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FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL
The Found Footage Festival, the acclaimed touring showcase of odd and hilarious found videos, will make a one-night-only appearance in Philadelphia this month as part of its 2009 North American tour. Hosts Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, whose credits include the Late Show with David Letterman and The Onion, are excited to present their new lineup of video clips and live comedy at 941 Theater (941 Front St.) on Saturday, March 28th at 8pm. The event is being sponsored locally by Small Change Productions and advance tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets.com.
The Found Footage Festival is a one-of-a-kind event compiles more than an hours worth of footage from videos that were found at garage sales and thrift stores and in warehouses and dumpsters throughout the country. Curators Pickett and Prueher host each screening in-person and provide their unique observations and commentary on these found video obscurities. From the curiously-produced industrial training video to the forsaken home movie donated to Goodwill, the Found Footage Festival resurrects these forgotten treasures and serves them up in a lively celebration of all things found.
Among the new clips to be featured in the show:
17 workplace sexual harassment videos, edited down to three minutes of just the best reenactments
A brand-new collection of exercise videos featuring Playgirls 1985 Man of the Year, a scantily-clad Angela Lansbury, and a guru who calls himself The Laughing Yogi.
Video contributions by Chris Elliott and David Cross
An instructional video on how to toilet train cats
The Found Footage Festival was founded in New York in 2004 and has gone on to sell out hundreds of shows across the U.S. and Canada, including the HBO Comedy Festival at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. The festival has been featured on National Public Radio, ABC World News, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and G4 TVs Attack of the Show, and has been named a Critics Pick in dozens of publications, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and The Chicago Tribune.
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Location941 Theater
941 N. Front St.
Philadelphia, PA 19123
United States
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| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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