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Update #14: The Web Series Won a Prize!!!
Hello, Sexy Supporters!
We thought you'd like to know that the web series that YOU FUNDED won an AWARD! We were chosen as BEST WEB SERIES in the Las Vegas Comedy Film Fest! Exciting stuff, people. EXCITING stuff. We couldn't have done it without you.
And hey... since you're SO TALENTED at helping us win awards, why not take ten seconds to click HERE and nominate us for some awards in the NY Funny Songs Fest?
You can write in MEL & EL as Best Comedy Music Band, MEL & EL: OUR TIME OF THE MONTH as Favorite Music Based Comedy Show, and write in FAGNET (or your fave Mel & El tune) for Funniest Song Written by a Comedian.
Thank you for your help. You're the helpiest. (Yes. It's a word. But don't look it up.)
XO,
M&E
Update #13: Little funnies before the big funnies
Hello Kickstarter Supporter Lovlies,
Our web series will (finally) be launching to the general public very soon. In advance of that happening, we filmed a few silly, little "couch clips" to let people know that it was happening. They will be appearing on You Tube every few days over the next couple of weeks.
Here is the first one which will offer you 50 seconds of happiness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8JmWKQJoMg&feature=channel_video_title
Be sure to check our You Tube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialMelandEl and our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/melandel to see a new "couch clip" every few days!!
XO
Mel & El
Update #12: THE MEL & EL WEB SERIES IS READY FOR YOU TO SEE...
Update #11: YOU. And YOU. And YOU.
Our Kickstarter Campaign just ended and we made our goal (and then some!). We can't say thank you enough to you, The Remarkable Backers, who were willing to jump on board our crazy train to Webisode-Ville.
We'll be in touch next week to collect whatever information we need to get you your prizes!
And we'll keep you in the loop as the 'sodes get edited and ready for public consumption.
Again, our biggest, fattest thanks to YOU. And YOU. And YOU.
XO
Mel & El
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Shawn Roop on December 7, 2010
Much love to you both, now pump out the entertainment and share your wealth of wit, lightness and joy! Happy Holidays!
Shawn Roop
A guy who just wants to see you succeeded -
James McQuiggan on December 7, 2010
Way to go Mel & El!! Looking forward to seeing those amazing webisodes!
Keep up the great work and Happy Holidays!-James
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Leslie Lewis Sword on December 8, 2010
You guys are awesome, and I am so proud to be one of your backers! Every single one of your updates was hilarious and endearing, and I am so inspired by what you have done. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
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Update #10: Fabulous Things For All!
Guess what? We did it! We made it! One particular Remarkable Backer was SO sick of getting our incessant updates that he pledged $500 and put us over the top on our Kickstarter goal at about 6PM last night. An endless amount of THANK YOU to you all!
We are thrilled and overjoyed and now we get to follow through with all of our reward promises. CD's and Raps and Fabulous Things for all!
However, there's a secret we've been keeping until now:
the actual budget of the project is $15,000.
We know! It's nuts!
Kickstarter encouraged us to be relatively conservative in setting our goal lest we not make it and get diddly squat and that's exactly what we did. So now we have to use this bonus time to try to make up the difference!
We realize that you, the Remarkable Backers, are the choir and we shouldn't spend time and energy preaching to you. But we want to say that if you were planning on passing our project along to other PTRs (Potential Remarkable Backers), you should still do so. We need them!
We have 5 days left and we shan't squander it. We shan't! We're sorry to that one particular Remarkable Backer but we will HAVE to continue the updates. We will try to make them less frequent and slightly less annoying.
We will dream the impossible dream, etc.
XO
Mel & El
P.S. In the pic below, Mel & El are clearly looking at their producer and saying "Come again? The budget is WHAT???"
P.P.S. Our last show of the year is TOMORROW! In/near NYC? Here's the link to make a res: http://www.comixny.com/353/index.html. It's gonna be goooooood.
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Suzn Smith on December 2, 2010
This picture is priceless!! btw...great skirt...lol! Congratulations on reaching the goal!!!
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MEL & EL have been described as a musical Laverne & Shirley meets Sex & the City. They enjoyed a year-long run of the critically acclaimed MEL & EL: THIS SHOW RHYMES, while their second show, MEL & EL: SHOW AND TELL premiered at Ars Nova to rave reviews. MEL & EL: GAY MARRIED headlined at Comix NYC and culminated in the pair being chosen as one of the Village Voice’s Best of New York. They were awarded the Backstage Bistro Award for their song "Fagnet", the Collaboration Award given by the NY Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts and Media and were recently chosen as GO Magazine’s Very Best in New York Comedy.