Late night TV. It's a beautiful thing. I found myself awake around 11pm, surfing the channels, and I also found on the Family channel (51 in the suburbs of Chicago) a show I haven't seen in years: "Who's Line is it Anyways?"
Do you remember that show? Wayne Brady and his lyrical genius, Drew Carey steering the direction of the show from behind his desk, and Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie forming the foundations for years of laughter. Last night's episode included a weatherman's trip to Hell, Songs of the Teacher, an Ode to Howard (an audience member) in the style of the Village People, subtitles to a Vietnamese movie called "The Rice Paddy", and one-liners of "Things you can say about food that you can't say to your girlfriend". Priceless.
I remember watching that show with my family growing up and laughing for the entire hour. I don't know how Wayne and Ryan and Colin can keep a straight face. I took 2 improv classes at Second City and, aside from good comedic Improv being extremely hard, it is VERY hard to keep a straight face when the one liners that come back at you are really good. I just wish the show was still on tv! I would watch it over some of the reality shows on nowadays. I think the world could use a lot more comedy!
So get your friends together, test out your own improv skills, and never tell your girlfriend "mm, the other one was better." Happy laughing!!
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