Worst Improv Group Names
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Smore
Scripted Sister
Junk Draw
Cellbaby Improvisitation
World War Harold Do
Tickle Teef Year 8000
Tampon Absorbency
Ethnic Dilemhaha
Nathan vs. Nurture
Energy Snatch & Sniff
Hula Hoots
Eupeptics
Meemeemee
Death by Sioux Sioux Indians
The N-word Crowd
Holla Back Island
Men About Time They Got Alli
Death by Poo Poo
Reir Riot (English speakers mistake and mispronounce it Rear Riot)
Home Improviser
Regulate It Where!
Hoop it Up
The Australian Rare Bird Show (tribute group)
Bumprov
Comikazee (I was in this one)
Laughaholics
Bumbrov & The Laughaholics
The Jizzy Bugs
Cri-Cri the Barcelona Rabbit
Scripted Sister
Junk Draw
Cellbaby Improvisitation
World War Harold Do
Tickle Teef Year 8000
Tampon Absorbency
Ethnic Dilemhaha
Nathan vs. Nurture
Energy Snatch & Sniff
Hula Hoots
Eupeptics
Meemeemee
Death by Sioux Sioux Indians
The N-word Crowd
Holla Back Island
Men About Time They Got Alli
Death by Poo Poo
Reir Riot (English speakers mistake and mispronounce it Rear Riot)
Home Improviser
Regulate It Where!
Hoop it Up
The Australian Rare Bird Show (tribute group)
Bumprov
Comikazee (I was in this one)
Laughaholics
Bumbrov & The Laughaholics
The Jizzy Bugs
Cri-Cri the Barcelona Rabbit
My college mascot was the cavalier. Our improv troupe was called "Cavalier Attitudes" but was referred to as "the improv group."
Following the same pattern:
University of Evansville Purple Aces = Purple Jokers
UC-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs = Banana Hammocks
Trinity College Bantams = Tiny Cocks
University of Delaware Blue Hens = Blue Balls (Rubber Chickens, for real)
East Tennessee State Buccaneers = Cabin Boys
University of Alabama Crimson Tide = The REDy to Laugh Players
Notre Dame Fighting Irish = Laughing Irish
Stetson University Hatters = Mad Hatters
North Texas Mean Green = Silly Green
Colorado State Rams = Hams
Dickinson Devils = The Oh, You Devils
Oklahoma Sooners = Sooner Than You Thinks
UNC Tar Heels = Har-dee-har-har Heels
Rowan Profs = ImProfs
Following the same pattern:
University of Evansville Purple Aces = Purple Jokers
UC-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs = Banana Hammocks
Trinity College Bantams = Tiny Cocks
University of Delaware Blue Hens = Blue Balls (Rubber Chickens, for real)
East Tennessee State Buccaneers = Cabin Boys
University of Alabama Crimson Tide = The REDy to Laugh Players
Notre Dame Fighting Irish = Laughing Irish
Stetson University Hatters = Mad Hatters
North Texas Mean Green = Silly Green
Colorado State Rams = Hams
Dickinson Devils = The Oh, You Devils
Oklahoma Sooners = Sooner Than You Thinks
UNC Tar Heels = Har-dee-har-har Heels
Rowan Profs = ImProfs
my college didn't really have a mascot, but it kind of did. the kind of mascot was the Black Squirrel.
Illegal Refill, which was almost Nirvana II, which was very nearly almost Swap Meet, and which is definitely comprised of alumni from my college, was very nearly called
BLACK SQUIRREL DOWN
at my insistence. somehow, some way, we miraculously decided against it.
also Pete Celona, you are not allowed to move away. if you do, how will we form The Jizzy Bugs?
Illegal Refill, which was almost Nirvana II, which was very nearly almost Swap Meet, and which is definitely comprised of alumni from my college, was very nearly called
BLACK SQUIRREL DOWN
at my insistence. somehow, some way, we miraculously decided against it.
also Pete Celona, you are not allowed to move away. if you do, how will we form The Jizzy Bugs?
If you are trying to name a musical project, why not try these! MY group rejected them. I can't imagine why.
NOTE-Worthy
Saxamaphone
Here Comes Treble
The Clef-Hangers (can also be spelled "The Clef-Hangerz")
Edward Al-bee Back: A Terminator Zoo Story**
Fat Guys Love Winter
Joint Chiefs of Music Staff
Rock of Improv Bus (Starring Bret "Libretto" Michael)
Piano? Piand-YES!
The Fucking Musical Improv Show, You Stupid Mother Fuckers
Fayme
**this is the best thing i have ever, or will ever, come up with
NOTE-Worthy
Saxamaphone
Here Comes Treble
The Clef-Hangers (can also be spelled "The Clef-Hangerz")
Edward Al-bee Back: A Terminator Zoo Story**
Fat Guys Love Winter
Joint Chiefs of Music Staff
Rock of Improv Bus (Starring Bret "Libretto" Michael)
Piano? Piand-YES!
The Fucking Musical Improv Show, You Stupid Mother Fuckers
Fayme
**this is the best thing i have ever, or will ever, come up with
Actual Ones:
Captain Creamsicle's Laughateers
Room To Improv (looks like a good group; it's a shame that the pun implies substandardness) see also the many "Room for Improv-ment"s I found
This is Pathetic (again... just makes it easier to write a bad review)
Tablespoon of Talent Improv
Awkward Silence Comedy
Next Best Thing
One Laugh At Least
(same thing... why not call yourself the Bad at Joke-Telling Don't Bother Comings?)
The Huge Embarrassing Failures (this is an actual one... and I actually kind of like it)
Codependent Theater Co.
SIKOS - Smith Improv Komedy Organization of Smith
OxyMorons
Legitimate Freaks
Village Idiots Improv Comedy
The Idiot Box
Village Idiots
Sheer Idiocy
Rattlebrain Theatre
(why do improv groups want people to think that they're stupid, deranged, or mentally ill? isn't that a different kind of 'comedy' altogether?)
A Pair of Nuts (I'd be okay with it if nuts didn't mean testicles)
Sea Tea Improv (in Connecticut... get it? CT = Sea Tea? too convoluted for me)
Kitsch In Sync (again, convoluted... and neither 'kitsch' nor 'kitchen sink' really has anything to do with improv comedy. kitsch doesn't mean funny; it's really kind of an insult as well.)
ANTIC-Dotes
Disturbing the Piece
(see, just because you use a homophone or slightly change the name, doesn't make it a pun)
Nutty By Nature (the outdatedness of the reference to rap group Naughty By Nature {in itself a pretty lame name for a rap group} is the reason I mention it, but I also just don't like the wacky to the nth degree presentation - http://www.njactors.org/nutty/index.htm)
The Gurus of Guffaw (good try, but the antiquity of words like guru and guffaw and just the sounds of those words just make it sound goofy)
The Brothers Grinn (a decent attempt, but you could easily miss the title and not even get it and think it's just a theatre group that presents fairy tales ...and if you do get it, you might wonder if all the improv is fairy-tale-themed)
Donkey Hotey Improvcicles (again, it took a while to get the reference in the pun {Don Quixote} and I think I still don't get the full meaning ...then I kind of wonder if it's all Cervantes-themed improv and it probably isn't)
Flaming Dykasaurus (this is an all-lesbian improv group {go for it and be edgy}; the name seems like a pun, but it's not. It doesn't hint at improv or comedy or theatre, and that's okay—it's not a necessity that the name tell you it's improv—it just feels like it's trying to and not)
Captain Creamsicle's Laughateers
Room To Improv (looks like a good group; it's a shame that the pun implies substandardness) see also the many "Room for Improv-ment"s I found
This is Pathetic (again... just makes it easier to write a bad review)
Tablespoon of Talent Improv
Awkward Silence Comedy
Next Best Thing
One Laugh At Least
(same thing... why not call yourself the Bad at Joke-Telling Don't Bother Comings?)
The Huge Embarrassing Failures (this is an actual one... and I actually kind of like it)
Codependent Theater Co.
SIKOS - Smith Improv Komedy Organization of Smith
OxyMorons
Legitimate Freaks
Village Idiots Improv Comedy
The Idiot Box
Village Idiots
Sheer Idiocy
Rattlebrain Theatre
(why do improv groups want people to think that they're stupid, deranged, or mentally ill? isn't that a different kind of 'comedy' altogether?)
A Pair of Nuts (I'd be okay with it if nuts didn't mean testicles)
Sea Tea Improv (in Connecticut... get it? CT = Sea Tea? too convoluted for me)
Kitsch In Sync (again, convoluted... and neither 'kitsch' nor 'kitchen sink' really has anything to do with improv comedy. kitsch doesn't mean funny; it's really kind of an insult as well.)
ANTIC-Dotes
Disturbing the Piece
(see, just because you use a homophone or slightly change the name, doesn't make it a pun)
Nutty By Nature (the outdatedness of the reference to rap group Naughty By Nature {in itself a pretty lame name for a rap group} is the reason I mention it, but I also just don't like the wacky to the nth degree presentation - http://www.njactors.org/nutty/index.htm)
The Gurus of Guffaw (good try, but the antiquity of words like guru and guffaw and just the sounds of those words just make it sound goofy)
The Brothers Grinn (a decent attempt, but you could easily miss the title and not even get it and think it's just a theatre group that presents fairy tales ...and if you do get it, you might wonder if all the improv is fairy-tale-themed)
Donkey Hotey Improvcicles (again, it took a while to get the reference in the pun {Don Quixote} and I think I still don't get the full meaning ...then I kind of wonder if it's all Cervantes-themed improv and it probably isn't)
Flaming Dykasaurus (this is an all-lesbian improv group {go for it and be edgy}; the name seems like a pun, but it's not. It doesn't hint at improv or comedy or theatre, and that's okay—it's not a necessity that the name tell you it's improv—it just feels like it's trying to and not)
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Good Actual Names:
Extemporaneous Theatre Company (ETC)
Scared Scriptless
Laughing Stock Comedy Company
ImprovAnonymous
The Improv Society (San Francisco, CA)
Loose Cannon Theater
Nation of Improv
Really Spontaneous Theatre Company
T.B.D. Improv
Ultimate Improv
The Un-Scripted Theater Company
Fool Disclosure
Impulse Theater
Last Minute Players Improv
Mile Hi-Larity (Denver, CO)
Off the Cuff Improv
WIT - Washington Improv Theatre
Now This!
Just the Funny
Laughing Gas Comedy Improv Theatre Company
Theatre Strike Force
What's My Line?
Gorgeous Ladies of Comedy
Laughing Matters
Let's Try This Players
Improv Commandos
The Improv Playhouse
Pimprov
Ship of Fools
The Immediate Gratification Players
Speed of Thought Players
River City Improv
Totally Unrehearsed Theater
Renegade Comedy Theatre
Off Kilter Comedy Troupe
Death By Improv
Gotham City Improv
Lipschtick (a woman who does improv and the like)
Pull The String Productions
Ad-Libs of Tulsa
Twinprov
The Last Laugh
Wingin' It
Without A Net
Work in Progress (might seem like a self-insult but it's not really; it implies that you're seeing the work be created)
In the Moment
Pavlov's Dogs
Off the Wall
The Whethermen
Unexpected Productions
and names that are just the place and "improv" or ones that hint at what kind of show it is (CUBED, for example) or some kind of creative, good-sounding name that doesn't say comedy or improv (like how music group names don't need to have a pun that implies that they play music)
Extemporaneous Theatre Company (ETC)
Scared Scriptless
Laughing Stock Comedy Company
ImprovAnonymous
The Improv Society (San Francisco, CA)
Loose Cannon Theater
Nation of Improv
Really Spontaneous Theatre Company
T.B.D. Improv
Ultimate Improv
The Un-Scripted Theater Company
Fool Disclosure
Impulse Theater
Last Minute Players Improv
Mile Hi-Larity (Denver, CO)
Off the Cuff Improv
WIT - Washington Improv Theatre
Now This!
Just the Funny
Laughing Gas Comedy Improv Theatre Company
Theatre Strike Force
What's My Line?
Gorgeous Ladies of Comedy
Laughing Matters
Let's Try This Players
Improv Commandos
The Improv Playhouse
Pimprov
Ship of Fools
The Immediate Gratification Players
Speed of Thought Players
River City Improv
Totally Unrehearsed Theater
Renegade Comedy Theatre
Off Kilter Comedy Troupe
Death By Improv
Gotham City Improv
Lipschtick (a woman who does improv and the like)
Pull The String Productions
Ad-Libs of Tulsa
Twinprov
The Last Laugh
Wingin' It
Without A Net
Work in Progress (might seem like a self-insult but it's not really; it implies that you're seeing the work be created)
In the Moment
Pavlov's Dogs
Off the Wall
The Whethermen
Unexpected Productions
and names that are just the place and "improv" or ones that hint at what kind of show it is (CUBED, for example) or some kind of creative, good-sounding name that doesn't say comedy or improv (like how music group names don't need to have a pun that implies that they play music)
I just read back through previous posts and came to realize:
1. how awesome and hilarious and terrible some of these are
2. that I don't get some of them, even though I wrote them (what could 'PUN trags' mean?)
3. that some of these are actual group names, even though I came up with them as stupid, bad ideas
1. how awesome and hilarious and terrible some of these are
2. that I don't get some of them, even though I wrote them (what could 'PUN trags' mean?)
3. that some of these are actual group names, even though I came up with them as stupid, bad ideas
Fletcher opened for Kent Haines once and he did a joke in his set about this. Giving us props for not having a name that was something along the lines of "Crazy Alligator Shoes" or something like that. It was funny.
Before I left for Austin, 3 Mad Rituals (King Friday) was talking about extending our fringe run and changing the name. Since I was leaving i felt free to throw out as many terrible names as possible. Including:
John Travolta's dead son
The Abusemans (I may not have come up with this, but i did push hard for it.)
Here's some others
The Ford TaurHAHAS SHO
Off the Stuff Comedy: Improv for recovering addicts
UnSCRIPT' From the Headlines: News inspired Improv
I can't believe it's not scripted!
The prov' is in the pudding
(S)Excel Spread legs on the sheets: Office humor FOR ADULTS ONLY
1-800- WE-ARE-FUNNY
TWATFACE
Before I left for Austin, 3 Mad Rituals (King Friday) was talking about extending our fringe run and changing the name. Since I was leaving i felt free to throw out as many terrible names as possible. Including:
John Travolta's dead son
The Abusemans (I may not have come up with this, but i did push hard for it.)
Here's some others
The Ford TaurHAHAS SHO
Off the Stuff Comedy: Improv for recovering addicts
UnSCRIPT' From the Headlines: News inspired Improv
I can't believe it's not scripted!
The prov' is in the pudding
(S)Excel Spread legs on the sheets: Office humor FOR ADULTS ONLY
1-800- WE-ARE-FUNNY
TWATFACE