Read The Onion A.V. Club feature on Ped Crossing

Ped Crossing is a comedy web series that follows a pedophile.  Yep. Written and directed by comedian Paul Thomas and featuring over 20 Chicago stand-up and sketch comedians,  Ped Crossing ups the ante on America’s love affair with antiheroes.  The 11-episode series has a continuing storyline that focuses on a pedophile named Byron, played by Thomas, as he struggles with drama-inducers like job hunting, car buying, and roommate trouble, all along trying to impress a world-wise kid he refers to as Kanye West. 

With only a budget for mustaches and microphones, Ped Crossing was produced, shot, and edited by Chad Wilson, a frequent collaborator of Thomas. Some of their work has screened at the Just for Laugh Festivals in Montreal and Chicago, the LA Comedy Shorts, and the Chicago Comedy Film Festival.  Watch the trailer and fall in love.  Ped Crossing was featured by The Onion A.V. Club. Read HERE.

   PED CROSSING Trailer

Created by Paul Thomas     Produced by Chad Wilson         
Written and Directed by Paul Thomas    
 (Episodes 5 & 6 Written by Paul Thomas and Chad Briggs)
Camera, Sound, and Editing by Chad Wilson
Opening Sequences Shot by Patrick Wimp
Music by TJ Devoe, Paul Thomas, and Lola Balatro 

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Episode #1 - "Kanye"

Meet Byron.

Featuring:
Jacob Caponigro
Chad Wilson

Animation by Ryan Taylor

"Facelook" by Mok T'Wayne 
w/Music by TJ Devoe

Episode #2 - "Leon of Kings"

Byron goes vehicle shopping.

Featuring:
John Leadley
Leon

"Hey Now" by Lola Balatro

Episode #3 - "James Dean"

Byron gets stylish.


Featuring:
Kellen Alexander
Beth Stelling
Jacob Caponigro
Chad Wilson

"Basement Head" by Lola Balatro
"Two Times" 
by Frontal Perv w/Music by TJ Devoe

Episode #4 - "A Close Shave"

Byron gets a roommate.

Featuring:
Spencer Ham
Nancy Friedrich
Chad Briggs

Jude Leadley
Patrick Raynor
Katie Williams

"Strong Singer" 
by B-Sprain w/ Music by TJ Devoe

Episode #5 - "Reality Bites"

Life gets real for Byron.

Featuring:
Chad Briggs 
Brian Babylon
Mark Raterman
Junior Stopka
Spencer Ham
Jacob Caponigro

Cait Rappel
Maria Noll
Renee Baasch
Brittany Zimmerman
Alexandra Richardson

written by Paul Thomas & Chad Briggs

"Smackin' Your Gum" 
by PzTz  w/ Music by TJ Devoe

Episode #6 - "Snap, Crack, and Pop"

Byron moves out - kind of. 

Featuring:
Chad Briggs 
Jim Fath
Sean Flannery
CJ Sullivan

written by Paul Thomas & Chad Briggs

"Violins"
by Strapping Lass w/Music by TJ Devoe

Episode #7 - "Lady and the Tramp"

Byron gets another roommate. Or 2?

Featuring:  
Patricia Tinsley
Spencer Ham
James Fritz


"Butt Cheeks"
by Mok T'Wayne w/Music by TJ Devoe

Episode #8 - "Parks and Wreck"

Byron has man trouble.

Featuring:  
Patricia Tinsley
James Fritz
Mark Raterman
Junior Stopka

"Mary Had A Little Rabbit"
by Pious Scuz w/Music by TJ Devoe

Episode #9 - "The Pianist"

Byron's crap hits the fan.

Featuring:  
Spencer Ham
Patricia Tinsley
James Fritz

Junior Stopka

"I Put My Love on You"
by Savage Doily w/Music by TJ Devoe

Episode #10 - "The Seeker"

Byron needs a job.

Featuring:  
Wendy Mateo
Ken Barnard
Prescott Tolk
Tiffany Puterbaugh
Nancy Friedrich
Bilal Jordan

"Sports"
by Los Culitos w/Music by TJ Devoe

Episode #11 - The epic finale.
"All Quiet on the Eastern Front"

Featuring:  
Adam Burke
Junior Stopka
Chris Condren
Jacob Caponigro

"Karatee (Taekwondo)"
by Teenager of The Year/Ruby Weapon w/Music by Make It So #1 
lyrics by Tim Racine

"Access (To Your Heart)" by Lola Balatro

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PED CROSSING  - 
Full web series in one video -

It's kinda like a movie!

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Mop Men - Extra

Here's a "DVD extra" of Mop Men, a show within the Ped Crossing show.  This features Mark Raterman, the best straight man in Chicago---now Los Angeles, dare I say.