Poster: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

“It costs little to watch, and little more if you happen to get caught up in the action, if that’s your taste and times being what they are.”

To decipher meaning out of a seemingly insignificant phrase, or so it might seem otherwise….if there is any meaning behind it at all. To Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the world is naught but a tangle of episodes into which they have been summoned to unravel the delusions of their old-school friend, Hamlet.

September 3-5 & 10-12 at 7:30pm at the Riverside Festival Stage, City Park, Iowa City. Tickets are available at the door, or by calling the ICCT box office at 319-338-0443.

Directed by James Trainor, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead features the talents of Brad Quinn and David Priebe.

Of course, I’ll be in the show as well as one of the Tragedians. This is gonna’ be a LOT of fun.

Just got this in my inbox tonight. I’m so excited. I can’t wait to tell my Dad.

Barrister Marcus Wilson & partners.
Rue du Gouvernerur Bayol
B.P 1280
Cotonou,Benin
Private / Highly Confidential
Subject Matter: Invitation To Act As Next Of Kin.

Dear Friend,

I presume this letter will come to you as a surprise, but  as things unfold,we will know each other better. I will start by introducing myself to you.My names are Barrister Marcus Wilson a solicitor at law.

I am writing in respect of a foreigner Mr Glenn David, who happens to be my client an oil merchant and contractor who perished in a plane crash,You may also wish to view this web site on the internet to confirm the plane crash.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/25/benin.crash/index.html?iref=allsearch

Since the demise of my client I personally have watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of Eighty Five Million Five Hundred  Thousand United States Dollar and all the relevant documents in the  bank has no record of any next of kin.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as his next of kin so I have contacted you to assist in repatriating most especially, the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where the huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank of  Africa where the deceased had an account valued at about Eighty Five Million Five Hundred  Thousand United States Dollar has issued me a notice to provide the Next of kin, or have the account confiscated.

I seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the deceased,I need somebody who is trustworthy and willing to assist me get the funds transfered.Whcih the account which my late client operate is valued at Eighty Five Million Five Hundred  Thousand United States Dollar can be paid to you, as my clients Next of Kin, and then we can share the amount on a mutual agreed percentage.
All legal documents to back up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin will be provided.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law and you should endeavor to keep it confidential.

kind send this requirement for more information.

NAME………..
COUNTRY……..
AGE…………
SEX…………
OCCUPATION…..
PHONE NUMBER…

Please get in touch with me at: barr.marcus.w@hotmail.com.com , to enable us discuss further about this transaction.

Best Regards,

Barrister Marcus Wilson

Does anybody really fall for this anymore?

Once again, it is time to reflect on 2009 and the the hilarity that ensued with these viral videos. I will not presume to have compiled the ultimate list, but these are the clips that gave me the most sincerest laughs of 2009.

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Following the disappointing defeat of The Vikings at the hands of the Chicago Bears, I wrote this cartoon strip using a fantastic online strip-generating tool: Stripgenerator.com

One of Those Days...

It’s been a while since Comics In Action has performed LIVE for the general public. However, with the rebuilding of Czech Village, Comics In Action has the opportunity to help revitalize the formerly “8-feet under water” community with it’s first public performance in several years.

So, for this upcoming improv comedy event (June 26th), I have been slaving away at a poster that I like, but am not altogether confident that it…works.

So, check out the poster at the left and let me know what you think.

Critically panned by EVERY movie critic in the Western Spiral Arm of the Milkyway Galaxy, Riff Raff Theater skewers the movie that caused James Cameron to halt co-development with Ridley Scott on a 5th Alien movie…you guessed it: Alien vs. Predator!

The ONLY decent aspect of this movie is the continuity revolving around Lance Henriksen (you know…the cyborg in “Aliens”). Even if they could have convinced Sigourney Weaver and Bill Paxton to commit to this disastrous concept, they couldn’t save this horrible flick. Which begs the question: Why did it become one of the more successful films in the franchise? God only knows…and he ain’t tellin’.

Watch the mayhem and hilarity ensue this Friday, May 8th at the Englert in Iowa City at 8:00PM.

You know that I’ll be there. What are YOU doing this Friday? I thought so.

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Mark Salisbury (President of the UI COGS), along with a team of additional graduate assistants, is assembling a series of fund-raising performances for the Artists’ Recovery Fund (ARF). The fund is designed to help local musicians and artists recover nearly $200,000 worth of instruments, tools and materials lost in the Iowa Flood of 2008 in Iowa City.

The first in the series will be held Oct. 23 at Old Brick near downtown Iowa City. The performance will feature graduate students in the UI School of Music, along with improv comedy troupes Comics In Action and Paperback Rhino.

The second Old Brick performance will be held Nov. 13th at 7:30pm; featuring singer/songwriter Greg Brown, along with local musician Nikki Lunden, improv comedy troups Comics In Action and Paperback Rhino, and the UI Juggling Club.

Check out the following links for ticket information:

• School of Art and Art History
• Graduate Student Senate
• Press Citizen (link is broken)
• Comics In Action