
Comedians/actors Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (@STILLERandMEARA on Twitter) will be presenting the Shorty Award in the Humor category and be inducted as members of the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences, at the 2011 Shorty Awards taking place on Monday, March 28th at 6 PM.
Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara will be joining nominees and attendees at the 2011 Shorty Awards with an in-person appearance presenting the Humor Award. The Shorty Award finalists for the Humor category include Louis Tomlinson @Louis_Tomlinson, Christian Beadles @LittlecBeadles, The Dark Lord @Lord_Voldemort7, MR.Jamie @iJever, Epic Tweets @EpicTweets, Hugo Gloss @HugoGloss. Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, as new members of the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts and Sciences, will be joining other members including Dennis Crowley, Craig Newmark, Jimmy Wales, Joi Ito, Dina Kaplan, Prof. Sree Sreenivasan, David Pogue, Frank Moss, John Battelle, Whitney Port and Alyssa Milano. The members of the Real-Time Academy help to decide the winners of the Shorty Awards each year.
Before they appear at the Shorty Awards, you can find them on their weekly web series Stiller & Meara (http://www.stillerandmeara.com), "a show about everything," presented by their son, Ben Stiller @RedHourBen and Red Hour Films.
For more information and to purchase tickets for the 3rd Annual Shorty Awards, visit http://shortyawards.com.
STILLER & MEARA: THE 2011 SHORTY AWARDS YouTube Clip: http://bit.ly/gI6ig3
About Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara:
Jerry Stiller is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Frank Costanza on the television series Seinfeld and his supporting role as Arthur Spooner on the television series The King of Queens.