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Out of 216 people, this Penn alum is the winner

A couple of weeks ago, we covered the brilliant musical mind of Tom Christensen (W’03, Mask and Wig) as he competed in a national musical improv …

This Penn Alum’s 20 minute stamina has him hitting the comedy sweetspot

Over the past 4+ years, I’ve covered lots of alumni performing improv. There is one particular style of improv that has really caught my eye, or I …

Penn alum Whitney Cummings gets BOTH of her TV pilots picked up (watch preview!)

Back in February, a bunch of Penn alumni got their TV pilots ordered up by several TV networks. After the jump find about BOTH shows from Whitney Cummings …

These Penn alumni got their TV Pilots picked up

Over the past couple of months I wrote a few posts about some alumni who had TV pilots in development with the networks. Recently, all the networks have been …

Like this: Penn Alum sets up Social Network-inspired comedy at NBC

A couple years back I did a post on Sonny Lee (C’03, Penn Six, Full Measure, Penn Admissions) on how his entertainment job sucked and how he then took …

How dirty will CBS let her get with “Sex and the City” showrunner?

Over the years, I have featured Whitney Cummings (C’03) on DT about her Comedy Central special and the various roasts she’s been a part of. Her …

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