Join the who’s who of the Austin video sketch comedy scene with The P! Company, Beeftrain Incident, Backpack Picnic, and Studio 8, this Wednesday- May 28, 2008 @ 8pm at Austin’s Beasthouse.

We’ll be hanging out, interviewing each other, and having a general ball. Come for fun and really cool atmosphere. I hear they may even have some special gifts for those of you whom are interested. Beasthouse is located 604 E. 6th Street, we hope to see you there.

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P.S. And yes- that is the “Beast” from the Sega Genesis “Altered Beast“ video game on that image.

But now that you mention it- that would be pretty awesome. A 20 minute situational comedy- starring us, The P! Company. Oddly enough that’s sort of what our performance for Friday’s psuedo-variety show “Proctor” (8pm; ColdTowne Theater) will be like.

Well, not exactly. I mean- I suppose it is a sitcom so if you consider “Andy and myself being on stage” as a situation (situational) and you “laugh” (a response generally associated with comedy).

Maybe it’s closer to stand-up. But now that you mention it, stand-up comedy traditionally has one person on stage, and the P! Company usually has two or more on stage at any given time. What is it when two people are on stage- exchange… dialogue, so if dialogue is the essence of drama- that means maybe the show is like a play.

But traditional play structure observes the 4th wall (an imaginary divider that safely separates the audience and the action of the stage). P! Company usually talks directly to an audience. Maybe that’s like commercials.

Commercials directly sell an idea, product, or event to an audience member/potential customer, but then again our show doesn’t promote anything specific.

However, now that you mention it, this blog entry is a lot like a commercial. Go see “Proctor” Friday night, 8pm at ColdTowne Theater.

P.S. The P! Company’s official stance on comedy is that it is funny. We whole hardily promote the idea of laughter.

We feel Nick is hilarious. I’d go so far as to say, Nick Ramirez is not the “Funniest in Austin,” but rather he is the funniest person in the World.

While not advancing to the finals of Funniest Person, we (the P! Company) feel it prudent to reward his efforts with the first annual “P! Company’s Funniest Person in the World (in Austin [in the P! Company {in the category of stand-up comedy} ] ) award.

We can award success in three ways: 1) a hearty pat on the back, 2) a generic “attaboy,” and 3) a trophy (as from our little league youth). Now the P! Company doesn’t have any sort of inflated budget to be purchasing frivolous awards for every Tom, Dick, and Harry. The problem with a real trophy is that it will no doubt collect dust in people’s closets, but with the aid of computerolgoy we have created something perfect, a “virtual” trophy [see left].

This trophy will never collect dust or decompose. It will never bend or break. It also has the luxury of never having existed- so it will never grow old. It is an immortal sign of our appreciation to one, Nicholas “Garfield The Cat” Ramirez.

To Wong Foo Nick, Thanks for everything Julie Newmar The P! Company!

This video should inspire laughter- or at least the pivotal information necessary to know what is happening Thursday May 15th at 11:39 PM @ Coldtowne Theater. BUYER BEWARE!!!!

Click on the banner below or check it out on YouTube.

We’ve been busy here at P! Company HQ. We just finished our tour out at the Sylvan Beach Music Fest and Boat Show in LaPorte, TX. We’ll have some videos up on YouTube of that event a bit later. Should be fun.

We’ve also got our last 11:39pm “Hanging with Mr. The P! Company” show coming up on May 17th before the P! Company takes it’s brief summer break. You should come. We’re going to have a review of the best and brightest from our 2007-2008 season plus a few new surprises.

Don’t worry about us being absent though. Andy, Kyle, and the gang will be hard at work creating many, many new sketches for you dudes. We’ll be kicking things off with our hardcore summer production week affectionately termed Week of Madness or W.O.M. (shortened from 2006’s Month of Madness or M.O.M.).

Also, we’re planning an official Website re-design for you folks at home. So, stay tuned for all the fun and action at THEPCOMPANY.com.

The P! Company aims to please with A+ sketch comedy Thursday April 17th at 11:39 PM @ Coldtowne Theater. BE THERE!!!!

This video should explain any mysteries I may or may not have just revealed.

Go check us out on YouTube for some of our videos. or you can take a peak back in our Sketches Archive on thepcompany.com… here. We’ll be posting a bunch of sketches from the most recent shows real soon.

Treat yourself to the delicious quicktime version — Or, if you prefer, the Youtube flavor. (If you like that kind of thing).

To get you guys excited about the new show, we’ve encoded a video that brief you on waht happened at the last P! Company Show. Check it out below.

Laterz gatorz (I’m [too cool {for school}]).