mattbesser

Hey humons, my standup special BESSER BREAKS THE RECORD is live on Seeso.com starting today available for only $3.99. Also The UCB Show shot at our theater on Sunset. It would mean a lot to get your humon support today!

This podcast was done in the "lab room" at The Improv for some pre-fest shows for LAPodfest. There was barely anyone in the small room, and I think for many of them they might have been watching improv for the first time. They actually were pretty cool considering the environment. Also the audiences aren't really mic-ed that well on shows outside the UCB. That being said i4h is looking to tour more in 2016 to support some upcoming projects!

It will make Best Ofs easier to make from now on.

As soon as I started running nobody was looking at James anymore. He got his bag and escaped with ease. Everybody vote on the next Best Of!

Mr. Too Much Moxie, you need to skip on to the Master Blaster runs Barter Town episode. Also, Case waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Closed! I have a statute of limitations on how far back in the archives you can lecture me. 2013?! I will only be scolded on issues brought up in 2015. Maybe you should also skip to the SKM eps. That being said we record tomorrow (aug 5) if you'd like to take me to task on the air and give me a good talking to. We can also talk about the first season of Game of Thrones if you've caught up. Hey everybody, have you weighed in on the next Best Of ep?

I guess I feel the discussion comes on the forum before the Case Closed. Isn't everyone here just repeating the same argument they made two weeks ago but being nastier about it? Criticizing fellow forum members seems especially unfair.

Wow. I'm in NYC for the Del Close Marathon. (improv4humans live tomorrow, Saturday 1-5pm, at UCBeast) so I haven't read this til now. Even now I can't read all these long posts but I'm surprised at such negative reaction to this. I thought we had a pretty civil discussion with four people. And we are just people with opinions, not politicians representing public policy. I think it takes a certain amount of guts to come on the show so i thank kate, soup, and wax for that. To criticize them seems ridiculous. Think of the glass half full. How many shows have this kind of discussion opportunities with fans? There are so many podcasts where nothing of societal importance is ever discussed. Be proud that we are all actively involved in these kind of debates. It's not done enough. But do we have to get mean on this forum?Aren't we all on the same team? We all know that the real enemy is the part of the comedy industry that creates things like Entourage. If you are disappointed in me, well, that disappoints me. I hate to think that Case Closed makes the show lose any fans. I think spirited debate is entertaining. I honestly don't care about the SKM issue that much and I could easily debate the other side of the issue. I find it fun taking a challenging stance on an issue, and I think it can be inspiring for good comedy. I know a lot of people hate it, so I'm pretty sure we've only done CC once in 2015. And I try to do extra long show when we do it. So I'm sorry I disappoint you but after all, I am only humon. I also kind of wish the spirit of the forum after a Case Closed would be that since everybody is invited into the Thunderdome, then once the Case is Closed then the Case is Closed. It's like a gentlemen's (or gentlewoman's!) agreement. Otherwise it seems things always get nasty. Long live Del!

Help me build a sample running order for i4h show based on successful examples of each kind of segment we do. So what are some great Crap On Youtube we've done. What was the best What's Bothering You? Please list show # and time if you happen to know it. I'll use this to pitch so that the "buyer" can link to an example scene for each kind of segment we do.

Case Closed will be recorded on Wed. morning around 11:30am PST Topic: Is Kozelek a misogynist, and should he be condemned for the Snapes song?

as they say in Hotwives season one, maybe everybody should "calm down". I think everybody made their point. However, I will open up the Case Closed Octogon if anyone wants to step in next recording. But I won't participate.

Tyrone and Soup would you guys like to debate this on Case Closed?

I'm doing two shows on 4/20 so if you live in LA get tix now www.mattbesser.com

Thanks for all the positive feedback everybody. We had a lot of fun doing it. Might even have a little video soon. Something the Milkman is putting together. It's funny to me how many people even after listening to the whole thing still thought it was real. And everyone that commented on our soundcloud pretty much hated it. The Slap parody coming soon.

I get that the bots are actually talking. But their responses are from "funny" things humans have said to it therefore it's behaving like a parrot owned by someone who is always trying to be funny. Therefore it seems there is a comedy element innate to the bots which I don't like as the "truth" for our comedy.

I really like this episode too. The main difference with this kind of improv is that the improviser is playing the game of the scene while playing whatever their character's game is. Hoping word gets out on this episode to start i4h with a bang for the new year.