tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82978112530255949902011-07-30T21:15:29.385-07:00swearpolicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05946038268147189424noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297811253025594990.post-46003699754639436252009-06-28T09:20:00.000-07:002009-06-28T09:50:56.000-07:00<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="ordie_player_f5684504c7" height="400" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf"><param name="flashvars" value="key=f5684504c7"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed flashvars="key=f5684504c7" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" src="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" name="ordie_player_f5684504c7" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="400" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />TSP has a lot of swearing in it! NSFW! (NSFW = not safe for work, mom)<br /><br />"The Swear Police" is an official selection in the <a href="http://www.aoffest.com">2009 AOF international Film Festival</a> but I have, personally, unselected "The Swear Police" from this "festival" because they are charging filmmakers $150 to buy one ticket to the awards ceremony. <br /><br />MovieMaker Magazine said AOF is among <a href="http://www.moviemaker.com/festivals/article/25_film_festivals_worth_the_entry_fee_2009_20090414/">The 2009 List: 25 Festivals Worth the Fee</a>.<br /><br />Unfortunately, MovieMaker Magazine (@moviemakermag) got this one wrong.<br /><br />I also won't be buying the <a href="https://www.aoffest.com/store/-AOF-OFFICIAL-SELECTION-AWARD-4p11.htm">Official Selection Award for $80</a>.<br /><br />I understand, it's expensive to put on a film festival, but if you can't find a way to cover overhead that DOESN'T include fucking over filmmakers, then you DON'T know how to run a film festival.<br /><br />My Email to the AOF: <br /><blockquote><I>TO: absofree1@aol.com<br /><br />I didn't realize you folks were running a bait and switch operation.<br /><br />Charging filmmakers $150 per ticket to attend an awards show is criminal.<br /><br />Please remove my short THE SWEAR POLICE from your competition/festival/ponzie scheme.<br /><br />What you are doing is wrong. <br /><br />Period.<br /><br />And I will have nothing to do with it.<br /><br /><br />-Joe Wilson</i></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8297811253025594990-4600369975463943625?l=swearpolice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>swearpolicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05946038268147189424noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297811253025594990.post-30053093774226668462009-04-29T10:50:00.000-07:002009-05-11T15:21:08.896-07:00<object width="480" height="400" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="ordie_player_f5684504c7"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="key=f5684504c7" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed width="480" height="400" flashvars="key=f5684504c7" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" src="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" name="ordie_player_f5684504c7" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><div style="text-align:left;font-size:x-small;margin-top:0;width:480px;"><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f5684504c7/the-swear-police" title="from Joe Wilson">The Swear Police</a> </div><br /><br /><br />Did you know Swear Police won best comedy shortie-short (under 5 mins.) at the <a href=" http://www.indiewire.com/article/swear_police_distraxion_and_daryl_among_winners_at_first_la_comedy_fest/">LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival</a>?<br /><br />Now, would you like to see the sequel?<br /><br />Me too!<br /><br />"Swear Police 2 - The Interrogation" is written and cast, but we need to build a set.<br /><br />"Swear Police 2: The Interrogation" cast John Colella, Reamy Hall, Phil LaMarr, Antonio Moon, Monroe Makowsky, Jim Roof, Judith Shelton & John Vargas.<br /><br />So, we're puttin' on a show!<br /><br />Two nights of stand up, (one with Jazz!) videos and the exploding of a weather balloon at the Ruskin Group Theatre - http://www.ruskingrouptheatre.com/<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69733398341"><br />Join the FaceBook Group!</a><br /><br /><center><br /><h2>"Swear Police 2 - The Interrogation" Production Benefit</h2><br /><br /><br />The Ruskin Group Theatre<br />3000 Airport Avenue<br />Santa Monica, California 90405<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ruskingrouptheatre.com/">http://www.ruskingrouptheatre.com/</a><br /><br />May 15 & 16th - 8:00 PM $10 (cash bar, no minimum)<br /><br /><h2><b><u><br />Please call (310) 397-3244 to make a reservation / Cash only @ the door</u></b></h2><br /><br />Details to follow....<br /><br /><b>May 15th</b><br /><br />Elizabeth Beckwith (Curb Your Enthusiasm)<br />Steve Benaquist (The Window Is The Egg)<br />John Colella (Swear Police)<br />Jackie Kashian (Last Comic Standing)<br />Kyle Kinane (Last Call with Carson Daly)<br />John Vargas (Swear Police)<br />Joe Wilson (Swear Police)<br />Robert Yasumura (from Swear Police)<br /><br />Mindi Abair - Jazz musician, composer and vocalist, headlines (May 15 only)!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wK8RjEQJgKo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wK8RjEQJgKo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><b>May 16th</b><br /><br />Lizzy Cooperman (The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson)<br />John Colella (Swear Police)<br />Paul Jay (Swear Police)<br />Eddie Pepitone (Conan O'Brien / Old School)<br />Murray Valeriano (Road Stories)<br />John Vargas (Swear Police)<br />Joe Wilson (that douchebag from Swear Police)<br /><br />Jimmy Dore ("Citizen Jimmy" on Comedy Central)<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3A848uy0zIU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3A848uy0zIU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/JoeWilsonTV">http://www.twitter.com/JoeWilsonTV</a> thanks to our pals on twitter! @comedynews, @hollywoodshorts<br /></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8297811253025594990-3005309377422666846?l=swearpolice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>swearpolicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05946038268147189424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297811253025594990.post-5003650494630043552009-03-12T11:28:00.000-07:002009-04-29T10:50:16.100-07:00"The Swear Police" won the Atomic Wedgie Best Shortie-Short (under 5 mins) at the <a href="http://www.lacomedyshorts.com">LA Comedy Shorts Festival</a>. <br /><br />The award was presented by Carlos Alazraqui and Cedric Yarbrough from Reno 911, which I'm guessing was a coincidence. <br /><br />IndieWire Story:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/swear_police_distraxion_and_daryl_among_winners_at_first_la_comedy_fest/">http://www.indiewire.com/article/swear_police_distraxion_and_daryl_among_winners_at_first_la_comedy_fest/</a><br /><br />Hollywood Reporter Story:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i77fdd1ea9c8421a42811613f81d7f34d">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i77fdd1ea9c8421a42811613f81d7f34d<br /></a><br /><br />"The Swear Police" was also screened at the <a href="http://www.slofilmfest.org">San Luis Obispo Film Festival</a> on March 14, 2009 as part of the LA Comedy Shorts Fest block! <br /><br />For information regarding this short or the cast - joe (@) PoopyCaca.com - <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JoeWilsonTV">twitter.com/JoeWilsonTV</a><br /><br /><center>Written, directed & edited By Joe Wilson <br />Cast: John Colella, Antonio Moon, Jim Roof & John Vargas <br />Camera Operators: Joe Wilson & Robert Yasumura<br /> Co-script supervisor & action-boom operator: Reamy Hall <br />Co-script supervisor & boom operator: Paul Jay</center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8297811253025594990-500365049463004355?l=swearpolice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>swearpolicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05946038268147189424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297811253025594990.post-62138661288984912682008-09-23T08:58:00.001-07:002009-03-12T11:28:45.335-07:00See John Colella, Jim Roof & Reamy Hall (ACTING!) in "Faithful" at <a href="http://ruskingrouptheatre.com/">The Ruskin Theatre</a> CLICK ON POST CARD BELOW for more info!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SOASsVV183I/AAAAAAAAAB4/kLtZrqAT4uE/s1600-h/faithfulfront.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SOASsVV183I/AAAAAAAAAB4/kLtZrqAT4uE/s320/faithfulfront.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251217718366303090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SOASsnEaWsI/AAAAAAAAACA/UlpKvUMIBm0/s1600-h/faithfulBack.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SOASsnEaWsI/AAAAAAAAACA/UlpKvUMIBm0/s320/faithfulBack.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251217723125029570" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8297811253025594990-6213866128898491268?l=swearpolice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>swearpolicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05946038268147189424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297811253025594990.post-72551920667599071372008-09-22T17:20:00.000-07:002008-09-22T17:53:12.365-07:00We do! The cast rehearsed the day before, working both on and off location, which made the shooting go faster and may have saved someone from being overtly tackled! <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg7EeJ7IhI/AAAAAAAAABo/DrrzKAi9Oo0/s1600-h/IMG_0436.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg7EeJ7IhI/AAAAAAAAABo/DrrzKAi9Oo0/s320/IMG_0436.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249010313700516370" /></a><br /><br />Jim Roof trying out his cop uniform and the contraption. <br /><br /><br />John Vargas checked out the location with me a couple weeks before the shoot. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg6bfgr_QI/AAAAAAAAAAo/ct888MBF66I/s1600-h/IMG_0327.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg6bfgr_QI/AAAAAAAAAAo/ct888MBF66I/s320/IMG_0327.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249009609689791746" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg6bb6lefI/AAAAAAAAAAw/wN2YpATYGjI/s1600-h/IMG_0428.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg6bb6lefI/AAAAAAAAAAw/wN2YpATYGjI/s320/IMG_0428.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249009608724675058" /></a>John Colella has stage combat training and set up the tackle sequence in his gym with Antonio Moon and John Vargas. He got tackled a lot!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg6bur0q1I/AAAAAAAAAA4/jf8tfv6kgs8/s1600-h/IMG_0429.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg6bur0q1I/AAAAAAAAAA4/jf8tfv6kgs8/s320/IMG_0429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249009613763029842" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg6bmatpQI/AAAAAAAAABA/fNf3AwlA3D0/s1600-h/IMG_0430.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg6bmatpQI/AAAAAAAAABA/fNf3AwlA3D0/s320/IMG_0430.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249009611543782658" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg7EOx0uHI/AAAAAAAAABY/BDR5XyBRwq8/s1600-h/IMG_0433.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg7EOx0uHI/AAAAAAAAABY/BDR5XyBRwq8/s320/IMG_0433.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249010309572900978" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg7EZqAHqI/AAAAAAAAABg/K9PzJbZP19I/s1600-h/IMG_0434.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8Enlt9IuD60/SNg7EZqAHqI/AAAAAAAAABg/K9PzJbZP19I/s320/IMG_0434.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249010312492883618" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8297811253025594990-7255192066759907137?l=swearpolice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>swearpolicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05946038268147189424noreply@blogger.com2