Seriously Unusual Television Network- music & comedy

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We are looking to gain support for our local televised show. We are trying to stay on the air, and we need as much word to spread as possible about this great Bay Area opportunity for local talent!!!!

Also, there are several Burners involved in the show since its inception 4 years ago, struggling to showcase their art!!! (actors, comedians, musicians, photographers, filmmakers, CAST AND CREW ALIKE!!!)

The more you support, the more likely there will be a venue that is owned by the BAY AREA, right here!!!! Don't move to LA or New York just to showcase your talents!!!! Support SUTN !!!


more information....

"Seriously Unusual Television Network" (aka S.U.T.N.) is the first televised comedy sketch show of it's kind showcasing Bay Area local talent on a major network -UPN

You can
Watch SUTN on UPN 1:00 am Late Saturday Nights
in the BAY AREA
Cable 12 or KBHK channel 44

or come be a part of it!!!
Be in the live studio audience in San Francisco
Taped on Sundays at 8:00 pm
www.sutn.com to reserve your FREE TICKETS!!!

But wait.... here is the important information...

Seriously Unusual Television Network is a completely independent show, run entirely by students and artists, of which many Cast and Crew are dedicated burners.

Because of the grass roots foundation of SUTN, we are constantly in combat with corporations who only want to crush and/or take us over.

This is the first Bay Area show (that I know of ) to be independent from the Viacom's and Clear Channel's of the world on a major network.

SUTN has a voice in the community and is making a contribution to comedy, but Viacom is trying to rid us of our voice. They are the Goliaths and we are the David's and like any giant, they have a vulnerable spot. Their vulnerability is the power of your voice.

If you want corporation to tell you how you should live and what you should watch and take the possibilities and opportunities away from artists and independent thinkers, which is what America was based on, then don't do anything.

But if you believe the airwaves should belong to the people, then this is your chance to get involved and help make a difference. Here is how you can help with very little effort:

1. Watch SUTN on TV. (UPN BAY AREA KBHK 44 CABLE 12)

2. Go to live tapings when you can in SF (taped at the fabulous KPIX studios)

3. Send an email to your email lists letting people know about this new, innovative show which is providing opportunity to artists and students.

4. Let people know about free tickets at www.sutn.com



MOST IMPORTANT

If you have seen the show
5. Go to http://kbhk.com/feedback which is direct link to our superiors in New York, and take a moment to let them know how important this show is to the community.

WHY IS THIS SHOW SO IMPORTANT?

This show is important because we are creating a mold in broadcasting for which, if successful, others will follow. The mold is that this is the first show of it's kind on a major network to be run, not by corporation, but entirely by students and artists. Others have tried, but never on a major network run by corporations. If this works, The Bay Area will prove ,once again, that we are free thinkers and truly independent from the machine.

SUTN has never taken money or made any money from the show, which is not our goal. Our goal is to prove that the unachievable is, through the power will and perseverance, achievable. Our goal is to provide a platform for artists, students, and free thinkers of the world to voice their creative, uncensored thoughts on a major network. Our goal is to provide a new mold in broadcasting that was taken away from us by corporation. Our goal is to fight the machine and big brother. Our goal is to give back what was taken away. Our goal is to make you laugh. Our goal is to give you free entertainment. Our goal is to create new jobs and better the opportunities in education. Our goal is to get involved. Our goal is to question authority. Our goal is your goal and your goal is our goal.

Please help where you can. We will be going to other UPN markets this Summer so we may broaden our horizons and gain strength in numbers so, in turn, we can make, once and for all, a difference that actually helps our community, our children, our education and our lives.

Please, if you can help in any way, contact our office at 408-295-7469 and ask for Amy or Darren. Executive Producers and inspiring people!!!!

PS BURNERS We are always looking for new musical and artistic talents. There may be a forum for you on SUTN. Please contact us and share ideas!!! Help us expand while we help showcase your talents!![/b]

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At our last taping, there was a reporter from the Bay Area Reporter in the audience.  Here is what he wrote in his column:
 
 
*This is a sneak preview from the "Calendare" column
in the Bay Area Reporter's entertainment section,
which will be hitting the streets this Thursday, May 20, 2004.
The Reporter is a renowned newspaper for SF's gay community.

Calendare
by Mark Mardon
'SUTN' on UPN 44
What are you doing this Saturday night/Sunday morning at 1 a.m.? If
you're anywhere near a television, be sure to check out Seriously Unusual
Television Network (SUTN) on UPN 44 - Bay Area Cable 12 for a close-up
look at an hour-long comedy/music broadcast not unlike Saturday Night
Live, yet produced in San Francisco and orchestrated with the same manic
energy and sharp precision. SUTN (www.sutn.com) offers biting social
satire, much buffoonery, a super house band, stellar guest bands, and an
array of characters generating non-stop laughs via ensemble comedy skits
and standup acts.
My rock star buddy Moon Trent and I attended the latest videotaping in
the sizeable UPN 44 studio in North Beach, where we and a hundred or so
other audience members were treated to a lively show orchestrated behind
the scenes by Executive Producers Amy Conners and Darren Home, with a
little help from my other rock-star pal, Bill Buck, as the Floor Manager.
The acting/comedy ensemble consisted of Amy Conners, Angie Higgins, Devon
Lee Grover (gaydar alert!), Joe "Chuck" Pfeffer, Linda Bulgo, Marcus
Osborne, Paul Trask, Rachel Warner, Tom Dragt and Eric Toms
(straight-but-sensitive hunk alert!). You likely haven't heard of any of
them yet, but take Moon's word for it: All are on their way to
superstardom. As cameras moved back and forth between skits and live
music, Moon was everybody's biggest fan, and his enthusiasm was genuine.
He practically screamed when he realized the guest band were Nashville
country musicians Billy Falcon (www.BillyFalcon.com) and his daughter
Rose (www.RoseFalconFriends.com), singing some of his favorite songs.
The house band did a slick job of livening up the show, playing with the
kind of verve and smarts we late-night-TV afficionados have come to
expect, with Steven Crain on bass guitar; Heather Courtney on lead
vocals; DB Walker on lead guitarist; and veteran SF-musician Kenny Schick
on sax, flute, guitar & vocals.
While one skit bombed because it had too many hooting drunk
ornithologists, the rest got huge laughs, especially a bit involving a
dopey shop teacher, a New Age busybody, gobs of white glue, sticky paper,
and a popped eyeball. All the comics were wonderful throughout, but what
caught Moon's and my attention the most was the super sexy, wonderfully
comic young Eric Toms, who started his comedy career at The SUTN Comedy
Network's live theater main stage at Big Lil's Comedy Cabaret in San
Jose, where SUTN originated in 1999 and ran for 80 shows before moving
first to KRON TV-4 and now to its more expansive home at UPN 44. In this
Saturday night's show, you'll see Toms in a stand-up piece musing on how
he has to work hard to get women to notice him, but when he walked into a
gay bar that one time with his gay friends, suddenly guys were hitting on
him right and left and damn if that didn't feel fine! He's straight
though. You bet.