Austin Improv

arthursimone wrote:

Justin D. wrote:

Roy Janik wrote: You.... Bastards.

He forgot to mention it's a new form of The BAT that requires everyone to lay down on big, fluffy pillows.

Not only does this new cutting-edge Bat format feature fluffy pillows, but it also involves warm milk

And, I presume, a fence, and as many sheep as are necessary.

this just in. the available cupholders block from 1am to 2am on saturday morning (friday night) will feature a format we're calling game theory (no, not this hilarious game theory) but one where the improvisers will be broken into groups and assigned shortform games that they must play throughout the show, no matter who they're with on stage.

for instance, 3 people will be assigned a 3-way dub, 2 may get new choice, another group of three might get a genre to play, etc., and they'll stick to that game for the entire 50 minutes of the show.

all the cupholders will be there, save bill. yes we know, you want to see bill. just get over it.

A study at Harvard Medical School revealed that lack of sleep causes the brain to become incapable of putting an emotional event into the proper perspective and incapable of making a controlled, suitable response to the event.

A 1996 study by the University of Chicago Medical Center showed that sleep deprivation severely affects the human body’s ability to metabolize glucose, which can lead to early-stage Type 2 Diabetes.

According to a 2000 study, sleep deprivation can have some of the same hazardous effects as being drunk. People who drove after being awake for 17–19 hours performed worse than those with a blood alcohol level of .05 percent

Many people experience microsleep episodes during sleep deprivation, in which they sleep for periods of seconds to fractions of a second and frequently don’t remember these episodes.
[Microsleeping improvisers = hilarious]

There is a response latency that seems to be higher when it comes to actions regarding personal morality and the willingness to violate a personal belief, rather than in situations when morality is not in question.

In 1997 the University of Minnesota did research that compared students who went to school at 7:15 a.m. and those who went to school at 8:40 a.m. They found that students who went to school at 8:40 got higher grades and more sleep on the weekdays.
[No shit? Really? Did it also reveal that people who wake up early, get out of bed at an earlier time?]

The Guinness World Records record for time without sleep is 449 hours (18 days, 17 hours) by Maureen Weston, of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in April, 1977, in a rocking-chair marathon.
[Maureen was soon-after diagnosed with Diabetes and seen drunk pleasuring three sailors while microsleeping]

beardedlamb wrote:

A study at Harvard Medical School revealed that lack of sleep causes the brain to become incapable of putting an emotional event into the proper perspective and incapable of making a controlled, suitable response to the event.

Many people experience microsleep episodes during sleep deprivation, in which they sleep for periods of seconds to fractions of a second and frequently don’t remember these episodes.
[Microsleeping improvisers = hilarious]

There is a response latency that seems to be higher when it comes to actions regarding personal morality and the willingness to violate a personal belief, rather than in situations when morality is not in question.

I suspect that not all of the OceanAIC 8 will brave the entire 40 hours awake, but will some of you pleeeeze try and go for it so we can watch some of the dumbest mistakes ever made in the history of improv? Please?

Jeremy shares some memories of the 27-hour WHJ show and contemplates getting his 5 Hour Energy on at Decider.

beardedlamb wrote:

Chronic nudity?

I think Chronic Nudity is an Effect of Being Jeremy Lamb and cannot be blamed on the sleep deprivation.

Asaf wrote:I think Chronic Nudity is an Effect of Being Jeremy Lamb and cannot be blamed on the sleep deprivation.

Yeah, I'm just re-thinking doing The Bat.

too late. already naked. already curled up around your leg.

Roy Janik wrote:

Sunday 1am The Bat (A Harold in the dark with ColdTowne)

You.... Bastards.

That was a crazy fun time... and it worked out as a Harold too!

Last two shows! Everyone come! Unless they already happened.

All over! Check out http://hideouttheatre.tumblr.com for a recap of the whole thing.