Hey Smiley Face Peeps,

This is Alan Lebetkin from the Smiley Face Show.

What a great turn out at our last show! Word's spreading fast about the strong comedians, great musicians, and innovative long-form videos we're presenting the third Saturday of every month.


Line to get in the theatre. Not pictured: a UFO


We're so pleased to watch the Smiley Face show develop and grow into the great experience we originally envisioned.


Sometimes "selling out" is a good thing


Now for just $5 (with a flyer that we will personally hand you right up to the start of the show), you can sit back, drink beer, eat cookies, eat candy, play with stuffed animals, watch the best comedians in the country, discover new videos, and hear a band. That's less than the price of one beer at a crowded, noisy bar!

Do the Math:

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So thank you to everybody who did the math last Saturday! Our next show will be Saturday, July 19. Come on out, the shows just keep getting better and better!

Thank you also to all of the Smiley Face performers for giving it their all. We set the bar impossibly high, and they just keep raising it. They are:

Ed Galvez, the energetic and friendly host, who killed all night long. And not just himself:


"Don't try this joke at home."


Nick Hoff, who delivered a hilariously twisted and convoluted set that surprised audience members with his quick wit. Something about Nick just makes you feel proud to be an American:


"USA! USA! USA!"


Mary Mack, who wowed us with her engaging monologues about inflatable birthing hips, high school lock-ins in South Dakota, and a sweet little ditty about gangster boys.


"I want to give birth in IKEA…"


The Meatgrinder Show, a new web series created by Chris Erb, that introduced us to a pair of roommates who make the odd couple look so 1950s.


This puppet knows how to talk dirty


Big thank you to Hands (band members Geoffrey Halliday and Ryan Sweeney) for playing a few of their classic songs. We love their amazing melodies, laid back sound, and innovative arrangements. Geoff's singing voice reminds us of Thom Yorke.


Your new favorite band


Filmmakers Curtis William Neill, Tom Becker and Randy Liedtke, great friends of the show, who put together a hilarious commercial for Bottled Warter (not Water). Their heroic efforts will do to the bottled water industry what Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" did for the meatpacking industry, no doubt.




Julie Cohen, who debuted her new web series Dov & Hawkins, a spoof on the Fair & Balanced news coverage we take for granted these days. Expect to see more of her videos at future shows.


Now I want to go to Mexico


Last but not least, we can't speak highly enough about the comedic stylings of Melinda Hill! Don't let her beauty fool you, Melinda's humor is simply ferocious. We were thrilled to get her as a headliner, and the audience couldn't have agreed more!


Last comic standing


You can see Melinda perform every Monday at the Tiger Lily bar in Los Feliz, where she co-hosts a show with two of our favorite comics, Natasha Leggero and Maria Bamford.

And one last thank you to the whole Smiley Face crew for producing another great show: Tom Becker, Lindsay Sample, Sean Hart, and Jan Flugum.

Hope you can make it to our next show July 19, featuring Michael Gelbart. Michael has two 30-minute television specials and tours regularly with Norm MacDonald.

Peace,


Alan Lebetkin
"The nice boy"

and


Flem Buttersworth
"Possibly gay"

All photos by Tom Becker