Detroit Press Club 'Steakout' Parody Show Will Be Even Funnier and Cheaper - Still Will Benefit Charity

Detroit Press Club 'Steakout' Parody Show Will Be Even Funnier and Cheaper - Still Will Benefit Charity

Detroit Goodfellows and Detroit Press Club Foundation to Share Proceeds

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Will Attend to Receive Lifetime "Achievement" Award

1,000 Tickets Now on Sale for October 25 Event

DETROIT, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Last year's rebirth of the once-annual Detroit Press Club Steakout parody show returns this year to an encore performance Wednesday evening, October 25, at the Marriott Renaissance in downtown Detroit. The event features a reception, dinner and show that satirizes and ravages politicians, business leaders, sports stars and the media.

"As a show of good taste this year, the three co-chairs of the Steakout will each drive nude to the event," said Chrysler Group's Jason Vines, co- chair.

"No, we won't," said Automotive News' Ed Lapham, co-chair and very humble guy. "We said we'd drop the price, not our trousers."

"OK, two of us will drive nude to the Steakout," countered Infinity Broadcasting's Tim Kiska, co-chair as he chastised Lapham for using the word 'trousers' in a quote. "I mean, really, what grown man uses the word 'trousers' these days?"

The event features a cocktail reception beginning at 6 p.m. sponsored by Toyota and Chrysler Group and some other yet-to-be-determined company that wants to help out a great cause. Dinner follows at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m. Already Guy Gordon and Devin Scillian of WDIV and Sonny Eliot of WWJ have threatened participating in this year's show.

The ticket price for the Steakout has dropped from $250 last year to $150 this year.

"The positive word-of-mouth about last year's show should allow us to draw more at a cheaper ticket price and still raise the money we need for two great charities," said 'Trouser Boy' Lapham.

As was the case last year, all proceeds from the Steakout will be donated to the Goodfellows, the Old Newsboys' charity that annually provides needy local children with Christmas gifts, and the Detroit Press Club Foundation, which provides scholarships for journalism students.

A key element of the show will be the awarding of the second annual Steakout Lifetime "Achievement" Award. The award honors a local leader that consistently gives the local and national media "plenty of raw meat" for their stories. Last year's winner, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, will present this year's award to his long-time traveling buddy, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Both refused comment for this press release.

Tickets can be purchased by mailing a check for $150 per seat to Steakout, P.O. Box 275, Eastpointe, MI 48021. A total of 1,000 tickets are available for the event.

Source: Detroit Press Club Foundation

CONTACT: Jason Vines of Chrysler Group, +1-248-512-3164

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