Ep 39: Found Footage Festival w/ Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett (aka Chop and Steele) The Found Footage Festival live show debuted in New York City in 2004 and has gone on to sell out hundreds of live shows each year across the U.S., Canada and the UK, including the Just For Laughs Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and Bonnaroo. It has been featured on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and National Public Radio and has been named a critics’ pick in The Guardian and The New York Times. To book a Found Footage Festival live appearance at your venue, university, or corporate event, email [email protected]. New episodes of VCR Party Live! premiere every Tuesday night at 9pm ET on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch and feature dozens of newly discovered VHS clips, plus special guests like Kyle Mooney, Jon Glaser, Jo Firestone, and David Cross, and regular segments like “This Week In Flying Windows” and “IMGs.” Regular viewers of the show call themselves “Melindas,” after a found VHS clip of Nick Nolte walking into a doctor’s office and saying, “Well, hello, Melinda!” Watch the origin story of Melinda here, and join the Patreon for exclusive bonus episodes each week. Deep cuts and full VHS finds, as well as the entire Found Footage Festival DVD output, is available on the FFF’s streaming service, Rewind-o. Pickett and Prueher are also the masterminds behind the Kenny “K-Strass” Strasser, Chef Keith, and Chop & Steele pranks that hit local morning TV news shows across and have since racked up millions of hits on YouTube. One appearance as the strongman duo Chop & Steele resulted in a federal lawsuit that Fast Company magazine called “the dumbest First Amendment battle” of the year. A documentary about Pickett and Prueher and their misadventures on local news and on the road, Chop & Steele, will hit theaters and streaming in 2023. https://www.instagram.com/foundfootagefestival/ https://www.foundfootagefest.com/ https://www.foundfootagefest.com/tour Chop and Steele Documentary available now to rent on Amazon and iTunes “Chop & Steele is a David and Goliath story of unexpected comedic proportions, a story about two men with an ambivalent relationship with success who learn that you can’t hang around in a hoodie making fun of everything forever—or can you? Bobcat Goldthwait, David Cross, The Yes Men, and Reggie Watts all appear in this tribute to Pickett and Prueher as friends, comedians, and dedicated pranksters.” - Cara Cusumano https://www.chopandsteele.com/ Edited by Otter Castro Co-host on Joe's section - Joe Buck Roberts Songs used Richie by BJ Snowden ⁠⁠https://bjsnowdenmusic.com/⁠⁠ I Never Feel Alone (Instrumental) There Was a Light (Instrumental) Easter (Instrumental) ⁠⁠https://www.stephenbluhm.fun/⁠⁠ Vintage Annals Archive Website ⁠⁠https://www.vintageannalsarchive.com/⁠⁠ The Jewish Vintage Annals Archive ⁠⁠https://www.vintageannalsarchive.com/the-jewish-vintage-annals-archive---digital-online-archive.html⁠⁠ Please support this project at Patreon! ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/VintageAnnalsArchive⁠⁠ Instagram ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/vintageannalsarchive/⁠⁠ Interviewed and edited by Richie Wexler Sponsor For info on Risk Podcast ⁠⁠https://www.risk-show.com⁠⁠ Info on Kevin's coaching and such ⁠⁠https://kevinallison.net⁠⁠

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