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The Andy Kaufman Award™ Talent Competition

Official Rules for 2010

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

2. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

The Andy Kaufman Award Talent Competition is open to individuals who are age 18 years or older and who are legal residents of one of the 50 United States or The District of Columbia. Employees of The Andy Kaufman Award, Caroline’s on Broadway, their parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising or promotional agencies, prize donors or other companies participating in sponsoring the competition, and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household, are not eligible to enter.

3. HOW TO ENTER:

Entries are now being accepted. To enter, a contestant must submit a DVD recording of the entrant performing his or her original comedy material. Performance must not exceed six (6) minutes in total length. The DVD disk itself must be clearly labeled with the following information: name of entrant, date of birth, address, telephone number (including area code), email address, and url of personal website, if available. Entries must be mailed to the following address: The Andy Kaufman Award, 4 Beaverbrook Road, Suite 135, Lincoln Park, NJ 07035. Entries must be received by Friday October 1, 2010. DVD’s will not be returned and will remain the property of The Andy Kaufman Award.

Additionally, contestants must visit the website www.theandykaufmanaward.com, complete and submit the online Entry Form and follow the instructions to post their entry submission on www.YouTube.com.

4. JUDGING CRITERIA:

Entries will be qualified and evaluated by a panel of industry professionals based on the following criteria: Originality, Creativity, Spirit and Execution. The use of vulgarity or scatological language will not enhance an entrant’s chance of winning, as those elements are neither inherently original nor creative. See www.theandykaufmanaward.com for further expansion on the criteria.

5. SELECTION OF WINNER:

SEMI-FINAL ROUND:

A group of semi-finalists will be selected by the professional judges from among all eligible entries received, based on the aforementioned criteria. Semi-finalists will be invited to perform before a live audience and a panel of judges in New York City within the week prior to November 1, 2010. Specific date, time and location will be announced and posted on the website www.theandykaufmanaward.com. Six (6) finalists receiving the highest evaluations will be selected based on the aforementioned criteria. Finalists chosen must be available to perform at Gotham Comedy Club, 2008 West 23rd Street, New York City, NY on Monday night November 1, 2010.

FINAL ROUND:

Finalists will perform before a live audience and panel of professional judges at Gotham Comedy Club, 2008 West 23rd Street, New York City, NY on Tuesday Night, November 2, 2010.

One (1) winner will be selected based on the aforementioned criteria.

Each semi-finalist and finalist contestant is responsible for any expense incurred as a result of entering the competition, including but not limited to, all travel expenses relating to the required live performances in New York City.

6. PRIZES:

The winner will receive a cash prize of $2,500 awarded in the form of a check and a trophy. Prize recipient is solely responsible for all applicable taxes on prize value. An IRS Form 1099 will be issued to the recipient. Right to receive prize is not transferable or assignable. No substitution of prize will be allowed.

The winner will receive publicity in a form to be agreed upon, for which no monetary value is assigned and for which no remuneration will be made. The winner might be requested to appear on radio and/or television programs for the purpose of being interviewed, in the event sufficient interest has been expressed by the media to warrant such a request.

7. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

(a) All entries and components thereof, including DVD’s and written materials, will become the property of The Andy Kaufman Award and will not be returned.

(b) The Andy Kaufman Award and Gotham Comedy Club are not responsible for lost, late, damaged, illegible, misdirected, mutilated, incomplete or postage due entries or mail.

(c) Entries containing obscene, pornographic, violent or criminal material, messages, data or programs will be eliminated from consideration.

(d) By entering the competition, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and the decisions of the judges, which are final.

(e) Entry constitutes permission for The Andy Kaufman Award, its parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of their agents, licensees, and promotional partners, and such other persons or entities as The Andy Kaufman Award may designate from time to time, to use (i)the name, likeness, photograph, voice, performance and biographical data of the entrant, (ii) the entry materials, including without limitation the video performance contained therein on DVD, and (iii) if entrant is selected as a semi-finalist and/or finalist, photographs and audio, video and/or audio-visual recordings of the entrant’s performance during the semi-final and final rounds of judging, in perpetuity, for purposes and services and for any other lawful purpose, without further compensation, approval or notices, unless prohibited by law. This permission includes without limitation all rights necessary for The Andy Kaufman Award and others it may authorize to reproduce, adapt, publicly perform and distribute the aforementioned recordings in connection with the creation and dissemination of advertising and promotional materials concerning the competition and/or The Andy Kaufman Award and its products or services.

(f) Entries must contain only original material that is created by the entrant. Entrants must obtain, in writing, all rights, approvals and/or consents necessary to submit their entries, and to permit The Andy Kaufman Award and Caroline’s on Broadway to use the entry materials as specified herein. By entering, entrants agree to indemnify The Andy Kaufman Award, Gotham Comedy Club, their respective partners (including prize donors) and advertising and promotion agencies, and the respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, licensees, agents, attorneys and assigns, officers, directors, members and employees of the foregoing (collectively “Licensees”), from and against any claim, liability or damages of any kind or nature, including any copyright infringement claim, based, in whole or in part, on The Andy Kaufman Award’s and Gotham Comedy Club's use of the entry materials as set forth herein.

(g) Entrants agree that they will not assert any claim of any kind or nature, including any copyright infringement claim, against The Andy Kaufman Award, Gotham Comedy Club, or the Licensees, based, in whole or in part, on participation in the competition and/or The Andy Kaufman Award’s or Caroline’s access to and/or use of any entry materials. Entrants release, discharge, absolve and hold harmless The Andy Kaufman Award, Gotham Comedy Club and the Licensees from any and all actions, suits, claims and demands of any kind whatsoever which they may have by reason of any matter connected in any way with this competition, or that otherwise arise in any way in connection with this competition, including, but not limited to, the operation of this competition, the use by The Andy Kaufman Award, Gotham Comedy Club, or the Licensees of any entry or component thereof or recorded performance at the semi-final or final round of judging, any warranty or representations, express or implied, relative to any prize, the awarding of prizes, any loss or damage to any prize, and any action, claim or suit for personal injury and/or death or loss or damage to property in connection with the receipt and use or misuse of the prize or performance at the semi-final or final round of judging.

(h) Semi-finalists and finalists will be required to perform live on dates and at times specified by The Andy Kaufman Award between October 25, 2010 and November 5, 2010, in New York City. No taped or video performances will be accepted in lieu of live performance.

(i) This talent competition is subject to all United States of America federal, state and local laws, and is void where prohibited by law.

(j) Any semi-finalist who is a minor under the laws of his or her state of residency must be accompanied by an adult parent or legal guardian throughout the trip to, and stay in, New York City.

(k) Semi-finalists selected to be finalists will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity/Privacy Release within seven (7) days of notification, unless prohibited by law. If any semi-finalist does not respond and return an Affidavit and Release within seven (7) days of notification, the semi-finalist will be disqualified and the next highest ranking semi-finalists may be selected.

8. For a list of all semi-finalists, finalists and the winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope by January 1, 2011 to: The Andy Kaufman Award, 4 Beaverbrook Road, Suite 135, Lincoln Park, NJ 07035.