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MaximumFun.org co-presents the 11th Annual SF Sketchfest for two events in January!

AN AFTERNOON WITH EAGLEHEART

Fans of the Adult Swim hit Eagleheart are invited to see the show's titular character, played by screenwriter and film star Chris Elliott (Get A Life, Cabin Boy, There's Something About Mary), live in person as he discusses the show with fellow actors and writers Brett Gelman, Maria Thayer and Andy Blitz, alongside the show's creators Michael Koman & Andrew Weinberg and co-executive producer Jason Woliner in this lively and humorous panel.

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If you didn't catch our announcement, tickets are now on sale for our live show at WNYC's Greene Space! The show will include:

interviews with
AMY SEDARIS
and
JUDAH FRIEDLANDER

with standup comedy from
BARATUNDE THURSTON

a reading from
JOHN HODGMAN

and a special performance of rarities and never before performed songs from
TIM HARRINGTON and SETH JABOUR of LES SAVY FAV

When: Friday, October 22 at 7pm
Where: The Greene Space
44 Charlton Street (at Varick Street)
New York, NY 10014
Tickets: $30, available HERE.
Admission includes complimentary glass of wine or beer.

Look forward to seeing you there for a super fun show!

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The Sound of Young America is proud to be co-sponsoring the 2010 SketchFest: Seattle's premier comedy festival. It's happening October 7th, 8th, and 9th at the Theater Off Jackson (409 7th Ave S.) in Seattle's International District.

When SketchFest Seattle got started in 1999, it was the first and only sketch comedy festival in the world. Its mission is to promote sketch comedy as a performing art by providing an opportunity for groups to showcase their work for Seattle audiences to enjoy, and to allow groups to network with other performers, writers, and professionals in the comedic arts.

You can find more information at SketchFest.org.

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The Sound of Young America is proud to present another Laugh Night benefit comedy show in downtown LA.

Half a dozen headlining comics will be taping standup sets for The Sound of Young America, and 100% of ticket proceeds benefit Art Share LA, which provides free arts instruction to Los Angeles students. Art Share was featured in the Los Angeles Times earlier this year - click the link to learn more.

The show is September 30th at Art Share's historic warehouse theater in downtown Los Angeles (801 E. 4th Place). Event parking is free in the lot across the street.

Comics performing include:

Dana Gould (Producer, The Simpsons; Appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Late Show with David Letterman; Stand-up comedy on HBO, Showtime, and Comedy Central)
Maria Bamford (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; Comedy Central's The Comedians of Comedy)
Greg Proops (ABC's Whose Line Is It Anyway?; The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson)
Chris Fairbanks (Comedy Central)
Moshe Kasher (Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham; Independent Film Channel; Winner of "Best of Fest" at Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival)
Walsh Brothers

Tickets are just $10 ($8 for downtown residents) at the door. Reserve your tickets now at http://artshare.eventbrite.com/. We'll see you at the show!

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We're so excited to have Chef Julia Crookston as our in-house cooking instructor at MaxFunCon, where she'll be helping us make delicious zucchini pickles. Head over to the MaxFunCon site to get our podcast -- you'll learn a thing or two about Julia and get a mini-lesson in making your own salad dressing.

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Merlin Mann shared his thoughts on creativity and producing creative work in a very popular talk at last year's MaxFunCon.

Maybe you couldn't make it in 2009. Well, luckily enough for you, Merlin will be joining us again this year. In anticipation of next week's podcast, in which Jesse will be talking to him about his upcoming book, we're sharing the advice he gave at MaxFunCon 2009.

Merlin is great at breaking down the process of making art, or writing, or however you choose to be awesome and helping you think clearly about how you can stop stalling and just get started. So what are you waiting for? Help him help you by heading over to the MaxFunCon site to get the podcast.

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We guarantee the always epic Andrew WK will be ready to motivate and inspire you at this year's MaxFunCon. Need to get pumped up now? Head over to the MaxFunCon site to hear his live interview and performance on an episode of The Sound of Young America in NYC.

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Al Madrigal is a super guy. He's hilarious, for one: You've probably seen him on Conan or on Craig Ferguson, and he was the Jury Award winner for Best Stand-Up Comedian at the Aspen Comedy Arts Festival.

We've actually known Al since our college radio show days... and even then he was always helpful, friendly and all-around awesome. And that is the kind of folks we want to surround ourselves with at MaxFunCon. He was recently a guest on Jordan, Jesse Go! - head over to the MaxFunCon site for a sneak of his standup as "Smiling Al Madrigal" at MaxfunCon. You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

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The Sound of Young America is proud to present Laugh Night: A Benefit for Art Share Los Angeles, a night of standup comedy in downtown LA.

Half a dozen headlining comics will be taping standup sets for The Sound of Young America, and 100% of ticket proceeds benefit Art Share LA, which provides free arts instruction to Los Angeles students. Art Share was recently featured in the Los Angeles Times - click the link to learn more.

The show's February 25th at Art Share's historic warehouse theater in downtown Los Angeles (801 E. 4th Place). Event parking is free in the lot across the street.

Comics performing include:

Greg Behrendt (The Greg Behrendt Show, "He's Just Not That Into You," The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
Donald Glover (NBC's Community, Derrick Comedy)
Karen Kilgariff (Mr. Show, former head writer "Ellen")
James Adomian (The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson)
Holly Mills (The Improv)
Nick Adams ("Making Friends with Black People")

Tickets are just $8 ($6 for downtown residents)at the door. We'll see you there!

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I'm headed to Alberta to speak at the College & University Press conference, so I thought I'd organize a little meetup. Join us for dinner, chai, beer or whatever you'd like at Remedy Cafe (8631 109 Street), an easy-going place recommended by multiple Edmonton MaxFunsters. I'll see you there Saturday night at 7.