Since their start in 2007, Fried Nothing has unmistakingly become one of Denver’s most well known and prolific comedy groups. Originally founded as a sketch comedy troupe, they have since branched out into stand-up comedy, animated cartoons, comedic writing, podcasts, film production, and hosting live comedy events. Their unique brand of humor has been compared to The Kids in the Hall, Whitest Kids U Know, as well as Saturday Night Live’s popular “Digital Shorts”.
Founding members Jordan Wieleba, Clinton “C.T.” Polson and Tom Van Meel met each other in college and quickly found that their unique sense of humor were one in the same. They founded “Fried Nothing Television” – an online sketch comedy group whose episodic videos were based in television formatting (complete with commercials!). Their first video, “Bob Ross: Happy Little Outtakes” - in which the popular public television painter was spoofed in a blooper reel style – gained instant popularity on YouTube. Realizing the potential, Fried Nothing quickly produced more content and has released near 50 sketches ranging from infomercials to music videos to movie trailers. To date, their sketch videos have reached a total of over 5 million views across the web. They have also been featured on Comedy Central’s “Atom TV”, two nationwide commercials for Hasbro’s “Cranium”, and were semi-finalists in the 2008 MTV Movie Awards Spoof Contest. In 2010, local comedians and long-time collaborators Chad Jacobs, Aubrie Allen, Sam Vellela and Amanda Smalls joined Fried Nothing and completed the ensemble.
In 2008, Fried Nothing held its first live comedy event entitled “Fried Nothing TV Comedy Night” in Denver, Colorado. The show featured local stand-up comedians – including all the members of Fried Nothing. Also featured were live music and a presentation of sketch comedy videos. The show sold out and received acclaim from the local entertainment community; this was followed by progressively successful live events in 2009 and 2010. A quarter-annual comedy showcase was produced by Fried Nothing starting in 2010 featuring local stand-up talent. In 2011 the group won first place in the 2011 Tournament of Hilarity, a competition that pitted Fried Nothing against seven teams of comedians. In spring of 2012, Fried Nothing will embark on their first live tour, combing both live sketch comedy and stand-up comedy. They will finish the tour in their native Denver for their biggest event yet!
Fried Nothing is constantly working to bring their growing fan-base new material as often as they can. A generous helping of brand new comedy videos will appear in 2011 and they will also begin production on other ambitious endeavors.
Fried Nothing – the tastiest name in comedy!
