August 8, 2008 - Episode 7 of "Comedy Gumbo" is out! This episode features comedians Brody Stevens and Owen Benjamin. "Comedy Gumbo - Episode 7 - Boom!". We hope you like it! If you do like it, please make sure to subscribe to our Comedy Gumbo Playlist on our YouTube page. Please check back every week for 'Comedy Gumbo'! Thank you!

August 1, 2008 - We have a brand new short to share! It's called "Behind the Cup", it's about the cup from 2 Girls 1 Cup. See it here, "Behind The Cup". We hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by! And please check out our show 'Comedy Gumbo', on our video page!

July 31, 2008 - Episode 6 of "Comedy Gumbo" is out! And it features a very special cameo from the one and only, FABIO! No, seriously. See it here: "Comedy Gumbo - Episode 6 - Fabio". We hope you like it! If you do like it, please make sure to subscribe to our Comedy Gumbo Playlist on our YouTube page. Please check back every week for 'Comedy Gumbo'! Thank you!

July 24, 2008 - Episode 5 of "Comedy Gumbo" is out! See it here: "Comedy Gumbo - Episode 4 - TOP-R-OFF". We hope you like it! If you do like it, please make sure to subscribe to our Comedy Gumbo Playlist on our YouTube page. Please check back every week for 'Comedy Gumbo'! Thank you!

July 18, 2008 - Episode 4 of "Comedy Gumbo" is out! See it here: "Comedy Gumbo - Episode 4 - Boner". We hope you like it! If you do like it, please make sure to subscribe to our Comedy Gumbo Playlist on our YouTube page. Please check back every week for 'Comedy Gumbo'! Thank you!

July 11, 2008 - Episode 3 of "Comedy Gumbo" is out! See it here: "Comedy Gumbo - Episode 3 - Hummus". We hope you like it! If you do like it, please make sure to subscribe to our Comedy Gumbo Playlist on our YouTube page. Please check back every week for 'Comedy Gumbo'! Thank you!

June 27, 2008 - Episode 2 of "Comedy Gumbo" is out! See it here: "Comedy Gumbo - Episode 2 - Let's Take a Bath". We hope you like it! If you do like it, please make sure to subscribe to our Comedy Gumbo Playlist on our YouTube page. Please check back every week for 'Comedy Gumbo'! Thank you!

June 20, 2008 - Our show is finally here! "Comedy Gumbo" is a 10-episode sketch series we made for Sony Pictures online division, CSpot. The show is on YouTube, Myspace, Crackle, Hulu and AOL Video. New episodes every Friday! The first episode can be seen here..."Comedy Gumbo - Episode 1 - Bacon". We hope you like it! If you do like it, please make sure to subscribe to our Comedy Gumbo Playlist on our YouTube page. Please check back every week for 'Comedy Gumbo'! Thanks for reading!

June 3, 2008 - NEW VIDEO! We decided to release one sketch from our web ssketch series "Comedy Gumbo", which premieres on the CSpot channels on YouTube, Crackle and Hulu on June 20th! This sketch "Dishwashing Champion" is a parody Nintendo Wii commercial. We hope you like it! If you do like it, please make sure to subscribe to CSpot and check back for 'Comedy Gumbo'! Thanks for reading!

April 30, 2008 - Crazy News Flash!: Our short "I Love You" has won the $10,000 prize for the Comedy Category in ClipStar.com's talent competition! Thank you to everyone who signed up and voted for us! We love you, you beautiful angels! This means that our short is now in the running for a $1,000,000 prize at the end of the year!! But for now, we celebrate this victory with ice cream. Hooray!

April 18, 2008 - Hey everybody! So we can now give some info on Awkward Pictures' first web series, "Comedy Gumbo", coming in June on Sony's CSpot! We now have our first teaser promo for the show. We've spent the last several months of our lives making this show and we can't wait to release it. Ladies and gentlemen of the internet, "Comedy Gumbo".

April 9, 2008 - Hey everybody! Two posts in two days, how about that, eh? So, our short "I Love You" is competing in the ClipStar.com competition for $10,000!, and we need your votes! So please go to ClipStar.com, sign up for a FREE account, and vote for our short, which is right here: "I Love You" @ ClipStar. Voting ends April 30th. Please vote and please force your friends/family members/neighbors/co-workers/children to vote too!

April 8, 2008 - Hey everybody. Sorry for such a delay in posts. We've been working very hard on our very first Web Series. It will premiere in June on Sony's CSpot online. It'll be available on YouTube, Crackle & Myspace. More details and promos are coming soon.

March 13, 2008 - It's been a while since we've posted, and we deeply, deeply apologize. We're working hard on a very exciting project...that we can't talk about. But please check back on our site, because we have a ton of new stuff to share very soon. But for now, we are proud to announce that "Fanny Pack", a music video Payman directed for our buddy Owen Benjamin, has been selected by the Los Angeles United Film Festival! It screens April 19th @ 11:15am in Beverly Hills. For more information and for tickets, go to "I Love You"! We love you!

January 16, 2008 - Wow, we had no idea our video "50 Perfect Impressions" was going to get so much attention. Thanks to everyone who's watched it and sent it along to friends, we've now been featured on Break, YouTube Mobile, The New York Times, eBaumsWorld, FHM, Digg, Jokaroo and our video was shown on G4's "Attack of the Show" last night. We're as shocked as you are. In case you haven't seen it, it's a parody of those "Celebrity Impersonation" videos that are all over the web. Payman decided to take a crack and make his own, seeing that he's a fully-trained impressionist (that's a big lie). Please enjoy "50 Perfect Impressions"! Thanks for watching!

January 14, 2008 - Hey friends! We have a new video to share. It's a parody of those "Celebrity Impersonation" videos that are all over the web. Payman decided to take a crack and make his own, seeing that he's a fully-trained impressionist (not true). Please enjoy "50 Perfect Impressions"! Thanks for watching!

December 15, 2007 - Yo!! It's been a while, but we finally have another new short to share, and just in time for the holidays. It's called "Ruining Christmas Dinner". Sean directed it and it was written by/stars Patrick DeLuca. Please enjoy "Ruining Christmas Dinner"! Sean directed it, Chris shot it and Payman produced it. Happy Holidays from us to you...ehhhh

November 6, 2007 - Hey everybody! We have another new short to share! It was written by/stars comedian/actor Tyler Spindel. It's a parody of hamburger commercials and as usual, it's ridiculous. If you like burgers and boobs, you'll enjoy "The Tasty Burger"! Payman directed it, Sean produced it and Chris shot it. We hope you like it!

October 26, 2007 - Hey everybody! It's been a while, but we have a new video to share. It's the Series Premiere of a web show called "Coffee Break". Sean created/wrote/directed it, Chris shot it and Payman stars in it. Without any further ado, we're proud to present..."Coffee Break"! We hope you enjoy it. More new stuff is on the way!

September 22, 2007 - We have a new video to share. Payman & Chris produced it, and it was created by our friend Patrick DeLuca. And now, please enjoy "O.J. Simpson Robbery Video"! It's already been featured on Myspace & FunnyOrDie.com, sweeeeeet! By the way, a lot of new stuff is on its way. We're editing the next batch of shorts right now. Thank you.

September 8, 2007 -We have 2 new short films/sketches to share! First, "WWE Audition Tape", directed by Payman, written/starring our friend Tyler Spindel. And second, "Talk'n Dirty", which was written/stars Owen Benjamin. Enjoy!!!? More new vids are on the way!

August 28, 2007 - Site Update: We finally added the awkward pictures we took at Sundance, The Newport Beach Film Festival & Payman's Crappy MS Paint Drawings. They're all in our Pictures Section. We're writing new stuff right now and have a lot of shorts coming soon. For now, enjoy our new sweet YouTube player above. It's pretty fancy. Bye!

July 31, 2007 - We are proud to announce that 2 of our short films, "Tuesday" and "Fanny Pack" will be screened this weekend at the Tulsa United Film Festival. Please visit the festival's website for ticket information. We got rid of our online store and replaced it with a page that explains Awkward Pictures. Please visit our About page for more information on us. We love you still.

July 28, 2007 - Yo!!! While we produce the Sierra Mist ad, we wanted to make some updates to the website. We just made 2 banners that you can copy/paste onto your website or Myspace profiles. So if you really love us and you want to spread the word and help the world become more awkward, one short film at a time, please check out our banners. They're on our Contact page, below the horrifying pictures of us. New videos are on the way. Thank you to everyone emailing us with nice comments. You smell pretty.

July 20, 2007 - "Creepy", a music video/sketch Payman directed for comedian Owen Benjamin, is now featured on AdamSandler.com!! Mr. Sandler saw "Fanny Pack", Payman & Owen's first video together, and wanted it on his website. We also sent him "Creepy", and apprently he liked it as well. Sweet!!

July 18, 2007 - Some sweet stuff has happened since we won the YouTube Sketchies Contest. We're going to the 'Hot Rod' premiere in San Francisco this weekend, and we'll be sure to take many awkward pictures. We've been writing some new stuff, so we should have some new stuff up in a few weeks. We wanted to thank everyone who voted for us again. We're still in a bit of shock that we won. We love you. Want to have ice cream sometime? Not in a romantic way, but like, in a friendly way. This has been the most unnecessary news update on the internet.

July 12, 2007 - SWEET!!! We won the YouTube Sketchies Contest!!! Woo-hoo!!! Thanks to all our friends and fans(?)! We're really really excited! More details on the way. For now, we shall sleep. You rock.

July 6, 2007 - The Final Round of YouTube's Sketchies Contest has begun! Please vote for our video "Rodney & Zak" at YouTube.com/sketchiesranker. If you want to watch it, here's "Rodney & Zak". You can vote once every hour until July 11th! Please help us!!! =)

July 5, 2007 - New video time! We just uploaded our entry for the Final Round of the YouTube Sketchies Contest. Voting goes from July 6th-11th. Please log onto YouTube and vote for our video, "Rodney & Zak"! It stars Payman and his dog, Dude. We hope you like it. And remember, you can vote every hour. Cheers.

June 29, 2007 - Pretty sweet news. We just got into the Final Round of the YouTube Sketchies Contest! We'll be competing against 4 other groups for the awesome grand prize. The new video is due on Tuesday July 3rd, and voting will go from July 5th-July 11th. You can vote every hour, so once it's time to vote, please vote for us, and vote often. Thanks for all of the support to everyone who was voting and spreading the word for us. Yay!!

June 20, 2007 - Hey everybody! We just uploaded our Round 2 entry into the YouTube Sketchies Contest. It's called "FriendBuddies". If you like it, please vote ofor us at YouTube.com/sketchiesranker. If you want to watch it, here's "FriendBuddies". Thanks for watching.

June 8, 2007 - AWESOME NEWS!!! Our short "Waffle" is one of the 20 videos chosen for the next round of the YouTube Sketchies Contest! From now until June 13th, the public votes for the Top 10, who will advance to the 2nd Round. If you have a YouTube account, please vote for us! YouTube.com/SketchiesRanker. Find our video, click the button on the right that says Move to Top, then scroll down and click Submit. We need all the help we can get. Thanks for all the support everybody!! If you want to watch it, here's "Waffle". It's delicious.

June 7, 2007 - We can't tell you how excited we are to say this. "Fanny Pack", a music video Payman directed for comedian/actor Owen Benjamin is now featured on AdamSandler.com!!! Mr. Sandler saw Fanny Pack at Comedy Gumbo, he liked it, and now it's on his website. This is really sweet because this is the first non-Happy Madison related video on AdamSandler.com. Sweeeeeeeet!!!! They even have an iPod file download of the video!

June 5, 2007 - Our latest short "Waffle" is doing really well. It's 35 seconds long, and it's our entry into the YouTube Sketchies Contest. Popular Netherlands blog Flabber.nl and the awesome site TheDailyReel.com have both featured "Waffle", giving us a nice chunk of views. Thanks internet! If you want to watch it, here's "Waffle". It's delicious.

May 30, 2007 - We have a new short to share. It's called "Waffle", it's 35 seconds long. It's only 35 seconds long and you love waffles, so you have no reason to not watch it. Ladies and Germans, "Waffle". Enjoy?

May 25, 2007 - New video time! Payman directed a new sketch for comedian/actor Owen Benjamin. Please enjoy How to Avoid Commitment. We hope you like it. Cheers

May 23, 2007 - We have a new video up! It's the 2nd installment in the "Injuries" series we're doing with actor/writer Patrick DeLuca. Please enjoy Outdoor Injuries. Thanks for watching!

May 19, 2007 - 2 New Shorts to share! Payman directed these 2 shorts for comedians Patrick DeLuca and Matt Ralston. One is about a virgin, the other is about a janitor. I smell a sitcom! Please enjoy I Realized I Was a Virgin While on My Way to Get Some Chicken and Blue Collar Athlete. Thanks for watching!

May 10, 2007 - Well, it's time for Summer movies, and that means another installment of Let's Movie! with Payman and Sean. This time, we discuss the movie "Delta Farce". We hope you like it. Thanks for watching!

May 5, 2007 - Sweet news! YouTube featured our short "Tuesday" and our Channel in the Comedy section. Thanks internet!

April 30, 2007 - Awkward Pictures presents...Comedy Gumbo was a success at the 2007 Newpport Beach Film Festival. We had a packed house, every film got a good response and a bunch of other cool stuff happened. We'll post the pictures as soon as we can. We got some really really really awkward pictures this year. Thanks to Myspace Comedy and NBFF..

April 14, 2007 - Busy day! We are proud to finally present "Tuesday". Tuesday was the first film we made after forming Awkward Pictures. It's been really lucky for us, getting into 7 film festivals and winning a couple awards. We hope you guys like it. Cheers..

April 14, 2007 - Amazing news! We're featured on YouTube's homepage! We've been trying to get on there for a long time and it finally happened. Our "PSA Parody" is the one Guest Editor tokenblackchic chose. Thanks tokenblackchic and thank you, YouTube.

April 13, 2007 - Great news! "The Long Walk Home" won Best Comedy at the RadioAlice Film Festival tonight!.

April 4, 2007 - Tickets for "Awkward Pictures presents...Comedy Gumbo" at The Newport Beach Film Festival are NOW ON SALE! This event will sell out fast, so buy them quick. It takes place Sunday April 22nd at 1pm! For more info, Click Here.

March 26, 2007 - We're very proud to announce that The Newport Beach Film Festival has given Awkward Pictures an entire Shorts Program!! This has never happened in film festival history, so we're quite happy right now. Awkward Pictures presents...Comedy Gumbo, Sunday April 22nd at 1pm! For more info, Click Here.

March 19, 2007 - Awesome news! "Tuesday" won Best in Fest at the Wizard World Film Festival in Los Angeles this weekend! That means it'll play in August at the Chicago Wizard World, and we get a booth to sell our crap! Sweet!! Thanks Wizard World, for all the memories.

March 13, 2007 - We have a new short film up. We are proud to present "Off to Iraq". It's been selected to 2 film festivals, and is online for the first time. We hope you guys like it.

March 12, 2007 - Yay! We just found out that 2 of our films, "The Long Walk Home" and "Tuesday", will be screening at the 2007 Wizard World Film Festival in Los Angeles this weekend! Click the link for more info!

March 9, 2007 - Sweet! YouTube has featured "Parallel/Parallel" in their Comedy Section!

March 4, 2007 - We put the trailer for "Tuesday" up. Here it is. The entire film will be online very soon. For now, we hope you like the trailer.

February 15, 2007 - Sweeeeet news! Myspace continues to kick ass for us. Our PSA Parody is featured on the Myspace Homepage!! Awesome!! Dreams really do come true at Myspace.com!!

February 7, 2007 - We are proud to present a new short film. It's the BRAND NEW version of "The Long Walk Home". Sean re-wrote it, we re-shot it, and it's even better than the original version. If you liked the first one, we think you'll love this one. So, here it is, The Long Walk Home

February 6, 2007 - Nice! Triple-love from Myspace today. Awkward Pictures is the featured Sketch Comedy Profile AND our PSA Parody is featured on the Myspace Comedy Homepage! As if that wasn't cool enough, the short Payman directed for Nick Swardson is featured on the Myspace Videos Page as the "Comedy Video Spotlight". Nice.

February 2, 2007 - Reaaaally cool news! Two of our shorts, "Off to Iraq" and the NEW version of "The Long Walk Home" have been selected for the 2007 Delray Beach Film Festival! The festival runs from March 13th-18th. If you're in the area, come check it out! Thanks.

January 16, 2007 - More sweet news for "Tuesday." "Tuesday" has been selected for the 2007 Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California. This is really cool because it's in our hometown. This will be Payman's first Cinequest, and Sean's third time. Yay! If you're in the bay area, come on by!

January 14, 2007 - Ridiculously cool news. Payman was lucky enough to direct/produce a short film for actor/comedian Nick Swardson. Nick is really really funny in it. We are ridiculously proud to present, A Normal Day in the Life of Down to Earth Nick Swardson. Sweet.

January 12, 2007 - Payman directed another music video for comedian Owen Benjamin. Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you, I'm Creepy.

December 30, 2006 - HUGE cool news! Our short, "Tuesday" won Best Narrative Short Film in the Moving Pictures Magazine Film Festival!! The award ceremony is being held at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21st! This is really exciting because "Tuesday" was the first short made after we created Awkward Pictures. Expect a whole lotta awkward pictures from Sundance! Have a great New Years everybody!

December 16, 2006 - We have 4 Holiday Videos, 2 new! First, a very special holiday wishcast to the world, "Awkward Holiday Wishcast" and a brand new episode of "Payman n' Me: Episode 2 (The Christmas Special)" And of course, "California Christmas" and "California Christmas 2". Happy Holidays and enjoy, if you want.

December 13, 2006 - Some really sweet "Fanny Pack" news. "Fanny Pack" is featured on the Myspace homepage! Payman directed the music video for Comedian/Actor Owen Benjamin. Owen wrote/performs the song and it's very funny. Awkward Pictures proudly presents: Fanny Pack: The Movie (Add us on Myspace)

December 5, 2006 - Over the weekend, Payman directed a music video for Comedian/Actor Owen Benjamin. Owen wrote/performs the song and it's very funny. It's called "Fanny Pack". It's online exclusively on Myspace on Owen's profile. It's short and safe to view at work. Fanny Pack: The Movie". If you like it, please spread the word. The world must know of the joys of Fanny Pack Ownership. Sean and Payman. (Add us on Myspace)

November 27, 2006 - Hey everybody! How was your turkey? So, we've entered a few of our shorts into the Yahoo Talent Show, and we've decided to release "Tuesday" and the brand-spanking-new version of "The Long Walk Home" for just one week! Once the contest judging is over, they're being taken off until next year after all the film festival stuff is done. Please check them out, and if you have a yahoo account, PLEASE login and rate/comment on our videos. We'd really appreciate it. We're crossing our fingers, and our butts. Watch the New Shorts here! Thanks everybody! Payman and Sean.

November 22, 2006 - So, we entered a few of our shorts/videos to the Yahoo Talent Show. The prize is really sweet, so we decided to make a new video. This is our new webisode show pilot, "Payman n' Me." It's a "The Office"-style show about Payman and his dog, Dude, as roommates. Dude is a pug, and Dude talks. You can see it here. Please rate/comment if you have a yahoo account. That would be sweet of you. Sweet. Payman and Sean.

October 22, 2006 - Halloween is coming up, and we thought there was no better time to release our short film about Halloween, "A Halloween Tale"! We worked very hard on this film and have been waiting to release it. It's finally here in all its glory. If you enjoy it, PLEASE spread the word and send it to anyone you think would enjoy it. Thanks everybody, and Happy Halloweeeeeeen!!!

October 19, 2006 - So, pretty cool news to share. Two of our shorts, "Why?" and "Tuesday" have been selected for the 2007 Int'l Festival of Cinema & Technology! It's a traveling festival that last year held 18 events, in 9 cities and in 5 countries. As soon as we have dates/times of the screenings, we'll post them on here. Thanks.

September 18, 2006 - We have a new Animated short flilm up! It's called "Delicious Tropical Party" and it's made up entire of drawings created on MS Paint. Hope you love it. Thanks for reading this far.

September 12, 2006 - We have the date/time of the World Premiere of our short film, "Tuesday". It will be screening on Sunday, October 1st @ 7:30pm. At the Davis Theater in beautiful city of Chicago, at the Chicago Int'l REEL Shorts Film Festival! Click that last link for ticket information. Yay!!!

September 10, 2006 - We are proud to announce that one of our latest short films, "Tuesday", has been selected to play at the Chicago Int'l REEL Shorts Film Festival! The festival runs from September 29th to October 1st. Once the date/time of the screening is confirmed, we'll announce it on the site. Sweeeeeeet!!! (And no, "Tuesday" is not available to view online since it's being sent out to festivals. Sorry.)

September 9, 2006 - Two new videos up!!! We've got a couple new videos up, check them out. We present to you, "California Christmas" and "California Christmas 2". Have fun watching Sean be a huge jerk.

September 8, 2006 - The MoviesAskew Festival was great. We had a blast, the audience responded very well to "Parallel/Parallel", and we got a bunch of great awkward pictures. Check them out here! Also, you can now watch "Parallel/Parallel" again, as we've been told by MoviesAskew that it's ok to put it back up. Enjoy.

August 28, 2006 - We are deliciously proud to announce that "Parallel/Parallel" will be screening at Kevin Smith's MoviesAskew Film Festival on Wednesday, September 6th @ Cinespace in Hollywood. Tickets are limited and me be sold out already. Click on the above link for more info. If you're going to be there, come say hi. If you're not going to be there, then our relationship doesn't mean as much as I thought it did. New videos should be up very soon, by the way.

August 09, 2006 - Comic-Con photos are up! Also, a brand-new section of Awkward Pictures is up: "Bob". We love you.

July 25, 2006 - We're back from Comic-Con, where we had a pretty damn good time. We have PLENTY of awkward pictures to share with you soon, so stay tuned for that. In the meantime, we have a new video to show! It's our second installment of Public Service Announcements on Illegal Downloading, except this time we landed a Celebrity. It's not like the first PSA, and we promise you'll like it. (Offer void on Earth)

June 6, 2006 - We are proud to announce that "The Long Walk Home" has been selected to play at Comic-Con 2006 in San Diego! It's playing Friday, July 21st at 12:40pm in Room 26AB. If you're going to be there, come find us! If you're friends with us on Myspace, we'll give the first 50 of you a free "button" button. Visit Comic-Con's website for more information on tickets, directions, etc.

May 21, 2006 - New Video! We've just added a new video, "2004 Presidential Election Report." Payman turned this into a Media Theory class 2 years ago following the election. His assignment was a presentation on the Media's role in the election. Check it out! If you want!

May 13, 2006 - All our videos are now available to download for your iPod! The links to download are just below the movie. Hooray for technology!

May 3, 2006 - We're back from the Newport Beach Film Festival. We had a great time and took a lot of awkward pictures with people. There were quite a few stars at the festival, including a rapper. Who is this rapper, you're probably wondering. Check out our Pictures section and see our awkwardly awkward pictures. We'll be adding a bunch more in the coming weeks. Love, us.

April 12th, 2006 - We are proud to announce that Awkward Pictures will have 2 films World Premiering at the 2006 Newport Beach Film Festival! "Why?" by Payman Benz will be shown Saturday April 22nd at 10:30pm @ Lido Theater. "The Long Walk Home" by Sean Becker will be shown Monday April 24th at 9:30pm @ Edwards Island Theaters - Cox, at Fashion Island.

This is our second straight year at NBFF. Last year, we whored the crap out of "Needle Anus", and had the best time of our lives. Bye!

April 1, 2006 - Welcome to the Official Homepage of Awkward Pictures! Thanks for coming by!

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