NSFW in the Toronto Star
NSFW is discussed in today's Toronto Star. Read the article here.
Viral video star drops in on Rivoli show
Jun 19, 2008 04:30 AM
BRUCE DEMARA
ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER
Live from Los Angeles, actor Jerry O'Connell, along with actor/comic pal Jerry Minor, will be beaming in for a live special appearance at the Rivoli's Sketch Comedy Lounge on Tuesday night.
Co-hosts Tal Zimmerman and Jared Sales, who along with a guest panel, lampoon the best (or worst) Internet "viral" videos, have snagged a guest appearance by the Hollywood actor for their monthly NSFW (Not Safe For Work) Show.
Panelists on Tuesday include Tyler Stewart from Barenaked Ladies and Marc Hickox of Rent-A-Goalie.
Hickox, who recently moved to La La Land, persuaded pals O'Connell and Minor to drop in via Skype link, an online video/telephone system, that will allow them to add their own acerbic comments and interact with the audience.
O'Connell and Minor have become viral-video heroes with their parody earlier this year of actor/Scientologist Tom Cruise, with O'Connell in the lead spoofing role, Minor directing and Hickox providing the music.
"He (Hickox) is going to be in town next week so he asked if he could be a guest on the show and he asked if Jerry O'Connell could join in via Skype. They're all buddies in Los Angeles and Marc Hickox is a fan of the NSFW show," said show co-producer Zoë Randall.
"So Jerry O'Connell and Jerry Minor are going to hang out and sit in front of their screen at home (in L.A.) and watch all the videos with us and we'll be able to see them and talk to them. They'll be broadcast from another screen on stage.
Zimmerman and Sales – both members of sketch troupe The Sketchersons – developed the concept for NSFW.
"It's a unique show in our community. There's nobody else doing anything quite like it. It's really interactive and it's really just a lot of fun," Randall said.
"It's like we're sitting around in somebody's basement with all the funniest people that we know, laughing at the computer screen."
The phenomenon of viral videos has turned some people into instant stars, and comedians have taken notice.
Canadian comic Russell Peters – who regularly sells out the Air Canada Centre when he's in town – did very little conventional marketing but won a vast audience through his own viral appearances, Randall noted.
Viral video star drops in on Rivoli show
Jun 19, 2008 04:30 AM
BRUCE DEMARA
ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER
Live from Los Angeles, actor Jerry O'Connell, along with actor/comic pal Jerry Minor, will be beaming in for a live special appearance at the Rivoli's Sketch Comedy Lounge on Tuesday night.
Co-hosts Tal Zimmerman and Jared Sales, who along with a guest panel, lampoon the best (or worst) Internet "viral" videos, have snagged a guest appearance by the Hollywood actor for their monthly NSFW (Not Safe For Work) Show.
Panelists on Tuesday include Tyler Stewart from Barenaked Ladies and Marc Hickox of Rent-A-Goalie.
Hickox, who recently moved to La La Land, persuaded pals O'Connell and Minor to drop in via Skype link, an online video/telephone system, that will allow them to add their own acerbic comments and interact with the audience.
O'Connell and Minor have become viral-video heroes with their parody earlier this year of actor/Scientologist Tom Cruise, with O'Connell in the lead spoofing role, Minor directing and Hickox providing the music.
"He (Hickox) is going to be in town next week so he asked if he could be a guest on the show and he asked if Jerry O'Connell could join in via Skype. They're all buddies in Los Angeles and Marc Hickox is a fan of the NSFW show," said show co-producer Zoë Randall.
"So Jerry O'Connell and Jerry Minor are going to hang out and sit in front of their screen at home (in L.A.) and watch all the videos with us and we'll be able to see them and talk to them. They'll be broadcast from another screen on stage.
Zimmerman and Sales – both members of sketch troupe The Sketchersons – developed the concept for NSFW.
"It's a unique show in our community. There's nobody else doing anything quite like it. It's really interactive and it's really just a lot of fun," Randall said.
"It's like we're sitting around in somebody's basement with all the funniest people that we know, laughing at the computer screen."
The phenomenon of viral videos has turned some people into instant stars, and comedians have taken notice.
Canadian comic Russell Peters – who regularly sells out the Air Canada Centre when he's in town – did very little conventional marketing but won a vast audience through his own viral appearances, Randall noted.
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