Levity Entertainment Group has four distinct divisions: Levity Production & Management (artist management and comedy production), Triage Entertainment (non-comedy programming and production), Medium (branded entertainment), and E-Comic Branding (digital strategy and distribution). Levity Entertainment Group represents comedians and writers, produces over 400 hours of television, creates and implements integrated entertainment programs for Fortune 100

Fortune 500

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...

 brands and, manages the online strategies for over 125 comedy properties.

All four companies work together to provide vertical comedy solutions for talent, consumers and major brand partners. As majority owner of the IMPROV

The Improv

The Improv is a comedy club franchise. Originally, it was a single venue founded in 1963 by Budd Friedman and located in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City on West 44th near the SE corner of 9th Ave. A second location was opened in 1974 at 8162 Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax District...

, America’s first and largest comedy club

Comedy club

A comedy club is a venue, typically a nightclub, bar, or restaurant where people watch or listen to performances, including stand-up comedians, improvisational comedians, impersonators, magicians, ventriloquists and other comedy acts...

 chain, Levity produces comedy programming, strategically targeted for multiple distribution platforms.

History

Levity Entertainment Group was founded in 2004 by comedy industry veterans Robert Hartmann and Judi Brown Marmel who together have over 40 years experience. Robert Hartmann is largest combined shareholder of the IMPROV Comedy franchise and has spent his career managing multiple comedy clubs and nurturing comedy talent. Judi Brown Marmel worked for the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen for 13 years, booking and developing comedy talent for the festival.

In 2009, Levity Entertainment Group signed a multiplatform output deal with Comedy Central

Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....

. Levity will produce a dozen standup specials for Comedy Central, with six of them coming from comedians Christopher Titus

Christopher Titus

Christopher Todd Titus is an American comedian and actor. He grew up in Newark, California. Titus came to national attention with the eponymous FOX show Titus, of which he was the star, executive producer and co-creator...

, Gabriel Iglesias

Gabriel Iglesias

Gabriel J. Iglecias , known professionally as Gabriel Iglesias, is an American standup comedian and actor, known for his shows I’m Not Fat… I’m Fluffy and Hot & Fluffy.-Early life:...

, Pablo Francisco

Pablo Francisco

Pablo Ridson Francisco is an American stand-up comedian of Chilean origin. He started his career doing improv in Tempe, Arizona.-Career:...

, Jim Breuer

Jim Breuer

Jim Breuer is an American stand-up comedian, actor and radio host. He is most noted for his time as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and starring in the 1998 cult "stoner comedy" Half Baked, alongside Dave Chappelle....

, Mitch Fatel

Mitch Fatel

Mitch Fatel is a stand-up comedian in New York. He was raised in Yonkers, New York and began doing stand-up at the age of 15. In 1988 Fatel attended NYU/Tisch School of the Arts and majored in Film and Acting Studies. Around this time Mitch was an intern on the Howard Stern show...

, and Pete Correale, all of which will run on the channel this year. Another six specials will be shot this year and run in 2010.

The Work

Levity Entertainment has produced shows for Comedy Central, Showtime and TBS.

On Comedy Central, Jeff Dunham’s “Arguing With Myself,” “Spark of Insanity,” and "Very Special Christmas Special" (which drew Comedy Central's biggest audience ever with 6.6 million viewers). John Witherspoon's "You Got To Coordinate," John Pinette's "I'm Starvin'," Gabriel Iglesias' "Hot and Fluffy," Daniel Tosh's "Completely Serious,” “Steve Byrne's Happy Hour,” “Bob & Tom Comedy All-Stars Tour,” and the upcoming Jeff Dunham Show launching in the fall of 2009.

On Showtime, “Doug Stanhope: No Refunds”

On TBS, “Stand Up or Sit Down Comedy Challenge”

External links

• IMDB Levity Entertainment Group on IMDB
• Levity Entertainment Group Official Website