Question for the Biscuit Pig

Matthew Krevat

Matthew Krevat

Improvisor, 'nuff said.
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Jill,

Mikey, Romni, and I are doing a presentation on improv and public speaking for the Wade Edwards Foundation tomorrow (the nonprofit founded by Senator Edwards in memory of his son, www.wade.org).

The opening piece is about fear. I wanted to use "Eat your fear for breakfast." Is that a Jill quote? If it is, may I use it? How would you like to be attributed? (Jill of JillBernard.com, of Csz, recently on MTV?)
 
polar

polar

Frontier Improvisor
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#2
Jill may or may not have used that quote (and I don't mean to hijack), but I can confirm that I said exactly that in YesAnd discussions with The Other Greg Childers this past spring, back when I was rushing headfirst into A&O and Rock Ninja Scissors.

If Jill says that she never said any such thing, you have permission to quote me. :up: (Verbatim - "I eat fear for breakfast.")
 
Matthew Krevat

Matthew Krevat

Improvisor, 'nuff said.
#3
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Excellent.

(Hmmm, wasn't the Britney Spears Marriage suggestion for my colleague's "things that last 20 minutes" presentation from you? You may be my most quoted improvisor.)
 
M

Mr. Stampede

www.jillbernard.com
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#5
Ain't that Napier? Yeah, I've said it but didn't I snag it from that bald mutha in Chicago? Don't you know about the pig in my brain that eats facts? I can't remember @!$%.

It's at least cleaned-up Napier, you can't really say "Fuck your fear" in a corporate setting.
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polar

polar

Frontier Improvisor
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#6
Napier definately said "Fuck your fear." Something in my brain must have latched onto it, cleaned it up, and sent it out for breakfast.

Chalk one up for BP.
 
polar

polar

Frontier Improvisor
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the other Greg Childers
Joined: 03 Feb 2000 | Posts: 6353
Location: Right behind you

Polar wrote:
I would differentiate fear from pushing the boundaries of one's skill set. I attempt the latter regularly, but fear causes me problems.


I thought you ate fear for breakfast.
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Greg references me stating that I ate fear for breakfast, but there was no prior reference to me saying it on YesAnd.com. This means that the reference was from a personal conversation at CIF 8 - predating the May 2005 reference.

Let's chalk it up to Gestalt.
 
Matthew Krevat

Matthew Krevat

Improvisor, 'nuff said.
#9
#9
The show wasn't corporate . . . it was high schoolers. It was for an after school program the Foundation sponsors (the W.E.L.L.: Wade Edwards Learning Lab). The kids were packed in, overflowing into the hall. The entire debate team came from the high school across the street (and we've been asked to come work with them now . . . have fun Mikey).

I credited Jill as being the person I remember hearing it from (and plugged your MTV appearance) but that evidence points to originiating from the mind of Alaska's most famous improvisor, Eric Caldwell.

The gig went well, but they had crappy pizza so we didn't stay long after our Q&A. My favorite question, "So, do you have any other jobs, or is this all you do?"
 
Holmes

Holmes

of the Rare Bird Show
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Might I suggest, "Rape your fear on its birthday" ?

Everyone has my permission to quote me in corporate training sessions with that one.
 
M

Mr. Stampede

www.jillbernard.com
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No thanks for the rape joke. Maybe I wouldn't be as put off by it if the other active thread at the moment wasn't a male-dominated discussion about rape.
 
M

Mr. Stampede

www.jillbernard.com
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Yes, they are. And sometimes men are rape victims. Good point, thanks. Strike that part from my sentence, just let it read:

"No thanks for the rape joke. Maybe I wouldn't be as put off by it if the other active thread at the moment wasn't a discussion about rape."
 
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