grundo and the importance of sharing (like you ever gave a crap)? Oh, we can’t. Is that because we’ve systematically dismantled your fucking jaw?
8. Bearskin rug, anyone? It’s going to get chilly in the Super Deluxe dumpster without your fur coat. Nice J.Crew tee, btw.
9. Your empty body cavity looks like it’ll make a good urinal. Maybe we’ll use your legs as Koozies or something.
Oh, and guess what, Ted? We got your friend Grubby, too. He’s going to make a nice, lil’ lamp. Hahahahahaha.
This was for you, Ben. R.I.P.!
New York wasn’t all wacky comedy show hijinks. We also got the chance to relax with one of our favorite artists, Ben Schwartz. Friday night, Ben sat down with us at the UCB Theater and really, really opened up about his meteoric career thus far: the freelance joke writing for SNL, Letterman and Adult Swim; his Website, Rejectedjokes.com; and his Super Deluxe series, Bronx World Travelers.
Thanks, Ben!
E-MAIL JULIANNE CHO AT jcho@film.nyc.gov WITH YOUR COMPLAINTS!! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY NEW YORK CITY IS ACCEPTING COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC!!
Why? Because Mayor Bloomberg’s office has proposed some draconian new laws that would basically make it impossible for the average New Yorker to shoot photos and films in public places. Under the new rules, any group of two or more people using a handheld camera (still or video) for more than 30 minutes at a single location would have to get a permit and—this is one of the most insane aspects—would have to present proof of a whopping $1,000,000 in insurance.
Obviously, these proposals would affect a wide range of amateur filmmakers in New York—including a gaggle of Super Deluxe artists who are very dear to us! Folks like Olde English, the Post Show, Eugene Mirman, Dave Hill, Chelsea Peretti, Kurt & Kristen, Bobby Tisdale, Ben Schwartz and others.
Olde English, being the civic-minded comedy troupe that they are, made a call-to-action protest rap about the proposals that’s been making the media rounds.
E-MAIL JULIANNE CHO AT jcho@film.nyc.gov WITH YOUR COMPLAINTS!! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY THE CITY IS ACCEPTING COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC!!
You can also visit the NYCLU Website for more information.
Hello, everybody! We’d like to introduce you to a nice, young man that we’ll be working with soon.
Isn’t he hunky?
His name is Ben Schwartz, and he’s a improv/sketch comedian and freelance writer. Not only does he do stuff for Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken, he’s also been writing jokes for David Letterman’s monologue and Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” for a couple of years now.
So, he’s funny. Even funnier, he takes all the jokes that get rejected from SNL and Letterman and tells them in weekly bits called … Rejected Jokes.
Here’s a really good one with Saturday Night Live/Daily Show regular, Rob Riggle, who Ben is teaming up with for his show on Super Deluxe.
We don’t want to give too much away, but Ben and Rob’s Super Deluxe show is going to be about basketball. And it’ll be funny. We promise.
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