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on September 12, 2011
Pretty Good Friends
backed a project
Secret Science Club: Season Five by Secret Science Club
An awesome science & arts series on everything from Black Holes & Dinosaurs to Human Evolution & the Brain. Just bring your smart self!
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110% funded $11,020 pledged
- 205 backers
- Funded Sep 27, 2011
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on August 22, 2011
Pretty Good Friends
Posted project update #3Totally 100% full glass of comedy festival funding!
Post CommentWe’re funded! Thank you. In fact, super thank you. Whether you gave us $5 or $1,000,000 (no one did that) your money and kindness is allowing us to do a bunch of fun, silly things — some as promised — like an Awkward Party Bus, a petting zoo, flying out and putting up performers and new things — like a (red) caviar eating contest at our food show. We’ll be in touch with you about your rewards and hopefully we’ll see you at the festival. Because of you we didn’t have to turn to the “corporate jet” class and submit to their demented billionaire whims (each year The Heritage Foundation offers us millions and we ALWAYS turn it down). Again, thank you very much. If you see me on the street, feel free to stop me and say, “You’re welcome.” But also, don’t be too weird about it. Thanks!
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on August 17, 2011Funded!
The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival by Pretty Good Friends
The 4th year of the world’s first sincere-and-ironic comedy festival needs your help to make an ice cream limo, get a petting zoo, etc.
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100% funded $18,122 pledged
- 232 backers
- Funded Aug 17, 2011
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on August 15, 2011
Pretty Good Friends
Posted project update #2Our Glass Is 88% Full
Post CommentHello Generous Angel-Hearted Supporters,We're pretty close to our final goal with just a few days left! That is completely the result of your generosity, so thank you! We’d also like to thank Comedy Central, Jax Media, Patton Oswalt and www.MyDamnChannel.com for their recent and bountiful donations — money that won’t be spent on hospitals, school books or wells — but on a petting zoo, an awkward party bus, and a weird roped-off Saturday night afterparty in the middle of Bell House that so far NO ONE has bought access to (but we will still throw). Thanks everyone! We are very close to having the money to do lots of dumb, fun things.
This is the part where I ask you to send this Kickstarter to your friends, former lovers, colleagues, parents and grandparents. Note: If you do send this to your grandparents, obviously don’t tell them what this is, instead just promise that if they donate money, things will return to how they were in 1985.In case you are a leader in social media, here is a Tiny URL that you can post:I have even included a sample Tweet, so that you don’t need to count any characters:Looking for a frivolous way to spend money in tough times? Donate to the @EugeneMirman comedy fest Kickstarter campaign http://tiny.cc/n873x
Tickets are now on sale and our full schedule is available!Thursday, September 15The Bell House / 8PM / $15with Neil deGrasse Tyson plus Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman and John Oliver (unless The Daily Show sends him somewhere) and special guests.Friday, September 16The Bell House / 8PM / $20Hosted by Jon Glaser as Bobby TisdaleFeaturing Eugene Mirman and special guests!Union Hall/ 7:30/ $10Saturday, September 17The Bell House / 6PM / $20Featuring Jon Benjamin, Aisha Tyler, Matt Thompson, Adam Reed, Jessica WaltersThe Bell House / 9PM / $20Featuring John Hodgman, Ira Glass, Eugene Mirman and more.Hosted by Kevin Townley and Elna BakerUnion Hall / 6:30PM / $10Union Hall / 8:30PM / $10Hosted by Rick Jenkins w/ Mehran Khaghani, Ken Reid, Erin Judge, Rick Canavan, and Lamont Price.Sunday, September 18The Bell House / 6PM / $20A gastro-laughy-time including performances, delicious food, chefs and the world's first caviar eating contest!
The Bell House / 9PM / $20With Eugene Mirman, Michael Showalter, Hannibal Buress and more! -
on August 14, 2011
Pretty Good Friends
backed a project
Atlas Improv's New Venue by Atlas Improv
Help Atlas Improv cover some of the startup costs in getting a new permanent venue.
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102% funded $12,354 pledged
- 49 backers
- Funded Aug 15, 2011
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on August 1, 2011
Pretty Good Friends
Posted project update #1Our Festival Glass is Almost Half Full
Post CommentHello friends, donators and loved ones,
I wanted to thank you all very much for donating to this silly, but important cause. With your proud support we are now over one-third of our way there, with 15 days left to raise the rest and make this the best half-sincere half-ironic comedy festival ever.
To this end, we've added several new incentives, each one special in it's own way, like a newborn baby, but cleaner. Here are a few below:
1) For just $5 you can be listed in the program as a Cheapy-Cheap Face.
2) We’ve added a $400 Saturday day pass (in the form of a robe) that gets you into a 4pm meet and greet, our Archer panel, featuring the stars and creator of the show, and Talent Show Presents: The Drunk Show, featuring John Hodgman, Ira Glass and much more.
3) We've also added a $750 rooftop BBQ at my home on August 19th for you and two guests, which includes tickets to our Pretty Good Friends 5 year anniversary show on August 21st at Bell House.
4) Plus, for companies and organizations, we've added a $1000 Corporate Plaque of Thanks, which your company can use to be thanked, and also, impress clients and the media with. Here is how the plaque will read:
"This plaque is to certify that YOUR COMPANY’S NAME has donated graciously to the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival. That means YOUR COMPANY’S NAME is cool and 'gets it.' It means YOUR COMPANY’S NAME is attractive, possibly environmentally friendly, and a generous lover. This plaque certifies that YOUR COMPANY’S NAME is a brand that can be trusted, even in a blizzard or during war-time. YOUR COMPANY’S NAME is number one and we love you. Sincerely, The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival"
Please pass these new (and old) incentives and this Kickstarter project on to anyone you think would be interested in owning a small part of our festival. The road to financing victory is through word-of-mouth and the way to that is mouths/ social media.
This last Friday we did an outdoor show at the Williamsburg Waterfront with They Might Be Giants, Kristen Schaal, Patton Oswalt, Todd Barry, Jim Gaffigan, Jonathan Coulton, and famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson (we'll be recording a live version of his Star Talk radio show for the opening night of the festival). Here’s few write ups and some photos from the show which was met with torrential rain and the enduring will of fans:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/08/comedy_rain_mus.html
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.210922045626455.63243.177381468980513&type=1
Thank you all for reading update, I hope you found it encouraging, even romantic (I don't know what those words mean, sorry). You're all wonderful people whether we hit our goal or not, and when I run into you at the festival I will buy you a drink (I get free drinks, so it's not a big deal). Thank you, have a wonderful summer, and pass this on to businessmen, wealthy actors, or college kids with access to $15.
Love,
Eugene, Julie, and Caroline
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on July 13, 2011
Pretty Good Friends launched a project
The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival by Pretty Good Friends
The 4th year of the world’s first sincere-and-ironic comedy festival needs your help to make an ice cream limo, get a petting zoo, etc.
- $18,000 funding goal
- 08/17/2011 Funding Ended
Pretty Good Friends
Brooklyn, NY
Pretty Good Friends is a Brooklyn-based comedy show produced and curated by long-time collaborators Eugene Mirman, Julie Smith and Caroline Creaghead. The show is an intimate evening of innovative standup comedy and polished chaos that sometimes includes sho... view more
