Imagine a variety show on the set of a Twilight Zone Episode about a warehouse full of antique movie props….Awesome
Before the show the performing space is being set up.
A pillow for an audience member.
Josh Bisker readies the track lighting fixture before the audience arrives.
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SHOW TIME
Ellia and Josh Bisker get the show going by introducing the show.
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DALE SEEVER
Dale Seever begins his ‘spirit drawing’ session with a big easy chair and some spirits in hand.
Dale Seever holds up the ‘spirit drawing’ he did on the audience member.
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ZERO BOY
Zero Boy makes monster mayhem with his Sci-Fi Robot and Dinosaur love making scene.
More wonderfully insane stories told thru the vocal imagination of Zero Boy.
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ROB LOK
Rob Lok performs his manic madness on the audience.
Rob Lok performs an amazing handstand on 3 stacked chairs.
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PARIS
Paris (The Hip-Hop Juggler) spinning the red rings on his foot and hands.
Paris juggles five rings while kneeling on the floor. (Not enough ceiling height?)
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JOSH BISKER
Josh Bisker sings a lovely funny song for the audience at Superfun Variety Show
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DAVID BOYD
David Boyd performs card magic for the audience at Superfun Variety Show
David Boyd performs magic for onlooker Tanya Solomon who looks amazed.
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CARLA RHODES
Ventriloquist Carla Rhodes and Cecil Sinclair perform a hysterical set for the audience.
Cecil Sinclair sings a very funny song about Salt Water Toffee for the audience.
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ADAM KUCHLER
Adam Kuchler performs his wilding funny act for the audience.
While performing his wild act one of his swinging props lands in a precarious place.
Adam Kuchler realizes about his little mistake and feels the pain.
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BAD ADVICE
Right after the intermission the audience had a chance to ask questions which a select group of panelist would answer wtih “bad advice”.
Ellia Bisker sets up the table for the “Bad Advice” section of the show.
With Josh Bisker looking on, Cecil warms up to audience member panelist Mary Kelly Rayel.
Cecil loses his head during a heated fight between himself and Mary Kelly. Carla looks on!
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ELLIA BISKER
Ellie Bisker sings an original song from her Sweet Soubrette album.
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CHRIS GETHARD
Author of a new book titled A BAD IDEA I’M ABOUT TO DO. Chris invited an audience member (Austin Horse) onstage to liven up what he thought might be a slow performacne.
With Tazer in hand audience member Austin Horse proceeded to terrorize Chris.
(It was indeed a ‘bad idea that he did’)
While Chris Gethard reads his book he is constantly on the watch for Austin with the Tazer in his hand.
Chris Gethard almost gets ‘tazered’ by the hand picked Austin Horse.
Imagine what it would be like if you liked someone but they don’t know it!
You arrive at their front door and they don’t want to open the door.
Gustavo has grown as a story teller and the work he has been doing on his monologs is really showing.
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ISHAH JANSSEN-FAITH
Ishah is having trouble with her assistant as he can’t get her name right when introducing her!
She tries to get him to lift her up but he seems to be not able to do it the right way.
Steve McCarthy (an audience member visiting from Montreal) seems to be the right volunteer.
Ishah gets her ‘lift’ the right way from Steve.
Finally the ‘assistant’ gets it right and lifts Ishah the way she wants him to.
Funny routine by Ishah Jannsen-Faith.
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AUDREY CRABTREE AND BILLY SCHULTZ
What seems like an ordinary date for these two becomes anything but that.
A common enough conversation takes a wild turn.
The couple fling each other in different directions in more ways than one.
You will have to come and see this piece to find out what happens here?
A wonderful Premiere by Audrey and Billy. Directed by John Towsen
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KATE BREHM
A surreal walk thru the corridors of Kate’s mind.
Using metal chairs as instruments of passage Kate manipulated them in many varied ways.
Visually striking and performed wonderfully.
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KIMBERLY O’HARE
Reading her score from the sheet music set up on a special music stand Kimberly amazed the audience with great virtuosity.
Beautiful flute music with many musical surprises.
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TANYA SOLOMON
Called ‘Bushwick’s Queen of Mystery’, Tanya Solomon performs her magic for the audience at Who Wednesday.
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JOSH BISKER
The song is called “Till There Were Jews,” written and performed by Josh Bisker. It goes out, he says, to all those Chosen People who’ve wondered, “just what is it about us, anyway?,” as well as the formerly-goyish transplants whom New York City has transformed into bagel-loving, stuff-schlepping, hand-gesturing goodniks…you know, Jews. Josh, of the uke + trombone + trumpet combo Cobra Gold, and his sister Ellia, of indie-rock sensation Sweet Soubrette, are hosts of the Super Fun Superfund Variety Show, a regular cabaret featuring talents from the circus to the avant garde, staged in the Gowanus’s fabulous upcycling center, Film Biz Recycling. Mark your calendars for the next Super Fun Superfund show on February 11: amazing acts, spectacular prizes, and cheap drinks, all hidden in treasure-filled wonderland of repurposed film sets — what more could anyone want?
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JEFF – n- BUTTONS
Two wild and funny dudes (Jeff Seal and Chris Manley) crack up the audience once again
Last year they performed their duet show NEON LIGHTS at the NY Clown Theater Festival.
Bindlestiff Open Stage Variety Revue MC Keith Nelson.
Torkova performs two magic illusions. One of which was the ‘classic’ linking rings.
Argenus Ramlogan performed a wonderful ‘diablo’ set with many lovely moves.
Keith attempts to ‘roll’em’ and get a stacked set of dice.
Anatolia FireGoddess mesmerized the audience with her crystal ball act.
Josh Bisker moved from stagehand to performer in front or and with audience participation.
Keith performed the wonderful ‘spinning top’ routine.
Shayna Sara Golub was enchanting on the silks.
Jennifer Kovacs performed a lovely aerial act.
Tanya Solomon created a never-ending stream of salt from her hand after pouring only a small bottle into it.
Never ending the stream of salt!
Keith works on another traditional vaudeville juggling act.
Colin and Shane Miclon do some amazing cigar box juggling routines.
