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Crowdsourcing my value as a person
Comedy contests are literally my least favorite part of trying to make my way as a comedian. Literally my least favorite part? Yes. Literally. Continue reading
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Posted in Blog Posts, Comedy
Tagged apologists, Applause-O-Meter, art, audience, bad crowds, bookers, bus boy, comedy, contests, crowdsourcing, fair, fairness, first-past-the-post, hack, improv, judges, Patton Oswalt, pie chart, secret judge, sketch, sketch comedy, stand-up, Starsky and Hutch, status quo, Whose Tires Do I Need To Slash?
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One Year In Improv
One year ago today I took my first improv class. It was the first of 8, 3-hour long sessions in 5 days with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York. Living in Boston, I needed to take advantage of … Continue reading
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Posted in Blog Posts, Improv, Personal Updates
Tagged 5-Day Big Bootie Experts, Armando, Boston, Cambridge, Christine Cuddy, Close Quarters, Dana Jay Bein, Harold, improv, improv4humans, ImprovBoston, J.T.S. Brown, Jackie Arko, Living Room, Long Form Improv Jelly, Matt Besser, Mike Still, New York, Shannon Connolly, Shannon O'Neill, Tom Towell, UCB, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Will Luera, YAP, Yes And Practice
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A Piece of the Process
My blog posts are usually, reasonably, planned out. The least planning I do is whenever I just post a photo and make fun of it for a few sentences, but even then I have to go find a photo that … Continue reading
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Posted in Writing
Tagged Boy Scouts, comedy, court of honor, Eagle Scout, free writing, improv, speech, stand-up, stream-of-conscious, writing
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4th Annual Women in Comedy Festival
The schedule for the 4th Annual Women in Comedy Festival (WICF), held in Boston, has been posted online. From the WICF website: The Women in Comedy Festival celebrates Boston comedy and the women who create it, support it, and perform … Continue reading
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Posted in Shows
Tagged Boston, Cambridge, comedy, improv, ImprovBoston, Maria Bamford, Maria Ciampa, stand-up, Women in Comedy Festival
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Teaching a Phone to Talk (Part 2)
I have a smartphone (more specifically an HTC Aria running Android Froyo). The auto-correct feature for typing is pretty good and it allows you to add words to its dictionary that it might not otherwise have. It turns out, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, auto-correct, auto-spell, Black Eyed Peas, emo, Facebook, Firefox, fireproof, Foursquare, FTW, Han Solo, hashtag, hell, HTC, IE6, improv, Jabba the Hutt, Jeff Landry, Kevin Lyons, Matt Kona, MBTA, Oktoberfest, Reeses's Cups, Rob Mulligan, smartphone, The Miz
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NYC Trip: Days 4 – 7
If you regularly read this blog, you may be asking yourself “What happened during the rest of your time in NYC, Matt?” Well friends, I would have loved to have told you at the time, but I just got a … Continue reading
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NYC Trip: Day 2 & 3
Monday was my first day of improv classes and they went much better than expected. The whole class was really into it, excited, and funny. I’m not sure why I expected less, it was people taking a class that no … Continue reading
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Posted in Traveling
Tagged comedy, East Village, Harold Night, improv, New Team Harold, New York City, NYC, open mic, stand-up, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Whiplash
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A Week in NYC
I’ve been to New York City more times than I can remember. I’ve always lived in Massachusetts, so the drive has never been too bad and there’s enough stuff to do there and field trips to be had in middle … Continue reading
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Posted in Traveling
Tagged Big Apple, comedy, improv, New York City, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
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