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Glassless Mirrors Designed by Mirrorlite/Glassless Mirror Manufacturers Now Offered by Rehabmart.com

Glassless Mirrors Designed by Mirrorlite/Glassless Mirror Manufacturers Now Offered by Rehabmart.com











Rehabmart.com


Elberton, GA (PRWEB) February 16, 2012

Rehabmart.com, an online e-commerce company that sells rehabilitation and medical supplies, has joined in partnership with Mirrorlite/Glassless Mirror Manufacturers, Incorporated, to distribute and offer shatterproof glassless mirror products to a larger consumer market. When Mirrorlite Products, Incorporated, closed its doors following the unfortunate passing of its owner, Eugene Martinez, Sr., its original team that has worked together for decades re-opened the business as Glassless Mirror Manufacturers. Back at its original New York location under the direction of President, Rick Powers, Glassless Mirror Manufacturers continues its over 100 year tradition of producing the highest quality glassless mirrors available on the market today.

Shatterproof glassless mirrors are lighter and brighter than plate glass and created from a highly reflective optical film. They will not break or shatter into dangerous shards when they are impacted, while the reflected image is a super clear high definition and optically brighter than glass, plastic or acrylic mirrors. The Glassless Mirror Manufacturers’ shatterproof mirrors are perfect to use anywhere you can hang a mirror, and lightweight and safe enough to use anywhere that you can’t hang a glass mirror. Because of their unique properties, these mirrors have practical applications in many different types of businesses, including fitness centers, dance studios, gyms, community centers, sports facilities, hospitals, children’s rooms, theaters, dressing rooms, fashion runway shows, department stores, college dormitories, studios, nightclubs, hotel lobbies, museums and trade shows.

The mirrors designed by Glassless Mirror Manufacturers include choices that can be mounted on walls, are free standing, or come with rolling stands. They also produce ceiling tiles for stores, casinos, hotel lobbies, gyms and dance clubs. All of their mirrors have great acoustical properties as they are constructed with a layer of foam covered by a silver backing that does not reflect sound back the way a hard surface plate glass mirror will. “We are proud to offer the wonderful Glassless Mirror Manufacturers’ products to more consumers,” said Hulet Smith, Founder and CEO of Rehabmart. “With their numerous sizes and options to choose from, we are confident that all of our customers will be able to find exactly the right choice for either professional or home use.”

About Rehabmart.com:

As Occupational Therapists, the founders of Rehabmart have the breadth of knowledge and experience necessary to match the needs of its customers with the very latest innovative products in the field of medical supplies and rehabilitation equipment. As parents of special needs children, they have a personal interest in finding the best products to improve the lives of those who are disabled and medically challenged. Rehabmart.com is committed to provide superior customer service, competitive pricing and exceptional product offerings.

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Brian Vaszily Reveals “Why Marketing Has Become So Evil (& Six Tips on How Consumers Can Overcome the Spell)”

Brian Vaszily Reveals “Why Marketing Has Become So Evil (& Six Tips on How Consumers Can Overcome the Spell)”










Lake Forest, IL (PRWEB) January 25, 2007

According to Brian Vaszily, consumer advocate and popular online columnist, “The number one reason that marketing has degenerated into a range of sinister tricks played on consumers is because most merchandise, services, brands, people, ideas and beliefs being marketed these days are crap, and there is more of this crap than ever.”

The close number two reason?

“Because our trust in one another is almost extinct,” says Brian Vaszily. And therefore, even when marketers DO promote one of the relative few worthwhile products or services directly — without the use of “tricks” — no one believes a word of it. Therefore, according to Vaszily, even the well-intentioned marketers have to resort to “tricks” to get their products recognized.

Check out the entire column on this topic called “Why Marketing Has Become So Evil (and Some Tips on How You Can Overcome the Spell)” by Brian Vaszily at the URL http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/08/19/why_marketing_has_become_so_evil_and_some_tips_on_how_you_can_overcome_the_spell.htm

Vaszily also includes six key tips for consumers to “Escape the Evil Marketing Spell.”

Note: Republication and reprinting of this column by Brian Vaszily and all SixWise.com articles is allowed as long as proper author credits and, if published online, a link back to SixWise.com is provided.

SixWise.com is the home of the no-cost “Be Safe, Live Longer & Prosper” newsletter, now the #1 most subscribed to personal safety & wellness newsletter on the Web. The weekly SixWise.com e-newsletter includes the popular “How We Get You” columns by Brian Vaszily.

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New Barska Hunting Trail Cameras With Infrared LED Technology

New Barska Hunting Trail Cameras With Infrared LED Technology











Trail Camera By Barska


La Verne, CA (PRWEB) January 31, 2012

Barska’s new trail cameras are designed to be a hunters vigilant eyes in the woods day and night. With the new Barska trail cameras, hunters will be able to capture images and video of wildlife that passes by prospective game trails. These trail cams work by using an advanced programmable motion detection sensor that triggers the wide-angle camera to capture photos or video. Immediately view captured images and video in the field with the built-in LCD display that is securely enclosed within the unit. Built to withstand the elements from desert heat to arctic cold, the Barska trail cameras are a must have tool for the avid hunter.

Fully featured the 8 mega pixel trail camera model # BG11751 has 40 infrared LED lights for optimal day and night photography. This 8MP model has a 2 inch LCD color display within the unit for viewing images, video and to adjust camera settings. Barska has designed this unit to with stand the elements in a compact design that measures 4.5inches x 2.5inches x 5.75inches. Powered by 12 AA batteries (not included) the 8 mega pixel trail cam can last up to one year in the field. Store images and video to a removable SD storage card (not included) via internal media card slot. This unit comes equipped with a mounting strap and is O-ring sealed for waterproof protection.

The 6 mega pixel trail cam model # BG11753 features 28 infrared LED lights for optimal day and night photography. This compact 6MP model has a 1.5 inch LCD color display within the unit for viewing images and for adjusting the camera setting. Barska has designed this unit to with stand the elements in a lightweight compact design that measures 4inches x 2.5inches x 5inches. Powered by 8 AA batteries (not included), the 6 mega pixel trail cam can last up to one year in the field. Store images and video to a removable SD storage card (not included) via internal media card slot. This unit comes equipped with a mounting strap and is o-ring sealed of waterproof protection.

The newly designed Barska hunting game trail cameras have a wide flash range with rapid response time meaning that hunters wont miss an opportunity for an image of a future trophy. All settings, including camera resolution and PIR sensitivity are adjustable for a hunter’s specific surveillance needs. Download images and video files to a computer through the included USB cable to save and share with others. All images are stamped with date and time code so hunters can spot trends or patterns on game trails.

Barska, with corporate headquarters, warehouse and distribution in La Verne, CA (Southern California), is a worldwide leading sport optics company with strong brand recognition in the sport optics industry. Barska optics offers an extensive line of precision optical products ranging from binoculars, hunting rifle scopes and spotting scopes to telescopes. Barska is committed to delivering a superior quality product at an affordable price to our customers around the world. For more information, please call Barska at 1-909-445-8168, or visit them online at http://www.barska.com.

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Digital Film Tools Releases 55mm 5.0

Digital Film Tools Releases 55mm 5.0










(PRWEB) April 1, 2005

55mm is a comprehensive set of digital optical filters meant to simulate popular glass camera filters, specialized lenses, optical lab processes, lighting gels, film grain, exacting color correction as well as natural light and photographic effects–all in a controlled digital environment with either 8 or 16 bits per channel processing. The most important parts of the photographic process are encapsulated into this one set of plug-ins which includes: Black & White, Black Mist, Bleach Bypass, Center Spot, Color Compensating, Color Conversion, Color Correct, Color Grad, Color Temperature, Cross Processing, Day for Night, Defocus, Diffusion, Dual Tint, Enhancing, Fast Blur, Faux Film, Fluorescent, Fog, F-Stop, GamColor Gels, Gels, Glow, Gold Reflector, Grain, Halo, Infrared, Lens Distortion, Light, Light Balancing, Low Contrast, Mist, Mono Tint, ND Grad, Night Vision, Overexpose, Ozone, Photographic Filters, Polarizer, Printer Points, Rosco Gels, Selection, Selective Color Correct, Selective Saturation, Selective Soft Focus, Silver Reflector, Skin Smoother, Soft Effects, Star, Streaks, Sunset/Twilight, Temperature, Tint, Ultra Contrast, Vignette and Warm/Cool.

Digitally adding filters as a post process is more flexible than committing to a look during photography and allows you the freedom to experiment. But for those of you who just can’t stop putting filtration in front of the lens, we have developed the Defog filter which utilizes advanced deweathering algorithms. Defog restores clear day contrasts and colors of a scene taken in bad weather such as fog and mist. It is also successful in removing the effects of optical Fog and Diffusion filters.

55mm 5.0 adds 15 new filters, tunes existing filter algorithms and adds filter presets to a variety of different plug-ins.

Digital Film Tools is an offshoot of Digital FilmWorks; a Los Angeles based full-service visual effects facility specializing in feature film and television special effects. 55mm is available for download or purchase at: http://www.digitalfilmtools.com at the following prices: Photoshop – $ 195; Avid, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Combustion, Digital Fusion – $ 395; Flint, Flame, Inferno, Smoke and Fire – $ 1995. Upgrade pricing is available for existing customers.

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The First Ever Live Online Meet and Greet Pet Adoption Event, Revolutionizing Pet Adoptions Around the World

The First Ever Live Online Meet and Greet Pet Adoption Event, Revolutionizing Pet Adoptions Around the World











East Meadow, NY (PRWEB) June 24, 2010

In an effort to expand the reach of Kent Animal Shelter and other shelters all across the United States to a broader community rather than just their own neighborhoods, Petwebdesigner.com has developed a revolutionary website, AnimalRoulette.com, that aims to change the way pet adoptions can be done all over the world. The premise is simple. People looking to adopt pets can log onto the website, and they will be randomly put into a live video chat room with either another pet lover or a pet that is available for adoption. Pet lovers can share stories or introduce their pets to other pet lovers on the site, and people looking to adopt a pet can also find shelter animals that are looking for a new home. Kent Animal Shelter will be the first shelter to ever participate in this incredible new program. The goal is to provide an online community for pet lovers to find shelter animals they would like to adopt.

The first real time live online adoption event is scheduled for July 17, 2010 from 1 PM – 4 PM EST. People interested in adopting a pet should visit http://www.AnimalRoulette.com July 17 to see pets that are currently available for adoption at Kent. People visiting the site during the online event should have a web cam installed on their computer so they can take part in the live video and audio chat exchange. If they are happy with the animal or pet lover they are talking with, they can stay in the chat room. If they want to see another pet available, they can simply click “next” to enter another chat room, hence the “roulette” in the name.

“I know how much shelters in this country struggle to find homes for their animals, and I felt that today’s opportunity of real time on the Internet provided the perfect place for pet lovers all over the country to see what’s available,” said Michael Ayalon, CEO of Petwebdesigner.com. “Now potential pet adopters can come to AnimalRoulette.com and find other pet lovers and pets for adoption that need a new home. You’ll find cats and dogs for adoption of all breeds available. It gives an audience to the pets that don’t get seen every day, or that have been in a shelter a long time. We hope to make this video and audio technology improve the adoption rates for shelters all over the United States. Kent Animal Shelter was the perfect partner for the project because of their outstanding work as a no-kill shelter since 1968.”

“Over 700 animals per year are placed in new homes from Kent Animal Shelter,” commented Pamela Green, Director at Kent Animal Shelter in Calverton, New York. “We are always looking for new ways to expand that number given our location and our facilities, so it makes sense to offer people looking to adopt a pet more than just a photo. They should be able to see the pet’s disposition live in order to determine if the pet would make a good addition to their family. AnimalRoulette.com gives us that ability. Once we find a match, then we would invite the adopting family to fill out the online adoption form on our website and schedule a time to complete the adoption.” Kent Animal Shelter is passionate about helping shelter animals and advocating compassion in all of their dealings with other creatures, human and otherwise.

About Kent Animal Shelter: Kent Animal Shelter has a progressive approach to rescue and their excellent community outreach, including a Pet Therapy program which reaches out to local senior centers and their low-cost spay-neuter program which performs over 4,000 spay/neuters per year. The shelter also features a retirement home for cats. Kent Animal Shelter, which participated in the rescue and re-homing efforts following Hurricane Katrina was able to reunite a dog and its owners after 18 months apart and a forced relocation by the owner to another state. Over 700 animals are placed in new homes every year and the shelter’s rescue efforts reach out to animals in need across the U.S. and Caribbean. The goal of the shelter is to build a new facility to replace its aging shelter so that it can continue to expand its services to animals in need. Learn more by visiting their website at http://www.KentAnimalShelter.com or calling 631-727-5731.

About Petwebdesigner.com: Since 2003, Petwebdesigner.com has been building websites and blogs for pet related businesses in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. They specialize in website design, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, and social media. Learn more by visiting their website at http://www.Petwebdesigner.com or by calling 516-538-0933.

For media inquiries, to learn more about this event or to set up an interview, contact Nancy Hassel at Nancy@LongIslandPetProfessionals.com or call 631-283-1610.

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$10,000 Jeeves Jackpot This Weekend at BingoHouse

$ 10,000 Jeeves Jackpot This Weekend at BingoHouse










San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) June 28, 2007

BingoHouse, one of the oldest and most trusted names in online bingo, is pleased to announce the launch of two high jackpot games to take place June 30th and July 1st.                 

BingoHouse is offering $ 10,000 in cash prizes in their ever popular Jeeves Jackpot games. Players will be eligible to win $ 2,500 per game for a total of $ 10,000 in prizes. This is one of the largest jackpots ever on BingoHouse. The games will take place on June 30th at 9:18 and 9:24 and on July 1st at 9:18 and 9:24. Games on each night have $ 5,000 in cash prizes guaranteed to go. Players should log on to BingoHouse.com, select Jeeves Jackpot and get ready for the excitement of high stakes bingo.                                                     

In addition to Jeeves Jackpot, BingoHouse offers a great selection of online bingo games and a selection of online slots, and video poker.

BingoHouse has been online since 2002 making it one of the most established online bingo halls on the net. BingoHouse offers secure transactions and an award winning chat room complete with chat room games.    

BingoHouse (http://www.bingohouse.com) , based in Costa Rica, strives to present the best in online bingo including multi player bingo games, online slots, video poker and an ever changing variety of online games.

Anthony Wayne is editor of the Internet Bingo Blog (http://www.internetbingoblog.com) and plays online bingo for at least 25 hours per week.

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Wisconsin Blackjack Review

Wisconsin Blackjack Review










Chatsworth, CA (PRWEB) September 15, 2005

The Casino Review Inc. is seeking help in updating the Wisconsin Blackjack review. The review features listing for all of Wisconsin’s Blackjack Tables and Casinos. We are seeking updates of each Casino and Card Club in Wisconsin as well reviews for each. Please help us build up correct information and reviews at http://www.bestblackjackreports.com/bestblackjackreports/Wisconsin-blackjack.htm or at http://www.bestblackjackreports.com

Nine casinos in Wisconsin have more than 10 blackjack tables. Listed with the most BJ tables first: Ho-Chunk Casino, Hotel & Convention Center in Baraboo has 48,Oneida Bingo And Casino in Green Bay has 28,Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee has 27,St. Croix Casino & Hotel in Turtle Lake has 24,Mohican North Star Casino & Bingo in Bowler has 18,Mole Lake Regency Casino in Crandon has 14,Lake Of The Torches Resort And Casino in Lac Du Flambeau has 12,Rainbow Casino in Nekoosa has 12,Menominee Casino-Bingo-Hotel in Keshena has 12 blackjack tables. http://www.21linking.com/21linking/Wisconsin-blackjack.htm

Having reviews from real players allows players to choose which Club or Casino may be right for their specific taste in Gambling, or Vacation style. The site also allows visitors to contribute reviews of Casinos or Card Clubs they may have visited. Reviews are moderated and include a numerical rating from 1 to 10. The Casino Review staff also reviews the casinos.

The Casino Eeview seeking corrections and reviews: If you have recently visited a casino or Blackjack table in Wisconsin, please add your review. If these are incorrect please let us know: at http://www.videocasinoreview.com/video-poker/Wisconsin-casinos.htm or at http://www.21linking.com/21linking/Wisconsin-blackjack.htm . We are trying to get a 100% accurate list for Wisconsin Blackjack.

If you have recently visited a Blackjack table, or poker table or casino in Wisconsin, please add your review at http://www.pokerc.com/casinos-usa/Wisconsin-casinos.htm .

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CyberNet Expo 2010 – San Francisco?s Premier Adult Entertainment Industry Trade Show Announces Official Lineup of Parties and Networking Opportunities

CyberNet Expo 2010 – San Francisco’s Premier Adult Entertainment Industry Trade Show Announces Official Lineup of Parties and Networking Opportunities










San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 24, 2010

Attendees of CyberNet Expo will learn and network from the heart of America’s tech industry with classes and seminars during the day, networking events in the afternoon and parties every night of the show. Exhibitors from leading online adult companies are looking to hire web professionals in all areas of online expertise and attendees of the CyberNet Expo will partake in career advancement and placement opportunities as well as the fun, social networking parties and events.

This year’s CyberNet Expo lineup of activities includes:

Alcatraz Networking – Thursday, July 8th – 2pm to 3:30pm – Gold Rush ‘A’ Ballroom at Golden Gateway Hotel

Attendees who sign up for Alcatraz Networking will be “locked up” with a large group of fellow attendees and assigned a starting “cell number,” where they will meet their first “cellmate” for quick introductions. Throughout the event, participants will keep changing cells and cellmates until they’ve had a chance to meet everyone else in the room and “get out” on parole. No jail breaks! Space is limited, so sign up on a first-come-first-served basis at the show registration desk.

Roaring 20′s Casino Night – Thursday, July 8th – 8pm to 10pm – Redwood Room at Golden Gateway Hotel

All of CyberNet Expo’s attendees are invited to eMerchantPay’s “Roaring 20′s Casino Night” – networking 1920’s style. Free chips will be offered for attendees to try their hand at blackjack, roulette and craps. Complimentary beer and whiskey shots provided, while mingling with colorful characters from America’s Prohibition Era. Attendees are welcome to dress up in theme, or come as you are, and there will be prizes awarded to lucky guests in attendance. All thanks to eMerchantPay, the Diamond Partner for Cybernet Expo 2010.

The Player’s Ball (aka Rock the Ball) – Friday, July 9th – 9pm to midnight – Gold Rush ‘A’ Ballroom at Golden Gateway Hotel

The fun continues on Friday Night as industry legend D-Money Presents The Player’s Ball. Attendees will enjoy great entertainment by Black Rock City All-Stars (blackrockcityallstars.com) plus special guests and plenty of continuous “eye-candy.”

Cybernet Expo’s Show & Sell Marketplace – Saturday, July 10th – 4pm to 6:30pm – Gold Rush ‘A’ Ballroom at Golden Gateway Hotel

Now in its 7th straight year! Attendees can browse the various exhibits, meet new and familiar faces in the adult industry, pick-up a bag full of free stuff and collect other goodies at each table.

Kink in the Castle – Saturday, July 10th – 8pm to 1am – Armory Building in San Francisco

After “Show & Sell,” it’s time to get ready for the biggest closing night event of any adult Internet business show. Attendees can hop on the bus at the Golden Gateway Hotel and ride to Kink.com’s incredible Armory Building, a.k.a. “the Castle,” and get a first hand view of the most impressive working studio in the adult Internet business. Watch free live content shoots, and maybe even score a chance to participate yourself. The Kink.com “Castle” is a 200,000 square foot reproduction of a Moorish Castle, and it served as the headquarters of California’s National Guard until 1976. Not another working adult film studio like this one, home to hugely popular websites like TheTrainingOfO.com, HogTied.com, SexAndSubmission.com and UltimateSurrender.com.

CyberNet Expo is three days of information and networking opportunities with plenty of exciting nighttime events. Career counselors will be available to help attendees with direction and making connections. Attendees must show a badge and wristband to gain access to any of the Cybernet Expo parties and events. Attendees who bring a resume will receive a 20% discount by using the code ‘RES’ when registering. Get all the information and register by visiting http://cybernetexpo.com/2010/

Who: 13th Annual CyberNet Expo

What: Original Trade Show for the Adult Entertainment Internet Business

When: July 8th to 10th, 2010 – starting each day at 10am

Where: Golden Gateway Holiday Inn – 1500 Van Ness Ave. SF, CA 94109 (415) 441-4000

ABOUT CYBERNET EXPO:

Cybernet Expo is the longest running B2B trade show that’s geared specifically for the adult Internet business. Cybernet Expo moved to San Francisco in 2008, where it launched its successful “Intensive Training” series of single instructor classes designed to teach attendees various tactics for operating successful adult entertainment businesses on the Internet. The show also features its classic “Industry Insider” series of panel discussions, where attendees get to hear from a diverse group of adult industry experts about the state of the industry and current business trends. Cybernet Expo also provides attendees with opportunities to network and make new business contacts; the show runs a speed networking session for attendees, and also offers a three-hour event called “Show and Sell” where attendees can visit various exhibit tables to meet representatives from various adult companies, while picking up free promotional giveaways in the process. Evenings are taken up by private parties that are open to the show’s attendees only. More information about Cybernet Expo, including additional information about courses, discussion panels, sponsorship packages, networking events and evening parties, can be found at http://www.cybernetexpo.com.

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Texas Hold’em Poker Robot Raises Game to Play Five Tables at Once

Texas Hold’em Poker Robot Raises Game to Play Five Tables at Once










(PRWEB) June 30, 2006

Casino Robots today announced the latest edition of Poker Robot for Windows, an intelligent software agent that automatically plays Texas Hold’em Poker at leading online Poker Rooms. Poker Robot can now simultaneously play at five tables for either real money or play money using a strategy developed by a nine-time World Champion of Poker. Poker Robot patiently waits for the most favourable card combinations and plays only after analysing both its opponents behaviour and the available odds to determine its statistical probability of success.

No knowledge or experience of Texas Hold’em Poker is required. Users can alter the rank of hands played and the duration of play. The progress of each game session is displayed and updated in real-time with small popup windows to indicate the robots game play decision.

Availability and Pricing

Poker Robot can be purchased online for a one-time activation fee of $ 200 and 25% share of profits payable after every 30 days.

About Casino Robots

Casino Robots develops software to automatically play Texas Hold’em Poker at online Poker Rooms and Casino games including Blackjack at online Casinos.

For additional information please visit http://www.casinorobots.com/poker/robot.htm

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New Breed of Do-It-Yourself Sketch Comedy Is Part of a Growing Trend that Promises to Change How the Game is Played

New Breed of Do-It-Yourself Sketch Comedy Is Part of a Growing Trend that Promises to Change How the Game is Played











Mother’s Day Phobia “Parturiphobia”


Hollywood, CA (Vocus) May 8, 2010

A new project from Buzzworm Films highlights a new trend in Hollywood: “do-it-yourself” productions lead by actors, writers and directors who say they are tired of waiting for meaty auditions. “Mother Approved” sketch comedy and similar projects are shaking things up in Hollywood and changing how the game is played.

With the huge growth in online videos – and, more importantly, the audience consuming those videos – actors, writers and comedians can create their own big breaks if they can carve out a piece of that audience (and make them laugh). After all, one of the most watched people on YouTube is a Nebraska teenager who created a character named “Fred” and proceeded to make more than 1.6 million kids (and their parents) laugh. Since then, 16-year-old Lucas Cruikshank has appeared on sitcoms, talk shows and has even filmed a movie.

“Mother Approved” sketch comedy, however, is a little more grown up – and so are its creators. Kasi Brown and Brandon Walter are ‘graduates’ of the famed Upright Citizen’s Brigade (an honor shared with the likes of Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz of Saturday Night Live fame).

While Brown gets regular work on TV shows and commercials, it’s just not enough. She and Walter want to improve the quality of comedy available for consumption. “If I sat around and waited for the perfect audition to come around that highlights my individual talents, I’d go crazy, or blind from masturbating out of boredom,” jokes Kasi. “So in between playing ‘Paramedic Sue’ or the ‘Victim Guest Star,’ I’d rather do my own thing.”

“Have you ever read the copy for auditions?” adds Walter. “Most of it is lackluster. Plus, we were sick of being a cog in the system. We thought we should make our own productions instead since we both have a lot of expertise in the film world. It’s better to be behind the wheel than the piston of the engine.”

Brown agrees. “You have to advocate for yourself out here, she says. “No one cares about your career more than you do.” The do-it-yourself duo write, shoot, act and edit the comedy sketch show themselves. The whole point is to create better quality comedy than what they think is out there now.

But, why the name “Mother Approved” for the sketch comedy show?

“You know how you call a bald man curly?” jokes Brown. “We decided to call ourselves ‘Mother Approved’ as a response to the human need for group approval. It’s making fun of that. Because people should just decide for themselves from their hearts what is good, what is funny and what is approved.”

Walter admits, however they like the additional dimension of humor that is created by luring people in that assume (because of the name) that it is clean and ‘safe’ comedy. “Then we pull the rug out from under your feet.”

But do their mothers approve of the sometimes “raunchy” (as Walter puts it) subject matter of the sketches? “My mother pretty much approves of everything I do. Don’t they all?” jokes Walter. “Well, maybe not Ted Bundy’s mom. But I think she might shake her head a bit and blush at a few of our sketches.”

Brown chimes in with “My mother thinks I’m hilarious. Then again, she’s a crazy red-head. I can always count on her to insist that I dance like a monkey for her friends at any given gathering. That’s what a mother’s for, right?”

Brown and Walter are out to change the game in Hollywood, and improve the quality of what is available in the comedic marketplace. But, why is what they are doing different? What are their sketches about?

Brown says their sketches are funny because they’re true. “We like to dig into what motivates an individual’s behavior,” she says. “What makes us the funny, bizarre individuals we are? That’s what we’re interested in.”

“The sketches are about everyday people in weird situations. From real life phobias and the irrationality of dealing with them to a guy with a futuristic headset who is omni-connected to the social internet,” states Walter.

“Mother Approved comedy rocks! It’s hilarious and weird, and finally explains all the crap you’ve been so freaked out about your whole life.” Says fan Michael Vartan (Alias, Monster in Law, Hawthorne).

“We avoid sophomoric jokes and are manufacturing a sense of humor that we feel is unique,” says Walter. Plus, with the phobia series, you can learn about true life phobias you’ve never heard of. I love an educational aspect in sketches and television.”

A new sketch, “Parturiphobia” (about the fear of child birth), was added in honor of Mother’s Day. A new sketch is released about every two weeks, and placed on http://www.motherapprovedcomedy.com and FunnyOrDie.com (founded by fellow funny folks like Will Ferrell).

So what’s next for ‘Mother Approved’? Brown and Kasi are seeking funding to create a pilot for a series.

“Ultimately, I would like to see the show bought as an episodic series whether for the internet or television with Brandon and I maintaining some semblance of creative control,” says Brown.

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