Austin Improv

Chris Allen has a girlfriend?

Jastroch wrote:My first improv group, Let's Settle For Mediocrity, invented a form called "Dead Hooker In a Bathtub." I forgot what the actual form was. I just remember the name.

Arthur?

The Dead Hooker took a suggestion of a non-geographic location and opened with players painting a scene, then placing characters into the frozen scene. (for example, a hotel bathroom with a dead hooker in the bathtub)

after the edit, players would do 2-3 scenes unrelated to the painting.

The Dead Hooker returns to the frozen scene, and one of the characters unfreezes to deliver an in-character monologue. (the man crouched under the sink talks about his childhood)

edit, scenes, repeat.

The final scene of the Dead Hooker is one where all the characters unfreeze and play the scene itself.

arthursimone wrote:

Jastroch wrote:My first improv group, Let's Settle For Mediocrity, invented a form called "Dead Hooker In a Bathtub." I forgot what the actual form was. I just remember the name.

Arthur?

The Dead Hooker took a suggestion of a non-geographic location and opened with players painting a scene, then placing characters into the frozen scene. (for example, a hotel bathroom with a dead hooker in the bathtub)

after the edit, players would do 2-3 scenes unrelated to the painting.

The Dead Hooker returns to the frozen scene, and one of the characters unfreezes to deliver an in-character monologue. (the man crouched under the sink talks about his childhood)

edit, scenes, repeat.

The final scene of the Dead Hooker is one where all the characters unfreeze and play the scene itself.

I think we should actually perform this. I remember loving the format.

HerrHerr wrote:Hey Jason,

I forgot to mention this. I haven't been to the house in awhile b/c I've spending a lot of time with my awesome girlfriend and I forgot to ask you if it would be okay for my niece to stay at the house for a few weeks. She's a bit of a transient (travels by boxcar around the country but not a bum) and I have no way of getting in touch with her (she sent me a letter from Dubuque). She may have already made it into town. I told her to just let herself into the backyard if we're not there. Her name is Bernice and she likes to swim.

Let me know if you've seen her.

Thanks,
CeeJ

Hmm...Bernice? Doesn't ring a bell. Then again the chick in the pool had a hard time talking with the ball gag in her mouth. I'll check and see if she wrote her name in her crotchless panties or something.

vine311 wrote: I'll check and see if she wrote her name in her crotchless panties or something.

"Huh, says here 'Ber{}ice'. Nope, not Bernice"