RooftopComedy National College Comedy Competition Announces Funny Film Semi-Finalists - Kicks Off 1st Round of Online & Mobile Voting

RooftopComedy National College Comedy Competition Announces Funny Film Semi-Finalists - Kicks Off 1st Round of Online & Mobile Voting

48 Student Filmmakers Compete to be Named One of "Country's Funniest College Students"

SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- RooftopComedy's 2nd Annual National College Comedy Competition (www.rooftopcomedy.com/college) today announces the 48 semi-finalists in the Funny Film category, kicking off the first of four rounds of competition in which the filmmakers compete to be named one of "The Country's Funniest College Students" along with the winners of the Stand-Up category.

Viewing of all films and voting for favorites in the following rounds of competition can be done of online and via mobile device at www.RooftopComedy.com/college and m.rooftop2009.com, which is powered by Buzzwire, the exclusive mobile voting partner for RooftopComedy:

-- April 17-April 23: Viewer's Choice (Online & Mobile Voting narrows 48
films to 24)
-- April 24-May 8: Director's Cut (Expert Panel of Judges narrows 24
films to 12)
-- May 11-17: Viewer's Choice - Round 2 (Online & Mobile Voting narrows
12 films to 4)

-- June 11-13: Finals Screening (Live, Online Voting at Aspen
RooftopComedy Festival)

The following 48 funny films were selected as semi-finalists by a panel of experts and will go on

FUNNY FILM NAME SCHOOL
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Valentine's Day Alan Teran University of Colorado
Consonant Sorrow Trailer Andrew Higgins Emerson College
Anti-Dipping PSA Austin James Scottsdale Community
College
Cat Forum Beards of Industry Xavier University
Danny and the Page Beards of Industry Xavier University
Toy Salesman Beards of Industry Xavier University
Slap Five Beards of Industry Xavier University
Broken Wind Brian Lipko Temple University
Fun with Beans Brooks Wheelan University of Iowa
STO Dan Perrault Emerson College
Beowulf Telemarketer Dan Perrault Emerson College
People With Boring Ass Lives Dandrell Scott Illinois State University
Reality Show
A Self-Centered Conversation Daniel Bang New York University
On Set Felix Martiz Cal State Long Beach
Tighter Than You James Jeffrey San Jose State
Yoplait Ya James Marcus Haney USC
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Jared Barnett University of Utah
Sculpey the Slug Jennifer Kehl UC Santa Cruz
A Cartoon by Jesse Fernandez Jesse Fernandez San Francisco State
University
Hand in Hand Joey Kadin University of Miami
Amateur Porn Sketch John Pope University of North
Carolina
Wood Painting John Townsend New York University
The Depraved Little Toaster Lee Jutton NYU
Visionary Lucy Martin Marymount Manhattan
Walter's Wonderful Workouts Mark Potts University of Oklahoma
Interview Mathew Brady Marymount Manhattan
College
Dinner Date Matt Lieberman Emerson College
Pizza Matt Starr The Ohio State University
College Bop Matt Starr The Ohio State University
Its Been A Year Nate Gross Emerson College
The Hand You're Dealt Nathan Blackwell Scottsdale Comm. College
College Isn't Free Nathan Worden Linn Benton Comm. College
Nick Pills Nicholas Reczynski Ball State University
Yello Cake Pat Bishop Northwestern University
Snow Day Peter Vass University of Iowa
Obamarama Phil Hamilton Emerson College
Sammy Says Rachele Volpe New York University
Supermodel Workout Samuel Taggart University of Virginia
The Car Whisperer Samuel Taggart University of Virginia
Don't Poop On My Face Samuel Taggart University of Virginia
Stuff That Shouldn't Blow Up Scott Hanscom UC Berkeley
Bros Sideshow MSU Michigan State University
PottyMouth Sideshow MSU Michigan State University
A Day With Sam Sid, Santa's Sidney Diongzon Chapman University
Helper
The Proxy Father Theodore Allen San Francisco State
University
The Rule Tim Kressin Chapman University
TOAM The One Armed Man/The Trent Hilborn University of Wisconsin
Trailor
Genevieve Willy Appelman Skidmore College

For more information and to view all the funny films, visit www.RooftopComedy.com/college.

Source: RooftopComedy

CONTACT: Loren Pomerantz, +1-212-583-0338 or +1-917-902-0219,
loren@combined-forces.com

Web Site: http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/college

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