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"ROOFTOPCOMEDY LAUNCHES 2ND ANNUAL NATIONAL COLLEGE COMEDY COMPETITION The Search for the Country&amp;#039;s Funniest College Students in Stand-Up Category Kicks off 32-Campus Tour  Funny Film Competition in Progress \u2013 Entries Being Accepted Through March 15th  San Francisco, CA  \u2013 RooftopComedy, the leading provider of original stand-up and sketch comedy content for mobile, web and broadcast outlets, today launches the 2nd Annual National College Comedy Competition, the search of the country&amp;#039;s funniest college students. The competition has two categories, Stand-Up which kicks off on January 29th and Funny Films, which is currently accepting submissions through March 15th. For the Stand-up competition, RooftopComedy will be visiting 32 campuses from January 29 to March 6, culminating in the Finals at the Aspen RooftopComedy Festival on June 11-13, 2009. During this first, on-campus, phase of the Stand-Up competition, any enrolled student from the 32 schools can compete for a slot on their school&amp;#039;s Comedy Team. College Comedy Teams then go head-to-head against regional rival schools in a series of online-voting and live elimination rounds, all of which are open to the general public. The top teams from each region will then travel to Aspen, CO to compete in the Finals which will be broadcast live via the web at our website. The Funny Film category will identify the best, most compelling comedic short films from student filmmakers at all schools throughout the US. Entries must be submitted at www.RooftopComedy.com/college and received by March 15, 2009. Like the Stand-up category, a series of celebrity judging and online voting rounds will narrow the field, with the final four contestants having their films screened at the Aspen RooftopComedy Festival to determine the winner.  Voting for both categories can be done online at www.RooftopComedy.com/college or via mobile phone by going to m.rooftop2009.com, which is powered by Buzzwire, the exclusive mobile voting partner for RooftopComedy. The films and stand up acts of contestants will also be featured on Buzzwire&amp;#039;s mobile RooftopComedy site throughout the competition (m.rooftop2009.com). &amp;quot;The 2008 National College Competition exceeded all expectations, with over 600 students from all over the U.S. stepping up to compete and over 20,000 attendees coming out to watch the action. The sky&amp;#039;s the limit for 2009,&amp;quot; said Will C. Rogers, Founder and CEO of RooftopComedy. &amp;quot;The success of this program is so gratifying because it really embodies the mission of RooftopComedy, to give comedy fans access to the newest, funniest and most cutting-edge comedy from around the globe and to give new comedians an audience. We are thrilled to be able to include college comics in this group.&amp;quot; The Stand-Up portion of the 2009 RooftopComedy National College Comedy Competition kicks off on January 29th at UC Berkley and travels across the country hosting events at the following schools (Schools and dates are subject to change. For school updates, please visit www.rooftopcomedy.com/college.) EASTERN REGION Harvard University \u2013 2/27 Yale University \u2013 2/17 Boston University \u2013 2/28 Boston College - tbd University of Connecticut 2/19 Marymount Manhattan College - 2/21 Emerson College \u2013 3/3 Farleigh Dickinson University - tbd  SOUTHERN REGION Duke University \u2013 2/18 University of North Carolina \u2013 2/22 University of Pennsylvania \u2013 2/27 Temple University \u2013 2/15 University of Florida \u2013 2/6 University of South Florida - tbd University of Virginia \u2013 2/19 George Washington University - tbd  WESTERN REGION UC Berkeley \u2013 1/29 UC Santa Cruz \u2013 2/5 UC Santa Barbara - tbd UCLA - tbd Stanford University \u2013 2/12 San Francisco State University \u2013 2/23 University of Colorado, Boulder \u2013 2/11 Colorado State University - 5/12  MIDWEST REGION  Ohio State University \u2013 2/21 Xavier University \u2013 2/17 Ball State University \u2013 2/18 Indiana University \u2013 2/19 Columbia College Chicago 2/26 University of Chicago \u2013 2/23 University of Minnesota \u2013 3/4 University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire 3/4   For more information, visit www.RooftopComedy.com/college. About RooftopComedy RooftopComedy is the leading distributor of interactive comedy programming for web, mobile and broadcast media outlets and the producer of original comedy productions. RooftopComedy records live comedy performances every night of the week, 365 days a year from its network of comedy clubs throughout North America, Europe and Australia. Working with more than 3,000 professional comedians, RooftopComedy maintains a growing video library of tens of thousands of hours of stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, improvisational comedy and comedic short films. RooftopComedy produces a range of local and national events programming, including the annual National College Comedy Competition and the Aspen RooftopComedy Festival. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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