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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio review for the doc series “Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose,” about the rise and bitter fall of the major league legend, the MLB’s all-time hits leader, only to be banned from the sport because of gambling. Streaming on MAX and on HBO since July 24th.
Chicago@SXSW: Improv Duo TJ & Dave on TV Pilot ‘Bettendorf Talks’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 5, 2024 - 2:00pm
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Men in Suits: TJ & Dave for ’Bettendorf Talks’ @SXSW 2024
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For more information on “Bettendorf Talks” at SXSW, click here. The 2024 South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals take place on March 8th-16th. For more information click on SXSW.com
© 2024 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com
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CHICAGO – The names “TJ & Dave” are legion in the Chicago entertainment scene. The improvisation duo – T.J. Jagodowski and David Pasquesi – are improv performers who heighten the status of the city as a comedic destination. Now they’re featured in a indie TV pilot that will premiere at SXSW 2024 entitled “Bettendorf Talks.”
The show – produced by Shane Simmons and directed by Jack C. Newell – is a sharp and smart “show within a show” and a workplace comedy regarding the newest (and most unlikely) local talk show to come out of the titular Midwestern Quad City. Hosted by the “has been” comedy duo T.J. Jagodowski and David Pasquesi (who star as caricatures of themselves), the two attempt to mount a hit show in search of a sliver in their former glory. Other featured performers include Tim Kazurinsky, Sadieh Rifal, Brian King. Cassie Kramer, Nnamdi Ngwe, Emma Pope and Ike Reilly.
Men in Suits: TJ & Dave for ’Bettendorf Talks’ @SXSW 2024
Photo credit: SXSW.com
Since 2002, TJ and Dave have been cited as the most well-known and critically acclaimed improv showman in the history of the art form. T.J. Jagodowski is a Massachusetts native who began Chicago improv performance in the 1990s. He has appeared in films (“Open Tables,” “Close Quarters,” “Get Hard”) and TV (“Prison Break,” “Chicago Fire”). David Pasquesi has collaborated with director Jack C. Newell (and T.J. for the first two) in his films “Close Quarters,” “Open Tables” and “Monuments,” as well as appearing in “To Rome with Love.” His TV credits include “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Veep,” “The Connors” and “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.”
In Part One of a Podtalk interview by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, TJ and Dave (Dave speaks first) on “Bettendorf Talks,” premiering at SXSW 2024 …
In Part Two, background on their partnership …
Trailer, SXSW …
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |
