By Alison Zawadski

Photo:  from left to right, Nicky Kantarelis, Alex Kantarelis, and Anthony Bridgford

It’s 1:30 a.m. Friday night. You’ve just gotten back from the bar and there’s never anything on TV, but you look anyway. If you’re lucky, you’ll stumble across “A.D.D. T.V.” on Channel 3, a new sketch comedy and internet compilation show written, directed by, and starred in by three locals.

Alex Kantarelis, a 26 year old with a degree in film making, Nicky Kantarelis, a 21 year old student from Assumption College, and local celebrity Anthony Bridgeford, 25, are the brains behind this hilarious late-night show. In true ADD form, the show packs as many original skits and Internet video clips as they can into a 30 minute slot.

After a year of working together at Dollar Video and two years of throwing countless ideas around, Anthony and Alex recently decided to make their latest idea a reality. The guys taped a show, presented it to Channel 3, and they landed the ideal time slot for their show.

“We kind of just fell into this time slot and we were really psyched when we found out we had it,” Alex said. “The crowd who will find our show funny will be up then. A couple of bars are starting to play it right at 1:30 at last call.”

When considering the mental state of their audience at 1:30 a.m., Alex said, “You come back, you’re feeling good and you’re having fun… it’s really fast, it’s really crazy and it’s really random, and that’s exactly what we go for.”
Any one 30-minute episode could take 8 to 10 hours to complete, explained Anthony, who is the editing whiz. Before the trio gets started on filming and editing, they must first find inspiration and sort out manpower.

“All three of us write the show together, it’s really just a random idea that someone comes up with and we make it happen,” Alex said. “We don’t really write a script [we just go with the idea.] There have been times when we’ve just set up a tripod, others have happened where only one of us is in the skit and other times we have a friend come in. We don’t have any rules.”

Not having any rules has allowed the boys the freedom to make the show they imagined come to life. Once it came to life, the guys found it easier than expected to get their show on the air.

“You basically just pay a little bit of money and then you get on TV,” Alex explained. But that doesn’t mean the show isn’t a lot of work. On average Alex spends 15 to 20 hours a week working on the show, which is filmed in Worcester.

To watch “A.D.D,” tune into Channel 3 Fridays at 1:30 a.m. For more information, go to their fan page on Facebook.