“Ced N Teri” Brings Hamtramck to YouTube

by MiLife MiTimes

April 24th, 2008 in Detroit, Entertainment, Events, Film, Lifestyle

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It all begins with a knock at the door. Ced tries to deliver a pizza that Teri never ordered. She’s drinking a beer. He asks if she has another. Ced sits on the couch and Teri gives him a cold one. Then we meet N, their four-legged co-star who sits between them. Will they ever get off the couch?

“Ced N Teri,” the hilarious new series created by Mikey Brown, is redefining what it means to be a “sit” com. The politically incorrect comedy about two full-time couch potatoes and a cat, shot locally at the Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck, is quickly finding an audience on the mini screen at YouTube.

Each “Ced N Teri” also features a local band or rapper who plays a song at the end of the episode and during the closing credits.

“Putting bands into the plot of the show was inspired by the British sitcom The Young Ones,” Brown said. “I used to watch when I was a kid. And we figured local bands would get their fans to watch the show and fans of the show would get turned on to some bands they might not have known about otherwise. So it is a fun way to cross promote our show and bands we like.”

Several made-in-Detroit bands have graced the mini screen including The Brown Stripes, Blair, Hellen, Alison Lewis and Outdated Fate. Rapper JJ Sacks even portrayed Teri’s crazy ex in one episode as he serenaded her from the backyard with a special song about big booty. Awwwww, isn’t that special?

And, in the soon-to-be-released Episode 8, look for funky rocker Jamie McCarthy who will also make a cameo appearance as a guy from The Repo Depo. He’ll break into “I’d Rather Be Ced N Teri” on Teri’s guitar. Before he repos the guitar, that is

Jamie will be stopping by to play his song and a few others at the premiere of “Ced N Teri,” Episode 8, on Sunday, May 4, at the Park Bar in Detroit. Doors open at 8 pm. 18+ are welcome. Come and hang with the cast and crew at this free event - besides, it might be the only time that Ced and Teri actually get off the couch.

For more information about and to see the previous episodes, visit www.cednteri.com or www.myspace.com/cednteri.

Submission from Lee Runchey.