Here comes the Gong Show

Hey Random Army,

Well I recently joined up with some people from Seattle who decided to start a comedy group. I believe the group is going to work on mostly digital shorts. But as a fun first project they decided to enter a local "Gong Show" put on by "The Stranger".

Well I thought you would all enjoy see the high light real from last years show. Here it is below!
Random

I take your silence

Ok, I take your silence to mean one of two things, you have discovered my love for muppets and both your parents were killed during the great muppet uprising in the 1970's.. therefore you have vowed to never speak to me again. Or two, NY is having Black Out 2008... however this time their is mass hysteria. You recently killed a person with your bear hands... which I say tip of the hat to you!

In Search of Andy Kaufman - Response : Elliot Feldman

Your idea sounds like a great mockumentary more than a series. Good luck with it.
Elliot Feldman

In Search of Andy Kaufman - Response : Chad Bell

LOL, Dude I really like the concept. Its a unique take on what people really want to see. I can see this going working in two reasons one: due to the fact that its about the ordinary Joes and Janes that can make you laugh your ass off: and second that you can really do this without the need of "scripting" the comedians, they get to be them selves. Good Luck with your agent today:) I look forward to know more about it.
Chad Bell

Shit I read today

Hey Random Army,

Well I haven't been posting much and I cant say that is going to improve over the next several weeks.

But here are links to all the shit I read today.

Patton Oswalt's Blog
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=67077201&blogID=370701613

Sambora Could Be Charged with Endangering His Kid
http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/26/sambora-could-be-charged-with-endangering-his-kid/

Europe begins to criticize Chinese crackdown in Tibet

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/26/europe/react.php

And a bunch of other shit but now I cant find the links...
Random

In Search of Andy Kaufman

In Search of Andy Kaufman

Random Vaughan and Ben Franz

Format: Reality series, comedy

Time: 30 minutes long.

Timeslot: Late Night

Demographic: 18-44 men and women

Possible Networks: HBO, NBC, Comedy Central, FOX, Bravo, E!, VH1, TBS

Synopsis: In the wake of Last Comic Standing and The Comedians of Comedy comes the ground breaking reality series In Search of Andy Kaufman. Hosted by professional comedian Random Vaughn, In Search tours the country going to small town comedy clubs giving access to what life is like for small time or up and coming comedians. The show will feature several comedy routines each week, and interviews with local talent, followed by a wrap up discussion at that week’s current location to be coined the “Shoot the Shit” session, where all the comedians will sit around sharing stories and funny things that have happened to them. In Search of Andy Kaufman promises to be an instant winner and a hot ticket item for the 18-44 demographic.

Ganges River Dolphin - WWARD? (What would a Republican Do?)

Hey Random Army,

After reading about the ganges river dolphin this morning. Which was a very sad story. Here is a quick summary so you are up to speed on what I'm talking about.

"Fishermen in Bangladesh beat a rare river dolphin to death because they had not seen "this kind of creature before," according to local news accounts." CNN.com

I couldn't help but think WWARD... I know many of you wear this bracelet everyday and when times are hard and decisions are tough, you look down and it and know exactly what to do. What would a republican do?

Some of our major movements in history have come from this bracelet... When a minister asked himself should I picket the funeral of a young gay boy, who was, beaten, raped, stabbed, set on fire, partially decapitated and finally killed... I do believe he look down at his bracelet and made his decision "Well picket him in hell because that's where he is"

So when an endangered species was caught by local fisher man, a kind of dolphin they say they had never seen before... I do believe these men look down at their WWARD bracelets and then each of them grabbed a club and beat that "Alien Dolphin" to death.

I would have a link to where you could by your own WWARD bracelet but I am having trouble located it. Therefore here is a link to for a T-shirt.
http://www.zazzle.com/wward_shirt-235769138189041870

Another one bite the dust! - Edwards, John Edwards

Hey Random Army,

So I know you have all maybe heard that John Edwards has / not officially / but in the weird way that politics works withdrawn from the race. I feel a little sad because I really though this was our year, the year of the white man, when a white man could represent "change", when a white man would finally get respect!

But I guess not, maybe in 2012! John with you please run for us... the soon to be minority in America!!

Day 6, 7 & 8 - Life & Times of a Feature

Hey Random Army,

Well I know I missed a couple days and this and I apologize for that, several other projects did get top seat or should I say "Top Shelf".

So what has been happening with "The Orio Story"? A lot actually... even though I haven't been directly working on it I have still been marketing it and my partners actually just got done with another draft.

The script is now about to go through probably one more "problem" area review before it gets coverage. Such as we are working on a character called "LaSteve" and a couple other detailed scenes, trying to make sure the entire movie flows and that it keep the audience laughing none stop.

On the marketing front I have actually been emailing production companies directly and providing them with the logline and summary page.

Well I better get back to work creating buzz for Orio... 5 million crappy cd singles dont sell themselves!!

"Fuck Zazzle" Support Random Vaughn

Hey Random Army,

I'm sure several of you were upset, irritated and annoyed when you click on the link with my last blog... and it took you ??? ... lets see NO WHERE!!!

And if you were really smart, you went to my zazzle profile page and looked though all of my products.... nope nothing there either

Yep zazzle (www.zazzle.com) pulled my product down!!! or should I say they didn't just not make it public then deleted it completely so I have to do a complete redesign of it!!!

So why did they do this... well I asked them... and here is what I got!!!

"Dear Zazzler,

Thank you for your email.

Your product was removed because it contained an image that was in violation of Zazzle’s Acceptable Content Policy.  Specifically, your product contained a design that may be construed as vulgar, ethnically or otherwise objectionable. Also your product violates Dana Jacobson's rights of celebrity/publicity.

A detailed description of Zazzle’s content policies is available at http://www.zazzle.com/help/helpCreating.asp#acceptable.

We are always trying to improve our process.  If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at content_review@zazzle.com

Best Regards,
Marcos
Content Management Team
Zazzle.com, Inc."

Yep can you believe this BS... under their logic I need to find someone with the name "dana jacobson" to ok it... I dont need to get the Dana Jacobson just anyone with the name Dana Jacobson and a valid ID!!!

Also under their logic... they should be held legally liable and the design should be held liable with this design again Mcdonalds

http://www.zazzle.com/mcdeath_black_t_shirt-235477551330790099?style=basic_dark_tshirt&color=black&front_type=horz&side_front=horz&context=mfong&view=front&size=a_l

God Damn Stupid people!!!

Anyways that whats going on in my world today... dont worry I will redesign that bumpersticker and get it up!!!

"Fuck Jesus" - Support Dana Jacobson

Hey Random Army,

Well I was thinking I was going to do one of my "old school" Rants & Ravings about this Dana Jacobson issue. However instead I did a quick design for a bumpersticker!! Its up online at zazzle. Take a look!

http://www.zazzle.com/fuck_jesus_support_dana_jacobson_bumpersticker-128874838032390293

For those of you who don't know anything about the Dana Jacobson controversy... Random's going to fill you in.

About a week ago, the Mike & Mike show (On ESPN) held a Celebrity Roast, "Mike And Mike Celebrity Roast".

Dana Jacobson, is the host of ESPN2's during the Roast she said "Fuck Notre Dame," "Fuck Touchdown Jesus," and finally "Fuck Jesus."

She was suspended for a week by ESPN.... So I say "FUCK THAT"... I support Dana Jacobson because I support America and our FREEDOM OF SPEECH & FREEDOM OF RELIGION!!!

And you don't know, maybe as a young girl Dana Jacobson was fuck by a priest and she just wants to share the love with Jesus!!

Hitler was a Dallas Cowboys Fan - dallas cowboys hitler

Hey Random Army,

Normally I don't do this, but its just to funny just the way it is. You have to checkout this video!

How would have hitler taken to dallas cowboy loss to the Giants.

Day 5 - Life & Times of a Feature

Hey Random Army,

Do you ever have one of those days where you are completely not motivated? Well that day was today for me!!!

All I did today was respond to emails and play some chess... some of you know from one of my past blog posting about my love of Bobby Fischer... well I watched one of my favorite "growing up" movies.. "Searching for Bobby Fischer" last night and I just need a day of chess... to remind myself, how I completely suck at it now and basically any grade school kid could beat me!!!

Well I'm glad I got that out of my system... so back to work tomorrow.. nothing new to report as of 11pm tonight!

Day 4 - Life & Times of a Feature

Hey Random Army,

Wow... day 4 already...

Well top thing on the list today is contacting the Lonely Island guys. If you guys don't know who that is, they are Andy Samberg, Jorme Taccoine, and Akiva Schaffer. They are writers and performers on SNL and did the movie Hot Rod, but also they created the Digital Shorts on SNL.

Just checked my emails... replied to two emails in regards to information.. nothing major.

Still doing follow up with other writers and looking for referrals.... oh and I also started the facebook group "I Need a Literary Agent"... surprisingly several people have joined...

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9815876348

There's a link to the group... Join if you want!

Day 3 - Life & Times of a Feature

Hey Random Army,

So what is new today ... well David Wain (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906476/) got back to me and said "honestly it doesn't sound really like my cup of tea"

On a positive note he did say that only after reading the logline: Something Something… The Orio Story is a mock documentary that follows the adventures of America's newest (and probably stupidest) white rap sensation, Orio.

Which I do personally feel we need to improve or switch with, "Offensive humor and absurdity abound in this 8 Mile meets Spinal Tap mash up. Something Something… The Orio Story is a ridiculously stupid look at our cultures lack of meaningful celebrities. At least ours celebrity is a fake one."

So I sent David the entire Summary... so we will see. However this is must me spouting off.. but how do you summarize comedy... it doesn't work... I can summarize Romeo & Juliet and you would go ... "ok I get it" or summarize Titanic and you work away going "Shocking it sank? no way!"

But with comedy... I feel its really about the script and ... just think if people had asked Eddie Murphy to summarize his "raw" tour? Or any stand up comedians show... it doesn't work

Ok well back on track now...

LLoyd Robinson of Suite A Management request it, so I will be actually faxing it over to him, to save time.

Matteo emailed me and told me he was polishing the script one more time and adding in some formating to make it easier on all of us in the future if we decide to change anything. So at this point... we are getting pretty close to actually taking longer on editing and polishing it then it took us to write it!

Finally, we are currently lining up people to do coverage on the script... we have pretty much been waiting tell all the polishing was done before this part. Matteo knows a couple people, and I have a couple options... but I also checked out budgetcheetah.com and hollywoodlitsales.com which I will do some more reading on their services... but if anyone know anything about them positive or negative.. would greatly appreciate the advise!!!