Two weeks ago I wrote a post about how Executive producers Todd Shotz (C'96) and Andrew Oldershaw (C'02), as well as writer/director Dan Kay (C'97) created four very viral "No on Prop 8" viral videos.

This past week, in a first for an American political campaign, the NO on Prop 8 campaign paid to air the clever video you see above - which was originally produced just for the web by our Penn alumni supporters.

So far, this video has aired during Jimmy Kimmel, Daily Show, Colbert Report, and Saturday Night Live.

Be sure to go out and vote tomorrow everyone!

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On November 4th, Californians will be asked to make a monumental civil rights decision around the issue of same-sex marriage.

Last week, three Los Angeles based Penn alumni decided to take action against this Proposition 8.  Executive producers Todd Shotz (C'96) and Andrew Oldershaw (C'02), as well as writer/director  Dan Kay (C'97) created four very viral PSAs against this proposition including the talents of Margaret Cho and Molly Ringwald.  FYI, Dan Kay wrote and directed the one with Margaret Cho (see above).

Since they debuted these videos, they have gotten over a million hits on Perez Hilton, Huffington Post, People.com, and E! Online. Yesterday, Wolf Blitzer showed one of them on CNN. Because of the response, they're already deep into pre-production on more.

Per Todd, "We could not have hoped for more coverage to add our support to this campaign. Enjoy! And of course, please vote NO on Prop 8."

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In honor of Passover starting this weekend, here's a little Jewish humor for you all.

Joel Rubin (C'03, Mask and Wig) produced a "Wii Dream Games" spoof segment package for G4's television show X-Play. Look for Joel (in image above) featured in the "Mazel Tov: A Bar Mitzvah simulator" segment. He's chanting part of his Torah portion and using the Wii control as a yad!

...If this game gets made, it looks like it just may give this Penn entrepreneurial alum a run for his money.

Watch all five of Joel's "Wii Dream Games" here!

Joel started freelance writing and producing video game reviews for X-Play a year and a half ago. Now that he's full time, he's also working on comedy bits, interviews, and other pieces. Watch this space for more from Joel!

Speaking of video games, have you checked out my previous post onMichael Highland's (SEAS'07) documentary on his addiction to video games? It's fascinating!

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What happens when a Penn alum film producer works with a Penn alum writer to produce a horror film?

Hopefully it gets made and hopefully it gets good reviews.

This is exactly what has happened in both cases when Todd Shotz (C'96, Glee Club, Penn Players), VP of Rifkin Eberts collaborated with writer Dan Kay (C'97) on Timber Falls.

Check out a great review after the jump!

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Todd Shotz (C'96, Glee Club) has been named Vice President of Television Development and Production of the newly formed production company, Rifkin-Eberts. (more info here)

Todd, a '96 classmate of mine and integral part of our annual Pennfest events continues to shine. If you think he's busy as new VP, Todd also owns his own Hebrew tutoring company called Hebrew Helpers! Talk about ambition!

Mazel Tov, Todd!

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