Dailymotion and Jim Biederman Announce The Dregs as Winners of First “Great Sketch Comedy Showdown” Competition
On July 18th, Dailymotion U.S. announced the New York City-based sketch comedy troupe The Dregs as the winner of the “Great Sketch Comedy Showdown” competition (http://www.dailymotion.com/group/63851).
The Dregs, comprised of members Sandra Bauleo, John Roberts (the one in drag), Gina Vetro, and Clay Weiner, will receive a six month development deal with comedy producer Jim Biederman. This award includes mentoring, creative input and assistance in obtaining a distribution deal. The Dreg’s winning entries can be seen at http://www.dailymotion.com/the_dregs.
Jim Biederman is Dailymotion’s first professional mentor for the MotionMaker Mentor program in the US, which identifies and rewards outstanding contributors to the Dailymotion creative community. Jim was an executive producer of hit television series “Kids in the Hall,” “The Tom Green Show,” “The Andy Dick Show,” and “Whitest Kids U’Know.”
Over the course of four weeks, two hundred sketch comedy troupes uploaded over 900 videos! Dailymotion thanks all of the troupes for participating and we plan on featuring many of the videos on our homepages both in the US and International.