North Palm Wrestling
Encyclopedia
North Palm Wrestling is an American sketch comedy
troupe from North Palm Beach, Florida
. The official members are Jason Selvig, Gregory Kohn, John Anderson, and Ben Buzard. Their sketches often poke fun at relevant and controversial issues including politics, racism, sexism, celebrity, terrorism, and advertising.
In April 2007, their pilot was picked up by MTV
as a new web-based series and blog. This current version of NPW can be seen on MTV's website. MTV also distributes the sketches through its VOD
offerings on cable systems. Other sketches are available on their old website.
In 2005, they decided to make a television pilot, which was written by Jason Selvig and directed by Gregory Kohn. The pilot caught the attention of some executives, and led to their relationship with MTV.
Sketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
troupe from North Palm Beach, Florida
North Palm Beach, Florida
North Palm Beach is an incorporated village in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 12,064 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 12,645...
. The official members are Jason Selvig, Gregory Kohn, John Anderson, and Ben Buzard. Their sketches often poke fun at relevant and controversial issues including politics, racism, sexism, celebrity, terrorism, and advertising.
In April 2007, their pilot was picked up by MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
as a new web-based series and blog. This current version of NPW can be seen on MTV's website. MTV also distributes the sketches through its VOD
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
offerings on cable systems. Other sketches are available on their old website.
History
NPW began as a group of backyard wrestlers in the late 1990s. They staged WWE-style fights in Jason Selvig's backyard, nicknamed "The Selvigdome Arena." Once most of the members had enrolled in college, they began making comedy skits for their friends during winter and summer breaks, and were thus reinvented into a video-based comedy troupe.In 2005, they decided to make a television pilot, which was written by Jason Selvig and directed by Gregory Kohn. The pilot caught the attention of some executives, and led to their relationship with MTV.