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#tbt Life can be confusing

3/28/2019

 

This one is from 2015.  One of those short no-reason scripts you have lying around for five years that you don't know what to do with and forget about, because it was something weird that you wrote in 20 minutes.  Showed it to Chad, then he did all the hard work with graphics to make it nice and weird. Jason Beaumont shot it in his building's basement with a green screen.  For all of our long projects, these ones are nice to turn around in less than a week.

Elephant Scotch - Real Good Drinking with DAN PEFF

1/30/2019

 
Do you have some crappy Scotch lying around that someone gifted you?  Make it drinkable in this tutorial from America's drinkheart Dan Peff.

Hairy Kumquat - Real Good Drinking with DAN PEFF

1/1/2019

 

​Be the hit of the party with this mixologistophisticated cocktail,  the Hairy Kumquat. Brought to you by America's drinkheart Dan Peff.

New Lola Balatro live session vid - CELEBUTANTE

10/26/2018

 

Second live session video from the basement. Shot by artist extraordinaire Israel Balza.  Big thanks to our friend Sean Flannery for popping in. 
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Quick Looks

10/19/2018

 

PICK ONE FOR ME - a short film (finally!)

5/30/2018

 

PICK ONE FOR ME - Well, this one has been a long time coming.  My producing partner Chad Wilson and I finished this in 2014 and had some great screenings in Chicago, including the Chicago Comedy Film Festival.   Been busy, meant to put it out there after a round of festival submissions, and then got busy with life stuff, and kind of actually kept forgetting/procrastinating.  

I had had the idea for this floating around in my brain for probably close to 10 years.  Inspired by an  event from an ESL class I was teaching.  So I played it out.

Paul Tinsley, the star of this, is so talented and so great to work with.  You'll recognize him from some other things.   Joette Waters plays his wife, and is phenomenal as well.  The always killer Mike Lebovitz bookends it, and it is always an honor to work with the lethal Anthony Oberbeck, Saurin Choksi, and CJ Sullivan.

Jason Beaumont not only DP'ed this, he played the French horn parts, which are incredible.

Countries represented by actor and extras here are Eritrea, Iraq, Azerbaijan, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, India, and Russia (I think that's all...)  And thanks to Roxana Chirila for translating!



Live session "I Got 2 Black Friends" - Lola Balatro

3/26/2018

 
Here's the first of hopefully many live laundry room sessions. This one we submitted for the NPR Tiny Desk contest.  Thanks for Israel Balza for some great camera artistry and to Marz Timms for being Marz Timms.

October Shows - Dan Peff in NYC

10/4/2017

 
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Dan Peff goes to NYC this month. A Real Good Drinking episode screens at Brooklyn Web Fest, and Dan will also be doing a set at UCB East on Friday night. 

OCTOBER SHOWS -
OCTOBER  6 - DAN PEFF at Gentrify - NYC - UCB East
OCTOBER  7 - REAL GOOD DRINKING WITH DAN PEFF - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Web Fest
OCTOBER 13 - LOLA BALATRO opening for PIMPROV - Chicago - CIC Theater

#tbt Mixed Life Arts - The Complete Life Workout

8/10/2017

 

Become a better all-around person starting today with this life-changing program from fighter/trainer Kurt Grasa.   

#tbt Summer '12. Internet Comedy Star video (NSFW)

7/27/2017

 

This one was a fun one to knock out. That summer Chad Wilson and I had just finished releasing our web series Ped Crossing, which had practically turned out to be a short movie that took 2 1/2 years of nights and weekends.  So when I was asked to make something short to screen at JFL Chicago, it was like lifting a light weight to shoot something over a weekend and have it ready to go in a week.  There are more stories to tell you at the bar, but this video is near and dear to me.   Thanks to Anthony Oberbeck, James Fritz, Candy Lawrence, and Sherman Edwards for their silent acting skills, and Mike Andersen for recording.
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