David Steven Simon

Only my client David Steven Simon could come up with a phrase like “the corner of oy and vey.” Whether he actually coined it or not, it fits the journey he is on to produce movie and TV content for our age group. Filled with decades of Hollywood experience, he was one of the leading head writers for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Mad About You, and Full House.

His new project is totally cutting edge and a new wild ride using CGI. David has asked me to get the word out about a 20-minute comedy short called “That’s News To Me.” It stars funny lady Caroline Rhea and funny man Jay Potter. The short features refugees from the worlds of Woody Allen, Stephen Sondheim, Newsies, Spamalot, The Onion Newscast, Blue Sky Studios, and Hornet Animation, a director-oriented studio that goes for the jugular of Me-TV‘s favorite classics.

I wanted DigiDame readers to be the first to see this movie so you can let me know what you think of it. This film and others yet to be produced are part of David’s brand new Manhattan-based TV and film company, The Wit Protection Program.

The press release we are using says:

“The production company pledges to protect and defend the kind of intelligent and well-crafted comedy that millions, ages 40 to dead, grew up on, but are now being totally ignored by Hollywood. The miracle of the film is that while budgeted at well over $150,000, the project wound up costing the company exactly zero. (*Partner and TV commercial graphic artist, legend David Zung, did shell out for a few props, craft services and a hooker named Debris).”

How did they pull such an elaborate stunt off? With a brilliant scam: they mined for gold at NYU, enlisting the crème de la crème of undergraduate geniuses from The Tisch School of the Arts to crew the film. The savvy veterans were smart enough to confer with and often defer to their fledgling crew members who brought an inherent vitality to the already unbridled, break all the rules, off the wall, project.

The goal of the film was to cram in as much entertainment value as possible in the least amount of time, so get ready to buckle up for a joke a second feast! There are more gags than “Lovelace!”

The film can be seen at:

Vimeo.com/davidworld/thatsnewstome.

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