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SKATE ON OVER TO THE VENICE WALK

Showcasing Venice Teens on The Verge of….You Name It! WWW.THEVENICEWALK.COM Produced by Welcome Back Kotter Star and Venice Local Bob Hegyes Who’s Back With The Next Gen of Sweathogs New Web Series Premiere Party Benefits Drop-Out Prevention Program at Venice High School

8 p.m., Thursday, June 14 at New Local Hot Spot -- Danny’s Deli in Venice Beach – www.DannysVeniceDeli.com

VENICE, CA, June 8, 2007 -- He calls his new series the “Anti-O.C. Teenagers on Probation. Bad kids getting Badder.” And who better to tame new age juvenile delinquents than an older aged juvenile delinquent? He’s not a Crip. He’s not a Blood. He’s a Sweathog! Robert Hegyes, Epstein from Welcome Back, Kotter, a veteran actor, writer and director, has created a new series for the Internet with partner and feature film scribe, Craig Titley (Sam Raimi’s upcoming remake of 20 Thousand Leagues Under The Sea) revolving around a retired NYPD Gang cop turned Venice Beach Juvenile Probation Officer, and the seven Venice High School delinquents who must report to him.

“Write what you know” is the age-old adage Hegyes quotes when describing how he came up with the R-Rated Kotter.

“My B.A. is in Secondary Education. I’ve been a full-time teacher at Venice High School, hanging out with 4,000 hormone driven teenagers a day,” said Hegyes. “I live with my four teenagers (two 19 year-olds & two 16 year-olds… don’t ask!) plus all their friends at my beach house in Venice. I’ve played a juvenile delinquent on one hit series, and I’ve played a Gang Cop on another hit series (Cagney & Lacey). “I think that qualifies me to write about teenagers.”

Shot as a docudrama with dark comedic overtones, The Venice Walk stars teenagers on probation for such crimes against humanity as grand theft auto, credit card fraud, computer hacking, possession of drugs, felony assault gang-banging under the Witness Protection Program. Robert claims it’s not really his show.

“These kids carry me along for the ride,” said Hegyes. “There were 2,000 young actors who auditioned in L.A. for these roles, and the actors we’ve found are explosive and dynamic. These kids are the next Brat Pack.”

The Venice Walk is just what the Internet Webisodic genre has been waiting for -- an established television star appearing in bite-sized portions on a computer or mobile device screen near you, with a thrashin' soundtrack provided by local Venice bands including Matt Ellis, The Cheat, The Janx, Holly Long and Matt Tecu. For more information, photos, footage or interviews, or to RSVP for the premiere party with free food and drinks from Danny’s Deli and dessert courtesy of www.mellibelli.com, contact kris@othervenicefilmfest.com or info@thevenicewalk.com.To view The Venice Walk trailer, go to: www.grouper.com.

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