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Comedian Tracey Ashley
NICK MOM'S NIGHT OUT, NBC'S LAST COMIC STANDING, TVLAND PRIME TIME MOVIES, CURRENT TV,
Known for her seamless story-telling, sharp topical material and hilarious punchlines Tracey Ashley is a comedienne on the rise. Tracey performs on college campus and comedy clubs across the country. Becoming an instant College favorite Tracey was nominated by Campus Activities Magazine as Best Female Performer for her rave reviews of performances. Tracey was a semi-finalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing 5 and has appeared as a Co-host on TVLANDS Prime Movies, and NICKMOM's NIGHT OUT. Entertaining audiences with the ups and downs of her world Tracey Ashley comedy is hilarious, endearing and all around fun to watch.
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Moderator Randi Siegel
RANDI SIEGEL ENT., EVP TALENTDEVELOP-NAT LAM, COMIC RELIEF 2006
Randi Siegel is a long time Talent Manager, representing a select roster of comedy talent, and is a consultant for contract notes, social media strategy, script notes and developing standup material from stage to screen.
She has served as the EVP of Talent & Development at National Lampoon, Head of Special Projects & Marketing Initiatives for Comic Relief, Head of Alternative Comedy at The Fred Silverman Company, and as the Director of Comedy Relations & Content at MySpace. Earlier in her career, she is credited with being the script supervisor for three comedy albums including: Adam Sandler’s “What the Hell Happened to Me?” (Warner), Sandler’s “What’s Your Name?” (Warner) and Pauly Shore’s “Pink Diggly Diggly” (Priority). Siegel was a Casting Producer on “Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian (E!),” and is in her 16th year as an Adjunct Professor for Boston University, teaching “Talent Representation, Contracts & Strategy.”
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Panelist Pat Proft
POLICE ACADEMY, HOT SHOTS!, NAKED GUN FRANCHISE
Pat Proft. started the comedy thing in Minneapolis, out of high school. He performed and wrote
satirical comedy stuff at the Brave New Workshop and then went off to Los Angeles and was
one of first ever humans on stage at the Comedy Store. Doing standup, he became part of
the first ever Comedy Store Players and then joined the Zucker Abrahams Zucker's, now
infamous, Kentucky Fried Theater. His first ever feature script was POLICE ACADEMY, followed
by BACHELOR PARTY and REAL GENIUS. Â He teamed with ZAZ on writing POLICE SQUAD!, the
ABC TV series that became NAKED GUN: From the Files of Police Squad!. Proft wrote on all
three NAKED GUN films as well as SCARY MOVIE 3 and 4 with David Zucker, while having his
own success with both HOT SHOTS! films. He’s directed. He’s produced. He loves long walks
on the beach with his best gal.
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Abby Finer began her television career in 1993 working in the comedy, reality and variety series departments at ABC/Disney. In 2002, she co-ran the Warner Bros Television Writers Workshop and later co-authored a book on TV writing for the studio. Abby also created and exec produced the comedy reality series, Kenny vs Spenny, which ran for 6 seasons. Soon after, Abby moved to NYC and launched Finer Entertainment Company, which is a full service management company catering primarily to stand-up and sketch/character performers on both coasts. Her clients have participated in the Just For Laughs New Faces, The NY Comedy Festival and have performed stand-up on late night, as well as appearing on shows and films such as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Succession, The Joker and The Comedian, to name a few. Her clients have been staffed on several late night shows, award shows and scripted half hours. Abby has been a judge for HBO, ABC/Disney and NBC’s writer and director programs, and is currently developing several scripted projects with her clients.
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Eddie Schmidt is an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, as well as a showrunner and director of groundbreaking series and specials. Schmidt's work includes Netflix's Chelsea Does, starring Chelsea Handler, and Ugly Delicious, with chef David Chang, both of which have a streak of irreverence going back to Schmidt's days in sketch comedy. That sense of play is also on display in the infamous IFC documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated, which Schmidt co-wrote and produced, a pair of documentaries he executive produced for director Neil Berkeley (the acclaimed Gilbert: A Gilbert Gottfried Story and Beauty is Embarrassing), and Schmidt's book,The Finger: A Comprehensive Guide to Flipping Off. Schmidt may be the only person nominated for an Academy Award who also wrote joke bubbles for the original Blind Date. Elsewhere, Schmidt directed a serious exploration of Jason Sudeikis' family roots for NBC's Who Do You Think You Are. Other non-funny projects include producing HBO's Twist of Faith and Valentine Road, directing and showrunning the rebooted In Search Of... starring Zachary Quinto, and directing and showrunning The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey for CBS. Schmidt's work has premiered at the Sundance Film Festival a total of six times, as well as South by Southwest and Tribeca. He is currently under an overall deal with Universal Alternative Television Studio. Once upon a time, he appeared on This American Life to tell Ira Glass the story of how his Aunt Mary cut his mother out of her will over a piece of cheese.
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