Derrick Comedy may not be a household name quite yet, but it's likely you've stumbled across some of their work before. (At the very least, you're probably aware of its most famous member, Donald Glover.) The comedy group met as students at NYU, and quickly gained a following for their Internet videos, including "Bro Rape" and…
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Mystery Team was released on DVD today everywhere (under $20 on Amazon right now or VOD now). To celebrate, Derrick Comedy has released a new original sketch called "Thomas Jefferson". Watch it now, embedded after the jump.
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DERRICK Comedy's feature film debut Mystery Team had the fourth-highest per screen average this past weekend, a period during which they were the second-most Demanded thing on Eventful. Demand the film come to your city. I've been told that they're trying to respond to those demands in as timely a fashion as their schedule and…
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There's something heartening about Derrick Comedy's solidarity as they engage in promoting their feature-length debut, Mystery Team. When all the elements are taken together, the whole enterprise seems like a triumph of the web: Derrick's online roots and Youtube success; the blogger/festival circuit buzz about the film; the use of the Demand It campaign to…
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Derrick Comedy has been so busy making and promoting their feature film debut Mystery Team, that they haven't had the time to produce a new internet short film/comedy sketch in almost two whole years. Until now, that is. Derrick is releasing the short film "Boy Band" online to celebrate the further expansion of their indie comedy…
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At Sundance we saw a great new comedy called Mystery Team. You might remember, at the end of the festival, we wrote about the film in a post titled "One of the Most Marketable Films of Sundance 2009 Remains Unsold". And as far as we know, the film remains unsold. But don't worry, you'll eventually…
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Before I start my review, I think I better give you a little background. I'm not a big fan of sketch comedy, and never have been. I have never been able to completely place why this is, but I think it might have something to do with the obnoxiously over the top characterizations and the…
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