January 2010
35 posts
WatchI AM A MURDERER!
WatchI’m so excited about the UCBCOMEDY Beta Teams.
The first video from The Brig!
REUBEN WILLIAMS: WHAT YOU MISSED (1/24/10)
If you weren’t at the Reuben Williams show on Saturday, you missed:
1st Half: (Hot Pockets)
-A co-worker who farts in her cubicle and immediately shouts the food that caused it.
-A support group for guys addicted to getting nine blowjobs.
-A restaurant filled with starving patrons being served balloon animals instead of food because the owner is interviewing potential chefs.
-The writers of...
“Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you...”
– Conan O’Brien
(via lunchbreak) (via claspy)
WatchBETA TEAMS ARE GO!
The first offering from Diamonds, Wow!
WatchBIG DOG!
I saw a rough cut of the full film this weekend. ”It’s SO good.”
bradfordjordan asked: Can you recommend a good book on spec script writing?
My New Tumblr: AT&T Fail →
All of AT&T’s stupid commercials are about their 3G network. THEIR PHONES DON’T WORK. YOU CANNOT MAKE A PHONE CALL.
I don’t care if my microwave can stream Netflix movies if it won’t heat up my Hot Pockets.
katespencer:
I am so tired of the terrible, awful, shockingly bad service I experience from AT&T on a daily basis. Thus, I have decided to document it on a...
IMPROV THOUGHT #8: Non-Existent Things
Don’t waste your time talking about things that don’t actually exist.
“Objects” you’re holding?
“Things” you’re looking at?
“People” not in your scene?
They are not real. (We’re pretending!)
Your scene partner does actually exist.
Talk about them.
IMPROV THOUGHT #7: Genius
Your scene partner is a Genius.
You should pay attention to what he/she is doing.
Don’t understand what he/she is doing?
Decide.
HINT: Whatever you decide is right.
(As long as you communicate about it.)
Because you’re a Genius too.
REUBEN WILLIAMS: WHAT YOU MISSED (1/9/10)
If you weren’t at the Reuben Williams show on Saturday, you missed:
1st Half: (Pedophile)
-A neighborhood that doesn’t mind sex offenders but HATES Republicans.
-A guy who keeps local kids in his “Fuck Tube” - which is really just a narrow cave where he gives piggy-back rides.
-An advertising firm that demands you allow yourself to be sexually harassed by a 72-year-old woman...
Looks Like Our Trip To Colombia Is NY Times... →
katespencer:
Ant and I are headed to my friend’s wedding in Bogota in March, and then spending some time in Cartagena. Both are listed in the NY Times’ “31 Places to Visit in 2010,” which means if we get kidnapped by a drug cartel, I can blame the Grey Lady.
IMPROV THOUGHT #6: The Importance of "Why"
Only crazy people do things with no thought behind them.
Your improv character should not be crazy.
So - WHY is your character doing what they’re doing in the scene?
Communicate about the answer with your scene partner.
Then - together - show us “if that is true, what else is true” (i.e. “In what other ways does that WHY affect this situation?”)
Now you’re...
Anonymous asked: Why do you hate cotton balls?
IMPROV THOUGHT #5: Your Only Real Responsibility
Make each other right.
IMPROV THOUGHT #4: Yes-And
YES = React (express an opinion/POV of whatever your scene partner just did and/or match them)
AND = Take Action (do whatever you would do next based on your YES)
REPEAT UNTIL EDITED
IMPROV THOUGHT #3: Second Beats
Keep the game. Change the situation.
IMPROV THOUGHT #2: Scene & Game
A scene is a situation.
If you don’t have a situation, you don’t have a game.
IMPROV THOUGHT #1: Plot vs. Game
Plot is what you could do. Game is what you would do.
Ask Me Anything
I am getting in on this early. Hoping Malcolm Gladwell will be proud of me.
http://anthonyking.tumblr.com/ask
REUBEN WILLIAMS: WHAT YOU MISSED (01/2/10)
If you weren’t at the Reuben Williams show on Saturday, you missed:
1st Half: (Top Gun)
-A married couple unable to find the perfect sexy but mainstream movie at Hollywood Video.
-Olive Garden Nights - an Olive Garden strip club
-North Koreans torturing American POWs to get spoilers for old US TV shows like Doogie Howser and The Price Is Right.
-A family that pulls pranks at Christmas like...
The Totals
This blog now serves a lot of different purposes, but I still use it primarily to document my consumption of new (to me) movies, books, and theatre. A year ago, I totaled my 2008 consumption.
In 2009: (2008 numbers in parentheses)
I watched 20 movies in the theater. (20)
I watched 67 movies on DVD/DVR. (47)
I saw 20 plays/musicals. (8)
I read 17 books. (27)
I clearly slacked on reading...