Improv Nation with Sam Wasson

improv4humans with Matt Besser

Matt Besser

Comedy

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2017

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

This week, author of Improv Nation Sam Wasson joins Matt Besser for a far-reaching discussion about the history of improv. Sam and Matt outline the milestones of improvisational theatre as it evolved from a rehearsal exercise into the comedic performance art form that we know it as today. Learn more about Sam Wassons book Improv Nation here. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace (code: IMPROV).

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0:00.0	Oh, welcome to improv for humans with Matt Bester.
0:08.6	That's me, humans.
0:11.2	I think this is going to be our last podcast of the year.
0:14.9	I believe breads come out on December 28th.
0:18.1	So everyone's home with family right now, relaxing, right?
0:22.2	Yep.
0:22.7	Get ready for 2018.
0:25.2	Right.
0:25.7	Is it going to be a better year that everyone's wondering?
0:29.7	How could it be that great?
0:31.9	Remember 2016, however, I thought that was the worst year ever.
0:35.8	I remember thinking at the time, what are you thinking 2017 is going to be?
0:40.6	What if we were given the option to kill off certain beloved celebrities in trade for
0:46.2	Trump not being around, you get what I'm saying?
0:49.2	So like you'd say, okay, Mick Jagger has to die this year and Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney
0:57.2	and me, you see what I'm saying here?
1:01.3	Like you'd have to have all that tragedy.
1:03.8	But Bowie wasn't enough, you know, Prince wasn't enough already.
1:08.0	Oh, you say that was the trade off, you should have gotten the good year.
1:11.6	I guess not.
1:12.6	Didn't kill off enough.
1:14.2	All right.
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