A Dinner Theater
SPONTANEANATION with Paul F. Tompkins
Paul F. Tompkins
4.9 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2015
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all, including those who feel unworthy, back to SPONTANEANATION! This week, Pauls special guest is acclaimed screenwriter Ben Garant of The State and Reno 911! They chat about which children need to learn a useful trade, the unexpected pitfalls of dinner theater, and the life-changing revelation Ben had in acting school. Paul is then joined by Annie Savage, Colleen Smith, and Stephanie Courtney to improvise a story set at A Dinner Theater. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!THE NEXTSPONTANEANATION LIVEHAPPENSSATURDAY,DECEMBER 5th, FEATURING IMPROVISERSHAL LUBLIN,ANNIE SAVAGEANDJANET VARNEY, WITH SPECIAL GUESTRON FUNCHES!HURRY! ITS ALMOST SOLD OUT! ALL PROCEEDS FOR THIS SHOW WILL GO TO CHARITY. TICKETS
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| 0:00.0 | Friends, welcome to you, to all of you. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome to anyone who doesn't think they're worthy of a welcome. |
| 0:14.0 | You, my friend, you deserve a welcome more than anyone. |
| 0:19.0 | As Jesus said in Cineshesions, chapter four. |
| 0:24.8 | The dirty chapter. |
| 0:29.3 | All of you who feel unwelcomed, let them be welcomed. |
| 0:36.2 | Those who feel their sneezes go unacknowledged. |
| 0:43.6 | Let them be blessed. |
| 0:47.0 | Anyone who feels like I don't deserve crutches, I should just crawl around on my useless |
| 0:50.8 | legs. |
| 0:52.7 | Guess what? |
| 0:53.7 | Look under your chair. |
| 0:55.6 | Crutches. |
| 0:57.9 | What you didn't need because your chair? |
| 1:00.4 | That's wheels on it. |
| 1:01.9 | And that's what I call the O. Henry Bible. |
| 1:06.9 | Oh, Henry, I like to make fun of him. |
| 1:09.8 | Because he's a bit of a one-trick pony. |
| 1:14.4 | But if he truly was a pony man, that would be pretty cool. |
| 1:22.8 | If he was like a centaur. |
| 1:25.0 | But instead of half man, half horse, half a pony. |
| 1:28.1 | And so, like, the horse half, that's as big as it gets. |
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