With the remnants of Wednesday’s dirtbike left on the white board we start today’s show with John Ring, Oscar V Pudding esq., Adam Kennedy IV, Dame Beth Hicks, Ken Breese the Brave, and Daniel Lee White the Producer.  Please don’t forget Jon Audette the soon-to-be-non-absent.

Improv Lesson #1736.275: Endowment is good - let someone know a little about themselves.

FAM Memeber:

Jason!

From East Providence.  Preferred Middle School since it was more loser-free.  He likes Rock-and-Roll, but who in his life will like Country?  Jason’s Band - Dewey, Craig, __, and Jason.  Very indifferent band, played around with a lot of styles.  Now on to his dating life.  Last Tuesday Jason was hanging out with Sandra, but Jason doesn’t think it was a date.  Missed a stand-up show and decided to play games, hang around, and talked.  Awwww.  Intense moments in life - Getting stuck on the highway bridge with a flat-tire and staying alive.  Embarrassing moments in life - speechless on the stand-up stage.

Thanks for your help Jason.

Hey! Ho! Wee!

Nirvana - “I wanted her phone number and address” ~John;  “I do believe my loins are starting to burn” ~Ken; “I’m the Cheshire Cat!” ~Oscar; “I can hear you thinking” ~Oscar

Tom Hanks missed his flight in a chocolate factory - “Jane Fonda is in trouble?!?” ~ Oscar

Helen Keller got her driver’s license on the Jersey Shore - “What is this the Arsenio Hall Show?”

Lied about date - “If iodine make Rock-and-Roll star, I don’t want to be right” ~Ken

Maine - “I have been a woman since 1986…yeah it’s still 1986″ ~Adam; “That’s my boot keeping area, I keep my boot right there” ~Adam

George - “dada dada dada dada dada dada Dah!” ~Beth

Howdy Doody!

2nd Half - “Wow! You are 3D!” ~John; “I am making love to my Lego wife.” ~Jon; “surprise” ~Adam

Sunbathing with Hitler at Chuckie Cheese - “You should have turned the light off” ~Mike{audience}; “Step Back! Cuz Illinois has no ocean!” ~Oscar; “You are not a turtle, Step back!” ~Oscar; “Damn!” ~Josh{audience}

Breakfast in bed with Marilyn Monroe in a toll booth - “What the hell, are you union?” ~John; “I keep a mini-fridge next to my computer, so I have food all the time.” ~Jimmy; “Number 4 has a laptop. Not to tattle.” ~Adam; “I enjoy cinema. Classic Turner Movie. Marilyn Monroe.” ~Ken; “Can I buy a toll booth on Ebay? Cause that would be fantastic.” ~Jimmy

Railroad Conductor - “If you want to catch cheating wife, make sure you tail her” ~Ken

“Lipstick in the Bush” - “Oh look, a bush(Bush)” ~Jason{audience}; “Maybe that means I’m bleeding and they’ll think I’m already Mother-F**king dead”

“Car Accident by Judo” - “We speak like Governors of Cali-fornia” ~Beth; “[vrrrrrrr, bang]” ~Oscar; “I shot your hand, sorry” ~John; “Sorry, I have polarized vision sometimes.” ~Ken; “I borrowed a $200,000 check I found in your bathroom sink”~Adam; “Don’t question my bookkeeping methods!” ~Ken

Thanks

Not only are we celebrating this birthday but we want to observe Thailand’s National Artist Day.  What better place to celebrate beautiful art and the creator Mac than at The Spot and with Ben Clarendon;  you will find great art installations as well as some for sale and a Mac employee {respectively}.

Joining Ben on stage tonight will be Oscar, Adam, Jon, John, and Daniel.

FUNICULAR is the word of the night since it was on the board when John entered to offer some RESPECT

{FUNICULAR is a type of uphill cable train…}

FAM:

Steven - Rides dirtbikes with Steve {may be a doppleganger} Other Steve is pretty and mean.  Steven is dating Michelle {former FAM member} they like to go out to bars {and BYOI}.  Pyzz is the bar to go to.  Jumping in the way back machine, Steven played football in high school but not in a jockish way {not jock itch} {{Gross}}.  Jake and Steven caused trouble in Phys Ed.  Steven went winter dirtbiking {snowmobiling} on his last vacation, and it was great since he didn’t crash.  Steven is taking a break from Michelle to go on a date with Garth Brooks…guess what? They are going to a bar.

Our games tonight are: Meanwhile; Timmy In The Well {NEW}; Pillars; Beastie Rap; What Are You Doing?; Interrogation Line-Up; Confucius Says; Remake; and Revolver.

Quotes of the night:

Ben - “It’s a spray that smells like Cheese”; “This is infinitely harder than we rehearsed”; “I’m a human mailman”

Oscar - “Hit me again. Thank You”; “You put the remote in the microwave?!?”

John - “Meanwhile…at the Marceau Marcel mime school”

Adam - “Say man, my fingers been killing me”; “It was scary when my Mexican family shipped me to Peru”

Jimmy - “Just don’t cross the streams man!”

If you are reading this and don’t remember these moments, I wish you could have made it.  Hopefully we will see you at a show in the future.  Thanks.

And Scene!

Lots of screaming and random noise coming from the back room…must be a good warm-up for Daniel, Ken, Dan, and Ben.  This is Ben’s last show before his short break to perform some Shakespeare.

And they enter to the theme of The Empire Strikes Back

Cam steps up as our newest member of the FAM - He is 19 but thinks he is 18.  Born in Boston in a hospital maybe.  Norton high-school.  Claims to be  a nerd.  Brett, the douchebag is one of Cam’s mediocre number of high school friends.  Fast forward to now, Cam has an on-again off-again relationship with film school.  Fan of Drama.  Jim Jarmoosh {Phoenetic spelling <– probably wrong spelling}.  JJ’s “Limits of Control is highly recommended by Cam.  Indie and Alt-Rock tickles Cam’s Music fancy.  Cam is afraid of death {Dan say’s that’s boring and Ben has a request for not stupid fears}.  Cam says snakes to make Ben feel better and we all think of Indiana Jones.  Hobbies include smoking and playing piano, maybe at the same time.  Playing piano, making it up on the spot, just the way we like it.

That was our Featured Audience Member Cam - Welcome to the FAM, Cam!

Hot Seat opens up the gaming with Ben’s wonderful explanation.

• ROUND 1
• Waiting For Death too, or was that Two? Sounds like a good sequel
• “Let’s get to it!” Ray D.
• Ben sitting is the same height as Jason standing, oh dear
• “I almost went to film school, so act” Ray
• “You aren’t the genie I wanted”  Ben
• ROUND 2
• A much more physical round including throwing and punching
• Cowardly Lion in a wheelchair
• Rob Schneider stars in a lot of movies
• Ray and Daniel will get married
• Nerd Shots for all

Ken describes our next game, Titles, to the audience.  Watch out for Ken, he is ruthless with his “dinger”

• Suggestion - ANCHOVIES
• “I Am Lengend” “I, Robot”
• Ben left his cell phone on, and that isn’t a title
• “Smells like teen spirit” Jason
• “Doesn’t he start?” DING
• “To Kill A Mockingbird” “One Flew Over A Cuckoo’s Nest”
• “Run Fatty Run…Noooo it’s Run Fatboy Run”
• These sound an awful lot like lyrics, come on dinger!
• “American Pie” “American Pie II” DING
• DING, “eh, it was probably right” Ken
• “…Flowers?” {walks off} “Say Flowers for Algernon!” –> “Flowers for Algernon”
• Suggestion - KEN’S MOM
• “Big Momma’s House”
• “House of Pain”
• “Throw Momma From the Train”
• “Cream” “{Heavy Sigh}”
• “Baby Got Back” “Meet The Parents”

Shop Keeper is our next game hosted by Dan

• Round 1 - Shopkeeper is Ken
• Ben –> Roast Beef is cowardly or “chicken”
• Cam–> Phone only calls the White House
• Ray–> Penny is worth way too much
• “Man I wish some customers would come” “Glad you turned on the spotlights, I wasn’t sure you were open”
• “All of a sudden it’s out the door and I have gravy on me”
• “You can’t get emotionally connected to your food”
• –
• “How do I know you won’t switch it with one of yours?”
• “Is it a Buffalo-Head?  Cause those are special”
• “Did you name it penny? Cause that is a person’s name! {laughing} Hold on…”
• “I’m going to get an island” “With a penny” “With THAT penny”
• –
• “I can’t solve Iraq” “Dude, there is a recall on the phone that only calls the President”
• The above was not abbreviated
• Round 2 - Shopkeeper is Ben
• Daniel–>Driver’s License says he is a woman
• Jason–>Jelly Toed Boots
• Audience–>Monopoly game is too short
• “You see what you bought me, or what I bought from you”
• “This did not protect me, in fact, it hurt me more”
• “You haven’t fallen into this trend of Crocs have you?”
• “Two Words, Breakfast Sandwich”
• –
• “My hormones are fine, just slightly identified”
• “I bet you would like this large alcohol”
• “Ooooooohhh, you’re not Danielle?”
• –
• “Hah, I love the Free Parking”
• “All of our toys, from GIJoes to Potato Heads have gone Berserko”

We begin our Intermission with anticipation of the performance by Marq Twain and Charlemange Gandhi.  This is their second performance at one of our shows, and if their last show proved anything it is that we are in for a treat.  If you didn’t have a chance to make it to tonight’s show, don’t worry because Marq Twain will be back on Friday to perform once again.  I highly recommend you stop by because these two gentlemen  have a very good stage presence to accompany their creative song stylings.

And back to our regularly scheduled program.  We want to know a little more about Cam.  He definitely wants to get revenge on Brett and ruin his future career.  “Death By Deliciousness” is the candidate for new wing flavor.

Daniel introduces Freeze Tag to the enjoyment of the audience.

• Suggestion - FISH TACO
• “It’s about that time for crime fighting”
• “Are you a clone victim too?”
• “Yo, this London bridge is easy, bitches”
• “You’ve become two people”
• “Don’t mock my art”
• “You ever tweak a nipple Bob?”
• “Those calves are way too small, have you seen these bitches?”
• “OK, let’s talk about pitching a little more”
• “My biggest fantasy is to not use references people under 35 wouldn’t get”
• “Please, please give me the Genie Bits”
• “TACO’d!”

Here comes Revolver introduce by Ken

• Cam & Dan - Squid
• Ben & Cam - Apartheid
• Aud2 & Ben - 40oz
• Dan & Aud2 - Spaceship
• “Because space is fun. Is this twenty questions”
• “Say it. Say ‘Beer me’”
• “It’s just a motto”
• “It goes faster than speed”
• “It’s tommorow, let’s go”
• “I think that’s illegal” “Nope”
• “Yeah, that cookie is made out of paper”
• “These are paperclips”

Last game of the night is Blank Walks Into A Bar and Dan takes the reins

• JUNGLE GYM
• “I thought this was a monkey bar”
• “See? Saw? What’s the difference?”
• STOVE
• “That’s out of my range”
• “You can’t drink here, you’ve got one in the oven”
• TELEMARKETER
• “We can’t serve you” “It’s your call”
• ALICE IN WONDERLAND
• “Don’t be a mad hater”

Our show comes to an end.  Thanks to those who made it out this Wednesday.  Hope to see you in a couple of days when we will be enjoying the company of Marq Twain again.

Have a good rest of the week.

Friday Night’s show was a great way to end the week and get the weekend started.

I was working the door that night and decided to take our BYOI Twitter profile for a ride.  Did you know we are on that Twitter dealie thing? We are trying this out, hopefully we are interesting enough to keep you fine folks coming back.  Check us out here: http://twitter.com/BYOI

I managed to Live Tweet the whole show.  I am going to put up some of my highlights, but if you are looking for more, check out our Twitter page andsee how much you missed.

- Our cast arrives with Beth leading the way…followed by Ken, Adam, and Dan

-Yes And…Adam teaches us about “Finding The Game of the Scene”…

{Inspiring Minds} -1) Superbaby 2) Jon and Kate - (Jon-$185k)  3) Balloon Boy

-# Two new people! Scene 2: U - Hobo…Beth forgot the letter ‘Y’!!!! Take that word nerd!!

-Dan has left the room, let’s see who his possible date will be…Beth {lady ga ga}, Daniel {afraid of his pinky}, Cam {giant left foot}

-Daniel just said the fourth ghost in Pac-Mac was “Pinky”…correct me if I am wrong, isn’t the forth one Clyde? Pinky is the second one

-Adam wants some dates now…Audience 1: Repeats questions back Ken: Al Pacino Audience 2: Horn in forehead

-Audience 2 just took first place in the laugh of the night contest with his answer to games he likes “Ring Toss”

-Hot dog guns. PooperScooper Guy. Airport Security {way too many security guards}. Teaching Adam about Al Pacino {Nominee for laugh of night}

-Scene 1 features Jason Statham and Judi Dench {Laugh Nominee}. Rooftop Dance Number. JS is very Michael Jacksonesque. JD used to be a man?

{World’s Worst} -Pilot - Who lands in rivers? Amelia. Balloon Boy…Annnnnd Scene!11:58 PM Oct 16th from web

-Had a good night with you folks. Hope you enjoyed it too. Until next time….

So we have one more to settle and that is laugh of the night…

{Drum Roll}

This Award is going to have to go to the almost painful efforts to teach Adam who Al Pacino was using clever hints.  The man doesn’t know his pop-culture, but he still makes us laugh.

Thanks for reading, if you want more of this recap, check out our Twitter page at http://twitter.com/BYOI

Thanks to Elise {poses with hands behind head} and Jackie {brings arms in front of self and then up into the air}.  I really enjoyed working with you two last night.

I can’t wait to go up in another Whirly-Bird with Elise.

And I apologize to Jackie for ruining her Curds and Whey both as a waiter and as a spider.

So until my next LAN party, I bid the Silent Movie Star Jackie and the Blue Loving Elise adu.

I leave today for a trip of epic proportions. I am returning to where I got my start in improv comedy. I am flying out to Milwaukee to see the ComedySportz World Championship and celebrate the 25^th Anniversary of the ComedySportz organization. CSz started in Milwaukee in 1984 in the back of a small restaurant, and they are represented by 21 teams worldwide and are still growing.

I took my first improv workshop in the fall of 2007 under the amazing guidance of Alan Guszkowski. I learned the basics of performing improv {Yes And; Stage Presence; Stage Voice etc}.

I also learned some of the basic CSz games {Blind Line aka Lines from a Hat, Countdown aka 60-30-10, Freeze etc}. The workshop was great and that’s when I learned that I loved being on stage, and I love performing improv. I learned a lot in the workshop, but I think my improv repertoire had the most benefit from the free shows. With the workshop I got free entry to all of the CSz shows. Each week, on top of my three hours of workshop, I went to four shows and occasionally saw the RecLeague shows. For the little time I had in Milwaukee, I spent a large portion of it in the ComedySportz arena living and learning the improv life.

I was sad to have to leave Milwaukee and leave ComedySportz behind, but after two years I am making my return for what is sure to be a weekend of laughter, learning, and lots of fun. On my return I hope to have plenty of stories to tell and games, tips, and tricks to share.

Now that I have spilled mine, why don’t you spill yours? Where did you get your start with the improv world, performing or audiencing? What are some of your favorite first moments of improv? Who is the teacher/improviser that you learned the most from or owe the greatest thanks?

See you guys in a week!

Jimmy “Time-Zone Traveler” Sorel

America and Canada both celebrated birthdays last week; so this week I want to know, what are some of the best or worst birthdays you have had?  Tell me a story…did you get to go play lazertag?  Did you get so drunk you can’t remember anything…except lazertag? Or did you have a horrible time and cry at your party…while playing lazertag?

Tell me anything, even if it doesn’t relate to lazertag

Please comment and let me know because…Jimmy Wants To Know

Aww geez eh?  Good Day!  Beauty show last night!  Thanks to all you hosers that came out to the very special Wednesday night show, and for all of you knobs that stayed home…Take off eh?…And most important thanks of all goes to all you hoseheads that came up and volunteered with us and made our Canada Day show that much more special.

What Are you Doing…eh?

Jason nearly takes down Ben with his new stage voice {nice work Jason}

Alphabet…eh?

Dan called John “Honey” and it seemed way too realistic…perhaps you two hoseheads need a room or a vacation from each other

Ben is the new cop on the beat and rose to the ranks of Sergeant in a matter of two days…probably because he stole the only cop car and left Jon with the cop tricycle

60 seconds is not enough time Jon and I to deliver the alphabet, so Dan and John had to show us how to do things…how many sentences can we  start with expletives?

Good Cop/Bad Cop…eh?

Ben went from the ranks of Sergeant to no good criminal in a matter of minutes, Bert and Ernie {John Ring and John Knight} got a confession out of that no good hosehead.  Who would have thought that Ben was capable of killing Pandas with his breath, I was wondering why Regis Philbin was hanging around Sesame Street

On the brighter side of things, Jon A got what he deserved for stealing a horse from a mountee, that’s why we don’t hang out with Miss Piggy at The Dump.  Thanks to Adam and Friend whose name escapes me for taking him down

Freeze Tag…eh? {It’s not nearly cold enough to be freeze}

Water slide operators really should be more careful

A pile of sticks and barley just “barley” missed their chance to represent the wonderful land of Canada

Helping Hands…eh?

Don’t pick up hitchhiking pirates, they have nothing to provide to a running ship and they try to fight you with poultry

Divorce hearings are somewhat biased when the soon to be ex-bride is seeing both the baliff and the judge…and Ben will inevitably be slapped

World’s Worst…eh?

Senior Citizens love to pull pranks too

Ben being slapped pre-empted his Gerbil Entry show ending joke, so there is balance in the world

Thanks again to all the hosers, knobs, and hoseheads who were at The Spot…our very special Canada Day/Pre-Independence Day show went off with a bang

Beauty Show All!

Hey everybody,

Fireworks will soon be in the air, and I am thinking about some of my great Independence Days of the past.

So, let me know about some of your Independence Days of the past.  What is your favorite thing to do on July 4th?  Do you usually travel?  Do you have any great/funny/comically sad/inspirational stories?

I generally like to spend my 4th in New Hampshire with my family sitting back and relaxing with the small fireworks set off by families around the lake, and either on the 3rd or the 4th there is a huge bonfire.  There is a small island in the lake that gets covered with pallets and wood and whatnot and all the boats of the lake drive out and sit on the lake to enjoy the fire…family, friends, food, laughs, and a big-ass fire, that’s why i enjoy my independence.

Please leave a comment telling me anything that the upcoming holiday makes you think of; because when fireworks are flying…Jimmy Wants To Know

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