A New Chapter: ParodyChat

It was a sad day for us at A Group Produciton when we found out that Jill Zarin and Kelly Bensimon were among the four housewives to be released from the popular Real Housewives of New York franchise on Bravo!
After all, Jill and Kelly were the divas that put our parodies on the map!
I'm so grateful to Jill for reaching out to us and sharing our work with all of her fans! Not to mention that she appears with us in our own parodies!
She's one cool lady and I know she'll have another fabulous project for us to enjoy soon!
In the meantime, we've decided to start a new segment on our YouTube channel called ParodyChat! In ParodyChat we will spoof the homemade videos of celebrities and Reality TV stars...
It makes sense that for our first ParodyChat, we'd spoof the ladies that helped us get the ball rolling.
Here is Jill Zarin's Message Parody Ustream With Kelly Bensimon!

The Independence Day weekend is here! Time for a little fun, food and drink in the sun.

But before you grab your sunscreen and head out to the beach, lake or water source near you, to celebrate Team America...

Over at A Group Production, we just cannot get enough of the outrageous personalities on Bravo TV, so we decided to put together a little parody of our own poking fun at the Summer by Bravo campaign they're airing right now.

Hope you enjoy it!

Happy Fourth of July friends! Celebrate your independence safe.

The Real Housewives of New York City Parody Season 4

This is our eighth parody from A Group Production, LLC.
I think by far our best to date.
I'm proud of this parody for several reasons; we wrote, produced and shot this parody in exactly one week, the entire cast was only available to shoot together for two hours because of scheduling conflicts and in our first day up on YouTube, we had over 1,500 views!
Not too bad- thanks to help from our Real Housewife and fan Jill Zarin, who shared our parody on her Facebook and Twitter account!
In fact, even Sonja Morgan shared this parody with her fans!
It's such a cool feeling to create something fun with a group of our talented actor friends and release it and have it be so well received. Granted we don't have our own television show yet... but believe me, it's not from not trying!

Check Out The Latest Parody!

I grew up loving shows like; In Living Color and Saturday Night Live...

So it makes perfect sense that I NEVER get tired of dressing up in crazy costumes and putting sketches together with my creative and talented friends!

This is the latest in our The Real Housewives of New York City parodies...

Hope you enjoy it as much as we did shooting it! And pay attention for a very special reality star cameo!

To view this parody full screen please click HERE.

Ah-Mazing!

I had a truly wonderful time last night!

After spending the past three months impersonating her- I finally met Jill Zarin.

Let me just say that Jill could not be more wonderful, gorgeous or funny!

The night began with me getting dressed up (in full drag) as Jill Zarin from Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York City. Let me just be clear, I don't enjoy cross dressing or spending much time in women's clothing, make-up and wigs... However, as an actor, I will do anything for a great punch line! Due to the fact that our Real Housewives of NYC parodies are such a hit on YouTube, I thought I'd take advantage of the moment and play the scenario out...

I arrived at the famous Book Soup in Los Angeles (where the real Jill Zarin had a book signing) and as expected the media went crazy!

Once the real Jill Zarin showed up, it was a surreal but outstanding evening! Jill and I have talked via phone and email for the past several months, but meeting face to face was a dream!

Jill is such a great sport- in addition to sharing our parodies with all of her fans, she decided to make a cameo in our next parody! Which we shot last night after her book signing.

All I can say is- Just wait for that

next parody... It's gonna be OFF THE CHARTS HILARIOUS!

Until then I will share a few of the photos from last night... and send a million thanks to Jill Zarin for being an awesome person on the inside and out, and an amazing sport for playing along with a bunch of dorky actors and our skits!

The Real Housewives of New York City Parody Part 2!

Because of the success of our first Real Housewives of New York City Parody... We decided to shoot another one right away! Watch below or to view in full frame on YouTube click the title link above! Hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it:

A Phone Call From Jill Zarin...

How surreal! I just got off the phone with the REAL Jill Zarin!

Honestly, she is super cool and could not be more gracious about the fact that I impersonated her in The Real Housewives of New York City Parody.

In fact, she gave us a thumbs up and said that the parody is, "fantastic" and she "loves" the impersonation I did...

She even asked me to do my impersonation for her over the phone and laughed!

So cool!

I love that I wake up everyday and get to create fun projects. I'm even happier when people I don't know watch and enjoy them... But I am truly honored that someone from the actual television show- watched it, and liked it enough to reach out and share their reaction personally!

What a complement!

I believe it's true: "Imitation is the sincerest of flattery." -Charles Caleb Colton

and I'm flattered that Jill Zarin is "flattered" with my impersonation of her!