January 2012
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December 2011
5 posts
IMMORTALITY
Improv can be such a fleeting, intangible thing. I’ve been enjoying the hell out of doing Diamond Lion every week at UCBeast, but once the shows are done, they’re gone forever.
UNTIL NOW!
This Thursday at 7:30pm (Not Friday this week! Thursday!) the Upright Citizens Brigade will be videotaping our show. For publicity, for excerpting on the web, for our mothers, FOREVER!
Normally I...
November 2011
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October 2011
3 posts
tall, dark & handsome.: Kaleidoscope 10/24 →
cathrynmudon:
Kaleidoscope Kicks Cancer Out
This is happening next Monday, 10/24 at 7.30, yall! Save your pennies and come support improv for a great cause! Spread the word …bring friends, co-workers, and your rich great-uncle, the shipping tycoon.
Poupak Sepehri is co-hosting the show, and she has…
Even if you’re pro-cancer, the raffle prizes make this event worth attending....
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COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
Only improv addicts will truly understand how deliciously nerdy my night will be.
Doing both class shows at UCB tonight, before and after Harold Night:
6:30pm - Anthony Atamanuik class in which he’s been emphasizing super-committed, realistic behavior and passionately arguing against an emphasis on premise.
11pm - Will Hines “Immediately Great” class, in which our opening and...
September 2011
3 posts
Damn It
My imaginary arch-rival is on the cover of the Village Voice.
About thirteen years ago the internet informed me that there was a guy named Morgan Phillips who lived in my neighborhood (back then, the East Village), was approximately my age, and was also a musician interested in subverting pop culture.
I sent him an email, basically saying, “Hey, isn’t it weird that we have the same...
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August 2011
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Watchameygirl:
Let’s get excited!
Saturday, UCB, 10:30am: Get Paid!
Saturday, UCB, 9:30pm: Diamond Lion!
July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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“All kidding aside, obviously we all know about your credentials and breadth of...”
– President Obama (2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner)
April 2011
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Pull-Quotes
One of my dream jobs is to be the guy at the movie studio who cherry picks positive language from negative reviews, for use in advertisements. ”Your Highness” currently has a fairly miserable 27% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
YOUR HIGHNESS
“There are a lot of boobs in this movie.”
-Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
March 2011
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shortmikeshort asked: IT WAS THE FIRST RETURN HIT ON GOOGLE AND I DIDN'T READ IT THAT CAREFULLY.
WHAT IS SOWPODS?
WHAT IS SOWPODS?
February 2011
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WatchHELLO, DUM DUM!
(First episode of a show starring D’Arcy, Abra and Mackenzie. Shocker: It is awesome.)
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January 2011
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http://www.yowie.com/show/1wf →
Do you want to watch an archived version of the AmericaGethard crew and Brett Gelman and others doing Matt Besser’s backstage talk show at UCBLA? Oh, you do? Cool.
[Edited to add: Besser vs. Vacation Jason. Classic.]
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December 2010
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IMPROV IMPROV IMPROV
In 2010 I kept track of how many hours I devoted to improv comedy. Performing, watching shows, taking classes, coaching. All of it.
759.5 hours.
or
An average of a little bit more than 2 hours per day, every day.
or
Over one month of non-stop, round-the-clock improv.
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