Guinness – #BrokenRecordShow

April 15, 2017

184-hour long #BrokenRecordShow kicks off #WWCF2017 at 5am Easter Sunday

#BrokenRecordShow 2017 print featuring artwork by Brett Brock

184-hour long #BrokenRecordShow kicks off #WWCF2017 at 5am Easter Sunday at Third Coast Comedy Club and runs non-stop 24-hours-a-day through Sunday April 23, 2017 at 9:26pm.

Beginning at 5am on Sunday, April 16th, 2017, Nashville StandUp will attempt to set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for “LONGEST COMEDY VARIETY SHOW” at Third Coast Comedy Club in Nashville, TN as part of the Wild West Comedy Festival. Nashville Standup is the current record holder for “LONGEST STANDUP COMEDY SHOW – MULTIPLE COMEDIANS” – a record it has topped twice.

The non-stop, 24-hours-a-day, 8+ day schedule will feature showcases, feature-length, and headliner-length sets, and will include surprise drop-ins from comedians of various levels of fame and fortune (and infamy and misfortune) PLUS sketch and improv comedy group performances! The show is co-produced by Nashville-based comedians DJ Buckley, Chad Riden and Mary Jay Berger.

From April 12-20, 2015, NashvilleStandUp.com produced the first World Record setting #BrokenRecordShow in Nashville, Tennessee – a non-stop 184 hour, 16 minute long standup comedy show that more than doubled the previous GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title of “Longest Stand-Up Comedy Show – Multiple Comedians.” The show featured about 100 comedians, including surprise celebrity guest sets from Hannibal Buress, Eric Andre, Rory Scovel, Nate Bargatze, Luis J. Gomez, Keith Alberstadt, Jon Reep, Ahmed Ahmed and Killer Beaz.

The only thing more pointless and silly than more than DOUBLING a world record would be topping your own title by just five minutes. Guess what we did? #BrokenRecordShow vol. 2 started at 5am May 15, 2016 and ran non-stop through 4:01pm May 24th as an official part of the Wild West Comedy Festival. That’s 227 hours and 1 minute. Due to a snafu which broke the show, the clock was restarted and the official record-breaking showtime was 184 hours and 21 minutes according to GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS rules. Over 120 comedians performed, including: Rory Scovel, Nate Bargatze, Jay Larson, Nick Thune, Geoff Tate, Ben Kronberg, Sara Tiana, Joe Derosa, Josh Wolf, Tom Simmons, Stewart Huff, Megan Gailey, Ahmed Ahmed, Dave Ross, and Myq Kaplan. Ben Kronberg said, “It was the most unique legit special comedy experience I’ve probably ever had.”

While conquering the “Longest Stand-Up Comedy Show – Multiple Comedians” record twice, the producers were constrained by very specific rules about what could be allowed on stage during the show. For #BrokenRecordShow vol.3, in order to compliment Third Coast Comedy Club’s mission to empower local artists to produce every form of comedy (stand-up, sketch, improv, comedic plays, variety shows, live podcasts, and talk shows), #BrokenRecordShow producers decided to try something new – setting a record for “LONGEST COMEDY VARIETY SHOW” including stand-up, sketch and improv acts.

It’s The Greatest Dumbest Thing We’ve Ever Done Again.. And Again.

#BrokenRecordShow vol.3 begins at 5am on Easter Sunday, April 16th, 2017 and continues through 9:26pm Sunday, April 23rd (senselessly beating #BrokenRecordShow’s “LONGEST STAND-UP COMEDY SHOW – MULTIPLE COMEDIANS” record’s run time by five minutes) for a total of 184 hours and 26 minutes.

GUINNESS rules dictate that there must be at least 10 audience members at all times. No matter what time of day or night, somebody will be on stage telling jokes, so go hang out. “DAY DRINKER” passes are available for just $5 from 5am – 5pm every day. 24-HOUR PASSES are $10 and ALL ACCESS and VIP options are also available which allow patrons to come and go as they please throughout the entire festival. Tickets are available at Third Coast Comedy Club and online.

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Nashville, TN 37203
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April 20, 2015December 24, 2015

#BrokenRecordShow ends 184+ hour run at 4:20am April 20, 2015

#BrokenRecordShow ends it's run at 4:20am 4/20/2015

‪#‎BrokenRecordShow‬ at The East Room featured the best of Nashville’s comedians & even celebrity drop-in sets from Hannibal Buress, Rory Scovel, Al Jackson, Eric Andre, Nate Bargatze, Ahmed Ahmed, Keith Alberstadt, Killer Beaz & Jon Reep. Starting 4/12/2015 12:04pm with D.J. Buckley and ending 4/20 4:20am with Chad Riden, NASHVILLE STANDUP surpassed the previous GUINNESS WORLD RECORD™ title of 80 hours for “Longest Stand-up Comedy Show – Multiple Comedians” on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 8:04pm and finished at 184+ hours long at 4:20am on April 20th.

I’ll write more about this later but for now, THANK YOU to Mary Jay Berger, Ben Jones, DJ Buckley, Brian Dorfman, Zanies, Outback Concerts, the Wild West Comedy Festival, Nate Bargatze, the comics who performed and attended the show, the Nashville StandUp volunteers and fans who were there to witness The Greatest Dumbest Thing We’ve Ever Done. I love each and every one of you.

March 17, 2015December 24, 2015

Less than 40 hours left to get early bird prices on World Record Breaking Show tickets & stuff

BROKEN RECORD COMEDY SHOW NashvilleStandUp.com World Record Attempt: 'LONGEST STAND-UP COMEDY SHOW – MULTIPLE COMEDIANS' April 12-19, 2015 The East Room

Nashville StandUp’s “LONGEST STAND-UP COMEDY SHOW – MULTIPLE COMEDIANS” world record attempt is coming up SOON: April 12-19, 2015 during the Wild West Comedy Festival at The East Room in Nashville, TN. Right now there are less than 40 hours left to get early bird prices on tickets & stuff from our IndieGoGo campaign.

First: THANK YOU to everybody who has already donated here or at our fundraiser show at Zanies or in person or online at NashvilleStandUp.com! The money that has already been delivered by IndieGoGo is being put to good use. If you haven’t donated yet, go right ahead with confidence. We have signed a contract with Guinness and this IS happening!

Also, THIS IS GREAT: a group of donors (we’re not at liberty to announce who yet) have pledged to pay whatever expenses we have that are not paid for by this crowd-funding campaign. Even if somehow THAT fell through (extremely unlikely), NASHVILLE STANDUP will pick up the rest of the bills itself out of pocket & hope to make the money back later in merch & ticket sales.

Comics: we’re currently booking time slots on the big show. Our list of comedians already scheduled to appear includes Nate Bargatze, Ralphie May, Billy Wayne Davis and many, many more. If you haven’t yet reserved your spot, GET ON IT. Time is running out. Before you pledge, MAKE SURE YOU QUALIFY! In case you missed our previous update, Guinness World Records rules say:

“All performers must be of a proficient standard. We define this as the comedians having at least 20 professional (paid) credits in a comedy club, theatre or bar and at least one year’s experience since their first paid gig. Evidence to prove this must be presented to the independent witnesses prior to the event and the witnesses must attest to this in their written statements.”

This means that before we can allow you to perform, you must give us a list of qualifying professional dates / shows. Sorry, slackers. Maybe next year.

We’re all very excited about this show & we’re glad you are too. Oh yeah, we’re calling it: BROKEN RECORD Comedy Show. Don’t skip it.

Nashville StandUp is a 509(a)(2) Public Charity with a mission to cultivate and promote middle Tennessee’s growing stand-up comedy scene and the Nashville-based comedians that help make it a success. Check your qualified income tax professional about the tax deductible status of your charitable donation.

January 17, 2015December 24, 2015

IndieGoGo Campaign Launched for NSUP World Record Breaking Comedy Show

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS "Longest Stand-up Comedy Show - Multiple Comedians" record breaking show April 12-19, 2015 at The East Room

QUICK LINKS:

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Official Press Release
School of Laughs Podcast interview
4/12-19 BROKEN RECORD Comedy Show Facebook event

Have you ever gone to a stand-up comedy show and had such a good time that you wished it would never end?

Well, have we got a show for you! Beginning April 12, 2015, at The East Room in Nashville, TN, the NashvilleStandUp comedy scene, friends and special guests will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the “Longest stand-up comedy show – multiple comedians.” The current record is 80 hours and was achieved by the Laugh Factory in Hollywood December 6-9, 2010. That show included 170 different acts by 150 comedians.

We plan on breaking their 3.3 day / 80 hour record and continuing through the entire duration of the Wild West Comedy Festival until April 19th. That’s 8 days, 192 non-stop hours of stand-up comedy featuring as many talented comedians from as many places as we can manage.

The brainchild of Nashville-based comic DJ Buckley, the Guinness World Records’ breaking attempt show will begin and end with The East Room’s weekly “Spiffy Squirrel comedy show“ with Chad Riden on Sunday nights & also include Tuesday’s regular “ULTIMATE COMEDY“ open mic and several other shows-within-the-show. The non-stop 192 hour schedule will feature showcases, feature length and headliner length sets and surprise drop-ins from comedians of various levels of fame and fortune AND infamy and misfortune.

Here is our pitch video:

WHAT!? NO! Why?

The Nashville Comedy scene wants nothing more than to put Nashville into the record books of comedy history, but we can’t do it without you. Comedy shows can be fun no matter how intimate the crowd, but this will certainly go much better with you there. Wait, what’s that? You can’t make it to Nashville, because you’re too far away and it’s expensive? No need to worry, we have plans to live stream the event. Yes, all eight days of it. We’d also love to film a documentary about all of this, too, but that’s going to take money.. and we are a group of poor dummies who thought it was a good idea to do comedy for a living.

HOW?

We do have smart, creative friends who are willing to help make all of this happen. We want to cover their expenses and gather the resources we need to do this right. We want to make laminates, print up swag and buy some SD cards for video cameras and be able to staff the venue and run the show non-stop for 192 hours! Also, there is a rather large fee to have the Guinness people send an official representative out to judge the world record attempt. WE WILL DO THIS NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, but we would much rather do it with your support so we can do it RIGHT.

We have launched an IndieGoGo crowd-funding campaign to help pay for this event. Perks include VIP passes, special silk screened show t-shirts, limited edition Hatch Show Print show posters, even chances to perform on stage and be included in the Guinness book of world records. Also, you’ll have an all-access pass to see multiple hosts and hundreds of comics driven to madness by a relentless amount of comedy as many times as you want.

Nashville StandUp is a non-profit organization (more specifically, a 509(a)(2) Public Charity) with a mission to cultivate and promote middle Tennessee’s growing stand-up comedy scene and the Nashville-based comedians that help make it a success. Check your qualified income tax professional about the tax deductible status of your charitable donation.

Risks & Challenges

Our plan is bullet-proof. We’ve all promised each other that we’ll never, ever not completely follow through with this. That said, God is cruel and here are several ways he could possibly smote us:

Some dumb comedian bails on his set and walks off or doesn’t show.
The East Room is destroyed by terrorists who hate freedom and comedy.

Here is how we beat the odds and do this anyway:
We’ll have an Emergency Back-Up Comedian on deck at all times.
We will rise from the ashes and continue to sling zingers in the debris.

Other Ways You Can Help

Some people just can’t contribute, but that doesn’t mean they can’t help:

– Please help get the word out and make some noise about this.
– Volunteer to help! We’ll need a/v people, merch booth people, etc
– SHOW UP at the show! We need butts in the seats. Everybody will be much more comfortable with a full audience.
– Join the NashvilleStandUp.com mailing list & follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & YouTube.
– Steal money from some richie rich person who doesn’t deserve what they have and THEN contribute with THAT money.

Wherever you live, go find the local comedy shows and comedians and support them. The super famous incredible “breakout” comics of 10-15 years from now are trying standup comedy for the first time ever this week and you could be there to see them.

Want to attend or perform on the show? Visit the IndieGoGo page for details.

Thank you very much for donating and we hope to see you at the show!

April 12, 2015 6:30pm – April 19, 2015 9pm
The East Room, 2412 Gallatin Ave., Nashville, Tennessee 37206

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/324043551120419/
IndieGoGo page: http://igg.me/p/world-record-breaking-longest-standup-comedy-show/x/9415485