RooftopComedy National College Comedy Competition Announces Funny Film Semi-Finalists - Kicks Off 1st Round of Online & Mobile Voting

RooftopComedy National College Comedy Competition Announces Funny Film Semi-Finalists - Kicks Off 1st Round of Online & Mobile Voting

48 Student Filmmakers Compete to be Named One of "Country's Funniest College Students"

SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- RooftopComedy's 2nd Annual National College Comedy Competition (www.rooftopcomedy.com/college) today announces the 48 semi-finalists in the Funny Film category, kicking off the first of four rounds of competition in which the filmmakers compete to be named one of "The Country's Funniest College Students" along with the winners of the Stand-Up category.

Viewing of all films and voting for favorites in the following rounds of competition can be done of online and via mobile device at www.RooftopComedy.com/college and m.rooftop2009.com, which is powered by Buzzwire, the exclusive mobile voting partner for RooftopComedy:

   --  April 17-April 23:  Viewer's Choice (Online & Mobile Voting narrows 48       films to 24)   --  April 24-May 8:  Director's Cut (Expert Panel of Judges narrows 24       films to 12)   --  May 11-17: Viewer's Choice - Round 2 (Online & Mobile Voting narrows       12 films to 4)    --  June 11-13: Finals Screening (Live, Online Voting at Aspen       RooftopComedy Festival)   

The following 48 funny films were selected as semi-finalists by a panel of experts and will go on

   FUNNY FILM                   NAME               SCHOOL   ----------                   ----               ------   Valentine's Day              Alan Teran         University of Colorado   Consonant Sorrow Trailer     Andrew Higgins     Emerson College   Anti-Dipping PSA             Austin James       Scottsdale Community                                                    College   Cat Forum                    Beards of Industry Xavier University   Danny and the Page           Beards of Industry Xavier University   Toy Salesman                 Beards of Industry Xavier University   Slap Five                    Beards of Industry Xavier University   Broken Wind                  Brian Lipko        Temple University   Fun with Beans               Brooks Wheelan     University of Iowa   STO                          Dan Perrault       Emerson College   Beowulf Telemarketer         Dan Perrault       Emerson College   People With Boring Ass Lives Dandrell Scott     Illinois State University    Reality Show   A Self-Centered Conversation Daniel Bang        New York University   On Set                       Felix Martiz       Cal State Long Beach   Tighter Than You             James Jeffrey      San Jose State   Yoplait Ya                   James Marcus Haney USC   No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Jared Barnett      University of Utah   Sculpey the Slug             Jennifer Kehl      UC Santa Cruz   A Cartoon by Jesse Fernandez Jesse Fernandez    San Francisco State                                                    University   Hand in Hand                 Joey Kadin         University of Miami   Amateur Porn Sketch          John Pope          University of North                                                    Carolina   Wood Painting                John Townsend      New York University   The Depraved Little Toaster  Lee Jutton         NYU   Visionary                    Lucy Martin        Marymount Manhattan   Walter's Wonderful Workouts  Mark Potts         University of Oklahoma   Interview                    Mathew Brady       Marymount Manhattan                                                    College   Dinner Date                  Matt Lieberman     Emerson College   Pizza                        Matt Starr         The Ohio State University   College Bop                  Matt Starr         The Ohio State University   Its Been A Year              Nate Gross         Emerson College   The Hand You're Dealt        Nathan Blackwell   Scottsdale Comm. College   College Isn't Free           Nathan Worden      Linn Benton Comm. College   Nick Pills                   Nicholas Reczynski Ball State University   Yello Cake                   Pat Bishop         Northwestern University   Snow Day                     Peter Vass         University of Iowa   Obamarama                    Phil Hamilton      Emerson College   Sammy Says                   Rachele Volpe      New York University   Supermodel Workout           Samuel Taggart     University of Virginia   The Car Whisperer            Samuel Taggart     University of Virginia   Don't Poop On My Face        Samuel Taggart     University of Virginia   Stuff That Shouldn't Blow Up Scott Hanscom      UC Berkeley   Bros                         Sideshow MSU       Michigan State University   PottyMouth                   Sideshow MSU       Michigan State University   A Day With Sam Sid, Santa's  Sidney Diongzon    Chapman University    Helper   The Proxy Father             Theodore Allen     San Francisco State                                                    University   The Rule                     Tim Kressin        Chapman University   TOAM The One Armed Man/The   Trent Hilborn      University of Wisconsin    Trailor   Genevieve                    Willy Appelman     Skidmore College   

For more information and to view all the funny films, visit www.RooftopComedy.com/college.

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