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Kansas City’s Movie Roasters

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Great Roasts

Great Roasts

CounterClockwise Comedy currently roasts movies at The Screenland Theatre at The Crossroads at 16th and Washington in Kansas City. The idea is that we find a movie taking itself a bit too seriously; Showgirls for example. Then Screenland shows the movie while we sit in the back row with microphones cracking wise, replacing lines, pointing out production screw-ups and deconstructing cheesy performances. If you’ve ever seen an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, you know exactly how this plays out.

CCC started movie roasting at Screenland in the summer of 2008 after being selected from a field of eight possible Kansas City improvisational troupes that auditioned for the gig. The audition consisted of roasting the first 20 minutes of Total Recall for Screenland’s owners. After landing the job, and several successful roasts throughout the rest of the year (Hackers, Showgirls, Friday The 13th, Total Recall, Dirty Dancing and Speed) Screenland has renewed CCC’s contract for 2009.

If you have a movie you’d like to see roasted, please let us know. You can shoot us a quick email over at the contact page.

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  • Movie Roast: Eclipse
    @Screenland Theater: The Armour
    9:30 PM - Friday, August 26th
    9:30 PM - Saturday, August 27th
    • Whiny teens everywhere! You're favorite sighing toilet paper roll is back in action. More vampire sparkles! More werewolf Fabio wannabes! We still hope that someone eats her - it might just have to be our audience!
      Advance Tix - $10 Online
      Box Office Tix - $12 at the door
      No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
      Full bar service available
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    • Movie Roast: Road House
      @Screenland Theater in The Crossroads
      7:00 PM - Friday September 9th
      9:30 PM - Friday September 9th

    • Being a bouncer is hard. It's almost as hard as being a gangster, brain surgeon, contortionist or the president.

      Advance Tix - $10 Online
      Box Office Tix - $12 at the door
      No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
      Full bar service available
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    • LEBOWSKI LIVE:The Big Lebowski
      @Screenland Theater: The Armour
      9:00 PM - Saturday, October 1st
        CounterClockwise Comedy will worship at the alter of one of the best comedies ever to grace the silver screen - but, we'll be making it even better. Join us and witness Lebowski Live - an interactive viewing of the Big Lebowski. Wear costumes. Drink white russians. Bowl. And, lay on our rug - it really does tie the room together.
        Advance Tix - $10 Online
        Box Office Tix - $12 at the door
        No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
        Full bar service available
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    • Movie Roast: Hook
      @Screenland Theater in The Crossroads
      9:30 PM - Friday October 7th
      9:30 PM - Saturday, October 8th

    • It's no stretch that Robin Williams plays a grown up Peter Pan. But, we are surprised that Julia Roberts jumped at the chance to play the smackable sprite, Tinkerbell. Robin Williams should be more afraid of our roasting team than his own shadow.

      Advance Tix - $10 Online
      Box Office Tix - $12 at the door
      No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
      Full bar service available
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    • Movie Roast: Mission Impossible
      @Screenland Theater: The Armour
      9:30 PM - Friday, November 18th
      9:30 PM - Saturday, November 19th
      • An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization or his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman. A far cry from Top Gun, Tom must rely on modern 90's technology to get him to survive CCC's roast!
        Advance Tix - $10 Online
        Box Office Tix - $12 at the door
        No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
        Full bar service available
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      • Movie Roast: You've Got Mail
        @Screenland Theater in The Crossroads
        9:30 PM - Friday, December 2nd
        9:30 PM - Saturday, December 3rd
        • Two business rivals hate each other at the office but fall in love over the internet. This movie would be about 20 minutes if they weren't using dial-up. Be sure to delete your Friendster account. For the holidays, CCC is taking on two of America's favorite AOL lovebirds and roasting them into the 21st Century with tweets, Facebook updates and Google+ quips./ul>
            Advance Tix - $10 Online
            Box Office Tix - $12 at the door
            No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
            Full bar service available
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  • Before you go!

    See what other live entertainment goers in Kansas City have to say...

    • "Providing continued evidence of Kansas City's improv renaissance..."
      -Alan Scherstuhl, The Pitch
    • "This is a troupe that works for their laughs. The improvisational games are fresh, hip, creative and hysterically funny."
      -Kate Egan, KC Stage
    • "Who assembled this team of SuperFriends!? It's too much I tell you! I can't breathe out my lungs no more!!"
      -Jill Bernard, Drum Machine
    • "...brings the funny like you wouldn't believe... strong, inventive performers."
      -Alan Scherstuhl, The Pitch
    • "That's got to be like, the funniest f!@#ing thing I've ever seen."
      -A LOUD Blonde Audience Member
      3rd row; 4th from the right
      Summer '08 Show