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Launch Day is April 1st - No Joke!

March 26th, 2006

On Set at Felt Up TV shoot 1 SXSW has come and gone, but I’m still catching up on the sessions I missed by listening to the podcasts. Just the fact that you can listen to many of the keynote talks on your own time on your own device is pretty amazing and there’s lots of good stuff to hear, but many of the conversations that I’m really interested in happened outside the traditional keynote sessions, and don’t appear to have been caught on tape. Perhaps more will show up as part of IT Conversations, caught by attendees.

In the meantime, things are rocketing along here, Flu and Bronchitis be damned! Sara and I spent yesterday with some of the other wonderful “Felt Up” crew and churned out at least 3 great bits, which means that with the pilot, we’re good for an April 1st launch! I’ve been hesitant to talk too much about Felt Up here on the blog for fear of over-hyping it before it became a reality, but at this point we’re 95% of the way there and it’s looking amazing!

For those that don’t know, Felt Up is a short-format internet comedy series for portable video devices featuring puppets.

That’s a mouthful, so I’ll explain. We know a lot of great comedians here in NY, and our network of friends includes filmmakers, writers, and other amazing creative types. Getting everyone together (especially the hyper-busy comedians,) is really tough, but getting them to lay 5-10 minutes of audio down (whether reading a part for a sketch or improvising) is pretty doable. Once we’ve got funny audio by notable comedians we can act it out with puppets, taking our time with multiple takes, lots of angles, etc… While we’re at it, we get to play around and improv our own sketches as well!

You can see some production photos over at the Flickr tag FeltUpTV and keep your eyes on FeltUpTV.com, we’ll be launching soon!