mattbesser

Everybody tweet @benshapiro to debate me on "Case Closed". Read his tweets before hand so you see what I'm talking about. He's complete right wing idiot.

My in-laws live in FL. I'll try to answer those UCB ?s soon. Thanks!

Bruce you should call Lindsay at our theater who can answer all your class questions. 323 908 8702 Also, hopefully our improv book will be out in a couple of months which will be a great tool for someone who can't get to a bigger city to take a regular class. Next live ep is April 25, 6pm PST Bundi, yes I do think the flow is generally better by cutting post chatter. If I think it's really funny I sometimes let it stay.

Definitely. You got anything to ask?

I believe it goes up today.

Scott Rogers

Uh, FINDING something on the internet is much different that walking down the street and being accosted by it or even have it knock on your door.

Yeah, ultimately I am against the Bloomberg laws. But I do think there are a lot of dumbies out there who are fooled into buying something unhealthy because they convince themselves they are getting a deal. I guess you gotta let dumbies be dumbies, especially if they live in Mississippi.

Here's my opinion on "anonymous sources" - Shouldn't the anonymous source have a good reason for being anonymous? If it is to protect their safety or their careers then I get it. But sometimes it seems like the anonymous sources could have their own agendas. It's easy to talk a lot of bullshit when you're anonymous. And sometimes the journalist uses the anonymity of the source as an excuse to paraphrase what they supposedly said. That's when facts get murky. If you have greater good truth to say then put your name behind it.

When does the poster fall on Brett? Can't one of you youngsters turn that into a GIF or a hologram or some such thing. I want to see this!

I will be joined by LP, JG, an JW. And a special appearance by E the PI.

Remember, we are on livestream tonight!

Yeah, Kelsey wouldn't look at me when the camera wasn't rolling. I tried to introduce myself before he scene started and he just blew me off. However, he was super nice to all the extras working that same scene. Maybe I should have offered him some blow.

What sports bar in LA should Eric the Paid Intern go to to interview people during Super Bowl? Is there one that has a patio or is kinda outside (might be better for interviewing)?

Yeah this is issue is case closed for me. Skakesbeard, want to skype into the show and tell you best story?

Yes this was my point exactly. When you open it up to a national audience the more abstract the sketch the more likely you are too offend. As a head writer I would want to make it super clear that we were not somehow making fun of the victims. We had a sketch on UCB about a kid who tries to massacre his school cafeteria with throwing stars. I wrote this scene right after the shootings in Jonesboro, Ark. Never heard of it? It happened before Columbine at a school. 5 people died. I was struck how these killers seem to always think that they are really cool like cowboys or vigilantes or trench coat mafia or the Joker. So our sketch was an attempt to both make fun of the loser killers who think they are cool and the bullies who push them to the brink. Right after we filmed the sketch Columbine happened. Comedy Central made us radically edit the scene and we agreed because many of the lines of dialogue seemed like it was taking Columbine lightly.

Early on we considered being an official non profit but even though our school is a separate business, we do use the theater for Harold nights and grad shows. Although that is only a small part of what is on the stage, it is still tied to our school. Therefore being a legal non profit is too complicated. It also might mean that we can actively find gigs for our actors like we do.

Well put.

It is more of a Hollywood thing I think. I think people can tell the difference between asskissing/brown-nosing and giving someone a true compliment.

If Ian does it I think it was accidental. I think people accidentally do it sometimes then they just roll with it. I'm not a fan if it overtakes the game of the scene.

In our next ep. we accidentally did this. See what you think.

Interesting you think it was "nigger". It was not. Was not an African-American slur at all. However, let's not turn this into a guessing game.

I thought it would distract from the scene.

Can you guys help me build a couple of Best Of shows? I'm looking for your favorite scenes, and I'm also looking to represent every source of suggestion that we've used. So if you can identify the episode; short description of the scene; who was in it; and if you're already there, the time code would be really awesome too. This is so crazy it just might work!

I guess Big Josh is Big Jim's lover. My Big Jim did not talk. I would have loved him to say "This looks like a great place to camp!"