EPISODE 10 - The Student Lounge at A Performing Arts High School

[JulyDiaz 2797]

Paul F. Tompkins extends his welcome to all the beloved people out there on their journey back to Spontaneanation! This week Paul's special guest is Justin Kirk of HBO’s Angels in America and Showtime’s Weeds! They chat about the earliest memory Justin has of doing something cruel, being a classic lurker online, and having a house warming party after living in his home for years. Paul is then joined by improvisers Sarah Burns, Matt Gourley, and Chris Tallman, to improvise a story set at A Performing Arts High School. As always, the superb Eban Schletter scores it all on piano!

[Bumpy 1674]

I've been waiting for Gourley to appear and it more than exceeded my expectations. Also, it makes total sense in D&D for shambling mounds and will o' the wisps to be encountered together. Don't ask, it just does.

 

#classicjarles

[burtburt 108]

OH MY GOD THAT NICK NOLTE

 

:wub:

[djwetmouse 74]

I am physically in pain from laughing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a problem.

[coconutphone 169]

Nick Nolte had me in TEARS. So freaking amazing.

 

Gourley's proficiency with Shakespeare served him 9and the show) so well this week. Fantastic.

 

When Jo Beth williams showed up, I lost it.

[Branko 32]

So goddamn funny.

[Jon Onyx 1226]

#classicjarles

[Lukas Holmes 2287]

"Hey Gary...."

 

......."Gary?"

 

Priceless.

[Uterine Helmet 81]

If there's any greater sentence in the English language than "Paul is then joined by...Matt Gourley", I really don't know what it is.

[EmmaBadame 63]

When it morphed from Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss, I snorted so hard I think I pulled something. Worth it.

 

If there's any greater sentence in the English language than "Paul is then joined by...Matt Gourley", I really don't know what it is.

 

Truer words were never spoken.

[DubipR 485]

Get Nick Nolte on NERD POKER stat!

 

Laughed my ass off today listening to this episode.

[Shannon 2953]

I finished this one and immediately started it over again. This is exactly the amount of laughing I needed this Monday.

 

 

p.s. Justin Kirk was on my dolphin crush list back when Weeds first started and he was a lovely guest. I am jealous of all of PFT's cool friends

[hypnotizingchickens 1025]

If there's any greater sentence in the English language than "Paul is then joined by...Matt Gourley", I really don't know what it is.

except for the phrase "Oh Hendry! candry bar", that is...

[HunterJE 618]

I think Paul's confusion re: Hood Canal stems from the body of water being misnamed--it's not actually a canal (which generally denotes a human-made channel) but rather a long narrow glacial fjord that forms part of the Puget Sound, and is so named possibly as a mistake--explorer Capt. George Vancouver actually wrote "Hood Channel" in his journals, but wrote it as "Hood Canal" on his charts, in a likely scrivener's error (of course, "channel" is also wrong, since it's not open at both ends, but whatever).

[qaop_space 87]

Amazing. Splendid even.

[Kickpuncher 5012]

I now have a Pavlovian reaction of pure delight to the words "Hey Dolores".

 

"I'm recently widowed, because I am" might be the finest example of improv these ears have ever heard.

[doggans 126]

The new episode is an unprecedented historical event.

That's right; for the first time ever, the interview guest IS on trial here!

[Xandar1977 421]

It just occured to me that Dolores told Mitch that she was married when they were stuck in that burning building together. It seems like Mitch has been spending a lot of time with another man's wife. What is going on here? Obviously he's a terrible driver, and possibly cursed, because he ends up in life-threatening situations once a week or so. Why does she keep getting in a car with him?

 

Unless, it's a true love situation. She is in an unhappy marriage with her husband Rich, and she really actually loves Mitch, so she puts herself in these situations to see if he'll save her. The sad thing is Mitch won't shut the fuck up about websites. Oh well.

[souprman 10477]

this is the third ep in a row where I have to keep backing up the cold open because it's too damned funny. Jarles is so stupid hilarious I can't stand it.

[souprman 10477]

https://www.spontaneanation.com

[souprman 10477]

gooey duck aka geoduck.

[crumbcake 104]

This episode hit so many of my sweet spots it's goddamn absurd. I really wish I had something more constructive to say or to put into this discussion, but start to end this was just perfect. Cannot wait to break off another ten-do (hopefully as we're headed towards a first hundo).

[pgconley 36]

I lost all the shit ever at "Oh Hendry Candry Bar." Still laughing. People are staring at me at work and I don't care.

[Xandar1977 421]

Matt Gourley is one of the absolute funniest motherfuckers on the planet.

[Quasar Sniffer 4174]

Nick Nolte, O'Hendry, Mitch, Dolores, AND Dracula doing ads... Good God, this episode was amazing. Paul F Tompkins and Company make beautiful comedy together.