Mask and Wig takes on the RIAA!

More homecoming videos are making their way to DuelingTampons.com.

This set of videos come from this year's Mask and Wig fall show "Phallus in Wonderland." (video credits: Kayd Mustonen). The videos cover clips from the show including the second act's opening number, the closer and a funny "Filler" dance break bit.

Typically Mask and Wig's second act opener uses popular songs to poke fun of current campus issues. This year, Mask and Wig used all Creedence Clearwater songs to poke fun of the RIAA cracking down on Penn students for illegal downloads ....leading President Gutmann to turn the internet off at Penn! Luckily, one student, "Roflcopter69" leads a rebellion and saves the day.

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Second act opener 1
Second act opener 2
"Filler" bit
Closing number

Recent Mask and Wig grad, Josh Burgess (C'07) had great things to report about this show with highlights centering around bits about "a computer that came out to its user (with a great impression of the computer-generated voice), two cowboys in a duel that kept going wrong, and one really ambitious bit that went in reverse, kind of like Memento."

I watch these Mask and Wig videos and am quick to reflect about my years in Mask and Wig, when we used soundtracks for our second act openers from Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band and Rocky Horror Picture Show to poke fun of topics ranging from the '92 presidential elections, to Judy Rodin's new appointment as President of Penn, to the "BYOB" (bring your own beer) issues (no alcohol could be served at fraternity parties..yeah those times were not fun).

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Hollywood Reporter all about Penn alumni today!

Outside of the Elizabeth Banks (C'96) announcement I posted earlier today, here are two more Penn (/Mask and Wig) alumni tidbits from today's Hollywood Reporter:

--Norm Golightly (W'94, Mask and Wig) to produce documentary on Police guitarist Andy Summers in a similar narration/photography style as the Robert Evans documentary "The Kid Stays in the Picture"

--Todd Lieberman (C'95, AEPi, Mask and Wig) to produce sci-fi comedy "Grounded" for Disney. (plot details not revealed as of yet)

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Penn undergrad's passion for Light Graffitti! (what?!)

Sorry, but the words "freaking cool" come to mind when I watched Brian Canavan's (C'10) documentary on Daniel Schwartz's (C'10) passion for Light Graffitti.

...You've got to check this out!

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She's all over the place

More announcements about Elizabeth Banks (C'96) this week when it comes to film and TV...

Liz will be starring in a new comedy in which (per The Hollywood Reporter), she "follows a pair of party-hearty energy-drink salesmen forced into the roles of big brothers to fulfill a community-service obligation who end up bonding with their assigned kids. Banks is playing Rudd's girlfriend who persuades him to join the program."

The film's director, David Wain, is the same guy who directed Liz in the short internet films I posted about this summer here.

Speaking of Liz, be sure to catch her on Scrubs, this Thursday night on NBC when her character gives birth!

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How did Penn fall to the bottom of THIS list?

Dartmouth Cords featured above

For the most part I enjoy some a capella groups (i.e. Off the Beat).

Not everyone is like me.

Ivygateblog.com editor Jim Newell (C'07, 34th Street Editor and Chief) DESPISES all capella groups ...so much in fact that he has started a "Worst A Cappella Group in the Ivy League" tournament based on bad submissions.

I hate to say it but he has a Penn a capella group in his first round.

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DuelingTampons.com helps alum win ABC News anchor position!

Back in early September, I encouraged DuelingTampons.com readers to help vote for Dara Cook (W'95) as a replacement anchor on ABC News Now's segment "What's the Buzz?".

Dara just emailed me to let me know that thanks to DuelingTampons.com and all your votes, she won (!) and that her first on-air interview is today (Tuesday, 12:30 pm) with 50 cent.

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Also, Dara tells me that Merry Miller is a guest on The View today (Tuesday), and The View hosts have been asked to plug Dara replacing Merry on What's the Buzz.

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A unique spin on the walk of shame...

Check out this latest entry from Aaron Karo's (W'01) (video) Ruminations.

This is classic!

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