Leadership & Business podcast celebrates 250 episodes and 10 years of insight by Kristine Hojnicki While White finds and interviews the guests, he relies on a small, dedicated team to produce the show every two weeks. Ben Laurance, a freelanc ...
Bon Voyage: A Late Night Variety Show
I hosted a late-night variety show and fundraiser. https://www.youtube.com/live/9WlbwFLhXEU
Becky and Nick Food Tour – Ice Cream
An ongoing series of which I'm a part (I'm the cameraman) is the Becky and Nick Food Tour series. This week we visited five ice cream shops around Seattle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KItyjDagtnM Other food tour videos available here, includi ...
Annex Theatre presents Holidaze
A holiday variety show from Annex Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT_Xah4wOss Featuring:Hot Dog ChristmasJustin LauerSeranineGlam and ThistleLesli WoodChuse ViolenceJesse Calixtohosted by Ben Laurance
NATAS Emmy nominations
This video I edited for Zillow was nominated for a regional Emmy. So that's pretty cool. We didn't win, though. We lost out to a video that showcases advancements in brain science. Pff. Whatever. Treehouses are cooler. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...
Accurate Representation of Location of Car2Go Cars When I Need One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IjG1ew0-5c
Zillow – Highlands Castle
I edited this spot for Zillow.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nL4F9LcDsw
How To Remove MacOS Catalina Notification
(edit: This is satire. I wrote it as a joke. But SOME people got mad because they were looking for a legit tip. A legit tip is in the comments sections, so if you're just here for that, go ahead and scroll to the comments.) If you're like me, you're g ...
Zillow – Santarella Silo Studio
I edited this spot for Zillow.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y4IVxAngLM
Zillow – Water Tower Home
I edited this spot for Zillow.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERKsWHRclGo
SketchFest Seattle 2019
SketchFest Seattle, the world’s original sketch comedy festival, comes roaring back with a brand new festival for 2019. This year, SketchFest will bring the best sketch comedians from around the U.S. and Canada and pair them with local favorites. ...
Zillow – Bloomhouse
I edited this spot for Zillow.com. https://www.facebook.com/Zillow/videos/661497001038515
Zillow – Montana Treehouse
I edited this piece for Zillow's Unique Home series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7kv59_qxpg
Weird and Awesome – June 2019
Evan Peterson and I were tasked with doing a "show within a show" so we did "Awesome and Weird with Montgomery Emmett." I was Montgomery and told a monologue about an apocalyptic pig demon. Keefee Nicks sang a one minute song. Evan r ...
Spin the Bottle – May 2019
I host the May 2019 show, with performers Lesli Wood, Kendal Tull-Esterbrook, Sally Savant, and Ahamefule J. Oluo, amongst others.
January 2019 Spin the Bottle
photo by Brett Love January 2019 marked the first Prime-Time Spin the Bottle. Acts that performed that night included sketch comedy group Crackfics Live, solo performer Brian McGuigan, musician Jesse Calixto, and films by Good Game and "The Art of the ...
December 2018 Spin the Bottle – The Funeral
Spin the Bottle's reign of "longest running late night cabaret" came to a close in December of 2018 when market economics and audience apathy regarding the Capitol Hill neighborhood forced the Annex community to stop doing late night shows in its current ...
Zillow – Cave House
I edited this piece for Zillow's Unique Homes series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYJL5vAUFUw
The Wrath of Demeter
I shot and edited another film for Trial and Error Productions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGKSAiQ3__o I hosted the premiere at Seattle's The Triple Door, with opening band Happy Orchestra.
Sketch Nerds Podcast
I, along with Beth and Hannah from SketchFest Seattle, were interviewed on the Sketch Nerds podcast where we talked about some of our favorite sketches from Steve Martin and Dudley Moore & Peter Cook. Also, I think my microphone got unplugged ...
SketchFest Seattle 2018
SketchFest Seattle, the world’s ORIGINAL sketch comedy festival, comes roaring back with a brand new festival for 2018 at our new home at Unexpected Productions! Every year, SketchFest Seattle brings together the most talented and hilarious comedi ...
September 2018 Spin the Bottle
I host the show again, opening it up with a solo rendition of the GudeLaurance original song "Nana's Muff."
Zillow – 3D Printed House
I edited this Unique Home video for Zillow. All assets were provided by the client. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TSPjIrhNZc
Bury Me Under I-5
Sgt Rigsby & His Amazing Silhouettes presents a shadow puppet show about hard living in today's Seattle. Desperate times, hard choices, talking animals. The show is a roller coaster of humor, despair, and hope. It follows the stories of Chicken J ...
January 2018 Spin the Bottle
I host the show again, beginning my new tenure as the every-other-month regular host. Brett Love was the photographer this month, and took one of my favorite pictures of me.
December 2017 Spin the Bottle
I host the December edition of Seattle's longest running late night cabaret. Performances that night included Rose and Blake, Duncan Davenport, Stephen Hando, & Lesli Wood.
SketchFest Seattle 2017
SketchFest Seattle, the world’s original sketch comedy festival, comes roaring back with a brand new festival for 2017. This year, SketchFest will bring the best sketch comedians from around the U.S. and Canada and pair them with local favorites. ...
Unlocked – The Nancy Drew Podcast
I was a guest on Tammy Tuckey's Nancy Drew podcast "Unlocked," and talked about my experience voicing Jim Archer in "The Secret of the Old Clock" video game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wT6mmpNxuY
Rocketmen
Part discussion of jobs programs, part comedy and deranged adventure, Rocketmen is a web serial created by Webster Crowell. With a fantastic cast and a range of stop-motion and computer animated effects, Rocketmen want to know: Are you in Peril? ...
Panel Jumper Live Chapter IV Promo
Cole, Manager Mike and I take some time during the April 2017 Spin the Bottle to promote the upcoming Panel Jumper Live Chapter IV. I then invite the audience to vote on whether or not they think Manager Mike should live or die. Int ...
Book Report
Robin and I had an agreement to read a series of books. She had to read Lord of the Rings and I had to read Harry Potter. See my post on my "Weird and Awesome" performance for a little backstory. On May 3rd, 2017, roughly a year after making the deal, ...
Christmas Is Burning
Join the elite forces of the Holiday Defense League as they valiantly struggle to save the most wonderful day of the year and try to solve the mystery: Why? Why? Why are killer robots from the future trying to ruin Christmas? From the off-kilter m ...
SketchFest Seattle 2016
SketchFest Seattle was a considerable success in 2016, selling out shows at the Pocket Theater, Annex Theatre, and the Central Cinema. The show at the Central Cinema is one I'm really proud of, since it was the event that I produced - the Sket ...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
As the audience for the August "Weird and Awesome" were loaded into the theater, I started reading - from the beginning - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Then after the curtain speech, this text displayed on screen: I did my ...
April 2016 Spin the Bottle
I hosted the April 1st edition of Spin the Bottle at Annex Theatre. Dangerpants Photography Acts included an excerpt of the upcoming late night "Eat Cake," Philip Geurin, Andrew Shanks, Kate Farrell, and "The Seattle Files with Chris Allen." ...
The Ballad of Karla Fox
The Ballad of Karla Fox is a super intense and really dark psychological thriller/shadow puppet show. After her parents die in a suspicious accident (involving a drunken bulldog driving a moving van full of pianos) Karla Fox goes to live with her str ...
The Princess and the Peacock
A puppet-based short film I shot and edited for Trial and Error Productions. It had its premiere screening at the SIFF Uptown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwmW4aJUqvs For more information, visit the producer's page at trialanderror-production ...
SketchFest Seattle 2015
Fall of 2015 brought another edition of SketchFest Seattle. It was a successful festival at the Pocket, Annex, and Central Cinema. For information on the entire festival, click here. To watch films that screened at the Comedy Film Challenge, cl ...
The Stranger Genius Awards 2015
Once again I was called upon to run the AV portion of the Stranger Genius Awards, which meant spending most of the day wandering around the Moore Theater, not eating because of nerves. Ran a flawless show projector-wise, and afterwards - on an emp ...
August 2015 Spin the Bottle
Got another chance to host the show I've been performing in since 1999. It was a hot day, so I wore appropriate clothing. Acts included an excerpt from the upcoming mainstage show "Is She Dead Yet?", drag from Randy Littleman, puppets from Vox Fab ...
A Brief History of Capitol Hill
I gave a keynote-assisted brief talk at the July "Weird and Awesome with Emmett Montgomery."
Time-Lapse of Zapoi!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK2hlbM6AiM I set up a camera and recorded the final performance of Annex Theatre's "Zapoi!" and subsequent strike and party. About seven hours condensed to 1 minute.
The Fog People – “My Turn”
I was the DP for a music video by Seattle-based electro-noir band "The Fog People." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27OaDszFgko
The Panel Jumper Issue 003 – Fight Scene Excerpt
If you've watched my webseries "The Panel Jumper," you know that the B-story in Issue 003 is a martial arts fight scene inside the store. I was asked by the programmer of Annex Theatre's "Spin the Bottle" if I wanted to show anything during the Februa ...