In 2007, Procter & Gamble Productions teamed with the NYTVF on a nationwide talent search to find the best sketch comedy groups from around the country. The results of that search are showcased in the pilot episode of the "PGP Comedy Show." Groups from across the country were flown to New York to perform live for the chance to win meetings with representatives from the William Morris Agency and Comedy Central. Click below to view the pilot and the winning sketches.

Watch the complete pilot of the new "PGP Comedy Show":

Chapter 1	Chapter 2	Chapter 3
Check out the sketches featured in the PGP Comedy Show pilot in their entirety.
Trying New Things	The Commute	David Beckham in LA
Phone Call	Satan's Candelabra	The Donaldsons Go To War

Read below for the complete results of the PGP-NYTVF Comedy Talent Search including the original submission sketches.

The New York Television Festival is proud to present the regional winners of the PGP-NYTVF Comedy Talent Search!

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REGION – Eastern CITY – Washington, DC SKETCH GROUP – Crisis Lab SKETCH NAME – “David Beckham in LA” PERFORMERS – Danny Gavigan, Kevin Good, Casie Platt, Danny Rouhier
REGION – Central CITY – Chicago, IL SKETCH GROUP – The Cool Table SKETCH NAME – “Trying New Things” PERFORMERS - Kyle More, Joey Christopoulos, Dan Sanders-Joyce, David Rispoli, Pat Babbitt
REGION – Western CITY – Los Angeles, CA SKETCH GROUP – 25th Century Heroes SKETCH NAME – “The Commute” PERFORMERS – Bryan Irzyk, Levin O'Connor, Dave Taylor

The members of each troupe will attend the 2007 NYTVF and form a new sketch comedy supergroup, "The Procter & Gamble Productions Players." The group will perform new material at a live performance held at Comix Comedy Club (353 W. 14th St.) on Thursday, Sept. 6th at 10:30 PM. The performance will be recorded and packaged into a new comedy pilot starring the PGP Players.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

The following sketches were screened at the 2007 NYTVF as official honorable mentions in the PGP-NYTVF Comedy Talent Search.

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SKETCH GROUP – Free Love Forum SKETCH NAME – “Coal”
SKETCH GROUP – Greg and Lou Present SKETCH NAME – “Die Hard - I Love My Wife!”
SKETCH GROUP – Henry and Stein SKETCH NAME – “The Dale's Valentine's Day”
SKETCH GROUP – Overtime Comedy SKETCH NAME – “Harrison Ford in 'Bank Codes'”

Contest Overview

The New York Television Festival and Procter & Gamble Productions are holding a nationwide talent search to create a new ensemble cast of comic performers.  The performers will be invited to form the inaugural “Procter & Gamble Productions Players” and will appear in a new TV pilot recorded live at the 2007 NYTVF in September.  By uploading short comedy sketches that you write and perform, you are eligible to audition for a role in this pilot!  Here’s how it works:

The United States will be divided into three regions: East (Eastern Time Zone), Central (Central and Mountain Time Zones), and West (Pacific Time Zone, Alaska and Hawaii).  To enter the competition, performers in all three regions are invited to record a sketch comedy video running 2 to 4 minutes in length.  Each entry must include a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 performers.  The sketches must be submitted online by uploading them to the New York Television Festival and to MSN Soapbox.  The deadline to submit sketches for the talent search is August 3rd, 2007.  Sketches should adhere to traditional broadcast standards of a TV-MA program in terms of language and content.  Click here for directions on uploading your sketch to the NYTVF and to MSN Soapbox.

A combination of user ratings on Soapbox and the opinions of an industry panel will determine a winning sketch in each of the three regions.  The six to fifteen performers in the three sketches will be flown to Manhattan during the 2007 NYTVF and will be invited to form the inaugural Procter & Gamble Productions Players.  Once they arrive, members will be shuffled from their original teams into three new groups.  These groups have 48 hours to create and rehearse three new comedy sketches.  At the end of the second day, the troupe will star in a live performance for TV executives and industry attendees of the NYTVF.  As part of the performance, the regional winning teams will perform the sketches they submitted to the contest, and the shuffled teams will perform their three new sketches.  This live performance will be paired with rehearsal footage and backstage interviews to comprise The Procter & Gamble Productions Comedy Hour, a new TV pilot produced by Procter & Gamble Productions and the New York Television Festival.

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