Trouble Is My Business with Brittney Powell. Co-written by actor/voice actor Tom Konkle, who also directed, and Xena: Warrior Princess actress Brittney Powell, Trouble Is My Business is a humorous homage to film noirs of the 1940s and 1950s, among them John Huston's The Maltese Falcon and Orson Welles' Touch of Evil. Konkle stars in the sort of role that back in the '40s and '50s belonged to the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum, Dick Powell, and Alan Ladd. As the femme fatale, Brittney Powell is supposed to evoke memories of Jane Greer, Lizabeth Scott, Lauren Bacall, and Claire Trevor. 'Trouble Is My Business': Humorous film noir homage evokes memories of 'The Maltese Falcon' & 'Touch of Evil' A crunchy, witty, and often just plain funny mash-up of classic noir tropes, from hard-boiled private dicks to the easy-on-the-eyes femme fatales – in addition to dialogue worthy of Dashiell Hammett and, occasionally...
- 10/21/2017
- by Tim Cogshell
- Alt Film Guide
Safety Geeks:svi, the effects-laden green screen comedy web series put out by Pith-e Productions, tracks an “elite” squad of accident investigators and safety professionals who usually cause more trouble than they’re worth. When we covered the launch of the series a couple of months ago, we highlighted it's main boast: a record-setting number of visual effects. So far, four out of a planned 12 episodes of Safety Geeks have been released. So how does the show hold up? The offbeat characters in Safety Geeks do an ample job of pulling out a few chuckles. There certainly is nothing safe about this team of screw-ups. One thing’s for sure: whether landing a plane in a parking lot or simply opening a door, destruction won’t be far behind. First up is Reginald Syngen-Smithe (David Beeler), a British billionaire with a nack for unintentionally hurting people. In fact, that can be...
- 6/24/2009
- by Jacob Nahin
- Tubefilter.com
Dave and Tom's much anticipated green screen comedy web series, Safety Geeks: Svi, premiered on KoldCast TV today, after the trailer had been garnering attention in web television circles. The comedy duo behind the series, Dave Beeler and Tom Konkle, have racked up an impressive 12 million combined views on their past projects, including the Brit-comedy series Invention with Brian Forbes which launched last December. The series stars Beeler and Konkle along with Brittney Powell, Mary Cseh, Benton Jennings, Ransford Doherty and Mark Teich. Ten episodes of season 1 will be released every other Monday, with the first two already out today.
- 4/28/2009
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Konkle and Beeler Announce Production of Edgy Comedy Series
Shooting starts on a season of a live-action, innovative 12 episode program that combines the familiar form and structure of investigative shows with the fresh anarchic free form of Adult Swim and Monty Python.
Los Angeles, CA, February 23, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Pith-e Production's David Beeler and Tom Konkle are officially in production on an ambitious comedy series called, "Safety Geeks:s.V.I."
A season one promo is on www.daveandtom.com and all around the web. Konkle and Beeler are the actors, writers and producers of the Koldcast.TV internet series, "Invention with Brian Forbes" and mockumentary, "The Archaeology of Comedy" on Mevio.com and on DVD from Amazon.com.
"Safety Geeks:s.V.I.” is a comedy series that uses live actors in an all-green screen environment. It is a "procedural" comedy in that it takes the popular new genre of...
Shooting starts on a season of a live-action, innovative 12 episode program that combines the familiar form and structure of investigative shows with the fresh anarchic free form of Adult Swim and Monty Python.
Los Angeles, CA, February 23, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Pith-e Production's David Beeler and Tom Konkle are officially in production on an ambitious comedy series called, "Safety Geeks:s.V.I."
A season one promo is on www.daveandtom.com and all around the web. Konkle and Beeler are the actors, writers and producers of the Koldcast.TV internet series, "Invention with Brian Forbes" and mockumentary, "The Archaeology of Comedy" on Mevio.com and on DVD from Amazon.com.
"Safety Geeks:s.V.I.” is a comedy series that uses live actors in an all-green screen environment. It is a "procedural" comedy in that it takes the popular new genre of...
- 2/26/2009
- Ausxip.com
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