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Why Am I Laughing?
en-usNovember 30, 2017
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About this Episode
This week on Why Am I Laughing, Ben and RJ talk about Improvisational Comedy! Improv is basically just a fancy way of saying “making it up on the spot”. So set your brain to shuffle and trust your instincts: this podcast doesn’t think twice.
1:17 - Netflix: Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special and Gabriel Iglesias: I’m Sorry For What I Said When I Was Hungry
4:10 - Television: Felicity Jones will host SNL on Jan 14th!
8:15 - Improvisational Comedy
8:58 - Why is Improv Funny?
11:00 - Brief History of Improv
14:01 - 10 Rules of Improv
29:10 - Neuroscience and Improv
30:52 - Improv Games
37:24 - Ben’s Wacky Facts
45:50 - #WAILMAILoftheWeek
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Spider-Tears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU_iWAQcBBg
Monster’s University Improv Club
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-tJAl4O5gs
Classic Whose Line Is It Anyway Sketch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR55hXaha9M
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