Archive for the ‘The Mouse’ Category
5 Years of USSRR w/ Phillip Mottaz
Posted by dandy | Filed under Interviews, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse, USS Show Review
Twitter @USSRockNRoll – FACEBOOK USSRR recently turned five years old. As a part of our celebration, we took some time to answer a few questions. Here are former crew member Phillip Mottaz’s responses. Enjoy! Name: Phillip Mottaz Code Name: The Mouse How long have you been improvising? Sixteen years. Jeez, really? Jeez. [...]
Rule of 3′s, Baby Style!
Posted by mouse | Filed under News, The Mouse
Our numbers keep growing. Welcome Vienna Rose Kalil, daughter of Riki “The Touch” Kalil and his wonderful wife Joy. Everyone’s in good health and looking beautiful as always. Instead of posting a picture of how young Vienna looks now, we sent a camera to the future and found out how she WILL look in 22 [...]
The Big Switch-Up
Posted by mouse | Filed under News, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
My only consistent template to follow for this blog is sports journalism, so that should explain my consistent use of baseball metaphors, my hyperbole and speculation. To some, this is irresponsible. To others, this is journalism. The big news out of iO West is that the show schedule has gotten a serious reworking. Ever since [...]
Umps On The Loose
Posted by mouse | Filed under Resources for improvisers, The Mouse, Videos
Even in sunny Southern California, fall baseball brings a special feeling to my bones. Inspired slightly by my heightened baseball emotions, I went exploring YouTube for old clips of the national pastime. If you want some weird nostalgia, look up slightly-misspelled videos of your childhood team(s) and drink in the Casio music, sloooooow editing and [...]
Improv Sports Talk With Karen Graci
Posted by mouse | Filed under The Mouse, Videos
For most improvisers, Karen Graci is the face of the Buffalo Bills. And with a 4-1 record, she’s very proud to show that face in this exclusive interview! Look for more of these, hopefully, you know, or not. We’ll see.
Workin’ Through It
Posted by mouse | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
I’m in an improv slump. It feels like everything I do is “Yes Period” at best and “No Stop” at worst. I initiate without purpose, listen sloppy and don’t heighten beyond jokes. I’m being hard on myself, but I’ve been playing like a hard on for a while, so maybe I deserve it (thank you?). [...]
Sharing / The Sum of All Parts Present
Posted by mouse | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
If I ran our team, there are so many things I would do differently. Most recently, I would change our poster to be very simple, a la the Ramones’ first album — just us in show clothes, looking serious against a wall or fence — and I would tailor our intro music to reflect some [...]
2 Things At Once
Posted by mouse | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
I’ve typically been a single layer, low substance type of player. Just being honest here — I am limited as an actor. But that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy layers, and when you can pull them off in an improv scene, it’s fantastic. As a bit of practice, I’m trying to do two things at [...]
This Week In Great Intro Songs: Salt N Pepa’s “Shoop”
Posted by mouse | Filed under Resources for improvisers, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
I owe Levin an apology, even though I think I’ve apologized for this earlier. About 2 years ago, when USS was trying to come up with a uniformly-accepted song to play before our shows (aka “Our Song”), we couldn’t find a perfect fit. Levin proposed we all bring a different song every week, and we [...]
Shorten Your Video: A Semi-Legitimate Business Proposal
Posted by mouse | Filed under Business, News, The Mouse, Videos
When you’re as plugged-into the underground comedy scene as I am, and I’m sure you are if you’re reading a blog written by an improv team, that means your computer endures an online assault every day from friends and colleagues who have comedy videos to share. I like my friends. I love my colleagues. I [...]
