The Impy's Announce Non-Troupe Nominees for The Improv Miami Prizes 2005

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Aventura, Florida, November 15, 2005 - ImprovMiami.com, a guide for South Florida improvisational theatre, announced the non-troupe nominees for the Second Annual Impy Awards, the Improv Miami Prizes 2005.

Nominees for recognition include the categories of Best Improvised TV Show, Best Improvised Film, Best Sketch TV Show, and Best Stand-up Venue.

The nominees for Best Improvised TV Show are for the best television show whose material is primarily improvised. The voting criteria are the best shows for performance and their positive impact on the public acceptance of improv as an artform. The nominees are A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T.: Improv (Bravo TV), Nick Cannon Presents Wild'n Out (MTV), Reno 911 (Comedy Central), Unscripted (HBO), and World Cup Comedy (PAX TV).

The nominees for Best Improvised Film includes feature films with largely improvised, or improvisationally created, dialogue. The nominees are Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Blue in Green, Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, Last Days, Return of the Jackalope and YesAnd!

The Best Sketch Comedy TV Show nominees are Blue Collar TV, Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show, The Lance Krall Show, MadTV, and Saturday Night Live.

The Best Stand-Up Venue nominees are The Miami Improv, The Seminole Paradise Improv, The Palm Beach Improv, and The New York Comedy Club.

More information on each of these nominations is available online at www.improvmiami.com/impys/2005-nominations.htm. If you want to be on an email list to receive information as it becomes available, please email us at web@improvmiami.com.

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