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>>> SKETCH COMEDY, WHAT IS IT?
>> THE GREAT THING ABOUT SKETCH
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COMEDY IS THAT ITS INSTANT
GRATIFICATION.
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>> YOU KICK THE DOOR IN, GUNS
BLAZING, WHATEVER HAPPENS,
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HAPPENS.
>> HES GOT MY HAND.
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>> STRETCHES ARE A FUN WAY TO
TALK ABOUT THE CULTURE WITH A IF
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I CAN TURNAROUND.
>> IN A SKETCH YOUR SATIRIZING
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LIFE.
>> MY BRAIN HURTS.
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>> WHEN YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE
IMPROVISING, YOURE ON THE EDGE
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OF YOUR SEATS.
OH GOD, DONT DIE.
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>> EVERYTHING YOU SEE TONIGHT IS
BEING MADE UP ON THE SPOT.
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WE CANT STRESS ENOUGH.
>> IN SKETCH YOU GO FOR IT.
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YOU HAVE TO COMMIT.
♪
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>> WE ‐‐ WERE GOING TO DO A
SKETCH SHOW.
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>> FILM COMEDY IS LIKE A
CONCERTO WITH ALL OF ITS
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COMPLICATIONS.
SKETCH COMEDY IS LIKE A SEX
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PISTOL SONG WHERE PEOPLE GET IN
AND GET OUT AND SOMEBODY GETS
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HURT.
>> IM SO FULL OF ‐‐ MY GENITALS
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ARE SUCKED UP INTO MY BODY
CAVITY.
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>> SKETCH IS A GREAT WAY TO
DELIVER COMEDY DOES YOU CAN SAY
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SO MUCH.
THE BEST COME IN WITH A POINT OF
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VIEW ABOUT SOMETHING THEY WANT
TO SAY.
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>> IF IT MAKES YOU GUYS FEEL ANY
BETTER, BLACK PEOPLE MAKE ME
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REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> THANK YOU.
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>> IVE ALWAYS LIKED BEING
SOMEONE ELSE.
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I LIKE BEING MYSELF, BUT ITS
NOT AN INTERESTING CHARACTER.
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>> WHAT STREET DO YOU LIVE ON,
DEAR?
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>> WEST GLEN.
>> DO YOU KNOW A DINKY WITHERS
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AT 83?
>> NO.
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>> STRETCH A PRECISE WRITE
RELIEF FORM.
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ARE YOU GUYS IMPROVISING ALL THE
TIME?
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NO, NO, WE WERE WORKING VERY
HARD ON SCRIPTS.
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>> WHAT DO YOU THINK YOURE
DOING?
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>> WHATS UP?
>> FELL ASLEEP ON THE JOB.
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>> NO, I DIDNT.
>> WHEN YOU WRITE A SKETCH, OR
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GET TO PERFORM IN A SKETCH AND
IT WORKS, ITS ABOUT AS MUCH FUN
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AS YOU CAN HAVE IN COMEDY.
>> SKETCH COMEDY STARTED ON
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BROADWAY, WHAT THEY CALLED A
REVIEW, R
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REVIEW, R‐E‐V‐U‐E.
A LOT OF THE COMEDIANS THAT
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STARTED IN RADIO IN THE 30s AND
40s STARTED ON THE BROADWAY
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STAGE IN REVUES.
>> MY PARENTS LOVED COMEDY.
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IT WAS ALWAYS ON THE RADIO.
>> YOU DEDICATED YOUR ENTIRE
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LIFE TO THE ACCUMULATION OF
MONEY.
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>> ITS MY FOND HOPE WHEN I DIE
ILL GO TO FORT KNOX.
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>> ALL SKETCH COMEDY ON RADIO IN
THE 40s WAS PART OF A VARIETY
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PROGRAM GENRE.
YOU WOULD HAVE AN OPENING
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MONOLOGUE.
JACK BENNY MIGHT TALK AND THEN
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SOMEBODY WOULD SING A SONG, NOT
COMEDY, JUST A STRAIGHT SINGER.
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THAT CONTINUED IN TELEVISION.
>> THE BEST SKETCHES I EVER SAW
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WERE ON THE SHOW OF SHOWS WITH
SEE
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CAESAR.
ALL THEY DID WAS LOOK AT SOCIETY
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AND SKEW IT A LITTLE BIT.
YOU LAUGHED AT YOURSELF BEING
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RIDICULOUS.
>> ITS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR
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HIT RECORD.
THIS SIDE IS SELLING MORE THAN
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THE OTHER SIDE.
>> THE SHOW OF SHOWS HAD COMEDY
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GENIUSES GATHERED TOGETHER
ALMOST LIKE A MANHATTAN PROJECT
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FOR COMEDY.
YOU HAD CARL REINER MOVING BACK
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AND FORTH BETWEEN ACTING AND
WRITING AT THIS TIME, AND SIDE
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CAESAR WHO WOULD DO ALL THE
ROLES AND ALL THE ACCENTS.
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THE AUDIENCE FELL IN LOVE WITH
THE PEOPLE DOING THAT SHOW.
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>> NAME THE DATES ‐‐ BATTLE OF
HASTINGS.
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BATTLE OF WATER LOOB.
1277.
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BATTLE OF RUSH.
>> IT WAS DONE LIVE AND THEY
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WOULD DO LIKE 33 OR 36 EPISODES
A YEAR.
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THAT IS A SCHEDULE.
THATS A REAL SCHEDULE.
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>> I THINK THE HARDEST JOB IN
THE WORLD IS TO BE A COMEDY
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WRITER FOR A VARIETY SHOW.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO COME UP
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WITH FOUR OR FIVE SKETCHES,
DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, EVERY WEEK
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OUR WRITERS HAVE TO SIT DOWN TO
A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER AND BE
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FUNNY AND ITS A WHOLE NEW
SKETCH.
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>> I WONDER IF YOU COULD COME
IN.
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>> HELLO.
>> MRS. SOFTWIGANS, I WONDER
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IF ‐‐
>> HELLO.
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>> MRS. WIG ‐‐
>> HELLO, HELLO.
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>> I CANT TELL A JOKE TO SAVE
MY SOUL.
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I WAS A CLOWN, AND ALSO A
COMEDIC ACTRESS WHO LIKED TO SAY
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THINGS FUNNY.
>> A DIME.
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>> A WHOLE DIME.
>> CAROL BURNETT WAS THE
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ULTIMATE SKETCH PERFORMER.
AND SHE HAD SETS AND COSTUMES
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AND PROPS.
AND I WOULD SIT AND WATCH IT.
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I LOVED IT.
I LOVED IT.
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>> I WANTED TO FIND CERTAIN
SKETCHES THAT WE COULD REPEAT.
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LIKE SIDE CAESAR USED TO DO THE
GERMAN PROFESSOR.
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SO I WAS HOPING WE COULD FIND
SOME FAMILIAR SKETCHES THAT AN
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AUDIENCE WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO.
>> SEE, THIS ELEPHANT HAD THIS
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LITTLE DWARF TRAINER, AND HE
USED TO PUT A LITTLE BALLERINA
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SKIRT ON THAT ELEPHANT.
>> THEY WERENT SO RESPECTFUL OF
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THE FORM THAT WERENT AFRAID OF
MAKING MISTAKES, BREAKING,
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MAKING EACH OTHER LAUGH, HAVING
FUN.
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>> THE FACT THAT THEY WERE
LAUGHING IN THE SKETCH MADE YOU
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AT HOME LAUGH EVEN MORE BECAUSE
YOU FELT LIKE YOU GOT A SECRET
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MOMENT.
YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE PART OF
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IT.
>> THERES A RUMOR GOING AROUND
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THE CIRCUS THAT THAT DWARF AND
THE ELEPHANT WERE LOVERS.
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>> IT WAS A GOLDEN AGE BACK
THEN.
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WE WERE ALL SO NEW TO IT.
WE DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
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THEN AS I BECAME LESS AND LESS
COMFORTABLE WITH THE EXISTING
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FORM OF TELEVISION, STARTED
DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.
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>> AND NOW FROM BEAUTIFUL
DOWNTOWN BURBANKS BIRD
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SANCTUARY AND RIFLE RANGE, NBC
PRESENTS ROWAN AND MARTINS DO.
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>> SOME OF THE SKETCHES WE DID
WERE TEN SECONDS, SOME FIVE
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MINUTES.
PERSONALLY, I LIKE BREVITY.
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>> DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE
HEREAFTER?
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>> OF COURSE I DO.
>> THEN YOU KNOW WHAT IM HERE
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AFTER.
>> A LOT OF THE PACING AND
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EVERYTHING WAS BECAUSE WE CUT IT
UP INTO LITTLE BITS.
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>> AND THATS THE TRUTH.
>> AND EVEN ERNESTINE.
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THEY WOULD CUT HER UP.
>> IS THIS THE PARTY TO WHO I AM
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SPEAKING?
>> THEY DID ANYTHING ADDITIONAL
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TO MAKE THE PACE FRANTIC AND
FABULOUS.
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>> HELP.
>> SOME OF THE NATIONS
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FRESHEST, FUNNIEST VARIETY, JOIN
SONNY AND CHER.
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>> EVERYONE IN AMERICA HAD A
VARIETY SHOW.
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>> THE SOLO SINGERS OF THE 50s
WERE EXTREMELY POPULAR.
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THEY COULD HOST THEIR OWN SHOW,
BRING ON A COMEDIAN, AND THEN BE
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THE STRAIGHT MAN TO THE
COMEDIAN.
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IN AMERICA THERE WERE VERY FEW
PROGRAMS IN THAT ERA, IF ANY,
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THAT WERE JUST PURE NON‐STOP
SKETCH COMEDY.
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BUT THE UK HAS ALWAYS BEEN ITS
OWN ANIMAL.
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>> AND THAT WAS SOMETHING
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
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>>> OVER THESE STREETS HANGS A
POLE OF FEAR, FEAR OF A NEW KIND
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OF VIOLENCE, WHICH IS
TERRORIZING THE CITY.
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YES, GANGS OF OLD LADIES
ATTACKING FIT YOUNG MEN.
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>> I REMEMBER LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING TO WATCH ON TV, AND
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NEVER THINKING IM GOING TO STOP
ON CHANNEL 13, WHICH WAS THE PBS
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STATION.
AND STUMBLING INTO PYTHON ON A
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LITTLE BLACK AND WHITE TV.
I WAS MESMERIZED.
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>> I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
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IT WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY SILLY AND
SMART.
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>> SHUT YOUR FESTERING ‐‐ YOUR
TYPE MAKES ME PUKE.
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YOU TOFFEE‐NOSED ‐‐ OH, IM
SORRY, THIS IS ABUSE.
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>> THE MOST DIFFICULT THING IS
ANY SKETCH PERSON WILL TELL YOU
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IS THE PUNCH LINE AT THE END HOW
DOES IT END?
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THAT ALL KIND OF CHANGED WITH
MONTY PYTHONS FLYING CIRCUS.
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>> THEY WOULD DO A SKETCH AS
LONG AS IT WAS INTERESTING.
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THE MINUTE THEY WERE DONE IT
WOULD TAKE A SHARP RIGHT OR
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SHARP LEFT.
>> TOP OF THE MILL.
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THATS ALL.
I DIDNT EXPECT A KIND OF
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SPANISH INQUISITION.
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH
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INQUISITION.
>> WE WERE JUST STUNNED BY THAT.
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ITS AS IF THEY HAD COME FROM
THE FUTURE.
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>> WE JUST DIS COVERED IT WAS
QUITE ADEQUATE TO CUT AWAY FROM
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SOMEONE SAYING THATS ENOUGH OF
THAT, AND THEN ANOTHER SKETCH
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WOULD START.
>> YOU TWO, STOP THAT SKETCH,
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ITS SILLY.
>> ITS ON FILM.
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>> THAT DOESNT MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE TO THE VIEWER AT
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HOME, DOES IT?
>> THE THING WITH MONTY PYTHON,
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THEYRE THE BEATLES OF SKETCH
COMEDY, THE COMEDIC PERIODIC
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TABLE OF ELEMENTS, ALMOST
EVERYTHING IVE DONE CONTAINS
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PYTHONIAN IN SOME FORM.
>> IT HAD A HUGE INFLUENCE ON
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THE NEW GENERATION OF COMEDY
COMING UP IN AMERICA WHO SAW
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THAT AND WERE LIKE HOLY
[ BLEEP ], WERE BEHIND.
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>> LIVE FROM NEW YORK, ITS
SATURDAY NIGHT.
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>> THERE IS A GAME OF DOMINOS
YOU CAN PLAY FROM YOUR SHOW OF
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SHOWS TO 1975, AND SATURDAY
NIGHT LIVE.
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ON ANOTHER LEVEL, THOUGH,
"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" WAS A
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WHOLE NEW ERA.
>> BOOM‐BAA‐BOOM.
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>> THE TONE OF THE SHOW WAS VERY
MUCH INFLUENCED BY YOUNGER
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PEOPLE.
SO NOW WE HAD OUR MUSIC ON,
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STUFF WE LIKED.
>> LETS GO, JETS, LETS SWING.
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>> LORNE HAD MADE THE SHOW HIP,
HE MADE AMERICA LESS SQUARE WITH
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"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE," IT WAS
JUST THE TIME.
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IT WAS TIME FOR IT.
WE HADNT HAD ANYTHING LIKE IT.
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>> IT WAS JUST TALK SHOWS YOU
WATCHED AS YOU FELL ASLEEP.
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THIS WAS THE IDEA THAT LATE
NIGHT WAS A PLACE WHERE YOU
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COULD DO THINGS THAT MIGHT GET
YOU IN TROUBLE WITH STANDARDS
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EARLIER IN THE DAY.
>> CAPTAIN, THE ENEMY STAR SHIP
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IS WITHIN ELECTRO SCANNING
DISTANCE.
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>> WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
>> THEIR SHIP IS NOT AS BIG AS
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WE HAD HOPED.
>> THE ONE RULE WE HAD WAS LETS
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MAKE EACH OTHER LAUGH.
WELL PUT IT ON TELEVISION AND
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SOMEBODY WILL FIND US AND MAYBE
TELL THEIR FRIENDS.
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>> THIS IS THE GUMBY STORY, I AM
GUMBY, BY GUM, ALL RIGHT?
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>> ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVED
ABOUT "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" THAT
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IT WAS A PLACE TO WORK ON
SOFTWARE, HOW PEOPLE TALK, HOW
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PEOPLE THINK.
>> THAT WILL BE $38.25.
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>> I HAVE A GIFT CARD.
>> YAY, GIFT CARD.
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I HAVE AN ADULT DOLL HOUSE, AND
SOMETIMES I USE THESE AS BATH
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MATS.
>> PEOPLE GO ON SNL WITH
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FANTASTIC CHARACTERS THEYVE
DEVELOPED ESSENTIALLY AT HOME
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AND YOU PUT IT IN A SKETCH,
OTHER PEOPLE TO PLAY OFF, GIVE
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THEM A STORY, MIDDLE AND END,
AND SAY GOOD NIGHT.
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>> YEAH, IVE HEARD ABOUT THAT.
>> WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT?
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IVE NEVER EVEN MET YOUR WIFE.
>> THATS NOT TRUE.
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YOU WERE THE BEST MAN AT OUR
WEDDING, NATHAN.
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>> NO, I WASNT.
>> YES, YOU WERE.
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>> I KNOW THAT.
>> SKETCH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
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SHOW EVERYDAY PEOPLE AS
HEIGHTENED CHARACTERS.
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SOMEBODY LIKE MOLLY SHANNONS
UN‐50.
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>> I KNOW HOW TO KICK, STRETCH
AND KICK.
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IM 50.
>> WE KNOW THAT PERSON.
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WE KNOW A VERSION OF THAT
PERSON.
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SNL IS REALLY THE ONLY SHOW THAT
I CAN THINK OF THAT IS BASED ON
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A REVOLVING CAST WHERE THE
PERFORMERS AND THE POINT OF VIEW
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DONT MATTER.
THATS A BIZARRE THING WHEN YOU
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THINK ABOUT A SHOW.
THE FACT THAT ITS LIVE, THATS
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THE POINT OF VIEW OF THAT SHOW
IS LIKE ITS WHATS HAPPENING
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NOW.
>> IF YOU WATCH "SATURDAY NIGHT
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LIVE" YOU MAY NOT LAUGH THE
ENTIRE SHOW.
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BUT WHEN YOU DO, YOU WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT IT THE NEXT DAY.
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AND THATS WHAT THEY WERE REALLY
GOOD ABOUT IS CREATING A WATER
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COOLER MOMENT IN EVERY SHOW.
>> WALL STREET JOURNAL, ARE YOU
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OKAY?
>> IN "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE"
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YOUD HAVE AN IDEA AND SOMETIMES
IT WOULDNT EVEN BE AN IDEA THAT
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YOU HAD A LOT OF FAITH IN.
AND THEN CARPENTERS COME IN AND
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THEY START BUILDING AND COSTUMES
ARE MADE.
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AND ITS SCARY.
BUT IF IT WORKS, THE PAYOFF IS
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SO EXHILARATING.
>> GUESS WHAT?
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I GOTTA FEVER.
AND THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION IS
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MORE COW BELL.
>> TVS BEEN ON FOR 70 YEARS,
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AND SNLS BEEN ON FOR 45 OF
THEM.
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THATS INCREDIBLE.
>> LON MICHAELS IS A MANTASTIC
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COMEDY CURATOR.
HE HAS A GREAT EYE FOR TALENT.
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THATS SELF‐SERVING BECAUSE I
WAS ON THE SHOW.
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WHEN YOU LEAVE THE SHOW AND YOU
SEE HOW MANY NEW FANTASTIC
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COMEDY PERFORMERS YOU GO THERE
HAS TO BE SOME COMMON ELEMENT.
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THATS LORNE.
>> LORNE GOT FIRST LOOK AT
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EVERYBODY COMING UP.
THESE PEOPLE CAME FROM ALL OVER
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THE PLACE.
SECOND CITY AND GROUNDINGS,
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GREAT REPOSITORIES OF PEOPLE
LEARNING HOW TO DO MOSTLY SKETCH
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COMEDY.
>> A LOT OF MY CHARACTERS FROM
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THE GROUND LINGS, THE WHOLE
SPEECH I HAVE IN THERE IS FROM
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THE GROUNDLINGS.
>> VEEYOURE BLOCKING.
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>> THAT KIND OF STUFF WAS
CELEBRATED.
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>> MY NAME IS PHILIP HARTMAN,
ID LIKE TO
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>>> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE SECOND
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CITY.
TONIGHT, WERE VERY PLEASED TO
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BRING YOU SCENES FROM THE SECOND
CITY, DIRECTLY HERE IN CHICAGO
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IN THE CABARET NIGHTCLUB, ENTER
YOUR THEATER IN THE HOME.
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>> THE BIG SCHOOLS OF IMPROV
RIGHT NOW ARE THE GROUNDLINGS,
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UCB, SECOND CITY.
AND WHAT THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON
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IS THEIR ROOTS IN 1955 FROM THE
COMPASS PLAYERS IN CHICAGO.
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>> THE COMPASS THEATER WAS THE
PRECURSOR TO WHAT BECAME THE
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SECOND CITY.
AND THEY WERE BASING THEIR
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STRUCTURE ON A WOMAN NAMED VIOLA
SPUN.
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AND HER MOTIF WAS NOT COMEDY
NECESSARILY SUCH AS IMPROV GAMES
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FOR ACTORS TO GENERATE SCENES.
>> FROM THERE, THIS REVOLUTION
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HAPPENED.
>> THE BIRD DOES HAVE A TOE IN
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THE BACK OF THE FOOT THERE.
AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, MAN
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HAS NO TOE ‐‐
>> YES, YES, I DO KNOW THAT.
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>> SECOND CITY IS A REVUE STYLE
SHOW THAT HAS SONGS, TWO ACTS,
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TWO PERSON, THREE PERSON, FOUR
PERSON CAST SCENES.
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THE FIRST PART OF SHOW IS TWO
ACTS, SCRIPTED MATERIAL, A THIRD
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ACT OF IMPROVISED MATERIAL.
>> WE NEED SUGGESTIONS FROM THE
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AUDIENCE.
WED LIKE FOR YOU TO SUGGEST A
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CHARACTER, NOT A PROPER NAME, A
REAL PERSON, BUT A KIND OF
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PERSON, AN OCCUPATION, A WALK OF
LIFE.
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>> PEANUT VENDOR.
>> A PEANUT VENDOR, THANK YOU.
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>> THEY WILL TAKE SUGGESTIONS
FROM THE AUDIENCE, THE CAST GOES
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BACKSTAGE FOR 15, 20 MINUTES
WHOOT
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WHILE THE AUDIENCE ORDERS MORE
DRINKS.
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YOU COME OUT AND IMPROVISE BASED
ON THE SUGGESTIONS.
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>> IM.
>> THOSE ARE PEANUT SHELLS.
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>> THE END OF A FEW MONTHS, WHEN
ITS READY TO WRITE A NEW SHOW,
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WE TAKE THE IMPROVISED SCENES
THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL AND WE HONE
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THEM AND WRITE THEM.
THEY BECOME THE NEW SET SHOW.
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>> WE WONT BE DEFEATED.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NORMANS.
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>> THE WORLD OF IMPROVE IS A
SAFE PLAYING FIELD.
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EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME GROUND.
YOU DONT COME PREPARED.
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THERES NO SETS OR PROPS.
THERE LITERALLY IS A BACKDROP
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AND A COUPLE OF CHAIRS.
IN SOME WAYS IT FEELS LIKE AN
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ADULT SAND BOX.
>> WHERE YOU BEEN?
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IVE BEEN GONE FOR SIX MONTHS.
>> AFTER SCHOOL THERE WAS A
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PARTY.
AND THEN EVERYBODY WENT TO
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DENVER.
>> THERES THE BASIC IMPROV 101
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RULE OF THE END, WHATEVER COMES
YOUR WAY, WHATEVER YOUR IMPROV
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PARTNER SAYS, YOU AGREE TO IT
AND BUILD ON IT.
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>> SOMEONE COMES IN AND SAYS
YOUR HORSE HAS ESCAPED, YOU
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DONT SAY I DONT HAVE A HORSE,
MY HORSE IS GONE.
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YOU KNOW WHERE THATS GOING TO
TAKE YOU.
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THATS A GOOD RULE.
>> NO IDEA THAT YOU WERE STONED
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ON POT.
FLYING HIGH UNDER THE EFFECTS OF
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A REEFER.
>> COME ON, SON, YOU ALWAYS WERE
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A BIT OF A WIMP.
>> I USED TO BE TERRIFIED OF
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IMPROV, UNTIL YOU REALIZED YOU
JUST HAD TO KEEP TALKING, AND
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BE ‐‐
>> AND LISTEN.
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>> AND LISTEN.
YEAH.
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>> THATS WHY I SAID THE
REACTION IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE
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ACTION.
>> BECAUSE YOURE WRITING IT ON
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THE SPOT YOURE NOT SURE WHERE
ITS GOING TO GO.
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YOURE TRUSTING YOUR INSTINCTS
AND YOUR ABILITY AS AN ACTOR TO
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TAKE IT AND TO FORMULATE IT AND
GET THE LAUGH, EVENTUALLY.
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>> YOU GO OUT WITH SOMETHING TO
OFFER.
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AT THE SAME TIME, YOURE WILLING
TO LET EVERY BIT OF IT GO.
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>> ULTIMATELY YOU WANT TO GET TO
A POINT WHERE THIS FN CALLED
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GROUP MIND OCCURS, A SINGLE
ORGANISM PERFORMING AT ONCE.
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WHEN YOU SEE IT, IT IS SO
ASTONISHING, YOU CANNOT IMAGINE
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THAT THEY DIDNT SCRIPT IT.
YOU CANT IMAGINE IT.
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>> IM 35 YEARS OLD.
I AM DIVORCED, AND I LIVE IN A
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VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER.
>> THATS GREAT WHEN YOURE JUST
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STARTING OUT IS THE AMOUNT OF
FLIGHT HOURS ON STAGE YOU GET.
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AND YOU GET TO TRY STUFF OUT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN YOU GET
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TO SNL IS THAT YOU HAVE TO DIG
IN TRUNK, WORKING AT SECOND
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CITY, YOU GET TO MAKE A TRUNK.
>> I THINK YOURE LOOKING AT
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SOMEONE WHO DOES.
>> I HAD DONE WAYNE CAMPBELL ON
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STAGE AT SECOND CITY.
I BROUGHT THAT CHARACTER WITH ME
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TO SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
>> WELCOME TO WAYNES WORLD,
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HERES YOUR HOST, WAYNE
CAMPBELL.
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>> FIRE IT UP.
>> THE IMPROV WORLD WAS VERY
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IMPORTANT TO THE PERFORMERS ON
SNL.
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IT WAS THE SAME STRUCTURE,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE GROUNDLYNX, I
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DO A CHARACTER, RUN OFF STAGE,
CHANGE YOUR OUTFIT, COME BACK ON
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STAGE IN THE DARK, HIT YOUR
MARK, LETS GO.
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>> YOUR OXYGEN MASKS WILL BE
RELEASED FROM THEIR COMPARTMENTS
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ABOVE YOU.
PLEASE DO NOT PANIC, OKAY?
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THE PILOT IS SCARED.
>> THE BIG LESSON I LEARNED AT
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THE GROUNDLINGS WAS MY FIRST
TEACHER TELLING ME DONT THINK
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SO MUCH.
SOMETIMES TAKE AN ACTION WITHOUT
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KNOWING WHERE ITS GOING TO
LEAD.
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>> YEAH, I LOVE IT TOO.
I REALLY ‐‐
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>> WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR
TALENT, THEY GO TO THE
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GROUNDLINGS, PEEWEE HERMAN,
LARAINE NEWMAN.
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I DONT MENTION LOVITZ, HE WILL
SEE THIS, AND IT WILL BOTHER
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HIM.
HELL BE LIKE, YOU MENTIONED
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THEM ALL, BUT ME.
YOU WATCHING THIS AT HOME,
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WORSHIP ME, I COMMAND YOU.
>> I JOINED THE SKETCH COMEDY
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GROUP THAT TAUGHT SKETCH AS
TAUGHT BY THE CITIZENS BRIGADE
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THEATER.
FIND WHAT MAKES THE SCENE FUNNY
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AND HEIGHTEN THE GAME AND ALSO
MANAGE TO SURPRISE THE AUDIENCE.
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>> I THINK THAT I HAVE A LOT OF
THE SYMPTOMS THAT REQUIRE
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MEDICINAL MARIJUANA.
>> LETS GO OVER SOME OF YOUR
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SYMPTOMS.
>> IM BORED ALL THE TIME.
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>> LAST YEAR, OVER 10,000 PEOPLE
TOOK CLASSES AT UCB.
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THATS NOT EVEN SECOND CITY.
AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER PLACES.
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SO THERES A BIG COMEDY BOOM
GOING ON.
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IT BLOSSOMED BECAUSE THERE
BECAME THE PERCEPTION THAT YOU
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COULD ACTUALLY MAKE A LIVING.
IF YOU GOT INTO THESE SCHOOLS
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AND CAME THROUGH THESE
COMPANIES, YOU WOULD GET INTO A
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COMMUNITY WHERE YOU CAN BUILD A
CAREER.
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>> SO LETS START.
>>> SDTV, RATINGS ASIDE, WERE
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NUMBER ONE.
>> SCTV WAS A SHOW THAT WOULD
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COME ON AT 11:00 IN THE MORNING.
THERE WAS NO ADS FOR IT.
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YOU DIDNT KNOW WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
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IT ALMOST FELT LIKE IT WAS A
MISTAKES.
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>> WELCOME TO THE GREAT WHITE
NORTH, COOL.
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>> THE PREMISE IS GREAT.
ITS SO SIMPLE, THEYRE A CHEAP
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CABLE NETWORK, AND HERE ARE THE
SHOWS THEY DO, AND HERES THE
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PEOPLE THAT ‐‐ IT WAS GREAT.
>> YOU HAVE A TELEVISION SHOW
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YOURE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING
RIGHT NOW.
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>> BETWEEN YOU AND ME, I DONT
THINK ANYBODY WATCHES IT.
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>> IT WAS JUST GOOD FORTUNE THAT
THE PEOPLE WHO HAPPENED TO BE IN
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THE SECOND CITY CAST AT THAT
TIME GOT TO BE THE CAST FOR
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SCTV.
>> YOU THINK WHAT IM DOING
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COULD BE IMPORTANT?
>> WE ARE ALL, EACH OF US,
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ESPECIALLY ‐‐
>> OH, MOMMY TERESA, YOURE SO
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SPECIAL, ITS SCARY.
>> THERE WAS BIT OF JOVIAL
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POKING FUN AT THE SLICKNESS OF
AMERICAN SHOW BUSINESS.
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BECAUSE CANADIAN SHOW BUSINESS
IS ‐‐ YOUVE WON A TOASTER.
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YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> THE FILTHIEST FEATURE FILM
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HES EVER MADE, AND BIGGEST GUN
OF ALL THIS TIME.
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>> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
MOVIE AND A PLAY.
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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE IS A NEW
BROADWAY PLAY, SCTV IS A NEW
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MOVIE EVERY WEEK.
>> EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY, CODE
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THREE, WE HAVE A PARTY THATS
OUT OF FOOD.
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>> LETS GO, BOYS.
>> YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS USED
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THE TERM THE INMATES WERE
RUNNING THE ASYLUM.
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THERE WAS A FEELING THAT THE
CREATIVE ELEMENT OF THE SHOW
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WERE THE BOSSES.
>> IN THE EARLY SHOWS, A LOT OF
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SKETCHES WE DID AT SECOND CITY.
EUGENE AND JOE DOING THE NEWS,
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THAT STARTED ON STAGE.
>> A LARGE RABIES RIDDEN HERD OF
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CARIBOU WAS REPORTEDLY SEEN JUST
OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND THE
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SUBURBS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.
>> THE CHARACTER OF EDITH
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PRICKLEY WAS A SUGGESTION FROM
THE AUDIENCE.
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>> JOIN ME IN MY DRAMATIC DEBUT
AS QUEEN ELIZABETH I, THE WOMAN,
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THE QUEEN AND A VIRGIN.
TWO OUT OF THREE AINT BAD.
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>> I WAS A HUGE FAN OF SCTV, NOT
MARTY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT
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CORE OF PERFORMERS, ALL AT THE
SAME TIME IN THE SAME CITY, WHEN
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YOU NAME THEM, EUGENE DID,
KATHERINE, ANDREA, JOHN.
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>> THATS GREAT HEARING YOUR
THOUGHTS.
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ANYTHING ELSE?
>> GRAB YOUR LADY BY THE ARM,
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TAKE HER OUT BEHIND THE BARN.
>> YOU CAPTURE SOMETHING IN
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IMPROV YOU CANT CAPTURE
SCRIPTED.
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CHRISTOPHER GUEST CREATED HIS
OWN GENRE OF IMPROV MOVIES.
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THESE ARE IMPROVISERS WITH
DECADES OF EXPERIENCE BEHIND
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THEM.
SO YOU CAN JUST GIVE THEM A
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PREMISE, THEYLL CREATE A
CHARACTER, AND THEYRE GOING TO
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DELIVER.
>> AND THATS THE WAY IT IS?
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THEN I JUST HATE YOU.
AND I HATE YOUR ASS FACE.
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>> WAITING FOR GUFFIN, A 12,
15‐PAGE OUTLINE, EXACTLY WHAT
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THE WHOLE STORY WAS.
>> YOU JUST SHOW UP ON SET AND
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YOU JUST ROLL.
NO REHEARSAL, NO DISCUSSION, YOU
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JUST ROLL AND TRY NOT TO LIFE.
>> EVEN WHEN I WAS A KID DOING
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IMPRESSIONS, HERES LOOKING AT
YOU, BABE, AND YOU DONT HEAR
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ABOUT ANYONE BUT YOURSELF.
WHO IS IT?
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HENRY FONDA.
I HAVE TO TELL HER WHO IM
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DOING.
SHE LAUGHS, AND SAYS WHO IS
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THAT?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE CONFUSE
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IMPROV WITH ADD LIBBING.
>> LOOK AT HIS FACE, COULD HE BE
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SWEETER?
OR MORE LOVING.
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THE GROUP IS ALL ABOUT ATTITUDE.
LOOK AT THIS.
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WHAT, COULD YOU FIND A MORE
LIKABLE ATTITUDE?
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>> BECAUSE THERES NO SCRIPT, IT
SOUNDS, OH, WHY DOESNT
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EVERYBODY MAKE THESE KIND OF
MOVIES?
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THE FACT IS, YOU HAVE TO BEGIN
WITH A CERTAIN TALENT FOR
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IMPROVISATION.
THEN I HAVE TO WRITE A REAL
395
00:26:07,339 --> 00:26:09,309
STORY.
ITS NOT JUST A RANDOM MEETING
396
00:26:09,307 --> 00:26:11,637
OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND AND
YAPPING.
397
00:26:11,643 --> 00:26:22,923
>> WE FORMED A GROUP CALLED THE
TWOBADOORS.
398
00:26:22,921 --> 00:26:27,691
>> THE ESSENCE OF CHRISS WORK
TO ME IS TRUST.
399
00:26:27,692 --> 00:26:34,302
HE TRUSTS HIS CAST, AND WE TRUST
EACH OTHER AS ACTORS.
400
00:26:34,299 --> 00:26:39,869
THAT WEB OF TRUST IS SO
ESSENTIAL TO THE PROCESS.
401
00:26:39,871 --> 00:26:42,011
>> AND ACT.
>> I WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY
402
00:26:42,007 --> 00:26:45,277
A BUNCH OF GIRL SCOUTS.
NOW, GOOD DAY.
403
00:26:45,276 --> 00:26:48,246
>> I ONCE TOOK AN IMPROV CLASS.
AND I REMEMBER A WOMAN IN THE
404
00:26:48,246 --> 00:26:52,516
CLASS COMING UP TO ME.
HEY, YOURE REALLY GOOD AT THAT.
405
00:26:52,517 --> 00:26:57,817
YOU KNOW, AND I WENT HOME, WOW,
HEY, IM GOOD AT IMPROV.
406
00:26:57,822 --> 00:27:06,462
I ALSO HATE MEMORIZING LINES.
AND SO THAT COMBINATION OF NOT
407
00:27:06,464 --> 00:27:10,504
WANTING TO REM MIEZMEMORIZE LINE
INTERESTED ME AND THAT WAS THE
408
00:27:10,502 --> 00:27:12,542
BEGINNING OF CURB YOUR
ENTHUSIASM.
409
00:27:12,537 --> 00:27:15,907
>> ENIGMA.
>> JESUS CHRIST.
410
00:27:15,907 --> 00:27:16,407
>> GOD.
>> CRAZY?
411
00:27:16,408 --> 00:27:20,078
OUT OF NOWHERE, RIGHT IN MY
FACE, SPRITZING ME.
412
00:27:20,078 --> 00:27:21,578
WHAT IS THAT?
WHAT A VIOLATION.
413
00:27:21,579 --> 00:27:24,579
>> THEYLL USUALLY GO AWAY,
THOUGH, IF YOU WAVE THEM AWAY.
414
00:27:24,582 --> 00:27:27,382
DID YOU WAVE HER AWAY?
>> SORT OF.
415
00:27:27,385 --> 00:27:31,085
>> I OFTEN FIND MYSELF GETTING A
LITTLE BIT ANNOYED WHEN PEOPLE
416
00:27:31,089 --> 00:27:36,659
REFER TO CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM AS
BEING PARTIALLY IMPROVISED.
417
00:27:36,661 --> 00:27:39,331
ITS ALMOST ALL IMPROVISED.
>> THERE IS NO SCRIPT.
418
00:27:39,330 --> 00:27:43,270
BASICALLY, LARRY WOULD SAY WHAT
HAS TO HAPPEN IN THIS SCENE
419
00:27:43,268 --> 00:27:45,498
WHICH WAS IM GOING TO SHOW YOU
THIS WIRE THAT HAS TO BE DROPPED
420
00:27:45,503 --> 00:27:49,143
DOWN, YOURE GOING TO SAY
SOMEHOW I CAN DO THAT IF YOU CAN
421
00:27:49,140 --> 00:27:55,580
GET ME TO MEET JULIA
LOUIS‐DREYFUS.
422
00:27:55,580 --> 00:27:57,250
>> IM MORE THAN HAPPY TO CALL
HER UP.
423
00:27:57,248 --> 00:28:00,878
I CANT GUARANTEE.
>> ITS HARD TO GET ANYTHING
424
00:28:00,885 --> 00:28:05,055
ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED.
YOU DONT KNOW IF ITS
425
00:28:05,056 --> 00:28:08,886
GUARANTEED EITHER.
>> HARD AS IT SOUNDS, SOMETIMES
426
00:28:08,893 --> 00:28:11,293
THEY DO WRITE THEMSELVES.
IF YOU HAVE GOOD, JUICY IDEAS,
427
00:28:11,296 --> 00:28:13,866
YOU DONT REALLY NEED A SCRIPT.
YOU CAN JUST WING IT.
428
00:28:13,865 --> 00:28:18,695
>> WE HAVE MOVED PAST THE
TIGHTLY SCRIPTED COMEDY.
429
00:28:18,703 --> 00:28:23,713
THE IMPROV ON CURB GIVES IT A
RAWNESS AND SPONTANEITY THAT AN
430
00:28:23,708 --> 00:28:26,808
AUDIENCE IS REALLY SEEKING, I
THINK, IN THE COMEDY THEY WATCH
431
00:28:26,811 --> 00:28:34,681
THESE DAYS.
>> YOU MET JULIA LOUIE DREYFUS.
432
00:28:34,686 --> 00:28:36,496
>> IT WAS AN
433
00:28:43,528 --> 00:28:47,728
>>> AND NOW, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, CLEANED UP AND READY
434
00:28:47,732 --> 00:28:52,502
FOR MASS CONSUMPTION, THE CAST
OF MAD TV.
435
00:28:52,504 --> 00:28:59,314
>> SNL WAS REALLY HOT IN THE
EARLY 90s, A GOOD SHOW, HUGE
436
00:28:59,310 --> 00:29:01,810
MOVIES, PRIMETIME SPECIALS
DURING THE ELECTION YEAR.
437
00:29:01,813 --> 00:29:06,723
EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING WITH
DOLLAR SIGNS IN THEIR EYES.
438
00:29:06,718 --> 00:29:10,118
TV NETWORK WANTED THEIR OWN
VERSION OF SNL.
439
00:29:10,121 --> 00:29:14,721
>> BACK IN THE EARLY 90s, CABLE
TELEVISION EMBRACED SKETCH IN A
440
00:29:14,726 --> 00:29:17,926
WAY THEY HADNT BEFORE.
>> SKETCH COMEDY HAD PROVEN IN
441
00:29:17,929 --> 00:29:23,199
THE 80s THAT IF YOU WERE REALLY
GOOD IN ASKETCHCOMEDYSHOW YOU
442
00:29:23,201 --> 00:29:26,401
COULD BE A MOVIE STAR.
>> DIE HUNGRY.
443
00:29:26,404 --> 00:29:31,274
>> HOW COULD THE SAME THING
HAPPEN TO THE SAME GUY SO MANY
444
00:29:31,276 --> 00:29:34,646
TIMES?
>> HE LIKED TO DO PARODY,
445
00:29:34,646 --> 00:29:40,686
CELEBRITY SPECIFIC, TOM CRUISE,
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, BONO.
446
00:29:40,685 --> 00:29:44,715
>> HE NOTICES DANIEL DAY‐LEWIS
RUNS EVERYWHERE.
447
00:29:44,722 --> 00:29:47,222
AM I THE ONLY ONE, HES RUNNING
EVERYWHERE.
448
00:29:47,225 --> 00:29:51,595
AND THEN YOU GET TO GO, OKAY, I
MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY ONE.
449
00:29:51,596 --> 00:29:56,936
WERE GOING TO DO A SKETCH WHERE
ITS THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
450
00:29:56,935 --> 00:29:59,995
TREADMILL, AND IT HAS DIFFERENT
SETTINGS, LIKE RUNNING FROM
451
00:30:00,004 --> 00:30:02,844
BEARS.
>> WOW, WORKOUT LIKE THAT WILL
452
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,540
SWEAT OFF YOUR TRIBAL TATTOOS.
>> HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON THAT
453
00:30:06,544 --> 00:30:08,784
SAID WE COULD TAKE THIS TO
ANOTHER LEVEL.
454
00:30:08,780 --> 00:30:12,950
THESE SKETCHES CAN REALLY BE
VISUALLY AMAZING IN ADDITION TO
455
00:30:12,951 --> 00:30:20,321
BEING SUPER FUNNY.
>> DEITY OR DEITIES, FORGIVE
456
00:30:20,325 --> 00:30:23,085
THIS ABUSE OF YOUR AMBASSADOR,
BUT MY CALLING IS VERY SPECIFIC.
457
00:30:23,094 --> 00:30:26,364
IM CUTTING YOUR HEAD, IM
CUTTING YOUR HEAD.
458
00:30:26,364 --> 00:30:32,544
>> IF I HADNT BEEN SO LUCKY TO
BE ON SNL, I WOULD HAVE DREAMED
459
00:30:32,537 --> 00:30:41,507
I WAS IN THE KIDS OF THE HALL.
>> IM THE BIG KID.
460
00:30:41,512 --> 00:30:45,882
>> WHY DIDNT YOU DO SOMETHING?
>> I THOUGHT YOU KNEW HIM.
461
00:30:45,883 --> 00:30:48,893
>> ON YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS, THERE
WERE WRITERS THAT WOULD HANG OUT
462
00:30:48,886 --> 00:30:53,716
IN THE CORRIDORS OF NBC AND THEY
WOULD SHOUT OUT JOKES.
463
00:30:53,725 --> 00:31:00,895
AT SIDE SEE ‐‐ WE HEARD THAT
STORY AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR A
464
00:31:00,898 --> 00:31:04,628
NAME OF THAT GROUP, WE SHOULD
CALL OURSELVES IN THE KIDS IN
465
00:31:04,636 --> 00:31:06,796
THE HALL.
ON THE OUTSIDE BREAKING IN.
466
00:31:06,804 --> 00:31:10,274
>> THE KIDS ALREADY HAVE SOME
GREAT CREDENTIALS.
467
00:31:10,275 --> 00:31:12,735
TWO HAVE WRITTEN FOR SATURDAY
NIGHT LIVE IN NEW YORK.
468
00:31:12,744 --> 00:31:15,184
THE OTHERS HAVE WORKED FOR
SECOND CITY.
469
00:31:15,179 --> 00:31:18,209
THEYRE TRYING TO CREATE THEIR
OWN BRAND OF COMEDY.
470
00:31:18,216 --> 00:31:24,056
>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE SKETCHES,
THEYRE AT KIND OF A PUNCH BOWL
471
00:31:24,055 --> 00:31:27,755
AT A PARTY.
>> LOOK, I DONT THINK THERES
472
00:31:27,759 --> 00:31:33,859
ANY NEED TO BE SARCASTIC.
>> OH, IM NOT BEING SARCASTIC.
473
00:31:33,865 --> 00:31:37,835
NO.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE SPEECH
474
00:31:37,835 --> 00:31:40,165
IMPEDIMENT.
I CANT HELP IT.
475
00:31:40,171 --> 00:31:44,911
>> THIS IS REALLY ‐‐ WHAT A
GREAT IDEA.
476
00:31:44,909 --> 00:31:49,909
>> NO OTHER SKETCH TROUPE THAT I
KNOW OF CAN GET THAT PERFECT
477
00:31:49,914 --> 00:31:53,084
COMEDY TONE OF BELIEVING IN THE
REALITY THAT THEYRE DOING A
478
00:31:53,084 --> 00:31:55,394
COMMENTING ON THE REALITY AT THE
EXACT SAME TIME.
479
00:31:55,386 --> 00:31:58,656
>> THE THING WE TOOK IS THAT WE
JUST FOLLOWED WHATEVER IDEA WE
480
00:31:58,656 --> 00:32:01,486
THOUGHT WAS FUNNY.
AND WE NEVER WORRIED ABOUT
481
00:32:01,492 --> 00:32:06,262
WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE WOULD GET
IT.
482
00:32:06,264 --> 00:32:15,474
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IVORY.
>> AS A COMEDIAN, THERE ARE ONLY
483
00:32:15,473 --> 00:32:21,313
TWO GEELOALS, THE TONIGHT SHOW W
JOHNNY CARSON AND "SATURDAY
484
00:32:21,312 --> 00:32:23,682
NIGHT LIVE."
WHEN I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
485
00:32:23,681 --> 00:32:26,881
ANYTHING I WANTED TO DO, I WAS
LIKE IVE GOT TO DO A SKETCH
486
00:32:26,884 --> 00:32:30,094
SHOW.
>> IM WITH THE ICE MAN.
487
00:32:30,088 --> 00:32:36,128
>> SECRET TO SUCCESS IS RIGHT
HERE, AND OUR NEW BOOKLET, HOW
488
00:32:36,127 --> 00:32:38,487
TO MAKE MORE MONEY WITHOUT USING
YOUR MONEY.
489
00:32:38,496 --> 00:32:43,896
>> IN THE HISTORY OF COMEDY,
ITS BEEN A REALLY WHITE TOWN,
490
00:32:43,901 --> 00:32:51,211
ESPECIALLY SKETCH COMEDY.
SO THERE WAS A REAL FEELING OF
491
00:32:51,209 --> 00:32:54,939
ITS ABOUT [ BLEEP ] TIME.
>> HIP HOP ONTO TELEVISION, THE
492
00:32:54,946 --> 00:32:59,076
DANCING, THE FRAG GIRLS, THE
CULTURE THE SKETCHES WERE ABOUT.
493
00:32:59,083 --> 00:33:03,093
TURNING BLACK CULTURE UPSIDE DO
YOU KNOW.
494
00:33:03,087 --> 00:33:06,087
>> THIS IS CALVIN.
HES A HOME BOY, OR THE BOY AS
495
00:33:06,090 --> 00:33:07,420
THEYRE KNOWN IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
496
00:33:07,425 --> 00:33:13,195
>> WHAT IS HE DOING NOW?
>> THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL
497
00:33:13,197 --> 00:33:14,727
CHILLIN, ALLEN.
>> THERES NOTHING, I THINK,
498
00:33:14,732 --> 00:33:17,972
MORE GRATIFYING TO AN AUDIENCE
THAN TAKING SOMETHING THATS
499
00:33:17,969 --> 00:33:21,799
DISTURBING, AND MAKING IT FUNNY.
AS A COMEDIAN YOU HAVE TO TAKE
500
00:33:21,806 --> 00:33:24,376
ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
>> I DONT EVEN UNDERSTAND, MAN,
501
00:33:24,375 --> 00:33:26,305
THE POLICE ARRESTED ME FOR NO
REASON.
502
00:33:26,310 --> 00:33:31,850
>> OH, COME ON.
>> THE POLICE DONT DO THAT.
503
00:33:31,849 --> 00:33:35,619
THEYRE YOUR FRIENDS, THEYRE
HERE TO PROTECT AND SERVE.
504
00:33:35,620 --> 00:33:39,190
>> MY FRIENDS DRAG DRAGGED ME
OUT OF MY CRIB BUTT NAKED.
505
00:33:39,190 --> 00:33:42,690
>> WHAT WERE DOING BUCK NAKED IN
THE BABYS CRIB?
506
00:33:42,693 --> 00:33:46,933
>> THE FACT WE WERE ABLE TO STAY
ON THE AIR AND DO SOMETHING
507
00:33:46,931 --> 00:33:50,171
DIFFERENT, "IN LIVING COLOR" WAS
MORE SUCCESSFUL, SO WE SAID
508
00:33:50,168 --> 00:33:52,868
THERES MARKETS FOR OTHER KINDS
OF SKETCH COMEDY.
509
00:33:52,870 --> 00:33:56,240
THE NEXT BIG INTERESTING SHOW
WAS MISTER SHOW.
510
00:33:56,240 --> 00:34:00,340
>> TONIGHT OUR TOP STORY, FIRE
IN THE SOUTHLAND WITH THE SCOOP,
511
00:34:00,344 --> 00:34:04,984
OUR REPORTER HAYDEN LEWIS IS
THERE, HAYDEN?
512
00:34:04,982 --> 00:34:10,952
HAYDEN LEWIS, IM STANDING HERE
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ‐‐ WHERE A
513
00:34:10,955 --> 00:34:13,715
FIRE HAS JOUST BROKEN OUT.
>> WHEN WE WERE ON, BOB AND
514
00:34:13,724 --> 00:34:17,094
DAVID WANTED TO APPROACH SKETCH
ALMOST AS A REACTION TO OTHER
515
00:34:17,094 --> 00:34:18,634
SKETCH SHOWS THEY HAD DONE
BEFORE.
516
00:34:18,629 --> 00:34:21,729
THEY WANTED SKETCHES THAT MADE A
POINT, AND THEY WANTED SKETCHES
517
00:34:21,732 --> 00:34:24,432
THAT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE
WORLD.
518
00:34:24,435 --> 00:34:25,835
.
EVERY SKETCH DIDNT HAVE TO HAVE
519
00:34:25,837 --> 00:34:30,037
A POINT, BUT THERE NEEDED TO BE
A REASON FOR IT TO EXIST IN THIS
520
00:34:30,041 --> 00:34:32,841
WORLD.
>> HIT HER.
521
00:34:32,844 --> 00:34:37,454
>> HE SAID GIVE HER A KUNGFU.
>> BE A MAN.
522
00:34:37,448 --> 00:34:46,118
>> HIT HER, HIT HER, HIT HER.
>> SHUT UP, SHUT UP.
523
00:34:46,123 --> 00:34:49,433
>> YOU TALK ABOUT SKETCH COMEDY
BEING SURPRISING.
524
00:34:49,427 --> 00:34:52,127
AND MISTER SHOW IS LIKE THE
DECONSTRUCTION OF A SKETCH
525
00:34:52,129 --> 00:34:53,929
COMEDY SHOW.
>> HELLO.
526
00:34:53,931 --> 00:34:59,301
IM DR. SAMMY, BEVERLY HILLS
PSYCHOACTUALIST AND AUTHOR OF
527
00:34:59,303 --> 00:35:04,243
THE BOOK OLD LADY, BIKER, GAY
GUY, JAPANESE MAN, THE FOUR
528
00:35:04,242 --> 00:35:06,812
VOICES WITHIN.
>> THE STRUCTURE OF MR. SHOW WAS
529
00:35:06,811 --> 00:35:10,881
VERY INFLUENCED BY MONTY PYTHON
OF WANTING TO HAVE A SHOW WHERE
530
00:35:10,882 --> 00:35:12,982
SKETCHES WOULD LEAD IN AND OUT
OF EACH OTHER.
531
00:35:12,984 --> 00:35:14,684
>> IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST FUN
PARTS ABOUT IT.
532
00:35:14,685 --> 00:35:17,585
YOUD HAVE ALL THIS STUFF AND
THEN WED START PUTTING SHOWS
533
00:35:17,588 --> 00:35:19,658
TOGETHER.
WHAT OPENING, THIS GOES HERE,
534
00:35:19,657 --> 00:35:21,357
AND THERE WERE LITTLE PUZZLES WE
PUT TOGETHER.
535
00:35:21,359 --> 00:35:24,929
>> WELL, I GUESS ITS ALL OUT IN
THE OPEN NOW.
536
00:35:24,929 --> 00:35:26,799
>> WE STILL LOVE.
WE SUPPORT YOU.
537
00:35:26,797 --> 00:35:31,427
WERE PROUD OF YOU.
>> YOURE GAY, SON.
538
00:35:31,435 --> 00:35:34,605
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVED
ABOUT MR. SHOW, WHEN IT WAS ALL
539
00:35:34,605 --> 00:35:38,805
PUT TOGETHER, EACH SHOW WOULD
HAVE ITS OWN DISTINCTIVE
540
00:35:38,809 --> 00:35:40,979
PERSONALITY.
WHEN WE WERE SUCCESSFUL, A SHOW
541
00:35:40,978 --> 00:35:44,008
WOULD START AND WHEN IT WAS
OVER, YOU COULDNT BELIEVE IT ‐‐
542
00:35:59,430 --> 00:36:04,730
>>> WHO IS NICK CANNON?
>> NICK CANNON IS HILARIOUS.
543
00:36:04,735 --> 00:36:08,065
>> BECAUSE HE JUST WALKED OFF
WITH YOUR SCHOOL CLOTHES MONEY.
544
00:36:08,072 --> 00:36:16,882
IM BROKE.
>> WHAT "CHEPEL SHOW" DID WAS A
545
00:36:16,881 --> 00:36:19,381
SKETCH SHOW ABOUT ONE GUY.
>> HES HILARIOUS.
546
00:36:19,383 --> 00:36:22,393
>> YOU ACTING LIKE A LITTLE
BITCH.
547
00:36:22,386 --> 00:36:25,816
>> HE HAS A BRILLIANT MIND AND
SKETCH SHOWS ARE PIECES OF YOUR
548
00:36:25,823 --> 00:36:28,163
MIND.
HE CHOSE SOME VERY
549
00:36:28,159 --> 00:36:31,129
UNCONVENTIONAL THINGS LIKE THE
CHARLIE MURPHY STORIES.
550
00:36:31,128 --> 00:36:34,098
I WOULDNT HAVE THOUGHT TO DO
THAT AS A SKETCH.
551
00:36:34,098 --> 00:36:39,398
>> AFTER IT WAS ALL OVER, HE
TOOK US IN THE HOUSE AND SERVED
552
00:36:39,403 --> 00:36:44,673
US PANCAKES.
[ LAUGHTER ]
553
00:36:44,675 --> 00:36:48,675
>> PANCAKES.
>> ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF YOUR
554
00:36:48,679 --> 00:36:51,279
HEALTHY ENOUGH FOR SEXUAL
ACTIVITY.
555
00:36:51,282 --> 00:36:55,752
IF YOU HAVE AN ELECTION LASTING
LONGER THAN FOUR HOURS, CALL ME,
556
00:36:55,753 --> 00:36:59,093
IM AMY SCHUMER AND YOU CAN BUY
LAB COATS ON EBAY.
557
00:36:59,090 --> 00:37:03,860
>> YOU GET A SENSE OF WHAT SHE
BELIEVES.
558
00:37:03,861 --> 00:37:08,061
"CHAPEL SHOW" IS THE HORROR OF
BEING A BLACK GUY IN AMERICA AND
559
00:37:08,065 --> 00:37:15,065
AMY IS A WHITE GIRL IN AMERICA.
>> PEOPLE TALK MORE ABOUT WHATS
560
00:37:15,072 --> 00:37:16,072
COME IN THE OPEN.
A
561
00:37:16,073 --> 00:37:18,713
AMY SCHUMER AND RAPE IN THE
MILITARY.
562
00:37:18,709 --> 00:37:21,679
>> I WISH TO REPORT IT.
>> ARE YOU SURE?
563
00:37:21,679 --> 00:37:25,409
>> IM SURE.
>> DID YOU KNOW HE HAS A FAMILY?
564
00:37:25,416 --> 00:37:26,876
>> NO.
>> DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR MIND
565
00:37:26,884 --> 00:37:28,184
ABOUT REPORTING?
>> NO.
566
00:37:28,185 --> 00:37:31,755
>> WE DIDNT HAVE A SINGLE
FEMALE COMEDIAN AS THE FOCUS OF
567
00:37:31,756 --> 00:37:36,386
A SHOW SINCE CAROL BURNETT.
>> OKAY.
568
00:37:36,394 --> 00:37:43,174
>> $2 ON LOT A.
>> $2 GOING ONCE, TWICE, SOLD.
569
00:37:43,167 --> 00:37:48,467
>> THAT SURPRISES ME.
>> HES DOING SOCIAL SATIRE IN A
570
00:37:48,472 --> 00:37:53,042
WAY THAT IS SO FUNNY AND TRUE.
>> FINALLY A TECHNOLOGY
571
00:37:53,044 --> 00:37:56,054
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP
YOU DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU
572
00:37:56,047 --> 00:37:59,017
CAN DROP THE N BOMB.
>> I CAN SAY IT.
573
00:37:59,016 --> 00:38:03,216
WE CAN ALL SAY IT.
>> NOT IN THIS LIFETIME.
574
00:38:03,220 --> 00:38:07,390
>> WHAT THEY DID IS TAKE SIMPLE
THINGS LIKE CALLING YOUR WIFE A
575
00:38:07,391 --> 00:38:11,191
BITCH BEHIND HER BACK.
BITCH.
576
00:38:11,195 --> 00:38:13,395
YOU TOLD ME 6:45.
>> YOU SAID THAT?
577
00:38:13,397 --> 00:38:17,427
>> YEAH, I SAID.
>> THEY FOUND, YOU KNOW, TEN
578
00:38:17,435 --> 00:38:21,065
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND I WOULD
HAVE THOUGHT OH, THATS A
579
00:38:21,072 --> 00:38:27,912
ONE‐JOKE PREMISE BUT THE TIME I
GUY LETS HIMSELF INTO SPACE TO
580
00:38:27,912 --> 00:38:35,352
SAY IT IS HYSTERICAL.
>> I SAID ‐‐
581
00:38:35,352 --> 00:38:38,522
>> THE CHICKEN YOULL BE
ENJOYING TONIGHT.
582
00:38:38,522 --> 00:38:40,722
>> THIS IS FANTASTIC.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
583
00:38:40,725 --> 00:38:44,525
HIS NAME WAS COLIN.
HERE ARE HIS PAPERS, OKAY?
584
00:38:44,528 --> 00:38:48,028
>> THATS GREAT.
>> HE LOOKS LIKE A HAPPY LITTLE
585
00:38:48,032 --> 00:38:50,332
GUY.
>> I GIVE SHOWS A LOT OF CREDIT
586
00:38:50,334 --> 00:38:57,944
FOR BEING SO HONEST IN THEIR PRO
PORTRAYAL.
587
00:38:57,942 --> 00:39:00,442
>> ALL THE GREAT SKETCH SHOWS
ARE ABOUT POINT OF VIEW.
588
00:39:00,444 --> 00:39:04,314
WHEN YOU WATCH IT, YOU GO I
UNDERSTAND WHO IS TELLING ME
589
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THIS.
I UNDERSTAND WHO IS WRITING IT
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AND IM ENJOYING IT BECAUSE OF
THAT.
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>> THE WORLD OF SKETCH IS
REINVENTED.
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00:39:11,522 --> 00:39:15,122
THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE TURNING
THE CAMERA ON THEMSELVES USING
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00:39:15,126 --> 00:39:19,526
THE SIMPLEST EQUIPMENT DOING
VERY COOL THINGS AND PUTTING IT
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00:39:19,530 --> 00:39:22,730
ON YOUTUBE AND REACHING MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE.
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00:39:22,733 --> 00:39:25,973
>> TODAY EVERYTHING HAS GOT TO
HAPPEN MUCH QUICKER.
596
00:39:25,970 --> 00:39:30,710
KIDS WATCH TELEVISION ON A CELL
PHONE AND THEY WATCH IT IN 10,
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00:39:30,708 --> 00:39:34,978
20, 30‐SECOND BURSTS SO THE DAYS
OF THE LONG SKETCH I THINK WE
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00:39:34,979 --> 00:39:37,549
HAVE HAD THEM.
>> I AM A WIZARD.
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00:39:37,548 --> 00:39:40,748
YOU WILL ALL DIE.
>> HE THINKS HES RUNNING.
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00:39:40,751 --> 00:39:43,451
>> WHERE WE HAD MINUTES, THEY DO
IT IN SECONDS.
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00:39:43,454 --> 00:39:46,464
SO YOU DONT GET A LOT OF
CHARACTER COMEDY.
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00:39:46,457 --> 00:39:50,957
YOU GET A LOT OF PREMISE.
>> I SEE HOW ANIMALS GO.
603
00:39:50,961 --> 00:39:55,501
>> THEY TAKE A PREMISE AND MIND
THAT PREMISE FOR AS MANY JOKES
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00:39:55,499 --> 00:40:00,639
AS THEY CAN GET OUT OR ONE JOKE.
>> IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE, THE
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00:40:00,638 --> 00:40:03,768
INTERNET WAS HUGELY BENEFICIAL
WHEN I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I WOULD
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00:40:03,774 --> 00:40:06,944
BE GOOD IN SKETCHES BUT NOBODY
BELIEVES YOU IN SHOW BIZ UNTIL
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00:40:06,944 --> 00:40:11,084
YOURE ALREADY DOING IT.
SO THE INTERNET BECAME THIS
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00:40:11,081 --> 00:40:13,581
WONDERFUL PLAYGROUND TO PROVE
IT.
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00:40:13,584 --> 00:40:17,194
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME
BACK TO SPONTANEOUS NATION.
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00:40:17,188 --> 00:40:23,258
ITS TIME TO DO THE IMPROVE.
>> POD CASTS ARE THE MOST
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00:40:23,260 --> 00:40:28,660
SIGNIFICANT TECHNOLOGY INVENTION
SINCE THE INVENTION OF THE
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00:40:28,666 --> 00:40:30,996
ALBUM.
ITS SO EXPENSIVE TO MAKE A TV
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00:40:31,001 --> 00:40:35,301
SHOW BUT TO MAKE A POD CAST, YOU
CAN RECORD IT IN THE ROOM AND
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00:40:35,306 --> 00:40:37,676
PUT IT ON THE INTERNET AND
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD CAN
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00:40:37,675 --> 00:40:39,705
SEE IT.
>> GIVE ME AN ARM.
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00:40:39,710 --> 00:40:42,080
GIVE ME A VEIN.
ILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE HEROIN TO
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00:40:42,079 --> 00:40:44,549
BRING YOU DOWN.
>> NO, I THINK THAT WILL
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00:40:44,548 --> 00:40:47,348
[ BLEEP ] ME UP.
>> A LITTLE BIT OF HEROIN.
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>> OKAY, JUST A LITTLE.
>> YOU SEE THESE ACTORS DOING
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00:40:52,590 --> 00:40:57,090
SKETCH AND IMMPROVISEING AND IT
BECOMES A GOAL, IT BECOMES
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00:40:57,094 --> 00:41:00,734
SOMETHING TO ASPIRE TO.
NOW ITS BECOME A VOCATION, YOU
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00:41:00,731 --> 00:41:05,571
KNOW, PEOPLE BECOME DENTIST AND
THEY BECOME IMPROVE ARTIST.
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00:41:05,569 --> 00:41:10,439
>> ITS THE IMMEDIATE OF IT AND
DARING OF IT.
624
00:41:10,441 --> 00:41:13,681
GOING BACK TO SID CESAR ON THE
BEACH AND GETTING BUCKETS OF
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00:41:13,677 --> 00:41:19,077
WATER THROWN IN HIS FACE AND YOU
THINK "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" AND
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00:41:19,083 --> 00:41:24,893
JULIA CHILDS BLEEDING TO DEATH
OR THE DEAD PARROT SKETCH.
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00:41:24,889 --> 00:41:27,919
ITS OVER QUICKLY.
BUT IF IT WAS GREAT AND REALLY
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00:41:27,925 --> 00:41:32,455
WORKED, YOU GET THIS NICE LITTLE
MEMORY, MAYBE A LITTLE PIECE OF
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00:41:32,463 --> 00:41:34,303
VIDEOTAPE.
ITS THE MOST EXHILARATING
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00:41:34,298 --> 00:41:41,768
FEELING BECAUSE MY GOD, THIS
SKETCH WORKED.
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00:41:41,772 --> 00:41:52,652
>> WHEN IMP VISEM PRO IMPTS LI
BEATING, A SLOW‐MOTION BEATING.
632
00:41:52,650 --> 00:41:56,820
>> ITS MUCH BETTER TO BE ON
STAGE DOING BAD IMPROVE THAN BE
633
00:41:56,820 --> 00:41:59,560
FORCED TO SIT IN THE AUDIENCE
WATCHING IT.
634
00:41:59,556 --> 00:42:02,986
SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE IS
JUST ‐‐ SOMETIMES YOU GET TO THE
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00:42:02,993 --> 00:42:06,733
LINE THATS THE TRIGGER THATS
SUPPOSED TO TELL EVERYONE WHAT
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00:42:06,730 --> 00:42:09,530
THE SKETCH IS ABOUT AND GET THE
FIRST LAUGH AND HIT THAT AND
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00:42:09,533 --> 00:42:12,773
NOTHING HAPPENS AND YOU GO HOME
THAT NIGHT AND TELL YOUR WIFE
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