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the assembly improv show

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The Assembly Improv show Improv - make something up, think on the spot, go with the flow, zen, Bruce Lee, be like water, be formless, quick witted, puns, irony, sacarsm and it has to be humorous! Let's break the fourth wall, you there, yes you reading this, listening to this, yes hi, happy new year, acknowledge me, make things easier for yourself, I am not going anywhere. On the square for the Assembly Improv show, filled to the brim, full house. Was with SamSays, it was a great show, unpredictable, spontaneous, quick witted and so funny. We couldn't stop laughing, we were entertained from the first minute to the last. What I found to be most effective in Improv, is calm. You have to let things process, be in the moment, respond not react. Reactions are filled with anxious energy and that's not humorous because you bulldoze the act and spoil the tone of the scene. Relax, let other performers have the spotlight. You don't have to be in every scenario. Listen ...

curb your enthusiasm

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Curb Your Enthusiasm Best show ever! I swear I laughed in every episode, the only show that has ever had that effect on me. Seinfeld was great, I am a fan but I didn't trust Larry David after the finale. The audience deserved more especially after investing so much in the show and the characters, 9 years is a long time. I didn't want to see the gang go to jail. It left me with a negative cognitive effect. It looked like Curb was heading in the same direction but it was a mistrial and Larry walked. Oh, Thank God! They really should have ended Seinfeld like that! The last scene is beautiful as we see all the friends together in the plane heading home after the trial doing what they always do - bickering. Much better, great finale Larry. Curb Your Enthusiasm the greatest sitcom of all time. Shout-out Ted Danson, a favorite of mine and JB Smoove is funny as hell. Great cast, great fictionalized characters, funny is an understatement. Larry David is a genius. I am happy ...