Our Mess-Mission

Women are hilarious and it’s high-time we called ourselves out on it. Hot Mess is a show conceived and produced by woman to tell our true tales of screwing up, falling down, causing a scene, making a mess- and living to tell the tale.

Learning to laugh at yourself is key to survival, and in the heavily male-dominated field of Comedy, a girl’s gotta go the extra mile. Ladies, if we just embrace our inner Mess and unabashedly share it with the world, we can give the funny boys a run for their money-IN HEELS, NO LESS.  What’s funnier: Bozo bumping into a clear glass door, OR a well dressed career girl in 4-inch stilettos walking into a clear door while applying lipstick?  We rest our case.

While most of our true hot mess stories are from women, we’re open to anyone with a tragic tale to tell and we owe a ton to the men who work and volunteer for our show. Hot Mess is made by all– but powered by Women.

Now we know what some of you are thinking…

What is a “Hot Mess” ?

You’ve seen them — tripping as they walk down the street, getting their credit card declined while buying gum, spilling the contents of their purse as they run to catch the train. These Hot Messes are everywhere. In our offices, covered in ink from the copier. At our gyms, inadvertently falling off the treadmill. And perhaps in our own bathroom mirror, staring back with spinach in our teeth.

Hot Mess is a webseries dedicated to telling true stories of the messes among us. Here on the show, we are convinced that Truth is funnier than Fiction. Each episode is based on a real account — no plot, character, or joke is made up. It’s all true.

History of Hot Mess

The seeds of Hot Mess were planted in 2005 when creator Amy Kersten, who is pretty accident-prone, got herself into a pickle involving a falling TV, her face, some stitches and… finally a settlement. So in 2009 she decided, after paying off all her maxed out credit cards, to use the fruits of that hot mess story to tell more Hot Mess stories! Amy somehow convinced the amazing Director of Photography, Ken Kotowski, to collaborate and film these embarrassing “screw up stories” to share with the world wide web. In collaboration with a handful of the other messes (Cheri Paige Fogleman, Mary Catherine Green, Molly Ann Coogan), Season One was produced — with 7 Episodes of True Cosmopolite Catastrophe. Season 2 wrapped filming last summer, and is currently being released. Season 3 begins filming in July 2011. Hot Mess is  now partially backed by NY Production Services.