Musician and comedian Reggie Watts has snagged the third annual Andy Kaufman Award (did anyone know such a thing existed?) as part of a New York Comedy Festival showcase. The contest, whose judges includes Kaufman's father Stanley and his manager George Shapiro, featured unorthodox alternative comedians seemingly carrying on Kaufman's spirit. Watts won the judges over with his largely musical act (Watts is a member of the music group Maktub), using a sampler to create on-the-spot comedy songs out of his own beatboxing skills. Watts is currently developing a comedic travel show for Turner Broadband called "Zipcode," and is also developing a web show for Comedy Central's online network, Motherload.Other performers at the event included second place winner Ken Barnard and the rather fascinating looking Red Bastard, but neither of their websites feature any clips and appear to have been made in 1997.
Comedyblog favorite Charlyne Yi, soon to be seen in the new Judd Apatow film Knocked Up, was also in the mix, at one point attempting to use $125 to bribe any audience member to punch her in the face, which is about as Kaufmanesque as it gets.
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2 comments:
Wow. Kaufman awards. Is that something you can just attend or do you have to be a judge to be there? That's kinda sweet.
I'm not sure, there's not a lot of information about it online, but I'm assuming it was open to the public because it was at the New York Comedy Festival.
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