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Lizz Winstead

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About Me


EMAIL LIST IS DONE BY CONSTANT CONTACT. DON'T LET THE POP-UP DETER YOU Sign up for Lizz's Email Newsletter! SHOOT THE MESSENGER!Shoot The Messenger is a satirical wrap-up of the week’s news from the brain of Daily Show Co-creator Lizz Winstead. A live sketch-comedy show incorporating multi-media elements, it gives us the world as seen through the filters of the fictional producers and on-air talent of The Flagship news show “Wake-up World" which boasts: America’s only 6 Hour Morning Show exclusively on “24/7” – the worst twenty-four hour cable news network .There will be indictment, both hilarious and scathing - not only of the newsmakers, but of the news media that molds them. Shoot The Messenger will give the audience a glimpse into the behind the scenes decision making at a news network, and the process that brings those decisions to the air.Of course not everyone in the media gets a flogging; those who are doing great work will be celebrated. Each week Lizz’ll interview a media figure who digs deep and gets it right. They’ll give us the lowdown on the big stories that were buried (or ignored) by our pals of the over at the corporate run media. Past guests have included Rachel Maddow, Mark Crispin Miller, Marie Wilson, Ted Rall and Paul Reikoff.The writers, actors and producers of Shoot The Messenger come from Air America Radio and The Daily Show and represent some of the best political comics and writers working today.In the next few weeks our website www.shootthemessengernyc.com will be up and runnin, bringing you the of bios of the actors as well as their characters. It will also provide a webcast of the weekly show - so if you don’t live in NYC, you can see this awesome show live on the intercom.WHEN: EVERY MONDAY NIGHT MORE SPECIFIC WHEN: 8PM WHERE: ACE OF CLUBS CABARET: UNDER ACME RESTAURANT 9 GREAT JONES GREAT JONES ST BTWN BROADWAY AND LAFAYETTEFOR RESERVATIONS: www.ticketweb.com: Type in Shoot The Messenger MEDIA INQUIRIES CONTACT: CAROL HARTSELL [email protected] www.shoothemessengernyc.com

My Interests

Heroes:

Paul Wellstone, Preston Sturges, any Hepburn, Coltrane, Bono, Lewis Lapham, Sister Helen, The staff at St Marks Vet, the spawn of Wilbur and Ginny, and anyone else who has ever put themselves on the line to make the world a better place for someone else.

My Blog

A WOMANS PLACE IS IN THE STRUGGLE

.. So after an 18 hour flight to Johannesburg and firing a hired driver who told me "Aparteid wasn't as bad as they make it sound" I finally saw Johanneburg with Arn, a black South African driver/tour...
Posted by Lizz Winstead on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:22:00 PST

Back on the road

Just finished 3 nights at the Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse in Arlington, VAIt is the first road gig of the "Lizz Winstead's Decision 2008: A Race for the Cure" tour.First off, I haven't been on the...
Posted by Lizz Winstead on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:41:00 PST

Purple Vein

Prince pulled it off.No, I am not parroting all the, "Prince was clean and gentle and massively appealing to the mainstream" crap I have been reading about Princes performance. The AP wrote the asshol...
Posted by Lizz Winstead on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:41:00 PST

Bush welcomes debate. Well That's debatable

HUFFPO 2.4.07At his speech before Democratic lawmakers at their retreat in Williamsburg, VA, our Demander- in-Chief made this statement with a straight face:"You know, I welcome debate in a time of wa...
Posted by Lizz Winstead on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:57:00 PST

AARPete Shelley

So I am sitting here writing about the Rich Little/Colbert kerfuffle for this weeks Huffington Post. I have my TV on and in the background I hear, "Everybody's Happy Nowadays", one of my favorite Buzz...
Posted by Lizz Winstead on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:39:00 PST

Gitmo with Nothin

According to The Associated Press, The Defense Department has drafted a manual for trying detainees at Guantanamo, that would allow terror suspects to be imprisoned, convicted and executed on the basi...
Posted by Lizz Winstead on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:25:00 PST

HUFFPO 1.17.06

I Sorta Remember Something Called "Peace of Mind"In his unending journey to prove he is decades behind the 8-ball, President Bush declared on "The News Hour" last night that, "Americans sacrifice peac...
Posted by Lizz Winstead on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:05:00 PST

HUFFPO BLOG 1.15.06

The Opposite Happened&&&In the first 2 minutes of Bush's stunningly non persuasive speech to the nation, he made a startling remark that begs further examination. "When I addressed you just over a yea...
Posted by Lizz Winstead on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:03:00 PST