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a warm fuzzy feeling for helping us make a great movie + exclusive updates about the film and tour + your name in the “special thanks” of our movie and website!
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all of the above + an autographed copy of W. Kamau Bell’s “Face Full of Flour” (named one of the Top 10 Best Comedy Albums of 2010 by iTunes and Punchline Magazine).
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all of the above + a special edition DVD of the film, autographed by Kamau, Nato & Janine + we will send you a personalized postcard from the road!
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all the above + a special edition Laughter Against the Machine poster (pictured here: http://www.avrodesign.com/dima/illustration.html), from acclaimed designer Dimitri Drjuchin, autographed by the artist and by Kamau, Nato and Janine and special tour guests!
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all of the above + LATM friend Boots Riley (frontman for The Coup and Streetsweeper Social Club) will help us record a song that includes your name, which we will put on YouTube.
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all the above + Janine will write and record a personalized cat-themed ditty for your beloved feline pet, or a personalized “hate poem” for the ridiculous/entitled group of your choice and post it on YouTube + Nato will send you a photo of his "package."
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all of the above + LATM will take you and a guest out for a fancy cocktail after the show (Location chosen by LATM gourmand, Nato Green. Pre-requisite: Must be in same town as the group.)
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all of the above + Kamau will read and post a 500 word review of a book written by the reality star of your choice (Snooki, The Situation, one of the Khardashians, Tila Tequila, etc.) + an autographed copy of an album or other memorabilia from LATM friend Vernon Reid (2 time Grammy Award winner and founder of the seminal rock band Living Colour)
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all of the above + two tickets and meet & greet passes to a Margaret Cho (friend of LATM!) show of your choice (excluding festival appearances) + artist and LATM friend Dimitri Drjuchin will design a one of a kind illustration of you based on a submitted photograph. Come on people - this is priceless! Check out his work here: http://www.avrodesign.com/dima/
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all of the above + Associate Producer credit in our film, and isn’t credit for our good works all any of us really wants?
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W. KAMAU BELL is one of the fastest-rising socio-political comics in the United States, best known for his critically acclaimed solo show "The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About an Hour.” Praised by Punchline Magazine as “one of our nation’s most adept racial commentators with a blistering wit,” Kamau has been voted San Francisco's best comedian by three different publications. His new stand up album, Face Full of Flour, made the 10 Best Comedy Albums of 2010 list at iTunes and Punchline Magazine. Kamau recently performed at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, where his set was filmed for HBO Canada. He also performed at the New York Comedy Festival, where he was a critic’s pick in Time Out NY, who gave his solo show “FOUR STARS” and offered that, “Bell finds comic gold in the wide range of material he mines, offering provocative insights into an ugly reality.” The SF Weekly has called Kamau “smart, stylish, and very much in the mold of politically outspoken comedians like Dave Chappelle and Margaret Cho,” though he was more excited that they called him “handsome.” Visit him online at www.wkamaubell.com
NATO GREEN, San Francisco native was recently named the SF Weekly's Best Comedian of 2010 for putting on "legendary" shows that keep audiences "doubled over." He continues the tradition of hard-hitting brainy Jewish comedians like Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, and Joe Lieberman. Nato is the creator of Iron Comic, the Iron Chef-spoofing hit comedy game show that packed houses at SF Sketchfest four years in a row and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival 2010 and 2011. The East Bay Express reported that onstage Nato "has a knack for pushing boundaries," the San Francisco Chronicle wrote that Nato "had the hordes howling." Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket said Nato is, “Righteous and hilarious, bracing and a hoot, Nato Green is like finding a shot of bourbon at your co-worker's stupid vegan potluck.” His website is http://www.natogreen.com/
JANINE BRITO started doing standup comedy in St. Louis and has performed at clubs and theaters throughout the US and Hong Kong. Now a rising star on the San Francisco scene, she is a regular at the Punch Line, winner of the 2009 SF Women's Comedy Competition, recipient of Rooftop Comedy's 2010 Silver Nail Award, and member of the Laughter Against The Machine Comedy Tour. A sarcastic, snarky smart bomb of comedy funk straight from the 80's, Janine has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and The SF Weekly called her “a mean lesbian”. But she’s pretty sure that they meant it in a good way. Janine's website is www.janinebrito.com
It's wonderful to see all your careers continue to grow. Thanks for sharing your wit, intelligence, humanity, and humor. Looking forward to seeing "Laughter Against the Machine" permeate the collective conscience.
Congratulations all! Excited to see this happening!
please accept my $5 and shame. Go get 'em!
safe travels,
matt
Perry, thanks for your help. We're really excited about all the help we got from WTF. Marc rules!
I heard about you on Marc Maron's pod cast.. Congratulations!
I bet Nato's friends coughed up the least amount.