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This is philosophy versus improv where two stages try to teach each other a thing or two,

and maybe you the audience gets something out of it as well.

My name is Mark Linson Meyer, the king of philosophy trying to dethrone the king of improv.

And this is Bill Arnett and improv general yet only a philosophy private and our special guests introduce yourself.

Hey everybody, my name is Chris George. I am a improv brevet major standing ready on the army.

Oh wow, okay.

Yes, just get them battlefield commissions.

Well, you stepped on to quite the battlefield today.

Tell us a little Chris before we start about your improv work, your specialty,

the things that we might play off of in today's episode.

I've been improvising since 2003 and actually this September 11th will be my 20 year improv anniversary,

which is why people usually recognize the call 11th.

So September 11th, 2003 was my first time ever doing improv.

I started away a lot.

I think a lot of people did, which was improv in college in a short form group at the University of Southern Mississippi called the stage monkeys.

I played with them for three years.

I moved Chicago in 2007 for grad school and I studied at IO,

which is actually how I met Bill, who was my level four teacher at IO.

I moved out to San Diego in 2008 for work and while I was out there,

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