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by Ryan Hill »

android lady wrote:
Asaf wrote:Have you all heard the Zenprov podcasts? they tie a lot of the Zen and improv principles together and even teach classes on it.
How do I hear these podcasts? Were do I go for them?
http://www.chicagoimprovassociates.com/zenprov.htm

If you have iTunes, subscribe there. That's what I do.
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If you don't have ITunes, this page has them all in one location:

http://cia.libsyn.com/category/podcasts
PGraph plays every Thursday at 8pm! https://www.hideouttheatre.com/shows/pgraph/

by Ryan Hill »

Chuy! wrote:Ryan kind of rules... at calling me on my BS....
I was merely concerned about your dumpster diving habit, Chuy. ;-)

I was seriously considering picking Ruby or Asaf possibly. At that point anyone whose name I know was on the list. You just seemed like the funniest choice for some reason.
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by SarahMarie »

Thanks Roy and Ryan!!!
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by DollarBill »

Everyone go read "The Inner Game of Tennis" by Tim Gallwey, RIGHT NOW. While you read, replace "tennis" with "improv" or "everything".
They call me Dollar Bill 'cause I always make sense.
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DollarBill wrote:Everyone go read "The Inner Game of Tennis" by Tim Gallwey.
Haha, Trew was telling me that was one of his favorite improv books.

by Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell »

DollarBill wrote:Everyone go read "The Inner Game of Tennis" by Tim Gallwey, RIGHT NOW. While you read, replace "tennis" with "improv" or "everything".
stop trying to get me to read, Bill!
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by Ryan Hill »

android lady wrote:Thanks Roy and Ryan!!!
OK, so...Android Lady is Sara Marie?
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by Jon Bolden »

The Amazon "Look Inside!" preview of this book shows quite a bit of it!

http://www.amazon.com/Inner-Game-Tennis ... 0679778314
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Ryan Hill wrote:
android lady wrote:Thanks Roy and Ryan!!!
OK, so...Android Lady is Sara Marie?
Sarah Marie. with an h. she'll bite you for forgetting it. then bake you a cookie. but only one. and it'll be delicious, so you'll WANT more. she's cunning...
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by SarahMarie »

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell wrote:
Ryan Hill wrote:
android lady wrote:Thanks Roy and Ryan!!!
OK, so...Android Lady is Sara Marie?
Sarah Marie. with an h. she'll bite you for forgetting it. then bake you a cookie. but only one. and it'll be delicious, so you'll WANT more. she's cunning...
MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Hee Hee Tee hee... heh.
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by Ryan Hill »

android lady wrote:
Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell wrote:
Ryan Hill wrote: OK, so...Android Lady is Sara Marie?
Sarah Marie. with an h. she'll bite you for forgetting it. then bake you a cookie. but only one. and it'll be delicious, so you'll WANT more. she's cunning...
MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Hee Hee Tee hee... heh.
I've already apologized once for only calling her "Sarah" without the "Marie." I explained that I have two sisters who are Sara (no h) Ruth and Wendy Marie. Her name is positively fraught with difficulty for me. ;-)
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by Timmy R »

Nice.

T

TIM!!!

by Ryan Hill »

Timmy R wrote:Nice.

T

Tim,

It was the marathon that inspired me to give improv a shot, and because I don't make it to Melbourne very often (ever), you're the only one of the eight core players I haven't spoken with about it.

So...thanks!

Ryan
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by ejbrammer »

I heartily throw my support to reading The Inner Game of Tennis for tennis/improv/life/everything, and listening to Zenprov. They're both really awesome.
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