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improv4humans with Matt Besser

LIVE from the Del Close Marathon 16 Pt. 2

improv4humans with Matt Besser

Matt Besser

Comedy

4.92.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2014

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

LIVE from the Del Close Marathon 16 Pt. 2 - Part 2 of the incredible improv4humans recorded LIVE from the 16th Annual Del Close Marathon in New York is here! Featuring an amazing roster of improvisers that include Shannon O’Neill, Connor Ratliff, Sebastian Conelli, Chris Gethard, Morgan Grace Jarrett, Caroline Cotter, Brian Huskey, Jon Gabrus, John Gemberling, and Katie Dippold. Tune in as a classroom battles in a summer story slam, new wrestlers pitch their themes, a family takes a fake birthday present too far, and much more! Make sure to get the UCB Comedy Improv Manual , Matt Besser’s new comedy album at mattbesser.com , and Dragoon’s new album at dragoongalaxy.bandcamp.com ! This episode is sponsored by: Cards Against Humanity Squarespace. To support the show head to www.squarespace.com and use the offer code YESAND.

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0:00.0

This episode was sponsored by cards against Humanity, they asked us not to read an ad.

0:05.8

Enjoy the show!

0:07.3

Improved for humans, live at the 2014 Delklow's Marathon, part 2.

0:22.8

Please welcome the stage Conor Ratlev, Sebastian Cannelli.

0:29.5

And Chris Gether!

0:34.5

Alrighty, let's get a word from the middle of the audience.

0:41.5

Staten Island, is that what you said?

0:44.5

I used to work at a magazine about haunted places and I wound up writing a book called Weird New York.

0:51.5

And one night I was hanging out with Shannon O'Neill.

0:56.5

And we were talking about a bunch of stuff about it.

0:59.5

And me, her, and this guy Andy, who was a little bit of a loose cannon, we all got in my car.

1:06.5

We were just like talking shit at McManus at the bar.

1:08.5

And we were like, oh, let's go see something.

1:10.5

So we drove to Staten Island and we went to this abandoned monastery, which I thought was pretty rad.

1:15.5

I also liked it because it was like in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.

1:18.5

So it was just like a bunch of people's backyards and then behind them this gigantic, gothic, abandoned thing with like a huge fountain

1:25.5

that was a cross, like it wasn't functioning.

1:27.5

It was like there's a bend and overgrown out and that was a cross.

1:30.5

We just went out there and fucked around.

1:32.5

It was pitch black too.

1:34.5

It was really scary. It was legitimately terrifying, I thought.

1:36.5

Yeah.

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