Rumor has it that the newly-elected Chairman will be sending someone to ensure that the match is being run according to his exacting standards.
Here are the rules which will be in effect:
1) Each team will receive twenty-two minutes to perform. At the twenty minute mark, there will be a signal to remind the teams they have two minutes left. After a full twenty-two minutes, the lights will go out and the set is over, regardless of if the team is finished or not.
2) At the two minute warning a team may signal that they are finished with their set. You must wait until the two minute warning to do so. There wll be no penalty if you decide to finish early, though the audience may not be as generous.
3) For the June 30th and July 7th matches, there will be cards telling the audience and team on stage how much time is left. The breakdown will be as such: 20 minutes, 15 minutes, 10 minutes, 5 minutes, and 2 minutes. Once a timer is purchased/acquired, the cards will be replaced by a countdown. You will still recieve a 2 minute warning from the booth.
4) A coin toss will be used to determine who goes first. The defending champions will have their choice of "heads" or "tails" ( in this case, Del or Keith). The team captains will be present for the coin toss. The defending team may defer the call of the coin toss to the challengers, if they see fit.
5) In case of a tie there will be a 2 minute tie-breaker for each team. Each team will perform a scene from nothing lasting two minutes. As with the regular match the lights will be blacked out after two minutes. The audience will vote after both scenes have been performed.
If there is still a tie after the tie-breaker, a game of 185 will be used.
The audience will then vote for a final time.
come on down and see 2005 try to dethrone Frogtown Hollow for the title!
Two improv titans met in mortal combat on the stage at the Hideout theater on Friday to battle for the Cage Match title.
Shana Merlin led her team 2005 onto the field of battle confident that her skills and her talented team of improvisors would come away with an easy win.
But for Wes Bain and his Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jugband, this evening was more than just a match. Frogtown Hollow had come loaded for bear, and wasn't about to let their title slip away that easily.
The match began, and 2005 was first to take the stage. They chose a format of "Time out" where they could stop the scene by saying "Time out" and get suggestions or ask questions which would propel the scene forward. Ivan Reitman and his Ghostbusters franchise seemed to be the recurring theme as the team effortlessly completed their twenty-two minute set.
The defending champs then took the stage and opted for a format in which a 'truth chair' was set up on one sideof the stage. The audience was allowed to ask questions of any improvisor who sat in the chair, and then the team would create a scene based on the question and/or the answer given. For twenty-two minutes, the champs bared their intimate feelings and secrets, and finished their set with a decapitation.
The audience was called upon to choose which comedic gladiator would be allowed to remain. Would 2005 take the prize with their "Time out". or would Frogtown Hollow repeat as champs by baring their inner selves?
The votes were cast and counted, and the Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jugband again held aloft the coveted "Chump Chucker" in victory.
But then it happened.
The lights went out and an ominous music began to play. Confusion struck both the audience and the performers, as to who may be responsible for this odd turn of events.
When the lights came up Fart Clown Glasses had taken the stage in all the confusion. They issued a challenge to Frogtown Hollow, and in a stunning turn of events, called on Jubilee Jugband member Chris Trew to join them.
Will Frogtown Hollow lose both a member of their team and their title to Fart Clown Glasses, or will they rally and defeat this new team of challengers?
Come down Friday, July 7,2006 for the answers!
This is the last AIC Cage Match before the OoB Tournament, so you won't want to miss it!
In brightest day, in blackest night...Fart Clown Glasses is getting taken down, beeyotch. Beware my power!
(and does anyone else wonder about the eerie similarity between the phrases Frog Town and Fart Clown? methinks there are parallel universe hijinks afoot!)
Was I not in this picture for a reason? Have I not earned my place with Frogtown Hollow? Well.
Maybe my decision next week just got a lot easier to make.
The reason you're out of the picture is because the Chairman has put you on hold until you choose a team. He's not too happy about last night's theatrics, and will be sending a member of the board to oversee the match this week.
We're about 48 hours away from the final Cage Match before it goes into hibernation to allow Out of Bounds to hold their tournament.
Last week saw Frogtown Hollow crush 2005 9-2 and retain their title and the Chump Chucker. They would have little time to enjoy their victory, as Fart Clown Glasses made a dramatic appearance, and created quite the dilemma for Chris Trew, who now must choose between his current team, Frogtown Hollow, or his former team Fart Clown Glasses.
Which side will Chris choose? Will Frogtown Hollow taste sweet victory once again, or the vinegar of defeat at the hands of Fart Clown Glasses.
Will we ever find out who shot JR, or if Sam Beckett will ever make the leap home?
Come on down to the Hideout this Friday at 11:30 and find out!
Tell your friends! Tell your neighbors! Scream the event info at people you drive by on I 35! This is one show you won't want to miss!
