#comedy in omaha

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On April 20, 2004, the colorized version of Reefer Madness was released on DVD in the United States.

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Naughty Nebraska

Had fun performing at Emmet's Comedy Night, where political correctness is always on holiday. 

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Not Weighting for Spring

It happens to me twice a year. When the weather turns cold, I gain weight. When the weather warms up, I gain weight. I’m not quite sure why it works that way, but I am sure that it is damn annoying. It’s especially hard to accept in the spring after I have been doing this all winter with slices of pizza. This hamster.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/jzhN3IFNYV— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) February 26,…

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I hate obscenity laws, and I hate the fact that I can’t argue against them prima facie because then everyone would think I’m some kind of dangerous person. Based on the Miller Test, the ONLY things that are going to be unprotected due to alleged obscenity are pornographic works. I think in terms of speech that’s allowed, there’s a lot worse out there than porn. Furthermore the “lacks serious political/scientific/literary/artistic value” criteria is so bullshit. It’s so fucking arbitrary and frankly, I think the “average person” upon whom the Miller Test is based is probably an idiot whose moral compass is based on vibes and emotions.

Most serious laws are based on criminalizing things that are HARMFUL. Fraud is a crime because you’re infringing on a person’s property. SA is a crime because it’s violence and infringement on a person’s bodily autonomy. Drunk driving is a crime because it endangers everyone around you, yourself, and the community’s property and infrastructure.

“Obscene” in the colloquial sense just means “offensive to moral principles; repugnant”! i.e. “gross” So? A lot of things are gross or offensive, but when those things are criminalized, we call that a dumb law! New Jersey law against slurping soup? Why, because someone might get annoyed? Tough shit, they don’t enforce that dumbass law because we all know that slurping soup ain’t harmful, just annoying.

Omaha, Nebraska, parents could be arrested if their child can’t hold back a burp in church because the other attendees might be scandalized? WHOOO CARES, if the spiritual experience is genuinely HARMED by a little burp then God should smite that child himself, because it being legally enforced by humans is DUMB.

The reason that all this pressure and laws trying to ban all sorts of queer expression are stupid is because it harms nobody to exist queerly, and the reasons that people want to ban it all is because of their sensitive little precious conservative feelings of Not Liking It :(

Yeah, porn can get pretty nuts, but everyone’s mileage is gonna vary on what they consider too hardcore and what they consider to be serious political/scientific/literary/artistic value. Plus like… the ONLY things that are gonna get branded Obscene, at least in the US, are things that “appeal to the prurient interest,” AKA, intended for someone to get off to. SO? 1. Anything could be used for someone to get off to. I could post a picture of my bathroom counter and eventually it could reach someone who’d get hot and bothered by it. And more importantly, 2. “Prurient interests” are not inherently lesser. Getting off is part of the human experience, a HARMLESS part of it in most cases. It’s so stupid that lewdness is considered almost mutually exclusive with artistic value in a lot of ways. I’m sorry, I thought the point of art was to stir emotions and the human experience. Horny is an emotion! Art doesn’t (or at least shouldn’t) be criminalized if it stirs sadness or fear or joy! Tragedy, horror, and comedy all have artistic value to the human experience, and can be executed well or poorly, just like erotically-intended work!

Uuuugghhh if the concept of obscenity has a million haters, I am one of them, and if the concept of obscenity has no haters, I am no longer on this earth.

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Century-Old Clara Bow Silent Film Believed Lost Forever Found

Long-Lost Clara Bow Silent Film Found in a Omaha Parking Lot.

The Pill Pounder, one of the key titles in the CV of the iconic flapper, has enjoyed a belated revival at the San Francisco Silent film festival

A century after she first began to turn heads, Clara Bow is “It” once more. The iconic flapper of the silent film era inspired Margot Robbie’s character Nellie in Damien Chazelle’s Hollywood epic Babylon, is namechecked on Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album The Tortured Poets Department, and yesterday at the San Francisco Silent film festival, one of her earliest films was shown for the first time since the days of bathtub gin.

The story of the film’s discovery has already caused excitement online. Film-maker Gary Huggins inadvertently snapped up a slice of lost silent film history at an auction in a car park in Omaha, Nebraska, that was selling old stock from a distribution company called Modern Sound Pictures. Hoping to bid on a copy of the 1926 comedy Eve’s Leaves that he had spotted on top of a pile, Huggins was informed that he could only buy the whole pallet of movies, not individual cans. The upside? The lot was his for only $20.

Huggins soon discovered that his new pile of reels included 1923’s The Pill Pounder, a silent comedy that had been thought to be lost for decades. It is a short, two-reel film, shot on Long Island, New York, and directed by Gregory La Cava, best known for later classics such as My Man Godfrey (1936) and Stage Door (1937). The film stars rubber-faced vaudeville veteran Charlie Murray, the so-called “Irish comedian” who was actually from Laurel, Indiana. He plays a hapless pharmacist, the “pill pounder” of the title, who is trying to host a clandestine poker game in the back room of his drugstore. What few realised until Huggins watched the film, was that it also features 17-year-old Bow in a supporting role. She plays the girlfriend of Murray’s son, played by James Turfler, who had already appeared with Bow in her second film Down to the Sea in Ships, directed by Elmer Clifton and screened in 1922. Turfler’s character is the butt of some bizarre gags. At one point, he chugs a jug of effervescent “fomo seltzer” and Bow watches in horror as he floats up to the ceiling.

In this, one of her earliest surviving performances on film, Bow looks even younger than her years. Although she lacks the sleek Hollywood glamour she later acquired, she has the charisma to turn a thankless bit-part into something of a scene-stealer. The critics took note: based on the evidence of this film, the Exhibitors’ Trade Review described her as “perhaps the most promising of the younger actresses”. In his introduction to the film at San Francisco’s grand Palace of Fine Arts theatre, Bow’s biographer, the screenwriter David Stenn, speculated that the actor may have forgotten that she made the film, as she never talked about it. It was made during a traumatic period in her life, only a few weeks after her mother’s death following prolonged mental illness. He invited us to imagine how Bow might have felt appearing in a lighthearted slapstick comedy in such circumstances.

The film, which has been restored by the festival’s organisers and was screened with accompanying music from composer Wayne Barker, now looks remarkably good for its age. The festival’s senior film restorer, Kathy Rose O’Regan, said it was in great shape when they received it. She added: “We imagined it was screened maybe a few times, but there’s hardly any damage – a few scratches here and there, some dirt, but overall in pretty stellar condition.”

Now it has been freshened up and looks its best, but it is still incomplete, being in what Stenn called a “beta version”.

That’s because the copy Huggins found was not from the 1920s, but a 35mm print from the 1950s or 1960s of an edit of the film that was destined to become part of a 16mm compilation of old silent films with a comic voiceover poking fun at its archaic aspects. The intertitles have been removed and there are a few scenes and shots missing, too.

This process is deeply unflattering to old movies, but it has been responsible for preserving versions of silent films that would otherwise have been lost, including the Lois Weber melodrama Shoes from 1916. And the lack of titles are no barrier to following the film.

“For me, it is a pretty perfect 14-minutes of fun,” says O’Regan. “It would be nice to know what the titles were, but you can certainly get the gist without them.”

Stenn called the tale of the film’s discovery “miraculous” and led a round of applause for Huggins, who was in the audience. He explained that there was reason to believe that some of the discarded material was among the other cans that were sold at the Omaha auction. The hunt is on to round out The Pill Pounder, and several people have joined in the search, combing through thousands of reels. One Omaha-based film-maker and silent film enthusiast, Alexander Payne, was quick to offer his support.

The film fills in a brief blank period in Bow’s filmography. She shot the role – probably in just a couple of days – in the early “false start” phase of her film career. Bow, a tomboy from a troubled home in Brooklyn, made her debut after winning a magazine talent competition in 1921 but struggled to get her career off the ground.

“I wore myself out goin’ from studio t’studio, from agency t’agency, applyin’ for every possible part,” she later recalled. “But there was always something. I was too young, or too little, or too fat. Usually I was too fat.”

In 1923, she found her way into a handful of films, including The Pill Pounder, where she had the chance to shine in supporting roles, and this is when she finally got her ticket to Hollywood and Paramount.

“She’s not the star of the film, but you can’t take her eyes off her,” says O’Regan. “For the few minutes she’s there she’s divine, she’s fun, she’s full of energy.”

The festival screened The Pill Pounder alongside another new restoration. The feature film Dancing Mothers directed by Herbert Brenon in 1926, is a flapper drama that Bow made for Paramount, in one of her last supporting roles. She plays the reckless daughter of a lonely woman (Alice Joyce) who tires of staying home while her husband and daughter party hard in New York and steps out to go nightclubbing. Bow completely pulls focus from the grownups around her, playing a hedonistic minx, whose body spasms with pleasure when she sips a cocktail.

Stenn described the later film as “like watching a star being born”. Finally, Bow was able to make good on her early promise and start her career as a leading lady. With the breakout comedy It directed by Clarence Badger in 1927, she became a genuine star for the ages. It is easy to look back and assume Bow was destined to become a sensation, but her overnight stardom took a good five years of hard work. The Pill Pounder offers a fascinating glimpse into the route that she took to get there.

By Pamela Hutchinson.

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HOMESTUCKS, GRAB YOUR SWIM GEAR. IT'S TIME TO GO TO THE BEACH!!!

Hey there, lovely readers! This past month, our Coalition has been hard at work with our latest Competition: Beach Day! We invite you to join us in reading these works and partake in Voting between now and July 14th! You can choose Best in Romance, Best in Fluff, Best in Comedy, and more!

There were 8 entries, featuring everything from post-SBURB to humanstuck AUs. List below the cut, for your perusal. I hope you read them all!

[edited artwork by our lovely admin @arealpeople ]

(1) The Beach Day Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Or: Don't let the Terezi drive the bus.

(2) Beachside Epitaph

Rose danced in the firmaments of reality, playing god with a game built to crown one. Kanaya looked for a beach to reclaim a sense of normality in a universe gone mad. At least conversation framed with lapping waves was ‘close enough.’

(3) Ever Forward

Your name is John Egbert. You were drafted. Due to mishaps, you are on a boat on June 6, 1944 with a squad that you've never met before, headed for Omaha beach.

(4) Karkat's Awesome Beach Day Saving John's Lusus-Guardian

Karkat gets invited to go down to the beach with John and all his friends. Unfortunately, John doesn't seem to know the first thing about keeping his lusus safe at the beach. Guess it's up to Karkat to keep the poor boy from becoming an orphan.

(5) Notion

A nice day for a group of friends on the beach

(6) Obligatory Beach Episode

June and her pals visit the beach…but now that there's time to just…slown down and appreciate life, silly old fears come back.

(7) ShoreTrip

Vriska and her friends go to the beach, shenanigans occur, tags are ur friend.

(8) Swim

It’s earth C’s first beach day! But Vriska isn't so sure she'll enjoy it...

Special shoutout to our authors: @arealpeople ; @madam-melon-meow ; @meowloudly15 ; @ambrosianlullaby ; @aspen1185 ; @june-egbert-official ; @timelessambivalence and @bralsradoesfanfiction !

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I want to watch a movie in the 28 Days Later universe where the UK has been completely quarantined for years and the rest of the world has carried on with day-to-day life. A regular romantic comedy, set in Omaha, with a shot of the main character sitting in a dive bar watching a news report about the latest drone footage from the UK.

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TV Guide -  August 15 - 21, 1964

The “Wagon Train” Regulars

John Herrick McIntire (June 27, 1907 – January 30, 1991) Film and television character actor who appeared in 65 theatrical films and many more television series. McIntire is well known for having replaced Ward Bond, upon Bond’s sudden death in November 1960, as the star of NBC’s Wagon Train. He played Christopher Hale, the leader of the wagon train (and successor to Bond’s character, Seth Adams) from early 1961 to the series’ end in 1965. He also replaced Charles Bickford, upon Bickford’s death in 1967, as ranch owner Clay Grainger (brother of Bickford’s character) on NBC’s The Virginian for four seasons.  (Wikipedia)

Robert Fuller (born Leonard Leroy “Buddy” Lee, July 29, 1933)  Horse rancher and retired actor. He began his career on television, guest-starring primarily on Western programs, while appearing in several movies. In his five decades of television, Fuller was known for his deep, raspy voice and was familiar to television viewers throughout the 1960s and 1970s from his co-starring roles as Jess Harper and Cooper Smith on the popular 1960s Western series Laramie and Wagon Train, and was also well known for his starring role as Dr. Kelly Brackett in the 1970s medical /action drama Emergency!  (Wikipedia)

Benjamin Franklin "Frank" McGrath (February 2, 1903 – May 13, 1967)  Television and film actor and stunt performer who played the comical, optimistic cook with the white beard, Charlie B. Wooster, on the western series Wagon Train for five seasons on NBC and then three seasons on ABC. McGrath appeared in all 272 episodes in the eight seasons of the series, which had ended its run only two years before his death. McGrath's Wooster character hence provided the meals and companionship for both fictional trail masters, Ward Bond as Seth Adams and John McIntire as Christopher "Chris" Hale.

After Wagon Train, McGrath appeared in 1965 and 1966 as Uncle Lucius in nine episodes of ABC's situation comedy Tammy, with Debbie Watson in the title role and Denver Pyle as the grandfather. Thereafter, McGrath was a guest star on two network westerns, as stagecoach driver Neddie Henshaw on the 1966 episode "Linda" of NBC's The Virginian and as Buster in the 03/13/1967 episode "Plunder", of ABC's The Big Valley.  (Wikipedia)

Terry W. Wilson (September 3, 1923 – March 30, 1999)  Actor most noted for his role as "Bill Hawks", the assistant trail master, in all 267 episodes of the NBC and ABC western television series, Wagon Train, which aired from 1957 to 1965.

Wilson appeared in more than thirty-five films and television programs between 1948 and 1981. Many of his early roles were uncredited. On July 2, 1953, he was cast as a stagecoach guard in episode 121, "Woman from Omaha", of The Lone Ranger. In 1956, he had another uncredited role as a robber in the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Cheyenne, the first television western in an hour-long format, starring Clint Walker.

After Wagon Train, Wilson appeared in several other westerns, including ABC's short-lived Custer and Hondo in 1967, in four episodes of NBC's The Virginian/The Men from Shiloh starring James Drury in 1970 and 1971, once on CBS's Gunsmoke in 1972, twice in Richard Boone's Hec Ramsey in 1973 and 1974, and as Judge Lennon in the episode "Counterall" of Buddy Ebsen's CBS detective series, Barnaby Jones.  (Wikipedia)

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Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade (October 29, 1972) is an actress, voice artist, activist, and author. She began her career in the 1990s, appearing on television sitcoms, before landing supporting roles in teenage comedy films She’s All That and 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). Her breakthrough role was in the 2000 film Bring It On.

She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Theresa, a phone company manager, and social worker, and Sylvester E. Union, a military sergeant. She has a BA in Sociology from UCLA.

She is known for her performances in the romantic comedy films The Brothers (2001), Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Daddy’s Little Girls (2007), Think Like a Man (2012), and Think Like a Man Too (2014). She had starring roles in City of Angels (2000) and films Bad Boys II (2003), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), Neo Ned (2005), Cadillac Records (2008), Top Five (2014), and Breaking In (2018). In 2013, she began starring as the lead character in Being Mary Jane, for which she received an NAACP Image Award. She co-starred in the 2016 film The Birth of a Nation, and next appeared in Almost Christmas (2016) and Sleepless (2017).

Outside of acting, she has written two books: a memoir, entitled We’re Going to Need More Wine (2017), and a children’s book, entitled Welcome to the Party (2020). She collaborated with her husband Dwyane Wade on a second children’s book, Shady Baby, published on May 18, 2021. On September 14, 2021, she released a second memoir, You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories. She has been an outspoken advocate for issues involving women’s health and violence against women. She was included on Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020. She married NFL player Chris Howard (2001-06), she married Dwyane Wade (2014) and they have one child. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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'Where to start when profiling such a talented and charismatic actor as Andrew Scott? How about the fact that, aside from some youth theater workshop experience, this Dublin-born actor has had no official drama training? At 17, he was cast in a substantial role in an Irish film called Korea and, from there, joined the prestigious Abbey Theatre company in Dublin. His move to England in the late 80s corresponded with small parts in British, Irish, and American films and TV series and paved the way for his career to take off.

Among other projects, Andrew Scott appeared as an extra in Saving Private Ryan's Omaha Beach sequence, as well as several guest starring roles in British TV series like Garrow's Law and Foyle's War. All in all, he spent the first decade or so of his career building a solid body of work that would soon catapult him into pop culture stardom.

Let's take a look at some of Mr. Scott's iconic characters and lesser-known projects.

Sherlock (2010 – 2017)

Who can forget when Sherlock first revealed the character of Jim Moriarty to audiences in "The Great Game" episode? Scott played Mr. Holmes's famous nemesis as a deranged mastermind with a playful sing-song creepiness and a palpable presence of malice. He won the Best Supporting Actor TV BAFTA for that role in 2012.

The Bachelor Weekend aka The Stag (2013)

Some may have missed the delightful indie comedy, The Stag, about a group of friends who set out on a hiking excursion in the Irish countryside. Mr. Scott leads the ensemble as Davin, the groom's best man, in charge of their mild-mannered weekend. Their plans are wholly upended when The Machine (Peter McDonald), the bride's laddish brother, crashes the party. Lest you expect an Irish Hangover clone, emotional confrontations ensue between Davin and our groom, Fionnan (Hugh O'Conor), when unresolved issues from their past rise to the surface.

Pride (2014)

The feel-good, historical dramedy Pride depicts a group of London-based lesbian and gay activists who raised money to help families affected by the Welsh miners' strike in 1984. Scott plays Gethin, owner of a gay bookshop, who lends support to the group but hesitates to get actively involved due to his experiences as a gay youth coming out in Wales. He earned the best supporting actor trophy for his performance from the British Independent Film Awards.

Spectre (2015)

Once an actor is lauded for playing a baddie well, you have to expect the 007 franchise will come calling. In the 24th Bond film Spectre, Scott played Max Denbigh, aka C, Director-General of the Joint Security Service, an organization created by merging MI5 and MI6. While at first his disagreements with M (Ralph Fiennes) seem to be internal power struggles, it turns out C is a danger to democracy worldwide.

This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)

This Beautiful Fantastic is a quirky fairytale for adults and tells the story of Bella (Jessica Brown Findlay), a young woman who aspires to be a children's author but lacks the skills to navigate her out-of-control garden, let alone her nebulous career. Befriended by a kindly chef/housekeeper named Vernon (Scott), Bella begins to conquer her issues and blossom into the person she wishes to become. The film also stars Tom Wilkinson as Bella's gardening mentor.

Denial (2016)

A biographical legal drama, Denial depicts the libel case brought against American professor Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) by Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall). Mr. Scott plays Anthony Julius, the lead solicitor of Deborah's legal team, who guides her through the UK justice system and their arduous path to obtaining justice.

1917 (2019)

In the innovative war drama 1917 (which starred a who's who of British talent), two English soldiers run a harrowing gauntlet through enemy territory to deliver a message that could save the lives of over 1500 troops. Along the way, the young men meet up with a handful of officers who help them on their journey, all played by respected British actors, including Messrs. Cumberbatch, Firth, Strong, and you guessed it – Scott. His portrayal of Lieutenant Leslie stands out a mile for its humor and hopelessness.

Present Laughing (2019)

Mr. Scott garnered theatrical acclaim for his performance as Garry Essendine in Present Laughing, a semi-autobiographical piece by Noel Coward performed at the Old Vic. Farcical in tone, the play depicts the harried life of a successful and self-obsessed light comedy actor facing an impending mid-life crisis. Andrew won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play.

Fleabag (2019)

Andrew Scott's name may have been synonymous with Moriarty until the world witnessed his portrayal of a character known only as "Hot Priest" in Fleabag. In the second season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's award-winning dark comedy, Scott was introduced as the cleric who would be marrying Fleabag's dad and his fiancé. The couple has an immediate connection at the dinner table, and a trinity of friendship, spirituality and physical attraction ignite throughout the six-episode season. Scott's contribution was perfection!

This is only a brief sampling of Andrew Scott's work and impressive range...'

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On May 22, 2012, Reefer Madness was screened on The Angry Brothers Omaha Shock O Rama.

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Live Comedy - November 9, 2024

The five time Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award winning comedy group, the Weisenheimers, are once again bringing improv comedy to the Howard DrewTheater. For over two and a half decades the Weisenheimers have blended satirical irreverence with high energy absurdity and every show is improvised based on the audience’s suggestions. Each show is a once-in-a-lifetime event that is somehow both…

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Robert Mac Bio, Age, Family, Education, Net Worth, Career, Stand Up

Robert Mac Bio Robert Mac is an American stand-up comedian and writer. He is known for his observational comedy, witty wordplay, and relatable humor. Age and Family Robert Mac was born on July 28, 1975. As of July 2024, he is 49 years old. Mac was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. Details about his family background are not publicly known. Education Robert Mac attended the University of…

[nigh-temptation]

Hello! I’m back (kind of).

I’ve decided to be brave and start posting about my own original story! It’s still in development, and things are privy to change, but I’ve worked really hard on it.

“Do Not Go Gently” is the title currently, as in reference to the poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

It’s a religious horror/dark comedy that I made to help me hash out my own thoughts and feelings about faith in general.

It follows a cast of four characters as they take on a dangerous cult that is spreading throughout the Midwest of America. I set it specifically in Missouri, and I put in a lot of cultural references to a specific area of eastern Missouri where I grew up (Old Mines, Missouri if you’re interested)

The main gang, if you will, are:

John Wise: a British preacher who murdered his best friend

Naomi “Omie” Lewis: a single mother who killed her boyfriend to protect her son

Mika Brimstone: a member of the Omaha nation on the hunt for revenge

Cain, Daughter of Eve: The Wanderer, The First Murderer, who binds all three of them together through her mark

(I’m sorry these drawings are so half assed, I promise I can draw 🙏)

I’ll be posting about it here if you’re interested. I don’t expect much traffic on this series but that’s okay.

I am going to put a link to the (admittedly) massive playlist I made for this story here:

And here's the link to the (frankly unimpressive) Pinterest board:

(don't pay attention to the weird link title, I have no idea how to get rid of it)

I’m also putting together a Google slides that has most of the story on it that I will share the link to in an upcoming post.

Anywho, I will go a LOT more in depth in the future. I just need a stepping stone to do so. Toodles ❤️