The ComedySportz Indianapolis Seventh Anniversary
Awards Spectacular!
by Marc Hirsh
[all photos by Elizabeth Lutz and Abigail
Young]
On Saturday, February 12, ComedySportz
Indianapolis celebrated its 7th anniversary and gave its player awards.
A near-capacity crowd celebrated with us and were treated to a full match
with teams of 7 actletes (one for each year in Indy) and 2 refs (one for...
um... each team). Here's the recap!
Rookie of the Year
Nominees: Jon Colby, Doug Downey, Darin Garrett
Winner: Jon Colby, Doug Downey (tie)
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"And so the man says, 'That's not a pig, that's my wife!'"
Doug accepts gracefully as Jon nods appreciatively. |
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Ed and Lynn try desperately to prevent Jon from proving that
he can fit his entire fist in his mouth. The evening ends in disaster. |
Best Sound Effects
Nominees: Dave Beyer, Jamie McNulty, Jeff Ridenour
Winner: Dave Beyer
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Lacking a photo of the absent Dave Beyer, the webmaster resorts
to the lame use of stock images. |
Best Odd Scrod
Performer
Nominees: Tracy Parrish, Jeff Ridenour, Ed Trout
Winner: Jeff Ridenour
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Marc, Jeff and Woody are momentarily distracted by the shiny
lights. It passes. |
Best Gibberish
Nominees: Chris Bauman, Lynn Becker, Jon Ridenour
Winner: Chris Bauman
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Chris ruins an otherwise perfect evening when he takes out
his glass eye. |
Lifetime Achievement
Award (Special Award)
Winner: Lynn Becker
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Lynn, Mia and Ed show off the moves that won them the leads
in the new Broadway revue Monkeemania. |
Best Character
Work
Woody Rau, Mia Lee Roberts, Jon Ridenour
Winner: Jon Ridenour
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Jon announces his departure from ComedySportz to audition
for Goodfellas - The Musical. |
Best Performer
in an Improvised Soap Opera
Nominees: Chris Bauman, Tracy Parrish, Woody Rau
Winner: Chris Bauman
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The little guy on the right is Chris. |
Best Scene Work
Nominees: Marc Hirsh, Jeff Ridenour, Ed Trout
Winner: Ed Trout
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Now that he has won, Ed finally details his fiendish plot
to take over the world. |
Best Performer
in a Sketch Comedy Show
Nominees: Joel Bruns, Jeff Ridenour, Jon Ridenour
Winner: Joel Bruns, Jeff Ridenour (tie)
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See "Best Sound Effects" and replace "Dave
Beyer" with "Joel Bruns." Thank you. |
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Jeff, in a rare moment of confusion, gives his acceptance
speech into the trophy and tries to take the microphone home to put on his
mantel. |
Best Mental Attitude (Special Award)
Winner: Tim Harrison
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Angry at somebody else taking Best Mental Attitude, Mia ironically
shows why she lost by viciously mauling the winner. |
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"Thank you, that was 'My Heart Will Go On.' Now let's
hear it for the Moskovitzes and 30 wonderful years of marriage!" |
Best Referee
Nominees: Marc Hirsh, Mia Lee Roberts, Ed Trout
Winner: Ed Trout
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Now that Marc has lost, he sees no need to even stay awake
during the rest of the awards or the subsequent match. |
Most Valuable Player
Nominees: Jeff Ridenour, Jon Ridenour, Ed Trout
Winner: Ed Trout
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This is the back of Ed's head, ladies and gentlemen. |
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