ROB MICHAEL HUGEL

An actor, and comedian, writer in New York City.

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January 31, 08:05 PM


FACEBOOK INVITE WITH INFO

We took a few months off but we are BACK BABY!

We now are doing the show at the 8PM time slot!!!! Come out and enjoy the show!!!

It’s FREE as always!

Hosted by Shannon Coffey And Rob Michael Hugel

This month featuring: (in no particular order)

Eddie Brawley

Trevor Williams

Lisa Kleinman

Michael Fisher AKA Fish

Matt Koff

TJ Young

As always it’s free. Come by around 730 to get a good seat and enjoy the private bar in the back room! Make sure you come to the back room first! Walk to the door past the bathrooms!

January 31, 06:34 PM


johnnymcnulty:

I am proud to have helped beat this meme to death:

Shit People at a Super Bowl Party Say

Sometimes the only way to beat an Internet meme to death is to join it. Sure, we had our favorites along the way. But none encapsulated the impending excitement, awkwardness, and eventual disintegration of a good old-fashioned Super Bowl party. We encourage you to use this video as an invitation to your very own affair this Sunday evening. Or at the very least, do the right thing by annoyingly sending it to everyone on the entire Internet. And stay tuned for outtakes!

Via Jockular

Johnny Said it all…. Except that I think I look like a southern redneck rapper or something in this.
January 17, 12:47 PM


New Trailer! Release Day is Valentines Day! Subscribe to our blip. It’s all coming soon! People in the trailer Shannon Coffey Dom Manzolillo Pat O’brien Matt Klinman Johnny Mcnulty Jennifer Leigh Schwerer Ben Kronberg Kelly Hudson Emily Strachan Phil Weintraub Veronica Osorio Videtta Chris Schell Alex Scordelis Benjamin Apple Matt Cutler Ben Rameaka Susan Casey Laura Wilcox Tracey Wigfield Eddie Brawley Dru Johnston Bridget Fitzgerald Rob Stern Jocelyn Deboer

ihatebeingsingleseries:

Trailer 2 for I Hate Being Single. A new web series being released on Valentines Day 2012. The pilot of the series appeared in New York Television Festival 2011 and was awarded the Bing Audience Choice Award.
This trailer features footage for all of Season 1 including the season finale funded by a Kickstarter campaign in December. The series takes place in Brooklyn New York and features NYC comedians and improvisors from Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

Don’t Get Stuck (Proud Elephants) by Delicate Steve crtsy Luaka Bop.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wondervisions/id410158156

Follow our facebook and twitter.

Special Thanks to All the Kickstarter Backers, Delicate Steve, and Luaka Bop, and our talented cast and crew.

January 16, 04:08 PM


New Blip.TV account where we’ll be posting episodes as they are released. A new Trailer comes out tomorrow!
If you didn’t see it check out the MTV Clutch Blog where we were named one of the 5 web series to look out for in 2012! Along with Broad City, Very Mary Kate, It Gets Betterish, and more! Start following the Official Website

December 21, 11:36 PM








A few screen shots from this the I HATE BEING SINGLE Season Finale Episode. Funded by the amazing people through who supported through our Kickstarter. Directed by T.J. Misny and DP’d by Adam Newport-Berra. There’s much more to see but I want to save the rest! Our campaign ends in about 24 hours. We’ve raised more than our goal but also spent more too.
Thanks to everyone for supporting and putting up with constant reminders. I promise it was worth the trouble. In Feb 2012 episodes will start posting. Thanks again! You made my year!

Photos include: John Reaves, Johnny Mcnulty, Jocelyn Deboer, and Ben Kronberg.

December 16, 09:20 PM


Big Announcement! If we get to 6000 I’ll put episode 1 up with a password for backers only! That cool? We are at 89%!!

Thanks everyone! Thank you thank you thank you!
7 more days of this!!!

December 06, 12:00 PM


This is happening! Please reblog if you are so inclined. I really wanted to do this whole project with no $ until I wrote some episodes that are really cool to finish the season. It would’ve been too sad to let them go. We need some help to get this finished. Any big helps. If you aren’t in a place to donate I understand but a reblog or RT is always great. People have been so awesome with this. I feel bad for beating it to death but I gotta meet this goal. Thanks so much. The whole breakdown is below.

I HATE BEING SINGLE SEASON FINALE on KICKSTARTER

Origin: In the very beginning of 2011 I started producing this web series I Hate Being Single. This was my first project as the sole writer and star. As an actor I always thought I would stumble into a role that would be perfect for me but it took a while to realize I should write that part myself. Putting the show together has been an amazingly fulfilling experience but I’ve reached a point where I need help from friendly people like yourself to finish the job. If you like what you see above, a donation will help make that season complete and get it online for everyone to see. You have the power!

Other things I’ve been a part of:

UCB’s Onassis, Broad City, Acting Reel Master Database, Gainfully Unemployed, Nights In Ultraviolet

About IHBS: The show follows Rob, who is a lonely twenty something who was dumped and doesn’t want to join the single life in Brooklyn. He’s pretty clueless when it comes to dating and he doesn’t know where he belongs. Throughout the series Rob goes on weird dates, tries to reconnect with elementary school crushes, befriends his banker, gets stuck at a board game party, and eventually joins an underground cult of single guys.

People say the show reminds them of a mix between Flight of the Concords and Curb Your Enthusiasm. That’s cool with me! I’m really pleased with the tone of the show. The tone is very subtle and dry. Some of the dialogue is loosely scripted and improvised. I owe a lot of the look and feel to the Director, DP and composer for the early epsiodes: Dan Opsal, Giga Shane, and Jake Zavracky. Jake creates the songs based on things I’ve asked him for. He is a musical genius and his music defines that tone of the show.

Links to Press: Portable.tv, Serial Optimist. AV Club

Talent: Talent on the show have credits ranging from from Upright Citizen’s Brigade Performers, contributing writers to The Onion, SNL, writers for 30 Rock, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Stand Up Comedians, improvisors, and hilarious people from the NYC comedy community.

The Director of the finale episodes is TJ Misny: IMDB, Broad City who has a fantastic crew of tightly knit camera, dp, and various roles to make this look like a hollywood production!

NYTVF: In the fall of 2011, I Hate Being Single was accepted as an official selection in the Independent Pilot Competition at The New York Television Festival. It was an honor to be accepted and meet tons of other talented people who also have a passion for creating new TV. The experience was amazing because I met many people face to face who had seen the show, and were really excited about it. At the end of the week, we were awarded the Bing Audience Choice Award. This let’s me know that you will really be happy with the show when it comes out and we can have a great series. Just need to finish it up!

What is done already: We have completed 5 episodes and they are ready for release as soon as the final 2 are complete. As soon as there are 7 complete episodes I plan on releasing them online.

Q: Why do we need money now if we’ve already made 5 episodes without it?

A: I have been really fortunate to get this far without any funding. I’ve asked friends who trusted we’d be making something fun to help out without any pay. I edit all the episodes and this costs nothing to anyone. The reason we need money now is that I wrote the final episodes of the season to be a little bigger and involving more production than a typical IHBS webisode. This is going to look much more like a cable TV show then a web series. I think it’s the finale episode, if people care enough to watch through to the end of it, they should get a high quality and production show. It was also a chance for me to showcase the potential of the show and how well it could be made with little money. 5000 is a lot to me and you, but not to a network. I am very excited to show you our finished product when this is done because it will look like 1 million dollars!

The money will go towards:

Equipment Rental

Director

Producer

Director of Photography

Assistant to Camera

Sound Recordist

Steadicam Operator

Locations

Feeding Crew

Transportation of Equipment

Props

Please Note: This budget is specifically to fund the final 2 (five minute each) episodes of this season. We have done a ton of the work without any donations besides personal time and equipment but we’ve run out of favors! This is a good deal because the majority of the project is already done! We plan on filming these episodes by the end of December and we will start releasing the series in 2012! That’s a quick turnaround for you!

November 18, 03:40 AM


Night Treasure Video Promo. A collection of footage from last month’s show. Let’s do it!

November 07, 04:39 PM


NIGHT TREASURE We are so excited for our 4th Night Treasure Variety Show. I think this is going to be a very very great show! This is our very first Friday Night Show! Click below for tickets!

WHEN: Friday November 18th, Doors open at 8, show starts at 830pm.
WHERE: 17 Frost Theatre of the Arts. 17 Frost st, Brooklyn NY 11211
(located off the L Train Lorimer stop.)
COST: $5

This month’s guests include:
Danny Jolles - Standup, Host of MOST FUN SHOW EVER

Two Fun Men - Sketch Comedy by Arthur Meyer and John Haskell of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Pangea 3000

Shady Lane - Rock band fronted by John Reaves of Laugh’s a Bitch, Strange Bedfellows webseries)

Sublet - Web Series by Boat, Amos Vernon, Mike Lane, and Nunzio Randazzo


As always hosted by That Annoying Couple, Shannon Coffey and Rob Michael Hugel.


The tickets are available online from Brown Paper Tickets

But that’s not all. Join us live over the internet via Hangoutparty.com and be a part of the show starting at 8:30pm.

There is a bar with beer and wine. This is going to be a sick show and party.
Night Treasure is a SparrowTree Theatre Event

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Reel and Other Clips

Posts

January 31, 08:05 PM


FACEBOOK INVITE WITH INFO

We took a few months off but we are BACK BABY!

We now are doing the show at the 8PM time slot!!!! Come out and enjoy the show!!!

It’s FREE as always!

Hosted by Shannon Coffey And Rob Michael Hugel

This month featuring: (in no particular order)

Eddie Brawley

Trevor Williams

Lisa Kleinman

Michael Fisher AKA Fish

Matt Koff

TJ Young

As always it’s free. Come by around 730 to get a good seat and enjoy the private bar in the back room! Make sure you come to the back room first! Walk to the door past the bathrooms!

November 18, 03:40 AM


Night Treasure Video Promo. A collection of footage from last month’s show. Let’s do it!

November 07, 04:39 PM


NIGHT TREASURE We are so excited for our 4th Night Treasure Variety Show. I think this is going to be a very very great show! This is our very first Friday Night Show! Click below for tickets!

WHEN: Friday November 18th, Doors open at 8, show starts at 830pm.
WHERE: 17 Frost Theatre of the Arts. 17 Frost st, Brooklyn NY 11211
(located off the L Train Lorimer stop.)
COST: $5

This month’s guests include:
Danny Jolles - Standup, Host of MOST FUN SHOW EVER

Two Fun Men - Sketch Comedy by Arthur Meyer and John Haskell of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Pangea 3000

Shady Lane - Rock band fronted by John Reaves of Laugh’s a Bitch, Strange Bedfellows webseries)

Sublet - Web Series by Boat, Amos Vernon, Mike Lane, and Nunzio Randazzo


As always hosted by That Annoying Couple, Shannon Coffey and Rob Michael Hugel.


The tickets are available online from Brown Paper Tickets

But that’s not all. Join us live over the internet via Hangoutparty.com and be a part of the show starting at 8:30pm.

There is a bar with beer and wine. This is going to be a sick show and party.
Night Treasure is a SparrowTree Theatre Event

October 14, 11:38 AM


jasonsaenz:

frankhejl:

eecunnings:

mikescollins:

We’re really, really excited to be screening our sketch pilot at the Friars Club Film Festival next Friday! I’d be very happy if you came! You can get tickets here.

We’ll be screening with a new short from The Mantzoukous Brothers, “Night Home” starring TJ Miller and Thomas Middleditch and the premiere of a new Funny or Die Exclusive!

DO IT!  It’s looking really really great, thanks to the multi-talented Benjamin Apple who is doing some round-the-clock editing. 

It’s finally here! We worked really fucking hard on this, and thanks to Benjamin’s insane work ethic, it’s going to be great. I think you guys are really going to enjoy this!

So join us at the screening tomorrow! 

But seriously, I’m surprised Benjamin didn’t go bat shit insane. He shot, directed, co-wrote, acted in and edited this pilot/short film. AND managed to get on a harold team in the process. Benjamin Apple is legit.

Also worth of praise if Lauren Adams’ fantastic work as producer. She kept shit straight and working.

I’ll shut up now, but I’m insanely proud of this and can’t wait for people to see it!

Tonight is the night folks!

I think it’s too late to reserve tickets but show up at clearview and I bet there’s some tickets. TONIGHT!!
August 19, 05:11 PM


Night Treasure! A Sparrowtree Event
The monthly variety show hosted by
That Annoying Couple (Shannon Coffey and Rob Michael Hugel: UCB, Bread and Butter)
Returns to 17 Frost.

This month!
Jason Sáenz (stand up: UCB, Too Cool for School)
Doug Stoley (music: Dumb and Dumber Soundtrack, Late Night W Conan O’brien)
Boners 101 (video by Johnny Mcnulty and Aaron Kheifets: UCB, A-Side B-Side, College Humor TV)
and some surprises as always!

The show will stream LIVE and be interactive on Hangout Party!

Thursday August 25, Doors at 8pm. Show starts at 830!
$7 (in person) Free on the internet!

Links:
Hangoutparty.com
sparrowtree.org
17frost.com
hangoutparty.com
myspace.com/mestoley
boners101.com
Map to 17 Frost

August 09, 02:45 PM


TONIGHT at Urban Stages, SLUG battles in Indie cagematch. Come out and vote! only 5 dollars. 1030Pm.

August 06, 02:03 PM


Today at 530 pm at UCB theatre! Check out this awesome grad show! Jodi Lennon’s Character class show. We have worked for 8 weeks on developing characters. This class is a powerhouse! Check it out!


FEATURING
Susan Casey
Rob Michael Hugel
Casey Jost
Dan Lyons
Matthew McGorry
Jaime Lyn Morris
Leah Spigelman
Elizabeth Starkey
Lauren Terrill

DIRECTED BY
Jodi Lennon
(Comedy Central’s EXIT 57)

$5
http://newyork.ucbtheatre.​com/classes/shows

July 19, 01:44 AM


This is our new show NIGHT TREASURE with That Annoying Couple.
The first installment of a monthly show at 17 Frost Art Space in Williamsburg.
Come out to this show because it will be fun, funny, surprising, and crazy.
Featuring Performances by:
Jon Friedman
Caitlin Brodnick
Video by The Cheap Thriller
Music by Les Vinyl

After-party DJ’d by Hennessy.
Complimentary snacks!
Thursday July 21st . Doors at 8, show at 830pm
$7
17 Frost space is off the L Train Lorimer stop.


This AMAZING flyer was drawn by Matt Cook

July 06, 12:44 PM


(photo by Eric Michael Pearson)

TONIGHT is another BREAD AND BUTTER show at 7pm!

This week we have 4 awesome acts.

Boris Khaykin (Comix NY, Atom TV)

Danielle Beckmann (Comic Diversity)

John Reaves (Richmond, VA)

Paul Briganti (Landline TV)

As always hosted by Shannon and I. It’s free free free and stick around after the show for Get Loose if you want more comedy.

Photos

A collection of Headshots, Print Work, and other.

Posts

So so so simple… and so easily ignored.

I’ve been waiting my whole life for this photo…

Strange Bedfellows episode 3! My brother’s web series in Richmond VA is powering through it’s first season getting funnier and weirder with each episode. Enjoy episode 3 now!

strngbdfllws:

Strange Bedfellows - #3 I Have A Son

Dave receives a letter in the mail informing him that he has a son, while John & Nathan go about their normal, daily business. Starring Chris Martin

I Hate Being Single - Rob’s Room - Dom
Dom is the first character featured in Rob’s Room. A series of IHBS scenes taking place in Rob’s Room. This is a fun chance to improvise more than full length episodes. The episodes were shot by Robert Merrill and Danny Ghitis of The GodDamn Cobras. Directed by Shannon Coffey! Enjoy!

I Hate Being Single Presents… Rob’s Room
This is a collection of short improvised scenes that take all take place in Rob’s bedroom. Each with another character from IHBS. They fit nicely between full length I Hate Being Single Episodes. Tomorrow feature Dom Manzolillo. New IHBS episodes release every tuesday!

rainbrolly:

I can’t not always reblog this. Things that always make me smile.

My #1 favorite Disney motion picture of all time.

NIGHTS IN ULTRAVIOLET
Is the coolest and weirdest web series that you’ll ever find on the internet. It’s a mystery thriller serial comedy. Check it out on Feb 23rd. with 10 full length episodes on the way. This cast is awesome: Carlo Johnson, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Katie Schorr, Jables Sutton - Nassau, Rich Awn, and me too. I’m Very excited for this to get out there. Creators Matt Cook and Katharine Henner are 2 of the most hard working prolific writers out there right now.

I HATE BEING SINGLE - Episode 1
The episode premiered yesterday. I’m really excited to finally see this on the web. Thanks everyone who’s been clicking the stuff. This is very special to me!

Today is the day! I Hate Being Single Episode 1 is live! Enjoy a Valentine, pass it on!

onassiscomedy:

Club Card” by Onassis - January 2012

Another super fun sketch. Written by Benjamin Apple and also starring Jocelyn Deboer. This marks my second appearance on Maude Night as a pathetic loser who lifts a weight.

onassiscomedy:

No Napkins” by Onassis - January 2012

Love this sketch. What a doozy. Lauren’s violent tugging makes me lol. Benjamin Apple wrote this. Excited to premiere my offensive italian accent.

FACEBOOK INVITE WITH INFO

We took a few months off but we are BACK BABY!

We now are doing the show at the 8PM time slot!!!! Come out and enjoy the show!!!

It’s FREE as always!

Hosted by Shannon Coffey And Rob Michael Hugel

This month featuring: (in no particular order)

Eddie Brawley

Trevor Williams

Lisa Kleinman

Michael Fisher AKA Fish

Matt Koff

TJ Young

As always it’s free. Come by around 730 to get a good seat and enjoy the private bar in the back room! Make sure you come to the back room first! Walk to the door past the bathrooms!

johnnymcnulty:

I am proud to have helped beat this meme to death:

Shit People at a Super Bowl Party Say

Sometimes the only way to beat an Internet meme to death is to join it. Sure, we had our favorites along the way. But none encapsulated the impending excitement, awkwardness, and eventual disintegration of a good old-fashioned Super Bowl party. We encourage you to use this video as an invitation to your very own affair this Sunday evening. Or at the very least, do the right thing by annoyingly sending it to everyone on the entire Internet. And stay tuned for outtakes!

Via Jockular

Johnny Said it all…. Except that I think I look like a southern redneck rapper or something in this.
New Trailer! Release Day is Valentines Day! Subscribe to our blip. It’s all coming soon! People in the trailer Shannon Coffey Dom Manzolillo Pat O’brien Matt Klinman Johnny Mcnulty Jennifer Leigh Schwerer Ben Kronberg Kelly Hudson Emily Strachan Phil Weintraub Veronica Osorio Videtta Chris Schell Alex Scordelis Benjamin Apple Matt Cutler Ben Rameaka Susan Casey Laura Wilcox Tracey Wigfield Eddie Brawley Dru Johnston Bridget Fitzgerald Rob Stern Jocelyn Deboer

ihatebeingsingleseries:

Trailer 2 for I Hate Being Single. A new web series being released on Valentines Day 2012. The pilot of the series appeared in New York Television Festival 2011 and was awarded the Bing Audience Choice Award.
This trailer features footage for all of Season 1 including the season finale funded by a Kickstarter campaign in December. The series takes place in Brooklyn New York and features NYC comedians and improvisors from Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

Don’t Get Stuck (Proud Elephants) by Delicate Steve crtsy Luaka Bop.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wondervisions/id410158156

Follow our facebook and twitter.

Special Thanks to All the Kickstarter Backers, Delicate Steve, and Luaka Bop, and our talented cast and crew.

I still wanna be him.

coolsongz4teengirlz:

Cool Shadez 4 Teen Girlz

New Blip.TV account where we’ll be posting episodes as they are released. A new Trailer comes out tomorrow!
If you didn’t see it check out the MTV Clutch Blog where we were named one of the 5 web series to look out for in 2012! Along with Broad City, Very Mary Kate, It Gets Betterish, and more! Start following the Official Website

Onassis Meeting

thedailywhat:

Reimagination of the Day: In his ongoing poster series “Movies from an Alternate Universe,” illustrator Peter Stults imagines what it might look like if modern-day movies were made during previous Hollywood eras. “Who would be in it? Who would direct it? So here we are.”

Check out the rest here.

[mefi.]

Been meaning to reblog this for a long time. Wow, so proud my brother just started a new job at an awesome young company. He’s been owning the digital world since it was just tubes. Get ready for a lot more hugel on the internet!

mobelux:

Welcome Johnny Hugel to the Mobelux Team!

We’re very excited to announce that Johnny Hugel is joining the Mobelux team as a Project Manager & Producer! When he’s not busy helping us make great software you can find him running Feast RVA, working on creative projects through Hit Play Productions and attending anything (and everything) interesting happening around town. Johnny is a long-time resident of Richmond and one of her biggest champions.

And while we’re on the topic of hiring, there’s still a few jobs to fill here at Mobelux, so if you think you’d be a good fit, get in touch!

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