Best scenes at the UCBT?
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The intro of last year's Your Favorite Thing, the bit specifically targeted for an audience of cats. I didn't know who the fuck they were when I saw it and still laughed and repeated the bit to friends.
The first a capella medley -- "The Important Four" -- done by the Naked Babies. (I was in it!) So committed and retarded and seriously ruined those songs for me since I first heard them do it. War Pigs, Rape Me, Carry on My Wayward Son... all ruined by this bit. Damn you, Naked Babies.
The first a capella medley -- "The Important Four" -- done by the Naked Babies. (I was in it!) So committed and retarded and seriously ruined those songs for me since I first heard them do it. War Pigs, Rape Me, Carry on My Wayward Son... all ruined by this bit. Damn you, Naked Babies.
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Litter Robot's birthday from Regina
Litter Robot was just Tom Blake wearing a cardboard box with a blue bucket on his head speaking in a monotone, but Litter Robot is probably the most tragic heart-rending figure ever to appear in any show on the UCB stage.
Chad Carter's Dr. Huel (I think I remember that name right) was so casual in his disregard of his creation... never pointed in his cruelty...
I actually am starting to weep remembering this show. Come back, Litter Robot.
Litter Robot was just Tom Blake wearing a cardboard box with a blue bucket on his head speaking in a monotone, but Litter Robot is probably the most tragic heart-rending figure ever to appear in any show on the UCB stage.
Chad Carter's Dr. Huel (I think I remember that name right) was so casual in his disregard of his creation... never pointed in his cruelty...
I actually am starting to weep remembering this show. Come back, Litter Robot.
The End
"This embodies what was great about the show - funny but also emotionally resonant"
I felt this way about my recent favorite show The End by Eliza Skinner. The final scene with the school teacher being sent away and her class standing up really stayed with me. The whole show in fact was really great. I guess I should post this in the "best short-lived show" section too, it should definitely come back.
"This embodies what was great about the show - funny but also emotionally resonant"
I felt this way about my recent favorite show The End by Eliza Skinner. The final scene with the school teacher being sent away and her class standing up really stayed with me. The whole show in fact was really great. I guess I should post this in the "best short-lived show" section too, it should definitely come back.
Drunken English Pine tree The night at the chelsea when Daly's pants were falling down..
i was passing UCB chelsea after a rehearsal and i had seen the show a million times but that night his zipper broke. The whole show ended up being awesome but that night.
THAT NIGHT...was for the drunken pine tree.
I have SO many favorites to mention and I'm to biased so that's just a great live moment to me...
i was passing UCB chelsea after a rehearsal and i had seen the show a million times but that night his zipper broke. The whole show ended up being awesome but that night.
THAT NIGHT...was for the drunken pine tree.
I have SO many favorites to mention and I'm to biased so that's just a great live moment to me...
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161 W. 22nd
I started reading this thread and it made me sort of sad for the old theater at 161. That's where all the shows I loved the most happened.
The first sketch show I saw at the UCB was Mr A$$, way back in 2001, and it was just awesome. Their interpretive movement scene set to "Come Sail Away" still makes me laugh. Bret did his character, Ridiculous Larry, who was disturbingly obsessed with Haley Joel-Osmet. That show is still something that I hold up as an ideal of what sketch should be- smart, fast paced, with loud kickass music. They were so great to watch, I wish they'd do another show together.
The first Manson Roast show was also great; they worked so hard and wrote such good stuff. They were an inspiration to a lot of people because they were only in level 2 when they did it. Mike Arauz was so great in that show as a rogue Jesus clone. I think that was the one where Brian Fountain played Tard Dad? Great work by all of them.
Curtis and John's roommate sketch, with that grabber claw...I loved that. I would always try to peer out from the curtains backstage and see it when we were all in Ian's show. They did it in their own show as well, which was also fabulous. An excellent use of jellybeans.
Someone mentioned the Dogs of St. Christopher- I thought Andy Rocco and Zack were amazing as well. But my favorite moment in the show has to have been when Chris Gethard was spurned in the love triangle between he, Molly, and Tarik's characters. After walking in on Molly and Tarik in her motel room in a failed attempt to make a pass at her, Chris's character tried to play it cool by saying, "I'll just be down here...sniffing the vents." That was the actual line he said in the improv scene, and Delaney immediately put it in the script. It broke my heart that first time he did it and each time he said it onstage. It still makes me laugh and cry a little at the same time.
Totally Useless Side Note- the music for the show was picked by the cast and by Delaney. There were two ELO songs included- "Strange Magic" & "Telephone Line". As a charter member of the ELO Preservation Society, I consider this a significant fact.
I started reading this thread and it made me sort of sad for the old theater at 161. That's where all the shows I loved the most happened.
The first sketch show I saw at the UCB was Mr A$$, way back in 2001, and it was just awesome. Their interpretive movement scene set to "Come Sail Away" still makes me laugh. Bret did his character, Ridiculous Larry, who was disturbingly obsessed with Haley Joel-Osmet. That show is still something that I hold up as an ideal of what sketch should be- smart, fast paced, with loud kickass music. They were so great to watch, I wish they'd do another show together.
The first Manson Roast show was also great; they worked so hard and wrote such good stuff. They were an inspiration to a lot of people because they were only in level 2 when they did it. Mike Arauz was so great in that show as a rogue Jesus clone. I think that was the one where Brian Fountain played Tard Dad? Great work by all of them.
Curtis and John's roommate sketch, with that grabber claw...I loved that. I would always try to peer out from the curtains backstage and see it when we were all in Ian's show. They did it in their own show as well, which was also fabulous. An excellent use of jellybeans.
Someone mentioned the Dogs of St. Christopher- I thought Andy Rocco and Zack were amazing as well. But my favorite moment in the show has to have been when Chris Gethard was spurned in the love triangle between he, Molly, and Tarik's characters. After walking in on Molly and Tarik in her motel room in a failed attempt to make a pass at her, Chris's character tried to play it cool by saying, "I'll just be down here...sniffing the vents." That was the actual line he said in the improv scene, and Delaney immediately put it in the script. It broke my heart that first time he did it and each time he said it onstage. It still makes me laugh and cry a little at the same time.
Totally Useless Side Note- the music for the show was picked by the cast and by Delaney. There were two ELO songs included- "Strange Magic" & "Telephone Line". As a charter member of the ELO Preservation Society, I consider this a significant fact.
I could have written this - I had the exact experience.
I dragged people to see Mr. A$$ just to see "Come Sail Away". Once they didn't have the green steamer trunk next to the stage, and I was so disappointed, but then I giggled and wiggled in my sit like a 4 year old when they brought it out from back stage.
Genius shit, and inspiring.
I dragged people to see Mr. A$$ just to see "Come Sail Away". Once they didn't have the green steamer trunk next to the stage, and I was so disappointed, but then I giggled and wiggled in my sit like a 4 year old when they brought it out from back stage.
Genius shit, and inspiring.
When Ian Roberts played with Mother at the beginning of the spring this year, and Billy Joel's "Steppin Out" song came on, and Scott Armstrong got his glasses and shirt stolen by Jason Mantsukas, eventually turning into everyone taking thier shirts off and Jason sliding on a chair across the stage imitating Twyla Tharp.
Another high point is this quote from Rob Riggle "You've got a real problem here and I suggest you un-fuck it." in an office scene with Chad carter.
Another high point is this quote from Rob Riggle "You've got a real problem here and I suggest you un-fuck it." in an office scene with Chad carter.