Monday, June 28, 2010

Doppelgangers, again. Again.

EL: Mel?
MEL: Yes, El?
EL: It's time.
MEL: No, it's not.
EL: You don't even know what I'm talking about!
MEL: Doesn't matter. It's probably still not time.
EL: I hate you.
MEL: You love me.
EL: I know. I'm such a masochist.
MEL: You were saying...?
EL: Oh...that it is time...to reveal our actual Doppelgangers to the world. I know we told everybody about Other Mel & El and Other-Other Mel & El, but now we have to tell them about Famous Mel & El.
MEL: You mean, there's a Mel & El that's famous...besides us?
EL: Exactly.
MEL: Oh. I don't want to tell them. I barely survived high school with people screaming "Donna Martin graduates" as I walked through the hall. I've finally gotten to a point where I don't have people accusing me of looking like her 25 times a day.
EL: Well, I'm currently in Doppelganger Hell getting accosted at every turn, so it's time to just put it out there and deal with it. Presenting (in grand video form) OTHER FAMOUS MEL & EL!!!!!
MEL: But I don't even look like her in that video! And you caught me off guard with those stupid heads on sticks!
EL: Oh, relax. You can go find a new special therapist to process your angst later.
MEL: I hate you.
EL: You love me.
MEL: I know. I'm such a masochist.
 
 
If you're in the NYC-area, go reserve tickets for Our Time of the Month 
which is happening this Thursday (7/1)
with special guest comedian Ophira Eisenberg!
 
 

Monday, June 21, 2010

The Cure for Post Pride-um Depression

 
Dear friends, lovers and bitches,
 
Firstly, hi. How are you? Glad to hear it.
 
Secondly, we love ice cream (see pic at top of blog) and we also love cake, cookies, brownies and the like. With that, we wanna let you know about the best kept secret (until now) in New York. It's called a little somethin' sweet and it's the place to order any of those delicious specialty dessert items that you need for your friend's birthday or baby shower or anything. Tell them Mel & El sent you and maybe they'll give you a little cupcake kickback!
 
Thirdly, the next installment of MEL & El: Our Time of the Month is about to exist at Comix. It's happening on Thursday, July 1st - otherwise known as Post-Pride/Pre-Patriotic BBQ Ritual but we just prefer to call it The Day of the Show Y'all! We're beyond thrilled to announce Ophira Eisenberg as our Special Guest this month. She's...funny. Really funny. And we'd like to remind you that if you wanna celebrate a friend's birthday at our show just bring a group of 6 or more peeps and we'll write & perform a personalized rap for the Birthday Boy/Girl. Just email us at melandel@melandel.com for details. How special!
 
In conclusion, glad you're good, go order cupcakes and bring them to our show on July 1st where you'll be celebrating your friend's birthday.
 
XO
Mel & El
 
P.S. Our show was just featured in GO Magazine's The Very Best of NYC Comedy. Check it out!
 
 
Mel & EL: Our Time of the Month
Really bloody funny. Period.
 
Thursday, July 1st, 7:30PM
Comix, 353 W. 14th Street, NYC
$10 (cash) at the door
Delicious food & drink available but not required
Reservations here!

Created and performed by award-winning funny femmes Melanie Adelman and Ellie Dvorkin with composer Patrick Spencer Bodd, MEL & EL: OUR TIME OF THE MONTH is a modern-day Laverne & Shirley full of dirty songs, delightful banter and devilish dish. Hailed as “outrageous” by The New York Times and “hilariously squirm inducing” by the Village Voice, MEL & EL features new material every single month along with special guests, phenomenal drink deals and a generous dose of the in-your-crotch comedy you’ve come to know and love.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Doppelgangers, again.



 We've already introduced you to our Doppelgangers in Chicago - otherwise known as Other Mel & El. Well, there's more where that came from! We recently learned of Another Mel & El when Actual El got a call from her Actual Dad saying that he loved that we put up videos from our childhoods on YouTube. But we didn't put up videos from our childhood on YouTube. This situation is problematic for a number of reasons:

A) As children, we did not keep records of our goofing around on videotape, we kept it on cassette tape. Cause we're old school. Or, old.


B) There isn't enough money in the world for us to publicly post the audio tape of our 12-year old selves singing songs like  "Rhythm is Gonna Getcha" by Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine. (Actually, there is enough money. Why don't you make us an offer? I mean, this could be our golden ticket. This is, like, as close to a 'sex tape' as we're ever gonna get.)


C) El's Dad went to YouTube and thought one of the girls in
this video was his daughter. Which she very clearly isn't. I mean, even
you know that. And you didn't raise El.

The ultimate point being that "Mels" & "Els" are multiplying at an unhealthy rate. As delightful as we believe ourselves to be, we realize that a world filled with millions of us would be wrong. Although, we would be able to rake in tons of cash selling our "I'm Mel" and "I'm El" shirts. So, screw that. Be fruitful and multiply, Mels and Els!


Are we the only ones experiencing this? Does everybody have versions of themselves multiplying around the world? Is the movie
Anna to the Infinite Power (which psychologically damaged Mel as a child) coming true? Has anyone besides Mel seen Anna to the Infinite Power? These questions and more will hopefully be explored and/or answered by you. Go!



You can visit Actual Mel & El on YouTube right here!

Monday, June 7, 2010

Happy Birthday

   
(Mel & El at a Birthday Party, age 13)

Dear Peeps,
 
We did our second MEL & EL: Our Time of the Month at Comix last week! We had so much fun that we're currently boring the heck out of each other. We left all of our funny at the show. We hope to regain our entertainment value in time for the our next MEL & EL: Our Time of the Month on Thursday, July 1st at 7:30. If you're a planner like Mel, click here to make early reservations!
 
We're also very excited to announce a new MEL & EL tradition: The Birthday Rap!* If it's your Birthday and you & a group (of 6 or more) of your peeps come to the show - we'll create a personalized Birthday Rap & perform it live! And you'll get a couple of other awesome surprises. But they are surprises. So, we're not telling you what they are. You can email us at melandel@melandel.com if you'd like more information or would like to arrange a Birthday surprise for a friend or loved one!
 
XO
Mel & El
 
* Inspired by Salt 'n Pepa & The Beastie Boys, MEL & EL began writing & performing original Birthday Raps at their friends' birthday parties when they were 13 years old. They are still doing them in public. And they are totally not embarrassed about that.
 

 
This show is booking up fast. We think you'd love it.
Because it's good.
(And we directed it).


 
The blurb says: "Broadway's Kimberly Stern takes us on a twisted journey from Judy Garland to guns 'N Roses with a brief stop in Carol Channing's dressing room in this musical tour de force". We say: "This show kicks ass". 

The Duplex, 61 Christopher Street at 7th Ave
Res: (212) 255-5438 or click HERE
Saturday, June 12th at 10PM
Friday, June 18th at 7PM

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Shmitney Shmears.

Mel: El?
El: Yes, Mel?
Mel: I was just perusing...um...The Economist...and read that Britney Spears has over 5 million followers on Twitter.
El: Wow. She's obviously doing a lot of Twatting.
Mel: It's called Tweeting. 
El: Whatever.
Mel: I want 5 million people to follow our random drunken Twats.
El: Ha!
Mel: Damn you. 
El: I just looked online. We have 3,012 followers. That's kind of close to 5 million.
Mel: Yeah, El. Pretty close.
El: Quit complaining, kid. Take action! Tell people they can join us on Twitter or Facebook.
Mel: I don't like to nudge.
El: Uch, fine. But be sure to remind them about our crazy show this Thursday at Comix.
Mel: Why don't you just remind them?
El:
I gotta go follow Britney on Twitter. Bye!
Mel:
Nuts. Here:

 
Mel & EL: Our Time of the Month
Really bloody funny. Period.
 
Thursday, June 3rd, 7:30PM
Comix, 353 W. 14th Street, NYC
$10 (cash) at the door
Delicious food & drink available but not required
 

 
Mel & El have been having a buh-last directing this show:


 
The blurb says: "Broadway's Kimberly Stern takes us on a twisted journey from Judy Garland to guns 'N Roses with a brief stop in Carol Channing's dressing room in this musical tour de force". We say: "This show kicks ass". 

The Duplex, 61 Christopher Street at 7th Ave
Res: (212) 255-5438 or click HERE
Saturday, June 12th at 10PM
Friday, June 18th at 7PM