The month of November is a critical time. New York City will select a new mayor, the NBA Season is underway and Hannukah and Thanksgiving occur on the same day, making it a rare time to celebrate the unsung heroes of American History – the Jewish Pilgrims.  But for me it is more important than all of those things combined.  That is because I have launched, if you did not already see, a fund raising campaign for my new web series, COMEDY ACADEMY.  In it I will reprise my role as Louis CK, from Louis CK Tells The Classics, as the Dean of a fictional comedy school.  I will also play George Lopez, Dane Cook, Gary Gulman and JB Smoove as professors of various comedic disciplines.  Joining me will also be comedian JP McDade (I only work with comedians over 6’4″ with initials, JP is 6’5″ ish) playing Professor Anthony Jeselnik.

It is a project that requires video taping, editing, make-up, a few make-up effects and location rentals so for the first and only time I decided to do a fundraising campaign to secure the needed funds (100% go towards costs so I will remain hilariously un-enriched from this series).  It will be funny, stands a good chance of going viral and you will be able to say you contributed (which I guess you can say even if you don’t, but then you are a liar). In exchange for any level of contribution (ranging from $5 to $100) you will receive various perks from me (all non-sexual. Sorry).  But please, with 27 days to go in the 30 day campaign we are about 20% towards the goal. So please give a small amount, a big amount, or something in between and encourage friends, family members, colleagues, Internet billionaires and any famous athletes you know to contribute to the campaign. You can learn more and donate at the link below:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/comedy-academy/x/5185338

Thanks in advance.  It will be released around Christmas 2013.

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