Episode 126 - Lobby of a 3-Star Hotel (w/ Janina Gavankar, Mandell Maughan, Tawny Newsome, Jeremy Carter)

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Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everybody to this moment in time known as Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is actress Janina Gavankar of True Blood, The League, and Sleepy Hollow! They chat about whether using an Italian accent is racist or not, being a very serious little kid who was focused on her music, and falling in love at first sight in high school. Paul is then joined by Mandell Maughan, Tawny Newsome, and Jeremy Carter, to improvise a story set in the Lobby of a 3-Star Hotel. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU8x9C0vg8s

Ladies and gentlemen, Mandell Maughan.

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Wow, Mandell Maughan really slumming it, same clothes for two weeks.

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Heads up: you may want to listen to "U Talkin' U2 To Me" before this episode, then you'll be sure to get and enjoy the references to the U2 band member names!

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I want to be in a friend group with Janina Gavankar and Deborah Ann Woll.

 

The improv was so so good today.

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Tawny Newsome is moving up in the pantheon of great Spontaneanation “Friends from the World of Make Pretends™“. She has a lightning quick mind and it’s a joy to hear her take the improv in a new direction and Paul start laughing at her improv in surprise. I hope she continues to be a regular as she always adds a lot to the improv.