BlameThePixel!

Where was I this weekend (if anyone cares)? Seeing these guys perform improv from 8:00 to about 11:00 on Saturday. Colin and Brad, from Whose Line is it Anyway, put on a show this weekend. I was in the balcony, quite a way from the stage. I could hear and for the most part see fine. They were awesome. Being the nerdy nerd I am, I wrote down what they did. So here are some of the games.

Dubbing- Colin and Brad provide the voices for each other, and for two audience members as well. The scene was "a tree crashing into a contractor office."

Moving People- Colin and Brad act like mannequins, and cannot move unless the two audience volunteers physically put them in positions. The slow reaction time of the audience volunteers makes it hilarious. The scene was "pogo sticks in Turkey."

Unusual Crime- This one dragged on for almost an hour. Colin takes suggestions for unusual items/clothes/crimes that he tries to get Brad, who is not present while the suggestions take place, to confess to leaving/wearing/doing these things. Here we go. This time, Brad "wore" a rusty chastity belt, a flannel corset, and a space suit that gives him the ability to change into a rubber band. The crimes he commited included smearing a twinkie on objects of art, clogging a chimney with a sheep, and shaving Phil Collins's back. He commited them at "Fred's Sausage Making House/Internet Cafe" in Succasauna. He also left behind some Jello and a yak. One of the suggestions for a crime was "stealing Colin's hair." To this, Colin faked a laugh and flipped the suggestor off (jokingly).

Rap- Brad raps about an audience member, and Colin beatboxes. This time, the audience member was a large-footed (nicknamed "Sasquatch") volunteer fireman/ transporter of dangerous gases (who Brad said "passed gas"). This was funny.

Sound Effects- Probably the highlight of the show. Two audience members get on stage and provide all the sound effects for the scene. The scene was "marine maintenance," also known as taking care of boats, during which Colin "farted" several times.

Dr. Seuss- Colin and Brad talk in the style of Dr. Seuss, rhyming with everything the other person says. At the very end, they were trying to delay saying f*ck. Colin, at last, said it. The scene was "glass repair."

Mousetraps- Colin and Brad are blindfolded, and walk around stage totally barefoot with 100 live mouse traps scattered around. They must start every sentence they say with the next letter of the alphabet (started with D). This one was funny and cringe-inducing.

Whose Line- The audience writes down several random sentences which Colin and Brad must insert into the scene at random times. The scene was "Colin, whose wife just got a lobotomy, is suspicious of her cheating on him, so he goes to a private investigator, Brad." Some of the lines included "have you seen the tiny old man lately," "sorry about the kick in the face," and "boxers, briefs or thongs?"

Quick Change- Three young audience members are given bike horns. Whatever Colin or Brad say must be totally rephrased if somebody honks their horn. For example- Colin says "Yes, I know how to fly a plane" and somebody honks their horn. Then he must rephrase the last thing he said, so he might change it to "no, I have no idea." The scene was "airplane construction."

It was bloody hilarious, and totally unscripted. You can't really recreate the funniness of the show in words. If you get a chance to see these guys, don't pass it up. The shows are generally PG-13 material. Opinions, experiences, or questions anyone?

Wow, that was the longest post I ever made.

Indeed, Whose Line rocks. My friends (yeah, I've told this story before) did a Whose Line performance at an anime con. Probably the best lines came out of a Quick Change. They had a rather trigger happy judge for this one, almost every line had to be changed once, and several had to be changed multiple times. Example:

"I want you to die and go to hell!"
Change
"I want you to die and... go to heaven!"
Change
"I want you to die and... go to the mall!"

Great stuff .