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improv4humans with Matt Besser

Counterfeit Madison and the Canary in the Coal Mine

improv4humans with Matt Besser

Matt Besser

Comedy, Improv, Comedy Interviews

4.92.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Sharon Udoh aka Counterfeit Madison joins improvisers Charlie Sanders, Vic Michaelis, and Matt Besser for a special music edition of improv4humans! Counterfeit Madison performs songs that inspire scenes about borrowing a canary for a coal mine, dating a stadium full of people, deciding whether to twist or shout, and more.

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0:00.0

Q1. You are entering an improvised comedy show, restricted to humans only. Improvful humans,

0:12.9

with Matt Besser. Today is a special music episode. Based on our musical guests' beautiful

0:19.0

life performances, Matt and Krueh will perform fully improvised scenes. Today's improvisers,

0:25.6

Charlie Sanders and Vic McAleous. Today's musical guest is Count of Fit Madison.

0:31.2

Oh, welcome to Improv for humans with Matt Besser. That is still me. Even during the pandemic,

0:40.3

I am still me. We can all say that, you know? Even on the worst day, you can wake up and go,

0:46.9

I'm still me. Right? Right, Charlie Sanders? I don't feel like Vic McAleous. You don't feel like you

0:53.2

anymore? No, I feel like a shell of a man. I feel like a different person. I also do.

1:01.8

Okay, I don't think I'm still me. We're very all over the place geographically today,

1:08.5

Brett Morris with me in LA. Charlie Sanders with me in LA. But Vic, you are in Vancouver?

1:15.0

That is correct. I'm in Vancouver, British Columbia. I mean, it's an auditory medium,

1:22.0

but you guys can see out my window a tiny bit. That's nice to meet you back there.

1:27.6

Yeah, it's green. I'm happy. The air is a little bit, a little bit, you know, a little bit

1:35.2

fresher up here, I would say. Yeah, I think it is. Good job. Congrats on that. Thank you.

1:40.8

That other voice is our musical guest coming in from Columbus, which I'm a big fan of the town

1:47.9

before I introduce the woman. I love the scene there. It's like an Athens or a limpia up there.

1:56.4

It's just so many great bands. We've had a guest on before Saint Linux. Another guy just

2:05.2

like to call Saint Linux. Then through him, he turned me on to counterfeit Madison, Sharon Udah.

2:15.2

That's her performance name, but I love it. I was just telling her. It's just one of those names.

2:22.0

It's like a peekaboo street. It's just such a great name. Anyway, welcome to the show. You have

2:29.6

a wonderful voice. Thanks for bringing it and being our guest today. Hi, Vic.

2:37.1

So I'm not sure if you've heard the show, but what we do in our music guest shows is the musician

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