IMPROV™ Tweet The Joke Contest ("Contest")

OFFICIAL RULES

THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY AND SHALL ONLY BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOT ENTER THIS CONTEST UNLESS YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OF ANY KIND FROM IMPROV.COM OR ANY IMPROV LOCATION WILL NOT INCREASE THE CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. BY ENTERING, ENTRANT AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF THE JUDGES, WHICH SHALL BE FINAL IN ALL RESPECTS.

1. ELIGIBILITY: Open only to legal residents of any one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. The following individuals are not eligible: Employees, contractors, directors and officers of Levity Entertainment Group, LLC (“Company”), Comedy Club, Inc., Improv West Associates, and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, distributors, web design, advertising, fulfillment, insurance agencies, judging and Contest agencies involved in the administration, development, fulfillment and execution of this Contest (collectively, "Contest Parties"), and the immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and spouse or "step" of each) and those living in the same households (those persons whether related or not who live in the same residence for at least three months during the twelve-month period preceding the start date of the Contest) of each such employee, contractor, director or officer.

2. CONTEST SCHEDULE: You may enter the Contest between 12:00:01 a.m. Pacific Time ("PT") on __/__/10 and 11:59:59 p.m. PT on __/__/10 ("Contest Period").

3. TO ENTER: To enter the Contest, go to tweetthejoke.improv.com Web Site"), during the Contest Period, and click on the login link for the Contest registration and commercial upload page. BEFORE YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE, YOU MUST EXPRESSLY AGREE AND CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF SERVICES AND PRIVACY POLICY OF THE WEB SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE WEB SITE OR ENTER THE CONTEST. Follow the on-screen instructions to properly complete and submit a registration form for the Contest, or if you have already registered, you can login with your username and password you first entered with. When prompted, you will be asked to upload your original Submission to the Web Site. Before uploading the Submission, you will be required to agree that you have (a) read or have had these Official Rules read to you and you are in agreement with these Official Rules, and (b) received permission for the use of the image/likeness of any and all identifiable persons appearing in your Submission. You will be required to submit a release (to be provided by Company) signed by each identifiable person appearing in your Submission granting Company permission to use his or her image/likeness if your Submission is selected as a winner in the Contest. Submissions that do not include all required information and adhere to the Official Rules as determined by Company in its sole discretion will be considered void. Once uploaded, Submission will not be returned. Company may, in its sole discretion, remove, delete and/or disqualify any Submission it deems inappropriate or otherwise non-compliant.

CREATIVE ASSIGNMENT: Tweet out a punchline to the Joke of the Week with the hashtag #tweetthejoke. Improv.com will decide who is the winner and award the weekly prize.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Submission must be primarily in English.
• The person uploading the Submission will be deemed the entrant ("Entrant"). The Entrant is the one (1) person who owns the email address associated with the Improv.com profile. If any group elects to collaborate on a Submission, they are required to designate one (1) person as the agent of the group to enter the Contest, agree to these rules and accept the prize on behalf of the group. Neither Company nor any of the Contest Parties are liable for any disputes between collaborators arising under or related to the Contest.
• Each Submission must comply with the Web Site's Terms of Service, as well as these Official Rules. In the event of any inconsistency between these Official Rules and the Terms of Service, the terms in these Official Rules shall prevail.
• Each Submission must be the original work of the Entrant produced for this Contest; it may not have been entered in or won previous contests or awards; it may not have been published previously in any medium; it must not infringe any party's intellectual property or other rights; it must not contain obscene or pornographic material, it must not contain defamatory statements (including but not limited to words or symbols that are widely considered offensive to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or socioeconomic group), it must not include threats to any person, place, business, group or world peace, it must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or entity, and it must not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations or network standards.
• Each Submission must not feature or refer to any comedy club other than IMPROV™ Clubs; it must not feature or reference any IMPROV™ Marks or any other third party trademarks (with the exclusion of any IMPROV™ brand assets specifically provided on the Web Site for this Content), and it must not feature or reference any names or third party logos (other than the IMPROV™ logo).
• Each Submission must not utilize live animals unless the Entrant has obtained the consent of the animal's owner and an affidavit from the animal owner or wrangler that the animal was not harmed in the making of the Submission. Entrants are encouraged to contact the local Humane Society prior to filming the Submission to verify appropriate animal safeguards during filming.
• Each Submission must not contain any copyrighted works (other than as owned by the Entrant). You may not include any music except for the pre-approved music provided on the Web Site. Approved music provided on the Web may not be altered. Use of any unauthorized music may result in disqualification of Submission, in Company's sole discretion.
• Company reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove or blur or to ask the applicable Entrant to remove or blur any non-material elements (e.g. small logos on clothing, artwork hanging in the background, etc.) rather than disqualify an otherwise compliant Submission.

All Submissions will be reviewed for content before being published or judged; however, such review does not relieve Entrant from responsibility for compliance with all of the Terms of Service and these Official Rules. Submissions that do not comply in all material respects with the Terms of Services or these Official Rules or that otherwise contain prohibited, or inappropriate content as determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, will be disqualified and will not be considered for prizes. Company makes the final determination as to which Submissions are eligible to take part in this Contest and be considered for a prize. Certain Submissions may be featured from time to time on the Web Site during the Contest Period, in Company's sole discretion; being selected as a featured Submission is unrelated to the Judging Criteria and does not guarantee selection as a winner in the Contest.

BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST AND UPLOADING YOUR SUBMISSION, YOU IRREVOCABLY GRANT TO COMPANY AND ITS AGENTS THE UNCONDITIONAL AND PERPETUAL RIGHT TO POST, DISPLAY, PUBLISH, USE, ADAPT, EDIT AND/OR MODIFY SUCH SUBMISSION IN ANY WAY, ON IMPROV.COM AND AFFILIATED WEBSITES, FOR ANY PURPOSE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AND WITHOUT CONSIDERATION TO YOU. ALL CONTEST ENTRANTS FURTHER AGREE TO RELEASE AND INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND THE CONTEST PARTIES FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS THAT ANY ADVERTISING, PRESENTATION, WEB CONTENT OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL SUBSEQUENTLY PRODUCED, PRESENTED, AND/OR PREPARED BY OR ON BEHALF OF COMPANY INFRINGES ON THE RIGHTS OF ENTRANT'S WORK AS CONTAINED IN ANY SUBMISSION.

4. SELECTION OF WINNERS: Top 5 Submissions will be selected by a judging process in which a qualified panel of judges ("Judges") will evaluate each eligible Submission based on the Judging Criteria set forth above.

(IF ANY PUBLIC VOTING IS INVOLVED, THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE INCLUDED Submissions will be posted for the public (ages 13 or older, except Maine, 18 or older) to vote on their favorite at [INSERT WEBSITE ADDRESS] starting on __/__/10 at 12:00:01 am PT and ending on __/__/10 at 11:59:59 pm PT ("Voting Period"). At the close of the Voting Period, the ______[INSERT NUMBER]______ Submissions that receive the most votes will be deemed the Grand Prize Winner(s) ("Grand Prize Winner(s)"). In the unlikely event that public voting results in a tie, the tied Submissions will be re-judged by the Judges based on the Judging Criteria stated above. Any use of robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like voting methods will void all such votes. Any attempt by Finalist and/or his/her family/friends to vote more than the number of times authorized herein using multiple names, email addresses, phone numbers and/or any other fraudulent mechanism, as determined by Company in its sole discretion, shall give Company the right to disqualify Finalist in its reasonable discretion. All Finalists are subject to verification, including without limitation, verification of eligibility, compliance with these Official Rules and completion of release forms (described below). If attempted notification is returned as undeliverable, if a Finalist cannot be verified, or if a Finalist is otherwise unable to accept prize, prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate Finalist provided sufficient time remains, in Company's discretion.

Entrants agree that the Company has the sole right to decide all matters and disputes arising from this Contest and that all decisions of Company are final and binding. Winners, by acceptance of the Prize (defined below), agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless Company and Contest Parties, as well as each of their respective parent and affiliated companies, and each of their employees, representatives, contractors, advertisers and Company from any and all liability, loss, damage, cost or claim relate to any allegation regarding the acceptance or use of their prize, including but not limited to the exploitation of the Submission.

5. PRIZE DETAILS:
PRIZES: Each winner prize ("Prize") consists of 1 Comedy Pack. Approximate monetary value ("AMV") of each winner Prize is $25. All meals, gratuities, and other expenses associated with the Prize packages not specifically mentioned in these rules are the winner's sole responsibility. Prize winner’s participation in any or all activities for the prize are voluntary. In the event that the Prize winner elects not to participate in any or all designated activities for the prize, Prize winner will be afforded no additional compensation in exchange therefore.

THE MAXIMUM TOTAL AMV OF ALL PRIZES IN CONTEST IS: $25 per joke.

6. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Winners will be notified by phone and/or email and may, at Company’s election, be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release, and, where lawful, a Publicity Release, if Company so requests, by __/__/10 or the Prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected.

7. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winners are solely responsible for any taxes on their respective prizes, and may receive an IRS Form 1099 for the value of their prize. No substitution of prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of the Company. Prizes are non-transferable. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Company reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or greater value. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion to cancel, modify or terminate the Contest. Further, Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual deemed to be (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or any Company or Contest-related Web Site; (b) violating the Official Rules; (c) violating the Web Site terms of service, conditions of use and/or applicable general rules or guidelines; or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. This Contest is offered only in the United States and is governed by the laws of the state of California. All claims relating in any manner to this Contest or to any Submission must be resolved in the federal or state courts located in Los Angeles County, California.

Please see the Web Site's privacy policy located at [INSERT URL] for details of our policy regarding the personal information collected.

LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE THIS WEB SITE OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Company does not constitute a general waiver of any obligation to Entrants.

8. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: No liability or responsibility is assumed by Company or Contest Parties resulting from any user's participation in or attempt to participate in the Contest or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with participating in the Contest. No responsibility or liability is assumed by Company or Contest Parties for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Contest: hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, wireless or Internet connectivity or other online communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any e-mail transmissions to be sent or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted e-mail transmissions; inaccessibility of the Web Site in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestion on the Internet or the Web Site; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Contest, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, worms; or destruction of any aspect of the Contest, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or unavailability of an email account used in connection with the Contest. Company and Contest Parties are not responsible for any typographical errors in the announcement of prizes or these Official Rules, or any inaccurate or incorrect data contained on the Web Site. Use of Web Site is at user's own risk. Company and the Contest Parties are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind which may be sustained to user's or any other person's computer equipment resulting from participation in the Contest, use of the Web Site or the download of any information from the Web Site. By participating in the Contest, the Entrant releases Company and the Contest Parties from any and all claims, damages or liabilities arising from or relating to such Entrant's participation in the Contest. By accepting a prize in the Contest, winners agree that the Company, and the Contest Parties shall not be liable for any loss or injury resulting from participation in the Contest, acceptance or use of any prize, or any travel related thereto. Company, and the Contest Parties are not liable in the event that any portion of the Contest, event or the event broadcast is cancelled due to weather, fire, strike, acts of war or terrorism, or any other condition beyond their control (a "Force Majeure Event").

9. WINNERS' LIST/RULES REQUEST: For the names of the winners or Official Rules, send your request with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by __/__/10 to: Improv Business Affairs (specify Winners List or Official Rules), 6701 Center Drive West, Suite 1111, Los Angeles, CA 90045.