Tough Crowd Followup…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 28th, 2004

What is going on up there? In New York, I mean…at Comedy Central? They’ve been real nice and they’ve actually been picking up the phone when we call… but when we’ve tried to pin them down as to a definite statement regarding Tough Crowd, that’s when things get weird. After one of the phone calls, I felt like Bob Wodward when AG John Mitchell warned that Katherine Graham would “get her tit caught in a wringer” if Woodward didn’t lay off the story. (Well, okay, we exaggerate… but at least we were able to work that colorful and highly descriptive phrase into the copy!)

The last time I called and asked for something definite about the ultimate disposition of the show, the publicity folks told me that they couldn’t say anything definite (?!) and that they’d transfer me to the programming director! What the hell’s going on up there? Why would the Programming Director wanna waste his time with the goofball editor of the WWW’s Most Beloved Magazine About Standup? Isn’t that what the Publicity Department is for?

Is Quinn in negotiations? (Hardly likely, considering his show is hemorhaging half the lead-in from Daily. (Notice how fast we pick up on the lingo?)

Hmmm… Oh, well, we’re hopeful that it’s not the end… if for no other reason than there might still be a chance that they review the materials we sent to them a coupla weeks ago and they’re still booking new talent onto the New & Improved Tough Crowd! Stay tuned.

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