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Olde English (sketch comedy) were proposed in Fall 2007, was nominated for a 2007 ECNY award. The members of Olde English—along with former members Joel Clark and Jesse Novak, as well as longtime collaborator Chioke Nassor—recently completed their first feature film, "The Exquisite Corpse Project". The film first premiered at festivals in June 2012, and became available for commercial download at the end of April 2013. Olde English (sketch comedy) Olde English was a sketch comedy troupe based in New York City. The group published over 100 comedy shorts on the Internet, and performed live at several venues and festivals across the country. Olde