Comedy Central starts comedy school

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 3rd, 2007

It’s a sweet gig for Ted Alexandro. He’s the point man on Comedy Central’s Crash Course in Comedy, an online, interactive comedy course, sponsored by Hyundai. He’ll star in “10 broadband video classes” that will form the nucleus of the curriculum.

In this school, laughter is required, humor is a prerequisite and the desire to be on the road is a must. Today, comedycentral.com is opening up registration to “Crash Course In Comedy”– the first-ever interactive online comedy school for wannabe stand-up comedians.

Get ready. In a few short months we’ll be treated to a Comedy Central Presents which stars one of the first graduates of Comedy Central’s Crash Course in Comedy! Stand back and watch the flood of graduates that clog the clubs in New York City, Los Angeles, St. Louis and all points in between. In a year or two, we’ll be hearing of agents and managers who advise their clients (some of them three- or five-year veterans) that they must take the CC’sCCinC, if they want to be considered for spots on that network’s programming or slots on CC writing staffs.

Are too cynical?

Are we cynical enough?

(Thanks to FOS Tommy James for shoveling so many press releases our way!)