Best scenes at the UCBT?

Chris Kula

Chris Kula

Motown
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So I'm talking with Jake Fogelnest about the Police Chief Rumble show Piece of Bullsh*t Pie and we get on the topic of the best scenes to appear in sketch/one-person shows at the theatre.

Which scenes do you rank among the all-time UCBT hits? New classics? Unheralded deep cuts?

Me first:

The Delta Dawn scene in Kung Fu Grip.

Who?
God.
Who?
God.
Who?
God and Jesus!
 
Steve Gradt

Steve Gradt

touch my tooter
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#2
From the first sketch/one-man show I saw at UCB

Rob Lathan audience plant in John 3:16

"I like comedy. Wanna know what else I like?"
"What?"
"Shmomedy"
 
Cpt. USA

Cpt. USA

not pictured
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I recall a Cowboy and John scene at the old theatre which involved broken bottles and a lot of hitting. Hopefully that doesn't describe too many Cowboy and John scenes - but I remember that one being hilarious.

Also, pretty much every scene in I Will Not Apologize - but especially "Robocop."
 
meaculpa

meaculpa

dreamy
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#4
I am a big fan of the Respecto sketch where Chad and Rob are driving to Pennsylvania and Chad gets obsessed with the definition of litter. Unfortunately it is a little too complex to describe.
 
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youngcat

Math Rules!
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#6
I still have dreams about "the watcher". A wonderfully crafted scene (from I will not apologize) that had some fantastic underlying subtext about loneliness, and teen angst. It was also incredibly clever the way they blended it with text from Tenessee Williams. Awesome.
 
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Matt Himes

New Member
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#7
Ok, I'll bite

"Dogs of St. Christopher" a play developed from improvisation that came out of a Delaney class I believe and played Summer 2002

I hadn't seen too many shows at that point so it was my introduction to a whole bunch of stellar players.

Andy Rocco played the operator of the sole amusement park ride at a truck stop. He was lovelorn and when ultimately rejected there was a beautiful moment when he silently straps himself into his own (dangerous) ride to commit suicide. The ride was "played" by the rest of the cast, who came out and gently enveloped Rocco as music played.

This embodies what was great about the show - funny but also emotionally resonant
 
Dunford

Dunford

Among Men, Dunford
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#10
Eye Candy (Dannah and Danielle)'s 1950s-style teenage girls craftily sneaking into the Wu-Tang Clan's hotel room.

The moment in John Ross Bowie's "Paid To Stand Around" when Alex comes on stage to take away his bass. It's a brief bit, but wonderfully done.
 
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youngcat

Math Rules!
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Strangely enough, my favorite scene from Kung Fu grip is no longer in the show. It was the original finale scene, where Riggle teaches Huebel the tstep by step approach to getting a girl:

1st step: Ask her out and treat her like a lady.

2nd Step: tell her she's the one you're dreaming of

3rd step: Take her in your arms and never let her go.

Eddie Rabbit rules.


Andy Rocco was amazing in Dogs of St.Christopher. I teched that show, and there were a lot of great scenes. my favorite being the one where rocco gives Brandy a foot massage, followed by foot felatio. Delaney did a wonderful job with the score to that show. I wish there were more shows like that now.
 
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cosmo22

New Member
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i am a big fan of crush live w/aaron bergeron and terry jinn... in particular:

aaron: you're a baby!
terry: i'm three minutes old.
aaron: baby.
 
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youngcat

Math Rules!
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goldfish boy said:
The Vegas scene with Campbell, Hines, and Lady Fortuna.
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any scene that ends with me getting to rape Will Hines dead body while playing a mousketeer is okay in my book!

Will, I still have my mousketeer outfit....
 
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Gethard

Daaaarrrrryyyllll
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Huskey - Monster in a Wheelchair
Seth - Arturo Ripstein
(Don't know if the above two actually played at 161, but they rule.)
Manson Roast - Cell Phone Stalker Bit
I Will Not Apologize - the Watcher
The opening line to Word of Mouth. Something along the lines of. "Wearing a top hat doesn't make you crazy. But it makes people look at you like you're crazy. And THAT makes you crazy."

So many more...
 
Z-Tab

Z-Tab

Grampa Spoonbread
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Monster in a Wheelchair is such an amazing sketch.

Birch Harms and Andy Rocco dancing along to Freezeframe in a car was such a joy to behold (a Sketch Show moment).
 
Dunford

Dunford

Among Men, Dunford
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From "Sketch Show" in early 2002.
It is a news desk piece by Andy Rocco, which ends with a glorious cameo by a be-speedoed Matt DeCoster as Rocco and DeCoster dance to Bon Jovi's "It's My Life."

I laughed so hard I almost passed out.

It only happened once, I believe, but it was instantly a classic.
 
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