Groundlings

Sony Taps Improv Troupe Groundlings for Digital Shorts

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 22, 2008 - 12:53pm.

Los Angeles - Improv comedy troupe the Groundlings has signed a one-year deal with Sony Pictures Television to create 50 digital shorts for the Web and mobile platforms, Variety reports. The Los Angeles-based group has fostered such comedians as Will Ferrell, Lisa Kudrow, Julia Sweeney and Paul "Pee-wee Herman" Reubens.