“Those Who Can’t” A Comedy Pilot by Denver Locals!
by Tim Wenger
A collection of Denver-based filmers, actors known as The Grawlix, and even Air Dubai drummer Nick Spreigl, have come together on a web-based TV series called “Those Who Can’t.” Entered into Amazon.com’s brand new Amazon Studios, the show is based around three high school teachers plotting revenge on a student who has made their lives a living hell.
Andy Jett, of Indie 101.5 fame in addition to being a big comedy producer here in Denver, worked on the pilot episode with the Grawlix crew. “As we are literally a key part of the marketing of the launch of the entire Amazon Instant Video Platform, we have just been told (literally) that the pilot that will be released on Amazon Instant Video for FREE for the next month, and then Amazon will decide if our show, along with four other sitcom candidates, will get full seasons on their new Instant Video platform that JUST launched for computers and home video game systems,” says Juett via email.
Denverites may be familiar with The Grawlix, an alternative comedy show featuring Adam Clayton-Holland, Andrew Overdahl, and Ben Roy. In addition to their live comedy shows and web series (which can be viewed at funnyordie.com/thegrawlix), this group of comedians, writers, and producers is responsible for the “Those Who Can’t” pilot episode, which they submitted to Amazon Studios during open submissions to Amazon Studios for an original comedy series. The pilot was directed by the Nix Brothers.
“During the process of making the pilot, we were able to lure in some pretty great cast members that were some of our famous friends including Kyle Kinane (voice of Comedy Central) who plays the crotchety Rod Knorr, MTV’s Nikki Glaser and Rory Scovel in addition to Ben, Adam and Andrew,” says Juett.
The music for the pilot was written and recorded by Spreigl, who came into contact with the group through Juett. Spreigl teaches drum lessons to Juett’s son and Juett, upon learning that Spreigl played in Air Dubai, approached him about doing the music for the program. “We started talking and he was like, ‘I have this pilot, and we need some music for it,’” says Spreigl. “It’s about teachers, so we were thinking a drumline.” Spreigl wrote all of the music for the pilot.
The pilot is currently streaming on Amazon’s website. The link is as follows: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CBNPCZ2. Viewers can vote for this pilot, or any of the others that are entered in the competition. “This is the part where we wait and see,” says Spreigl. “It’s important for people to check it out, vote, and support Denver. It was cool to collaborate with some other Denver people,” he adds. “Comedians with their own thing going on, I’ve got my own thing going on, but being able to come together and be able to do something together that pushes Denver into the spotlight is exciting. The comedy scene and bands are blowing up, people are starting to pay attention to Denver a lot more.”
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Category: Local News
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