RooftopComedy Launches 1st Annual National College Comedy Competition

The Search for the Country's Funniest College Students Visits 32 Campuses Hosting Stand-Up & Short Film Competitions

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13 -- RooftopComedy (www.RooftopComedy.com), the Internet Comedy Channel and foremost provider of stand-up and sketch comedy, announces the launch of the 1st Annual National College Comedy Competition, searching for the Country's Funniest College Students with contests on 32 campuses across the county, regional semi-finals and a final competition in Aspen CO May 24-27.

The National College Comedy Competition features 2 categories, Stand-Up and Short Film. During the first, on-campus phase of the Stand-Up competition, students go head-to-head for one of 8 slots on their school's 'comedy team,' which then goes on to compete in the semi-finals at one of 16 prestigious comedy clubs. Audience members and judges will determine the 16 funniest comics, who will be narrowed to 4 finalists through online voting. Both online voters and a panel of celebrity judges will pick the top 4 funniest films. Winners proceed to the Finals in Aspen where they will compete in a live broadcast on RooftopComedy.com and viewers from all around the world vote online to determine the Country's Funniest College Students.

"We are very excited to travel the country in search of new talent to introduce to comedy fans," said Will Rogers, CEO of RooftopComedy. "We started this company in 2005 order give comedy fans access to the best, most cutting- edge and funniest professional comedy from around the globe and we realized that there is well of untapped talent in our county's colleges and universities, and we wanted to give students a platform to launch themselves."

To enter, comedians and filmmakers need to register at www.RooftopComedy.com/college

Rooftop Comedy's National College Comedy Competition kicks on Friday, February 15th at Harvard University and travels across the country hosting events at the following schools:

  * February 15 - Harvard University
  * February 19 - Xavier University
  * February 19 - University of Arkansas
  * February 21 - Columbia College
  * February 21 - Duke
  * February 25 - Ohio State University
  * February 26 - Boston College
  * February 27 - UC Berkeley
  * February 28 - Northwestern University
  * March 1 - University of Minnesota
  * March 3 - George Washington University
  * March 4 - Indiana University
  * March 4 - Brown University
  * March 5 - University of North Carolina
  * March 6 - Columbia University
  * March 6 - UC Santa Cruz
  * March 8 - Marymount College
  * March 8 - University of Oklahoma
  * March 19 - University of Virginia
  * March 21 - Emerson College
  * March 21 - Skidmore College
  * TBD - Arizona State
  * TBD - Saint Louis University
  * TBD - University of Arizona
  * TBD - The School of Visual Arts
  * TBD - New York University
  * TBD - Ball State University
  * TBD - Cornell University
  * TBD - Florida State University
  * TBD - University of Missouri
  * TBD - University of Florida

  For more information, visit www.RooftopComedy.com/college

  About RooftopComedy

RooftopComedy records, produces and distributes live comedy performances from the best comedy venues every night of the week, 365 days a year, publishing the funniest comedy clips to RooftopComedy.com and the RooftopComedy Network.

Recording from locations throughout the U.S. and an expanding number of venues in Europe and Asia, RooftopComedy is the leading distributor of interactive comedy videos for mobile, web and broadcast outlets. RooftopComedy works with more that 2000 professional comedians and maintains a growing video library of thousands of hours of stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, improvisational comedy and comedic short films.