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I miss being able to laugh with others to clap, and shout en masse. Watching a live special now, I found myself growing envious of those in the audience. Given the current sparsity of live performances, its a pleasure to watch a normally intimate comedy form being broadcast into our homes. Both are very funny and talented performers. Their skill is impressive, although I’m sure I’d enjoy watching the two having a conversation just as much. (And the funniest of all is Ben Schwartz’s alien voice.)Įach episode is around ten minutes longer than my patience for their extended improvised scenes, yet replete with enough laughs to get me through. It’s fun to watch them figure out what the other is doing, and funnier still to watch them attempt to keep track of all the characters and plot-lines (if you can call them that) established so far. It’s hard to describe the content of each episode, as the two jump off each other and back into the characters the other has previously embodied. For those willing to go along with these thirty-eight-year-old men, there is much to enjoy. Having watched all three episodes, I can’t say for sure that anyone extremely improv-averse will be swayed. 2020 Parking Lot Wedding 9.1 (545) Rate An audience tale of love, music festivals and parking lots sets the stage for Thomas and Ben to act out a wild wedding. Given the stigma around improv, I empathize with the hesitance you might have towards Middleditch & Schwartz. It’s fitting they chose to release these specials now not only during a period where live shows are unable to proceed but the day New York’s long-running improv theater, Upright Citizens Brigade (of which Schwartz is an alumnus), announced its closing.
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Here to rectify that is Thomas Middleditch ( Silicon Valley) and Ben Schwartz ( Sonic the Hedgehog), with three fifty-minute Netflix specials. Of course, having a pre-recorded improv show somewhat nullifies that risk, but it still makes perfect sense why televised improv comedy has not been nearly as prevalent as stand-up. Bad improv can be excruciating (I’ve been to my fair share of college improv shows). There’s an element of risk in going to an improv show.
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The spontaneity creates an immediacy that is best received in person (and sloshed). While the others require finely tuned writing and rehearsal, improv is made up on the spot (hopefully with much training and practice). And then there is the unloved, frequently derided other child that is improv.