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Shelly Gossman Going to SNL
Posted August 4th, 2010 by John Kramer
Some of you may remember the interview I did last fall with Second City Chicago Actress Shelly Gossman last Fall.
About The Tea Party Video
Posted July 21st, 2010 by John Kramer
Like a lot of you out there, I read in the Washington post today that, "A group of two dozen House Republicans, led by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), officially launched the congressional Tea Party Caucus on Wednesday, strongly defending the grass-roots conservative movement as a positive force in American politics and repeatedly insisting it does not have racist motives." And having read it, I shook my head and started to laugh at the thought of that group of two dozen morons gathering together to plan legislation and "strategery" at the national level.
Boobgate
Posted June 13th, 2010 by John Kramer
So I posted the video below, "There's a Kitten on the Stairs," in the wee hours of the morning today. Imagine my surprise, then, to have been greeted by the news that the blogosphere is now abuzz with gossip that Sarah Palin may have received breast enhancement surgery. She attended the Belmont Stakes with her husband, Todd, and was wearing a white top which gave the appearance of her being a bit larger on top than she usually looks in the loose fitting t-shirts and jackets she is normally photographed wearing.
This is exactly the sort of thing my video was made to warn against.
BP Oil's Ad Campaign
Posted June 6th, 2010 by John Kramer
Three weeks ago I shot and posted this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bafQBd4Zeg
I figured that it was only a matter of time before BP got around to launching some sort of "touchy-feely" ad campaign, so I thought I should beat them to the punch by launching my own parody of their future ad campaign.
Late Night Freak Show
Posted June 4th, 2010 by John Kramer
My buddy Sam Locke, who appears in quite a few of my films -- as well as providing the Voice of George W. Bush -- is performing in a show he created with fellow Chicago Improv Junkie Peter Robards. Check it out!
Late Night Freak Show Chemically Imbalanced Theater
1420 W Irving park Rd Chicago, IL
Event Dates: Thursday nights: Jun 10, 2010 10:30 PM - Jul 29, 2010 10:30 PM
Late Night Freak Show is a live, late night comedy talk show hosted by
Mad Scientist Dr. Rotwang Malevelo & his monstrous side kick Huxley: a
Want To Laugh at Sam Locke?
Posted February 10th, 2010 by John Kramer
Regular followers of Britethorn know that Sam Locke provides the voice for George W. Bush in many of our Action Figure videos. He also played the part of Schmadolph Schmittler in our Republican Wars series.
Well, Sam's thrown his hate into the Stand-up ring and if you'd like to see him be funny in person, he'll be the opening act for
A Valentine's Day Tribute to the Songs and Music of Frank Sinatra
at the Doubletree Hotel, in Bloomington Illinois
February 13th at 7pm. Sounds like a great night!
Jailbreak Toys
Posted November 25th, 2009 by John Kramer
For any of you who have taken a look at my video, "Michelle Obama Held at Customs," (just below this posting) please take some comfort in the fact that TIME has taken note of the company's plight.
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/11/24/free-michelle/#comments
2012 Mini Review
Posted November 19th, 2009 by John Kramer
As regular visitors to Britethorn all know, I'm a huge face of Fantasy and Science Fiction, on film, television as well as in books, so it should be no surprise to anyone that I found my way to a movie theater for the opening weekend of SONY Picture's film, 2012.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Posted July 16th, 2009 by John Kramer
I managed to see "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" on opening day, and after mulling the film over for 24 hrs, here are my thoughts on the film.
Britethorn and SNL
Posted June 20th, 2009 by John Kramer
Well, the big new around Britethorn land is that I've pulled ALL of my SNL Reviews off YouTube. For a long time now I've worried that NBC/Universal's lawyers would come knocking at my YouTube door and yank the plug on those reviews because I don't have their explicit permission to post short clips from Saturday Night Live on YouTube.
