Do you want to hear something that Matt and I have been up to the last couple weeks, when we aren’t writing stories for this website? Holding a series of auditions with actors, who we asked to read vintage Dealbreaker posts in a dramatic fashion. As much as I would like to say that we did this purely for our own enjoyment– and make no mistake, we enjoyed it tremendously and in fact relished getting into the role of casting director– we actually did this for your benefit. What I’m saying is, on the evening of Wednesday December 12th, we will be holding Dealbreaker Dramatic Reading Night at a bar somewhere in downtown Manhattan. We can’t reveal too many details at this time but all you need to know is: a professional actor who has made it through our grueling audition process will read selected highlights from the Dealbreaker canon. It’s highly possible that Matt and I will be the only ones laughing but that’s what makes it so exciting. We want to keep this intimate and will be capping the guest list at ~40 so get your tickets here NOW.
Please Note: All information will be kept completely confidential.
Question: did any of the auditions involve 'naughty hawks'??
Forget the posts, they should read the comments!
Sir Laurence Olivier reading a compendium of Geezer Oil Trader posts would be the Epitome of Awesomeness.
If no Ashley Dupre stories are read I'm going to be very disappointed.
Is that like reading poetry? Shakespeare?
i just need to know what to wear.
I will be hosting the Midwest version at Ceres tonight in Chicago.
HD Webcast or GTFO
- Flyover Country
Meet me at Minetta's will take on a whole new meaning with Bess and Matt there in person
As long as reading of the rights won't be involved, I'm down.
Busey, with Gianna performing interpretive dance.
Can I use my Chase debit card to pay for my ticket?
What will you be wearing so I can recognize you?
I'm stopping by the Taco Bell at Penn Station for a bite afterwards. Who's with me?
-Vineyard Vines aficionado
Please do this again, I don't move to the city until early January.
I will be hosting the West Coast version at my sick penthouse, alone.
I got excited when I read this, then I realized I would be standing in a room full of Dealbreaker commenters and my enthusiasm dropped quickly
- afraid of the commentariat
To us, the "Dealbreaker canon" is anything that has ever appeared on this site. That includes comments…
Fly in Geezer Oil Trader or I'm not coming
Question – in a live commentariat setting, would you be more afraid of the "thumb ups" or the "thumb downs"?
I wish Nervous Jew would be there, but my guess is speeches delivered to large crowds make him very nervous
Hey, I'll be there if free bagels are on the menu.
But…there's safety in numbers, so maybe there's a shot?
My top choices would be : Drury and receipt guy.
Read that post about that guy who took all those LI / NJ girls in to pound town while munching on tacos in Penn Station. I offloaded my fiance and moved to NYC because of that post.
God in heaven, please let it be Christopher Walken.
You're not allowed.
no
Shia LeBeouf or GTFO
There aren't enough "No!"s on this site to accomodate his stuttering problem.
Yeah whatever happened to the hotel receipts guy?
-Fan of his work
Did any of mine make the cut??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Reading vintage TGFD
Joseph,
You don't have to do that.
Please, please, please, have Gilbert Godfry read N'08 and LAXBRO's comments. Additionally, have Sylvester Stallone read all FXTrader/OptionsTrader comments.
How about mine?
Guest
You can come Dave, but you have to do your world famous "Top 10".
After further review of prior Hotel Receipt Guy (HRG) posts it appears his "production" stopped before the DSK hotel event in NYC and has yet to recover. I suspect that the DSK hotel scandal, while a natural set up for the "receipt joke" of course, was a sad event that wasn't funny because of the nature of the scandal. An obvious conflict between a joke set up and real tragic allegations probably stopped the joke's muse at that point. Perhaps DSK had another victim in the loss of HRG?
Gay.
Wait wait wait, you're telling me Gilbert Godfrey ISN'T Laxbro? Well now I just don't know what to believe…
when do you know if you got the invite?
Monday!
The dramatic part will be acting out the histograms and Venn diagrams.
What time is it starting? Trying to determine if I can be in two places at once. This is tricky, since both involve alcohol
Please please please include one or eight of those "On my [INSERT ROUND] interview with Goldman Sachs…" posts.
Now, for a blogger…
IntenseDebate is being a piece of garbage (per usual) and not letting me login but it's starting at 7:30.
I know this is not suppose to be complicated. But 7:30, is that cocktail time or curtain time? I don't want to ask for a ticket and then walk in 10 minutes late into the production.
Or perhaps, HRG = DSK
- Superm….I mean Clark Kent
Curtain time-ish. Will probably start by 7:45/7:50.