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SPONTANEANATION with Paul F. Tompkins

The Moon (w/ Jon Hamm, Maria Blasucci, Shaun Diston, Mark McConville)

SPONTANEANATION with Paul F. Tompkins

Paul F. Tompkins

Comedy, Improv

4.94.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone who loves being pranked to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special return guest is Jon Hamm of Mad Men! Jon chats about one of the biggest failures in his life, pushing through the fear when he first moved to LA to pursue an acting career, and his new film Beirut. Then, they are joined by improvisers Maria Blasucci, Shaun Diston, and Mark McConville, to improvise a story set on The Moon. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!This episode is brought to you by Mack Weldon ( www.mackweldon.com code: PFT).

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome. Welcome. Welcome everybody. That was like a bomb coming out of the sky, but instead of bringing explosions, it brought welcomes.

0:21.2

Hmm.

0:23.4

Have we thought about that?

0:26.2

Dropping bombs in other countries that say,

0:26.9

hi.

0:32.0

Because here's what I know for a fact.

0:34.7

Everyone loves being pranked.

0:36.5

They love it.

0:42.4

Especially the kind of prank where you think something real bad is about to happen.

0:44.5

And then the reveal.

0:45.9

No.

0:51.8

So then you have that instant adjustment going from terror to,

0:53.3

I'm happy this happened.

0:56.7

It was fun for both of us.

1:06.7

I remember when I was a kid, me and my cousins used to do this thing where we would just scare each other.

1:13.3

Literally, you'd wait around a corner and then you'd jump out at someone.

1:15.6

So much fun.

1:17.3

For everyone involved.

1:22.9

I had a cousin, my cousin Denise, who got very into this.

1:26.9

And one time we were standing in the kitchen,

1:28.5

my cousin Doreen and I.

1:34.4

And I looked, something called my eye.

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