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Or Your Banned from CIC…
By Angie McMahon

We have a bit of a running joke round here. Don’t piss Ang off cause she will ban you. I have a short list of people in my head that I don’t want to see at our shows. Some of whom I have actually shared out loud some I have not. It is usually because the person has done something more than once to make me not want them to be performing in any capacity with us. This person usually is very aware of it, and in general it isn’t a secret. So if you are reading this thinking; “Wonder if I’m banned?” most likely the answer is no. If you have to ask that your not.

And really no one is BANNED. This is just a little OCD thing I have. With all that pre qualifier out of the way.

TJ Miller recently hit is big with the ABC Hit Sitcom Carpoolers. He was at one point banned from CIC. He is well aware of this. He showed up late twice to host our showcase and twice didn’t show up at all (no call no show). Our first and second years of Snubfest he got booked to perform and backed out a few weeks before the fest. So he knew, and was well well aware that he was on my shit list. This past year of Snubfest TJ wrote me an email and said he would really like to participate. He understands how upset I am with him but he is going to make it a priority and make sure his schedules is clear to do it. He promised up and down he wouldn’t cancel on me. I called him to have a phone conversation. “TJ, this is it. This is my absolute last straw. If you cancel on me you are dead to me. You understand?” I say in my best Brando voice. “I get it Ang, its all good” he says in his best, I don’t know, Surfer voice.

To make it up to me he not only did his Stand up for Snubfest but also did a two man Improv show in our contest (that won the LA Improv Festival Slot btw) and somewhat became the poster child of Snubfest this past year, doing interviews for CLTV and TimeOut Chicago.

So TJ Miller, once banned…back in the club…now on TV.

The Fella he did his two person Improv set with was Thomas Middleditch, someone coming into his own fame. Also someone who has never performed with CIC beyond Snubfest so has never had the opportunity to be banned (we will work on it for this coming season).

Recently Thomas hit huge internet fame when a parody of McDonalds commercials hit the IO website and was picked up to be a real ad. Now all kinds of folks are doing knock offs of the Video.

So in an effort to ride out these two fella’s fame and some how tie it back to CIC (as so many others have done as well) Chemically Imbalanced Comedy’s Blog presents to you the Snubfest Performance of TJ Miller (of ABC’s Hit Show Carpoolers) and Thomas Middleditch (of the McDonalds Nuggets Rap Youtube Fame) taped by Comedynet.com