Tremendosaur @ UCB – Final Show
posted by admin in shows on August 24th, 2010 » No Comments »

This is it, fellas! Your last chance to see our sketch show hit the UCB stage: Thursday, August 26th @ the Upright Citizens Brigade.

If you like cats, wizards, surprise parties and outer space… this is the show for you.

If you like dogs, warlocks, meticulously planned birthdays and inner space… don’t worry, you’ll also laugh. We’re sharing the hour with the incredibly talented Curtis Gwinn!

Make your reservations HERE.

Piranha 3D: For Your Consideration
posted by admin in piranha 3D, video on August 17th, 2010 » No Comments »

Runtime: 3:48

The cast of Piranha 3D explain why it deserves Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards.

CAST (in order of appearance)
Jerry O’Connell – Himself
Adam Scott – Himself
Paul Scheer – Himself
Jessica Szhor – Herself
Kelly Brook – Herself
Riley Steele- Herself
Justin Michael – Headlock Intern
Jacob Reed – Other Intern

CREW
Written/Directed by Tremendosaur (Justin Michael & Jacob Reed)
DP – Brennan Maxwell
Sound – Bo Sundberg
Gaffer – Justin Shell
PA – Jeremy Slome
Make-Up Artist – Kat Bardot
Music – MusOpen.org
Special Thanks – Mike Farah, Chris Bruss, Alex Garcia

CDR Sketch Tomorrow Night
posted by admin in UCB, comedy death-ray, live shows on July 12th, 2010 » No Comments »

We’re doing CDR Sketch tomorrow night at UCB, so come check it out!

Here’s the info:

CDR Sketch
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
11pm / $5

CDR Sketch is hosted by our pals Mookie and Dave, and it’s always a great show. We’ll be performing alongside David Koechner (Anchorman, The Office), Shawn Pearlman and the very funny Barry Rothbart. Also, Comedy Death-Ray is at 8:30pm and they’ve got a great lineup including Sarah Silverman, Brian Posehn and Matt Besser.

Make a reservation for CDR and CDR Sketch on the UCB website.

Toy Story: The College Years
posted by admin in cracked, toy story, video on June 17th, 2010 » No Comments »

Runtime: 3:08
Thing have changed since Andy went off to College.
CAST (in order of appearance)
Buzz – Jacob Reed
Woody – Justin Michael
Andy – Evan Gaustad
Monica – Marissa Strickland
Randy Newman – Alec Owen
Rex – Justin Michael

CREW
Written/Directed/Produced by Tremendosaur (Justin Michael & Jacob Reed)
DP/Director – Brennan Maxwell
Prop Design/Construction – Kate Redman, Greg Kanimian
Crew – Jimmy Morgan, Ezra Edmond
Make-Up Artist – Randi Shatkun
Music – Alec Owen and his Pops
Special Thanks – Chris Wagner, Kate Redman, Sam Proof

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This Show Will Get You High – Free screening at UCB
posted by admin in This Show Will Get You High on May 30th, 2010 » No Comments »

So check this out: The UCB/Comedy Central pilot that we wrote for is having a free screening at UCB.

Here’s the info:

This Show Will Get You High pilot screening
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 – 6:30pm
Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre
5919 Franklin Ave
FREE

Make a reservation on the UCB Website

Before You Were Funny #5 – This Sunday @ iO West
posted by admin in Before You Were Funny, shows on May 14th, 2010 » No Comments »

BEFORE YOU WERE FUNNY is the most entertainingly terrible sketch show you’ve never seen. This is show #5. We’re pretty excited about this one.

For the unfamiliar, things are about to get a whole lot more familiar: behold!

We’ve raided the Awful Sketch Vaults of yesteryear and asked our favorite comedians to bring in and perform their worst sketches…LIVE. There’s no time to prepare, no time to memorize lines, and nobody but the writer has read them beforehand. It will BLOW YOUR MIND!*

This Month’s Special Guests…

-RON BABCOCK! (Modest Proposal, Fuel TV)

-MOOKIE BLAIKLOCK! (Secret Girlfriend, The Sarah Silverman Program)

-ANNE GREGORY! (Parks & Recreation, Downers Grove)

-NICK MUNDY! (Team Tiger Awesome)

Hosted, as always, by TREMENDOSAUR (Justin Michael and Jacob Reed). Go to the facebook event (or look to the right) for show info!

*Mind may not actually blow, but instead deflate like an old basketball.

LAist calls Tremendosaur “2-man sketch comedy beast”
posted by admin in laist, press on May 14th, 2010 » No Comments »

One of our favorite LA culture blogs, LAist, came out to review our recent show at the Comedy Central Stage and dropped an incredibly positive and humbling review on their site yesterday. Here’s a tease:

It’s not the Comedy Central brand name, or the ticket price – free; instead friends, family, cohorts, and online aficionados are here to support Tremendosaur, the 2-man sketch comedy beast comprised of Justin Michael and Jacob Reed. Turns out, the only folks getting hornswaggled are those who aren’t here.

See, Tremendosaur is one of the most consistently funny sketch comedy troupes in Los Angeles, a city that isn’t exactly hurting for good sketch. We’ve got The Birthday Boys, the Groundlings’ Sunday company, Human Giant, and Funny or Die. But Tremendosaur is, frankly, a different animal altogether.

Read the rest of the review over at LAist. And hey, feel free to hit “like” and leave a comment! The posts with the most likes and comments get featured on their front page.

UCB Sketch Cram tonight!
posted by admin in UCB, shows, sketch cram on May 8th, 2010 » No Comments »

We’re on the writing staff for May’s Sketch Cram at UCB. The show is written, directed, filmed, and everything in one day.

Here’s the info:

Once a month, we cram together UCB’s top writers, performers, and students to craft an all-new sketch comedy show from scratch. See your favorite performers from hit UCB shows like ASSSSCAT, Facebook, and Harold Night, whose credits include The Onion, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Reno 911, Mad TV and more!

Sketch Cram – all the comedy you can cram into a single show. Featuring 100% new content every month!

Directed by Matt Jones, Allan McLeod, Kevin Pedersen, Sean Clements and Tim Saccardo.

Cram Video directed by Justin Donaldson.

MAY CRAM CAST: Michael Busch, Jill Donnely, Brian Jack, Matt Jones, Jared Nigro, Jason Sheridan, Marissa Strickland, Jessica Williams.

MAY WRITING STAFF: Eva Anderson, Becky Feldman, Matt Jones, Justin Michael, Jacob Reed, Shelly Slocum, Jason Sullivan, Matt Clisbee.

Tonight, midnight at UCB! Come check it out! If you’d like, you can even make a reservation on the UCB website.

Team Tiger Awesome’s Curse Of NBA Jam
posted by admin in NBA Jam, Team Tiger Awesome, nintendo, sports on May 4th, 2010 » No Comments »

It’s no secret that we love sketches where characters are cursed by old nintendo games. So it should be no surprise that we LOVE Team Tiger Awesome‘s new short: The Curse of NBA Jam, which dropped today on Atom. Give it a looksee:

The whole thing (from the writing to Matt Wyatt‘s cinematography) is super fun. Mundy, Truly, and Clint‘s acting is spot on, not to mention the amazing Adam Ray and Hesley Harps. I really think the TTA dudes hit it out of the park with this one. Honestly, the only thing I wasn’t so sure about was the scruffy dude with glasses around the campfire.

Before You Were Funny #4 Live Taping Tonight
posted by admin in Before You Were Funny, live shows on April 30th, 2010 » No Comments »

Hey Gang! For the past few months, Tremendosaur has been hosting a new podcast called Before You Were Funny, and we’re taping #4 LIVE tonight at The Improv Space.

What is Before You Were Funny? Glad you asked!

Before You Were Funny is 30-40 minutes of Tremendosaur and our guest comedian buddies reading the worst sketch comedy we ever wrote. The sketches are sloppy, unorganized, cliche, unfunny – just downright bad. Also, nobody in the show has read any of the sketches ahead of time. Minutes before we go on, everyone is handed a packet of sketches with their parts highlighted. Then, chaos ensues. It’s really fun.

This month’s special guests are:
Farley Elliott (The Seven Year Plan)
Jacqueline Gabardy (Fiasco!)
Dan Lippert (Tallboy)
and
Drew DiFonzo Marks (Last Day of School)

The show is TONIGHT, 11pm at The Improv Space in Westwood. 954 Gayley Ave. It costs $5 and is BYOB.