Posts Tagged ‘comedy’
Real Life Is Funnier Than Any Comedy
Posted by Piebenga | Filed under Resources for improvisers
Written my Mark Piebenga (Staff) – For more from Mark, check out his website www.wikipiebenga.org One of my favorite improv class platitudes is “be real,” because the funniest moments in all of our lives come when we’re not trying, and real life just happens. Aspects of it are tragic, but there is a tremendous amount [...]
Acting for Improvisors
Posted by dandy | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, Writing Staff
Written by Bryan Truong (Staff) Here are some ideas to be a better actor in an improv scene from what I learned in acting classes I’ve taken. I’m only going to write about what I think is the most efficient concepts to use while improvising because there is so much more to acting when [...]
Help! I’m trapped in a box!
Posted by Rolland | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, Writing Staff
Written by Rolland Lopez (Staff) ——————— I recently spoke to an improviser who was explaining a form his team used to do. There were several aspects of the show that kinda blew my mind…changes to the conventional improv show I normally see on stage. I got excited talking about it because most of the shows [...]
TGIF: Featured Video
Posted by dandy | Filed under Videos
At the end of a long work week sometimes you just want to sit back, watch a video a have a laugh. With that in mind, USSRR would like to help save you time searching around the web for stuff to watch. So this week we have included some videos that you might be interested [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Five Dumb things I Know About Green Lantern
Posted by mouse | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
As a comic book fan, I am compelled to watch the upcoming “Green Lantern” movie starring inexplicable superstar Ryan Reynolds. I know some passing knowledge about the Emerald Warrior, and few of them are great. Here are the top five, and what they have to do with improv: 1. His Name. His superhero name, that [...]
Doing Something Is Enough
Posted by mouse | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in a show where it seems nobody is inspired to play until one person initiates something. And that something is not often a something anyone would consider to be “great.” It’s often just a something that would be considered strictly “anything.” The thing is, once that [...]
Five Thoughts About “Blazing Saddles”
Posted by mouse | Filed under The Dandy, The Mouse, Videos
Inspired by this recent revelation that “Blazing Saddles” is one of the “movies that made” our own Levin O’Connor, I decided to watch the Mel Brooks’ Western parody for the first time in maybe fifteen years. Here are some thoughts about the whole thing: 1.) Considering it was made more than 35 years ago, “Saddles” [...]
Getting Physical
Posted by mouse | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
We are a very physical team. A more accurate term would be “hands on,” and a still more accurate term would be “grabby.” Some teams have a problem touching each other, we can’t keep our hands off one another. Especially when we’re on stage. And especially when it means we could lift one of us [...]
