February 2012
30 posts
I don't have cable
There really needs to be a place to watch Key and Peele online.
Watchjacobreed:
atencio:
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samreich:
Scott Gairdner honored me with a cameo in the always-hilarious “Clip Cup.”
Sam coming out of nowhere in this killed me, as did the plane crash from The Edge, as did a quick clip from a secret video we worked on once upon a time that no one has seen. Clip Cup has transcended—it’s customizing itself in real-time for the...
“Try to know more so that you can enjoy more.”
– Billy Merritt
“It seems to me that the intellectualization and aestheticizing of principles and...”
– David Foster Wallace (via walkwhilereading)
Improv Obsession: Women in Improv - part 1 →
improvobsession:
Lara is a talented up and coming improviser. I’ve disagreed with her in the past over female issues in improv ever since my very first 101 class and it continues to this day.
I am admittedly one of the guys who says, “why an all girl team?” And I will stick with the idea that gender doesn’t, or…
I think the one HUGELY important point both these posts lack is that improv...
“So maybe I’m in a scene and I feel like the other person’s not...”
– Alex Berg, from episode 2 of the Improv Obsession podcast
Awesome stuff from Bill Oakley via Splitsider →
PDF of the Simpsons episode titled ”Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Baadasssss Song“ from the golden Weinstein/Oakley era: Season 5.
Showtime
Speaking of shows, this weekend is full of them things!
Dirty Business has gigs:
THURSDAY: http://www.facebook.com/events/186441621460934/ FRIDAY: http://www.facebook.com/events/175362689240844/ SUNDAY: http://www.facebook.com/events/294771923920039/
Also on Sunday at 6PM my 401 class has our mid-term show at UCBTLA for $5!
Come out, say hi, and jam!
Whoops
Man you guys I have been feeling so much embarrassment lately!
I totally felt off at class today. I wasn’t having trouble following what was going on for the most part, but my personal life has been a bit of a mess lately. Even though I had a good time and there were some good laughs to be had (as is par for the course in classes) I just couldn’t seem to stay focused.
That said, it...
Ian Roberts' Lazy Man @ TNT
“You just feasted on a smorgasbord of poop jokes.”
Wow. What an evening. After Fiasco, Jive Talk, and Sentimental Lady got the room warmed up (what a great set each of these groups had!) Ian started into his one man show called “Lazy Man”. He prepares nothing beforehand, and just conversationally riffs for about an hour on anything that comes to mind.
I’m not sure...
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Showlog Addendum: Dirty Business @ CATSBY!
I totally forgot to write about this crazy ass scene we did, which was the “informative” part of the show in review. Sean and Misty were out initiating a scene, and I have no idea what the original intent was because before I could get a handle on what was happening Emerson had started making jazzy ride cymbal noises from the backline. Sean and Misty responded by adjusting their...
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Downright Upright: Stop "Playing it Real" →
downrightupright:
Does anyone know what “play it real” means? Seriously. If an instructor or coach gives my group or class that note, I swear to god there’s 20 different interpretations of what “play it real” means and then another 20 for how exactly it pertains to the specific scene that garnered the note in the…
This was a really awesome piece. In the last Commitment elective class we...
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Showlog: Dirty Business @ CATSBY!
Tonight’s show was enjoyable and informative. I felt like everyone got to mix it up out there. Group ownership was definitely at one of our higher points. It feels like with more time together we’ll get to a place where we can listen more attentively and have a more natural feel to our scenes. We had a lot of yelling. Yelling rules.
We were short a man due to some heinous illness, and...
Tuesday Night Thunder: TNT's 4.5 Year Anniversary... →
tntimprov:
TNT don’t celebrate no stinkin’ regular birthdays. We celebrate muthaf’in’ HALF-BIRTHDAYS, yo!
Can’t make it to TNT this week? Watch TNT Live!
FEBRUARY 7TH - 4.5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW!
8 pm
FIASCO!
JIVE TALK
SENTIMENTAL LADY
9 pm
LAZY MAN
10 pm
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
THUNDERSTRUCK
JACOB, JOE, & MIKE
Holy fuck I am so going to this to see Sentimental Lady and...
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CATSBY! →
Hey! Come see Dirty Business at CATSBY! tonight at 8PM! Are there too many exclamation points!
January 2012
37 posts
Listen up →
Check out my buddies TS and the Past Haunts new record, Gone and Goner! You can stream it all right here at this here link! If you like it you can buy it tomorrow.
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JUMBACO!
Saw a pretty fine 401 grad show today after Dirty Business practice. Is practice the right word? I have too much music/improv overlap so it is entirely possible that in THA THEE-YAY-TUH it is called rehearsal.
The first team called themselves Jumbaco. The term was familiar for some reason, and made me think of Jack in the Box. Had I tapped into some mental wavelength that allowed me to know what...
Commit Commit Commit
Today’s class was really interesting to say the least. One really interesting thing I learned was the concept of “flashing”, which is that thing that happens when you vividly remember something in your mind’s eye. It happens to all of us all the time, so the exercises had different results based on the combinations of people in the space and what kinds of lives they had...
“It was one of those brown, smoggy Los Angeles afternoons. The whole time John...”
– Mitch Glazer, from Belushi
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Commit!
My Commitment elective with Johnny Meeks starts today.
Exciting!
401 Tuesdays
Had my first class of my new 401 yesterday. Johnny Meeks was out, and luckily for me we had Joel Spence, one of my favorite instructors who I haven’t had since 201.
It seemed like I was the only person having a second go around of 401. Not that I was any less rusty for Harolds, but practicing with Dirty Business regularly has definitely given me a degree of confidence I did not have before....
Perspective
Dirty Business had our first practice today with our new coach, Nick Mandernach. We were short a few members due to life events and sickness and Nick was running late so we warmed up before he got there with the 5 of us that were available and in good health. Normally we have been warming up with our coach, but after today we’re going to warm up beforehand because you get more coaching...
This is a song I just recorded in 5 minutes. It is...
Support
I have been thinking about support a lot lately. Almost all of the time actually. It is an obsession.
I get really excited for my friends when they are doing something ambitious, creative, artistic, or otherwise important to them. I’m sure I carry that excitement into improv, so maybe this is a good mindset to be in when you are on the backline:
THAT IS MY FRIEND UP THERE, AND WHAT THEY...
Jen Kirkman - comedian: What I Would Have Said... →
jenkirkman:
**I wrote this last night but was shy about publishing it. But I feel good about it today. Please forgive any grammar or spelling errors. I’m not the best editor. ** - Jen Kirkman
I was supposed to talk to the Larry Mantle show on NPR this week. They wanted to talk to me about the recent…
So spot on. So good.
@nottjmiller
T.J. just spit fire at Dane Cook for his new, apparently abusive material. Check it.
“Creating work is your job. Waiting for opportunities in the entertainment...”
– Sage advice from Thomas Lennon (via balltillifall)
Tr00f.
(via jacobreed)
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BAMF
Wow, Kristin Wiig you guys. Sure, she is a beautiful lady with a smart, funny brain, but the most attractive thing about her is her integrity. Totally admirable that she would say no to an obvious cash grab sequel to pursue other artistic opportunities. Bravissimo!
The (Very Likeable) Fall and Rise of Jimmy Fallon ... →
mikescollins:
popculturebrain:
Not only has he become the opposite of what he used to be, he’s made thinking otherwise seem mean-spirited. He is the puppy-basket of late-night talk-show hosts.
He’s also the puppy-basket of late-night talk-show hosts to actually have puppy-baskets on his show.
Everything about this show is terrific right now.
Loved this article. Nobody has more fun with...
Room 101: Room 101 w TALL, TALL, SMALL & THE... →
room101improv:
Last week was phresh! This week the madness continues. **********8:00 Princess Cake - Mike Critelli, Zach Fairless, Sabrina London, Sean London, Nick Luciano, and Alex Nelson Mind Sweats - Rian Kountz, Paul Detrick, Connie Shin, Meg Swertlow, Dick Beck, Jesse Esparza Groceries - Brian…
Come see my friends Princess Cake! Gonna be a banger you guys.
“Could it be that all systems, all individuals harbour a secret urge to be rid of...”
– Jean Baudrillard