Monthly Archives: September 2006

The Only Joke My Father Knows

Friday, September 29, 2006 – 2:47 pm

A Hasidic Jew walks into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder, and the bartender asks “Hey that’s awesome, where did you get it?”
“Bensonhurst.” replies the parrot.

By Ben Whitehouse | Posted in jokes | Comments (0)

Upcoming Improv Shows You Should See, Because I Say So

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 – 4:04 pm

This list has been added to.
It has become apparent that this site needs a Upcoming event area, which I will get to once I find a minute to spare from being awesome. In the meantime, I’m going to be putting up this post to:

Apologize for not having a killer upcoming event area. Sorry.
Tell you about [...]

By Ben Whitehouse | Posted in Events | Comments (0)

Improv 201 Class 5 - Understanding The Second Beat

Sunday, September 24, 2006 – 10:48 pm

Dear Improv Diary,
As I’ve talked about earlier, Improv 201 at UCB is a very different change of gears from Improv 101. I believe this is mainly due to the move from single scenes toward the linked long form “Harold” scene work. 201 is a lot more cerebral than 101.
The other day while exploring second beats, [...]

By Ben Whitehouse | Posted in Improv Diary | Comments (2)

Hap-py Jew Year!

Saturday, September 23, 2006 – 2:14 pm

Yes it’s officially the Jewish New Year. And while I’m not Jewish, I thought it would be a good time to celebrate my wasp, growing up on Upper West Side, heritage. Here are some traditional Jewish New Years resolutions.

I will not, under any circumstances buy a bagel from somebody who doesn’t understand what just a [...]

By Ben Whitehouse | Posted in Everyday | Comments (0)

Baby Wants Candy Play New York Musical Theatre Festival

Saturday, September 23, 2006 – 1:04 am

Baby Wants Candy, the mother of all musical improv, is coming for a very limited run in NYC during the New York Musical Theatre Festival next week. The cast contains some of the best Chicago improvers ever to come out of the windy city (Peter Gwinn, Becky Drysdale, Al Samuels, Thomas Middleditch, Jack McBrayer, Colleen [...]

By Ben Whitehouse | Posted in Improv | Comments (0)

Improv 201 Class 4 - Finding The Game

Sunday, September 17, 2006 – 10:35 am

Dear Improv Diary,
Finally my Improv 201 class, at UCB, is starting to come together. I’ve been having a rough time in class from the first day. I started Improv 201 directly after 101. In fact, I started 201 one day after finishing 101. This lack of time to reflect, sort of threw off my improv [...]

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