Archive for July, 2012
Coach Lloyd Alqhuist Doing it Well….
Posted by Touch | Filed under The Touch, Videos
Since coaching USS Rock N Roll, Lloyd Ahlquist has seen his career explode. Lloyd or Epic Lloyd as his friends know him, is part of the infamous YouTube rap duo that make “Epic Rap Battles of History.” Lloyd has never gone on record to say this, but he has told me personally that he owes [...]
Richard Lewis vs. Larry David
Posted by Touch | Filed under Resources for improvisers
This great interview with Richard Lewis takes an indepth look at his relationship with childhood amigo and improv mate Larry David. Grab some coffee, a biscuit and enjoy! (article by Ali Lerman at OC Weekly, http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2012/07/richard_lewis_the_neurotic_man.php) Richard Lewis is a very touchy-feely kinda guy.
USS RnR Improv Documentary
Posted by Tuck | Filed under Outside Projects, The Tuck, Videos
About a year ago, we had a team meeting to discuss what new projects we wanted to try and pursue. We started talking about a documentary about Improv. We partnered with a wonderful director and producer and now we enter the stage where we raise funds for the project. We have started a Kickstarter project [...]
Friday Funny Video
Posted by Touch | Filed under Resources for improvisers
Do you love HBO’s “The Wire”? Yes? Then you’ll loooooove this.
Our First Post Ever!
Posted by Touch | Filed under The Plague, The Touch
Ever wonder what the first post of this blog was? Me too. Well, here it is. The very first post (there was one before this but it just gave our show times so I didn’t think it was official) of the USS Rock N’ Roll blog from The Plague (Molly Hale) on 4/18/09. It was [...]
Friday Funny Video
Posted by Tuck | Filed under The Tuck, Videos
I LOVE news bloopers! Can’t get enough of them. So, to increase your enjoyment of Friday here is a news blooper video to enjoy.
Tuck’s Mailbag
Posted by Tuck | Filed under The Tuck
Today’s question comes from Vic Kettle from Carlisle, OK. Vic writes: Tuck, I am auditioning at a local improv theater for the first time. I really want to get on a good team! What traits do you think people should have to make a great improve team. Great question Vic! My advice is [...]
Coaching Tips From An Old Friend
Posted by Tuck | Filed under The Plague, The Tuck
I was looking back at some old posts and I thought this was a good one from Molly “The Plague” Hale. Enjoy Today I want to talk about coaching young, green improvisers. Getting a new team is exciting, especially if they are excited. Your young players are a blank canvas. They aren’t jaded. They haven’t [...]
Congrats to Levin and Annie!
Posted by Tuck | Filed under The Tuck
Tomorrow, Saturday July 7th, Levin O’Connor and Annie Kouris are getting married. I could not be happier for both of them. They are my teammates, my friends and my family. To commemorate this special occasion, I would like to share a few memories of each of them. I met Levin in Chicago sometime around March [...]
Happy 4th of July!
Posted by Tuck | Filed under The Tuck
On this day of celebration, I thought it might be fun to provide some trivia about the 4th of July holiday and the birth of our nation. This one goes out to Dave “The ‘brary” Taylor whose love of trivia knows no bounds. The major objection to being ruled by Britain was taxation [...]
