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477 - Story Smash The Storytelling Gameshow! Live At The Hollywood Improv January 20th, 2018

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Join host Christine Blackburn and expert judges Wayne Federman, Gina Grad and Danny Zuker for a fast and funny game of Story Smash The Storytelling Gameshow! Contestants spin the Wheel of Stories and tell a true, 2 or 3 minute story on whatever topic they land on. Contestants include comedians and storytellers- Bob Wiltfong, Johnno Wilson, Rachael O'Brien, Jenna Brister, and Paul Shirley. Watch Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show on YouTube anytime! https://bit.ly/39OoTdw With your host Christine Blackburn and comedian Blaine Capatch, writer Danny Zuker and many more talented people like Wayne Federman, MaryLynn Rajskub, Melissa Peterman, Ed Crasnick, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Greg Proops! Four comedians spin the Story Worthy Wheel of Truth and tell a true 1 or 2 minute story on the topic they land. The "expert judges" comment and everyone laughs their ass off. Story Smash sold-out consistently at the Hollywood Improv for 3 years. It's a blast! Check out the Story Smash website here- https://www.storysmashshow.com The Story Worthy Hour & 1/2 Of Power is now once a month on the third Sunday at 5:00pm PST, at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank California! Watch 7 true hilarious stories in 1 hour! More info on the website- https://www.storyworthypodcast.com Please follow for free, rate, and review Story Worthy on Apple Podcasts here- http://apple.co/1MceZ2Q It really helps. Follow Christine and Story Worthy on Social Media- Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/storyworthy/ Twitter-https://twitter.com/StoryWorthy Facebook- https://facebook.com/StoryWorthy/ and at ChristineBlackburn.com. Thanks guys! Christine

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Hollywood Improv Lab in the Hollywood, California,

0:04.5

and thanks for coming out to Story Smash, the Storytelling Show.

0:08.4

Now, without further ado, let's get this show started with your host, Christine Blackburn.

0:15.2

Hey, you guys, welcome.

0:18.6

Welcome to Story Smash here at the Hollywood Improv. My name is Christine Blackburn. And you guys have picked an amazing night to be here. Wait till you see what we have lined up. But first, we're going to start the show by revealing the Wheel of Stories. Here it is. The Wheel of Stories. Now, there are 13 topics on that wheel. I was waiting for that.

0:43.6

There are 13 permanent topics on the wheel as you guys, and you'll see that there's three empty spaces.

0:49.2

In just a minute, you'll have an opportunity to shout out what kind of story you might want to hear tonight,

0:54.0

and one of our judges may select your topic.

0:56.0

We're going to be playing three rounds of story smash tonight, and I want to remind you guys

1:00.0

that when the contestant comes to the stage, of course, we want to yell this.

1:04.0

Ready? Let's practice.

1:05.0

Sing that Hill!

1:08.0

You're so good at this! Oh my gosh! Fantastic. Thank you. Excellent. All right, you guys. Without further

1:13.7

ado, let's get to our judges. The first judge coming to the stage right now is the one and only Danny Zucker.

1:19.4

You guys, Danny Zucker. He is a television writer and a producer. He's best known for his Emmy Award winning work as an executive producer and writer on ABC's Modern Family.

1:29.3

And he's also worked in various capacities on a variety of television shows, including Grace Under Fire, Just Shoot Me, Roseanne.

1:39.0

And here's an interesting, fun fact. And I do love this, Danny.

1:41.8

What?

1:42.5

That you started out as an intern on the Howard Stern show.

1:46.0

I in fact did.

1:47.1

Isn't that amazing?

1:48.1

I was a production assistant, so I made almost $40 a week.

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