12/15 DARFUR BENEFIT: w/ John Oliver, Greg Giraldo, Todd Barry, Eugene Mirman, MORE

[HeyItsLiam]

Monday, December 15th!
TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
THERE'S NO CHRISTMAS IN DARFUR!

at The Bell House
149 7th St.
Park Slope, Brooklyn
F train to Smith & 9th
21+
DOORS OPEN: 7:30pm

TICKETS: $25.00
Free drink w/ admission!
(Tickets can be purchased in advance at Ticketweb: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/Sal...eventId=647914)

A comedy benefit for Save Darfur (http://savedarfur.org).

Hosted by: LIAM McENEANEY

With:
JOHN OLIVER
from The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart and his one-hour special "Terrifying Times"

GREG GIRALDO
from "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil," the Comedy Central Roasts, The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and two Comedy Central Presents: Greg Giraldo specials

TODD BARRY
from his "Comedy Central Presents: Todd Barry" specials, The Sarah Silverman Program, and the movie The Wrestler

EUGENE MIRMAN
from his Comedy Central Presents: Eugene Mirman special, Flight of the Conchords, Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien, and his appearances at the Montreal Just For Laughs, Bonnarroo, and Bumbershoot Festivals

EDDIE BRILL
from the Late Show w/ David Letterman & "Comedy Central Presents: Eddie Brill"

ANDRES DUBOUCHET
is a writer for Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien

KURT BRAUNOHLER
from the popular Penelope Princess of Pets webseries and a top prize finalist at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

and more TBA

Music from:
A BRIEF VIEW OF THE HUDSON
is the regular "house band" for Tell Your Friends! and was voted "Best Folk-Rock Duo" in the 2003 NY Press Best of Manhattan issue

TALLY HALL
is a young band on the rise. Their debut album, "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum," was released in 2008 on Atlantic Records. They've made multiple appearances on "The Late Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson" and recently performed at Lollapalooza.

AND WITH YOUR DJ Craig Baldo

PLUS: The Comedy Nerd Raffle:

Prizes include:
* A COPY OF "I'M AMERICA AND SO CAN YOU" AUTOGRAPHED BY STEPHEN COLBERT
* THE COMEDY CENTRAL GIFT BAG: with CDs and DVDs including Demetri Martin and Season 2 of the Sarah Silverman Program
* THE STANDUP RECORDS GIFT BAG: with 10 CDs and DVDs
* THE ASPECIALTHING RECORDS GIFT BAG
* THE ONION GIFT SET: with an autographed Onion book and autographed books by Onion editor Joe Garden
* THE COMIX COMEDY CLUB SET: tickets for two to a show, including free dinner and complimentary wine service
* FREE TICKETS TO MIKE BIRBIGLIA'S "SLEEPWALK WITH ME"
* FREE TICKETS TO THE HERE THEATER
and more...

PRODUCED BY: Liam McEneaney & Jessica Flores

[HeyItsLiam]

Just added: the band TALLY HALL. This is going to be fun!

Learn more about why I'm stoked about Tally Hall here: http://www.tallyhall.com/

[HeyItsLiam]

Just Added: Eugene.

And a list of some excellent raffle prizes.

[Gnome Chomps Key]

Is this 21+?

Edit: I'm an idiot.

[HeyItsLiam]

What is it with the kids in this town? When I was 17, 21+ meant you didn't tell your parents.

Then again, when I was 17 I got into a mess of shit.

[HeyItsLiam]

This has been made a pick in Time Out NY, The Onion, Flavorpill, and a few other places. Just braggin'.

[HeyItsLiam]

Backhanded plug by the NY Times: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...fight-tragedy/

See you there...

[Jenny]

You all know the money will go to the Save darfur campaign rather than aid workers in the country,yes?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/02/wo...rfur.html?_r=1
Just read it: this organization is in favor of miltary intervention when it isn't really needed.

[HeyItsLiam]

From the linked article:
"In Iranian media the campaign is criticized for presenting a one-sided picture of a ceaseless campaign of ethnic cleansing by the Janjaweed against defenseless villagers, without presenting details on the region's rebels, who have committed some abuses of their own. "

Well, then I guess I'll call off this benefit. Actually, Save Darfur is an advocacy organization that acts in the same way a Political Action Committee does, to bring pressure on US legislators to act to help end the conflict in Darfur.

I really don't have the time to go into all the ways that this article contains information that is either misleading or false (surprise! A Wikipedia article about a controversial subject that contains "facts" that are more sensational than they are factual), but I will say that I decided to do the benefit for Save Darfur when a friend of mine who works for Unicef told me "Don't do a benefit for us, we have too much money and it all gets spent on overhead. Do it for this group instead."

[Jenny]

I changed the link to a New York Times article. It should be a much better source.

[HeyItsLiam]

Dera Jenny;

I don't know what kind of person tries to convince people to not go to a benefit for a worthy cause, but please never introduce yourself to me. I honestly don't want to know you.

[Jenny]

This is my main objection, from that wikipedia ariticle:

"June 2, 2007, The New York Times ran Stephanie Strom and Lydia Polgreen's "Advocacy Group's Publicity Campaign on Darfur Angers Relief Organizations" [3] which addressed that Save Darfur spent $15 million in 2006 and none of it went to aid groups on the ground in Darfur and that "some relief agencies said they were horrified when Save Darfur's ads in February reported that 'international relief organizations,' among others, had agreed that the time for negotiating with the Sudanese government had ended."

the coalition is for military intervention when a war would create chaos.

[billynord]

Sod off, Jenny. i'd say put on a show to benefit your ideal cause, but I'm convinced Joe McCarthy's fine in the funding department.

[Keith Whitener]

the coalition is for military intervention when a war would create chaos.

There's already a war happening and this benefit is fund the effort to stop it.

[klaus_kinski]

Best of luck with the event! I hope it's packed and that you raise a lot of money. Wish I could be there but like most I am broke. I'd darfur some extra cash

[Jenny]

There's already a war happening and this benefit is fund the effort to stop it.

Yes,but the leaders of the coalition advocate another war to stop it.

And I quote:

"Prendergast and the Save Darfur Coalition say they are not advocating military invasion. However when they campaign for enforced “no fly” zones that require foreign aircraft they are in fact calling for military intervention whether they admit it or not. We can look at the very recent examples where no fly zones have been implemented (northern Iraq and Yugoslavia) to see where it happens"


Read the rest here:http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/200...tinues-part-1/

[billynord]

Start a different thread, you overcompensating showboat.

[Keith Whitener]

Yes,but the leaders of the coalition advocate another war to stop it.

That's not another, separate war. That is a facet of the same conflict. To say it's another war is to say that when America joined WW2 it created another war. The war is already there, it's already happening. Getting involved does not create another secondary war on top of that. When Todd Barry is done telling jokes and Eugene Mirman takes the stage, he's not starting another comedy show. He is, instead, performing comedy in the very same show that Todd is performing in. It's all the same, really great show working to amass funds to end an awful, very big conflict.