Paul F. Tompkins

That is terrific! I am flattered. Fans are nice and I am lucky to have even a single one. That said, this thread is really to answer questions about the show! I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE SHOW AS MUCH AS I HATE TO TALK ABOUT MYSELF! But again, thank you.

The episodes are released in the order they are recorded.

1) It is, I swear, not frustrating at all! It makes me laugh. Improv requires that you let go and move on immediately. So even if you feel you had something great you were just about to get to, you have to stop thinking about that thing that got cut off and start listening to what's happening now. It's also a good thing to keep in mind in life: just because one thing didn't work out the way you expected it to, you have to trust that other good things are in the offing that you weren't even thinking about. 2) Yes! Just as soon as you write and illustrate it. Keep me posted!

I wouldn't be a BIT surprised.

Stephen Colbert.

You are probably listening to too many podcasts.

Oh, I was very nervous to launch the show. This was a new format that I'd never done before and people hadn't heard from me. New experiences induce nerves. Sometimes it's just anxious excitement, but with something like this, I was just anxious. It's hard to keep perspective on something new. Once people responded positively, I was reassured that I wasn't crazy to have done this after all. So far, the most surprising and positive result of the podcast is people liking it! It's still early days, so I'm sure there are more unexpected benefits to come. FINGERS CROSSED.

Really, it's developing the story. Shorter scenes can be heightened pretty quickly, but to tell one story over, usually, 30 minutes means you have to feel out when things should get more involved and when the stakes need to be raised. We all have to try to get to a cliffhanger-y moment to take us to that break in the middle of the story, and that's probably the most challenging thing. Second would be wrapping it up in a fun way in a timely manner. Not too long, not too short. And this is a relatively new world for me. I am still learning. I have thrown myself into the deep end but invited three lifeguards in with me.

This sumbitch is an ongoing concern. You will get it all the year round. Thank you for your nice words!

Night and day. It's sooooo much easier. And I haven't really engaged Earwolf's help much yet, other than the technical staff! Every episode thus far I've booked myself, I get to reserve my own studio time, and we've been recording two episodes a week as often as we can, so we're set through August. I've never been ahead this far on anything I've ever done! It's been nothing but fun. It's still harder on Eban than it is on me, because he's got to drag a keyboard into Earwolf, but it's far easier for both of us than our previous project(s) together.

This will definitely happen.

It's about 50-50! Or maybe 49-49, and 2% that stay for most of it, but leave at some point during the improv. The live shows will absolutely be released as podcasts! EDITED FOR MATH PURPOSES

That has always been the plan, and it finally comes to pass very soon.

Yes, they are released in the order in which they are recorded. So that was a TOOOOOTAL Dave Foley question.

The breaks are very brief! Not much is happening other than to make sure everything is going well tech-wise. Sometimes people use the restroom. INFURIATING. The longest break is after the interview, when the interview guest is writing down the location & question for the next episode's guest. We try to keep it moving!

Nope!

In the studio, we can relax a little bit more, which may take us to places we might not have gotten to in front of an audience. We can all see each other the whole time and we're sitting down and the immediate pressure is far less, and it also feels intimate in a really wonderful way that you don't always get in comedy. In front of a crowd, we're not on a tightrope, and there's so much more that one has to monitor because of the audience response, the physical space of the theater, the actual physical act of jumping in, etc. But the rush of being in front of an audience is like nothing else. Both ways are fun!

I'd imagine the guests fill in some blank in their heads about what the question will be, and it must be something deeply personal or political or whatever. It delights me how anxious people are about it.

No one is writing anything down, no. And yeah, the tie-ins evaporate pretty fast, but that doesn't really bother me. Once the story gets going, it takes on a life of its own, especially in the second half. The interview is just there for fodder, not to be slavishly backtracked to. And also to be entertaining in its own right.

I love all of the Earwolf regulars and will probably have on some of those folks as well at some point, but since I'M such an Earwolf regular, I wanted to create my own little company of people that are amazing improvisers but are somewhat outside of the Earwolf stable. But there are so many people I adore playing with from CBB, etc. and I will not be able to resist booking them eventually. But I am really glad to see that people are getting to know and like the folks I'm bringing to this world.

None! Just trying to create TENSION. In all seriousness, we did record a "pilot" that will be released someday. In the future.

I think of it as "nice" mood lighting and the reason is because it's nice. When I recorded the Pod F. Tompkast [holds for applause] I would use similar lighting-- it just seemed to relax me and open my mind up more. Luckily, pretty much everyone who's come to do the show has remarked, unprompted, that they like it, too.

Hey, guys, while I appreciate your... passion, I must tell you that the logo was my design. I worked with someone else to make the finished product, but this is exactly what I wanted it to look like from the very beginning. So the buck stops here. I wanted something extremely simple and I kept pushing until it looked like what I saw in my mind's eye. There will be a redesign at some point, so hopefully you can all hang in there until that day comes along. Someone contacted me through earwolf to submit a design, which ultimately was too close to the Superego logo. Which, in turn, is too close to the Sheraton Hotel logo. This stuff is tricky! Sometimes you don't nail it the first time. I have ideas that I think will be better, especially now that the show has been recorded and heard and has an identity and a sensibility. So please keep all this in mind, and thanks!

HI! The improvisers imprisoned included in the teaser clip are (in order of appearance): Me Janet Varney Craig Cackowski Matt Gourley Marc Evan Jackson Me again Shulie Cowan Me AGAIN Chris Tallman Me for another time once more Sarah Burns Marc Evan Jackson's reappearance I hope you guys will like the podcast. GOODBYE! Edit: I edited this.