SSD @ UCB 6/17 with TOM DAVIS, DOUG GILLARD and LENA POTOPOVA
Seven Second Delay returns to the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater in Manhattan for a live broadcast comedy and variety hour on Wednesday, June 17th from 6-7pm. Joining Ken and Andy will be Emmy award winning comedy writer and author Tom Davis, as well as former Guided by Voices and Death of Samantha member Doug Gillard, plus singer, performance artist and alleged Russian spy Lena Potopova. The UCB Theater is located at 307 West 26th Street in Manhattan, near the corner of 8th Avenue. Admission is $5, but if you save your receipt, the admission fee will be refunded to you at the end of your life.
One very springtime afternoon under the watchful gaze of Lady Liberty, a BYOSnack Picnic broke into a vicious rumble between the Ken/Nick-led Great White Sharks and the Andy/Julie-led Greater White Sharks. While calling the play-by-play of an event between two similarly named, abled, and storied picnic factions might stumble your average sportscaster, Ted Berg deftly delivered a superbly detailed audio canvas for the listener at home. So, thorough and in the action, that I am sure a few listeners shared in the same nausea that live picnic-goers felt.
Kicking off with the classic, Tug-O-War, the GWS literally pulled their team into an early lead over the G'erWS using sheer will and additional bodies. The G'erWS kept it close early using their ringer at the less classic Picnic Handstand. Keeping their momentum alive, the G'erWS took top spot with the waterballoon toss. Finally, the team captains stepped up and tied themselves to hippies for the three-legged race. Though, Andy delivered the tried and true comedy, Ken delivered the win. The GWS never looked back. Three time eating competitor, Nick the Bard, scarfed down four Scooter Pies and two bananas, then muscled up to steer the human wheelbarrow for a decisive GWS victory.
After it was all done, I would like to think this will become a classic among the tomes of Seven Second Delay classics. I point to these two moments while looking for spoons for the non-event Egg Race.
"You know who has spoons? And, I'm not kidding here. Junkies." - Andy
"How is it that you guys could find wheelbarrows, but couldn't find spoons?" - Ted Berg
As always, make sure to compliment your relistening pleasure with the viewing pleasure once again supplied by jdalton@wfmu.org.
This Wednesday come on down to Battery Park for a lovely picnic with Ken and Andy. We'll be the group of picnickers with the cardboard cutout Andy Breckman and a big WFMU banner. Look for us in the grassy area just north of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.
Games! Contests! Sports! BYOSnacks! Red Rover! Wheel Barrel Racing! Tug of War! Water Balloon Toss! Potato Sack Races! Three Legged Races! Sing-a-longs! and a Hot Dog Eating Contest!
BRING: Food + Blankets MEET: Battery Park, in the grassy area just north of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal WHEN: Weds May 13th, 6-7pm (unless it rains) FREE
So, this week, because Andy was away on basic-cable duty and Ken well-deservedly chose to "not be bothered, " an all-points-bulletin was sent out to us ltl's to pick, slice, join, sample in, mix, tweek, package, rub our brows, call those close to us and tell them we love them... huh, what happened?
So, basically, It was our choices. We threw together our favorites from the 7SD archive and mailed off the mp3's to Ken. Some of us showed some tight mixology; say, added our own "Bolero" to spice up the foreplay. Well, guess what? It worked. We found a new way to kill the hour and another way for K&A to shirk their responsibility.
This premiere clip show WAS last minute; Takes time to get the flow of these, but here was the rundown of the show with the listeners to thank for their submission (forgive me if I spell your name wrong):
Thanks to everybody who worked submitted their mp3's. As Ken said, this is the first of hopefully many clip shows to come, and it is never too early to piece together your favorite 7SD moment with a lil' dash of yo' mad skillz (shoulder shrug). Send your audio files to Ken at ken at wfmu dot org. Clips must be five minutes or less and must stand alone as a solid chunk of guffaws. So please give so that jerkoff Raj doesn't keep chewing up the attention.
AND REMEMBER:
Ken and Andy return to the UCB Theater May 20th for their third appearance. Guests will include Moby, Simon Rich and Mike Weiss. That's the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater, 307 West 26th Street in NYC, near the corner of 8th Avenue. I personally look forward to seeing Rich whose books Ant Farm and Free Range Chickens are hilarious and fresh. And then there's the YouTube series he put together with fellow SNL mates Bill Hader and Seth Meyers last summer which I present to you now, The Line:
Seven Second Delay returns to the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater in Manhattan for a live broadcast comedy and variety hour on Wednesday, June 17th from 6-7pm. Joining Ken and Andy will be Emmy award winning comedy writer and author Tom Davis, as well as former Guided by Voices and Death of Samantha member Doug Gillard, plus singer, performance artist and alleged Russian spy Lena Potopova. The UCB Theater is located at 307 West 26th Street in Manhattan, near the corner of 8th Avenue. Admission is $5, but if you save your receipt, the admission fee will be refunded to you at the end of your life.
