Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2010

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh are two of the founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade. They also have a new semi-improvised sitcom on Spike TV called "Players."

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0:00.0	I'm Graham from Oxford, England.
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0:15.6	Live on tape from My House in Los Angeles,
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0:21.1	and PRI, public radio, international.
0:30.0	Welcome to The Sound of Young America.
0:31.4	I'm your host, Jesse Thorne.
0:33.2	What the second city was to American Comedy in the 1970s.
0:37.2	The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater is today.
0:40.6	The school and stage of the UCB, as it's known,
0:43.6	are the breeding ground for the most exciting new performers
0:46.2	in sketch, stand-up, and especially improv comedy.
0:49.7	My guests today are two of the founders
0:51.6	of the Upright Citizens Brigade, Matt Walsh and Ian Roberts.
0:55.8	Along with Matt Besser and Amy Poler,
0:58.0	they're the leaders of a new vanguard of comedians
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