Batterymouth’s own Zack Whittington and the rest of Long Pork will be performing at the Apollo Theater Studio every Saturday night at 8pm through May 23 and this Saturday is their opening night!
The sketch show they’re going to be performing is called Soda and for those of you who are familiar with these guys, it’s an expanded version of the show they performed at the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. And, keep in mind “expanded version” = “new, never-before-seen material.” In my honest opinion, these guys are crazy funny and I personally can’t wait to see some new material from them.
Speaking of, Mark and I will be there at this Saturday’s performance so if you want to watch Long Pork and hang out with Batterymouth, this Saturday is the night to do it. Come help us laugh at Zack, you know, in a good way…
Ladies, say your man cain’t cook? Well, this man can. Okay, so he’s not really a man. He used to be. When he was alive. Yeah, he’s not really alive anymore either. SO he’s got a few negatives against him. At least he can make the shit out of some grilled cheese, which is precisely what he’s doing in the following video. The Gentlemen of Long Pork, of which I’m proud to say I’m a member, have posted a new comedic short, and HERE IT IS!!!
In two days our close friends Nipple Competition will be opening for our third of six performances at Chicago’s Apollo Theater Studio. You may have seen these guys recently performing sketch comedy at the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival or doing long form improv around town at any number of places.
It’s always a special treat for us to do a show with Nipple Competition, because it always feels like a mini-reunion. You see, all three members of Batterymouth and three out of four members of Nipple Competition all used to be on the same Harold team at the iO Theater together called Skeleton Attack. The team was together for about a year and a half and it’s how a lot of us cut our teeth on the Chicago style of improv. A discerning eye could probably come to the show and pick up on some subtle similarities in the performance styles of our two groups…or they could just watch the show and laugh their ass off. Either would be appropriate.
Thanks to everyone who came to our show on Wednesday - our second of six long form improv shows we’re doing at Chicago’s very own Apollo Theater Studio. Our suggestion was “Venus” and the show included Zack burying Mark in a garden co-op, Mark hitting beers out of my hands (and the air) and onto the floor and me hitting both of them with a roll of paper towels. I think there were some scenes in there too. Good times.
For this run we’ve been going all Brechtian and hanging out with folks in the audience pre-show, which has been a good time. One of the people we chatted with before the show this week was Pat Dwyer of the sketch comedy group Kerpatty. Outside of the standard pleasantries, we ended up talking about a lip dub video that the group had recently put on YouTube which all three of us had previously watched and enjoyed. In an interesting follow-up to my Katy Perry blog post, the song that they’re lip dubbing just happens to be “I Kissed a Girl.” Irony.
Considering the fact that all three of us got a kick out of the video, I figured I might as well share it with all of you at home players here. Enjoy.
Saturday night I caught Team Submarine at the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival (which has one more weekend of shows!) Their opening itself blew me away. Nate Fernald and Steve O’Brien came out to Bow-wow-wow’s, “I Want Candy” throwing smartees into the audience. But they didn’t stop there. Then came the slices of bread. Then bananas. Then raw potatoes, and a pineapple. A pineapple? Yes, a pineapple. And trophies, and a VCR, and a TV, and a keyboard to an old computer, all while we yelled and raised our hands for more, as they gave out a bike, and finally a 10 foot long metal folding table they crowd-surfed up through the seats. The song over, the prizes given away, and panting, Steve O’Brien announced, “We’re Team Submarine. And we’re gonna need all of that back!” Music kicked back in, and off we went in reverse tossing back the perishables and the thrift-store gems.
Playing themselves, their conversational form of sketch comedy dealt with a team breakup, tech problems, and touched on a few games like “truth or dare” (or “truth or dump” as Nate use to play). If you missed the show, check out their website. They’ve already gone back to their base in NY, so keep an eye out for these guys if you make it up to the big apple in the near future. Cause they’ll be throwing fruit at you. And you’ll like it.
Batterymouth’s own Zack Whittington and the rest of Long Pork will be performing at the Apollo Theater Studio every Saturday night at 8pm through May 23 and this Saturday is their opening night!
