by shap on September 13, 2010. [Smack,Web Shorts]
If the Wallace Shawn/Cary Elwes poison-switching scene in The Princess Bride made you vow to build up a tolerance to poison someday, then this video from UCBcomedy is for you. If you’ve never seen The Princess Bride, ask yourself where you went wrong in life, go rent it, and then watch this video. Then go rent Labyrinth, because you probably didn’t see that either.
Adventures of the Pretentious Bum
Every neighborhood has one. That bum that’s always saying pretentious things. Ours lives on the corner stoop and is always going on about how he doesn’t own a TV and only watches documentaries and European cinema.
Romney To Travel Back In Time To Kill Liberal Versions Of Himself
With new polls out this week showing President Obama leading Mitt Romney by an average of nine points across the twelve major swing states, his campaign is starting to realize he needs a game changer. And as the old political saying goes…(from The Onion)
One line people say today more than any other day of the year is probably “I hate being single.” So its more than appropriate for veteran comedy director/performer Rob Michael Hugel to debut his new series, “I Hate Being Single,” on Valentine’s Day. Created by and starring Rob, the series follows a NYC hipster-ish young man as he navigates life as a single male after a breakup.
Shap Sweeney is Editor-in-Chief of ComedySmack and a rumored 2012 Presidential candidate. He is the veteran of two wars, and was decorated by former President George Washington (I-VA) for distinguished service in the Continential Army. As a comedy writer, he has worked with top producers and talent including Buster Keaton, Shakespeare and Don Johnson. His first book, Gone With The Wind, has been sold to Hollywood for three figures.
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