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 FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Eric Schwartz, (630) 896-3698, of 
 Steve Lord, (630) 232-7683

 GAG REFLEX, COMEDIAN DAVID LEE COMBINE FORCES AT THE HOUSE

     DEKALB, Ill. - Gag Reflex Comedy Theater and comedian David Lee 
will present a night of laughter and music here.

     The 9-year-old sketch comedy and music group, based in the 
western suburbs of Chicago, and the 20-year-old Asian comedian 
from Franklin Park, Ill., will share the stage beginning at 10 p.m. 
 Friday, Nov. 9, at The House, East Third Street and Lincoln 
 Highway in downtown DeKalb.

     Tickets are only $3 and are available at the door.

     Gag Reflex will feature the music side of its repertoire, drawing on
 songs from throughout the group's 9-year tenure as the funniest comedy 
 group  in the Chicago suburbs. From food to technology to sex to 
 current events, the group showcases its musical talents in a combination 
 of original songs and song parodies.

     "We feel we weave humor and musicianship into a fine artistic fabric,"
 said Eric Schwartz, Gag Reflex director. "At the very least, we prove that
 acoustic guitar and the trombone really can go together."

     David Lee mixes the craziness of college life - he is a student at
 Northern Illinois University - with the unique challenges he faces as an
 Asian American. He calls his act, Smaller and Yellower.

     "My stand up makes fun of a lot of the Asian stereotypes that 
 almost all Asian Americans face," he said. "I wouldnąt call my 
 style raw and raunchy; it's just a bit lower than that."

     The show marks a return to The House stage for Gag Reflex, who 
 performed a combination of music and sketches last month there at 
 the end of the tour of their latest show, The Viagra Monologues: 
 (or, Set Your Pfizers on Stun).

     Besides performing live, the group has established itself with 
 recordings and on the Internet. Its 1999 CD release, It's a Sick 
 World, Betty, features the group's music, and an upcoming new CD 
 will feature the group's live act. Group members also produce an 
 Internet radio show, Gag Reflex Comedy Theater of the Air, available 
 on Boundary Waters  Radio on live365.com.

     Newspapers as diverse as the Chicago Sun-Times, the Copley Press 
 and the Northern Star have praised the group. The Chicago Tribune 
 once said, "What they do is unmistakable; they make people laugh."

     For more information, call (630) 896-3698 or call The House, 
 at (815)  748-2880