let the name dropping commence
i'm still in a state of shock over what went down saturday night. for those not in the know, the IO 25th anniversary show/party had some pretty intense and complete technical problems (mostly related to audio) that neither of the newspapers were really willing to forgive (Chicago Tribune- "There was no excuse for what happened", sun-times: IO show suffers snafus improv can't cover)
yes the tech problems were inexcusable, but there was a lot of really great stuff happening, on-stage and off, and at some point today, i'll try to put those out there, too.
as for the name-drop contest we planned, that will trickle in throughout the day. here's the rules:
1. each animal club member can blog ONE post about EACH celebrity they interacted with.
2. a celebrity CAN appear as an accessory in a blogpost about ANOTHER celebrity.
3. posts are graded on coolness in the comments section
4. each post can have a maximum coolness of 10, a low of 0.
5. celebrity status SHOULD NOT NECESSARILY be a deciding factor in how cool a post is (in other words, a david koechner story is just as good as a mike myers story. sorry ruth!)
6. whoever has the most points at the end of the day wins.
get ready. get set. NAME DROP!
posted by Baz at 10:51 AM
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For those of us not cool enough to be in the Animal Club, will you please stop speaking in code and "name-drop" already. GOD! I hate missing out on all the details.
P.S. Did Ruth meet Mike Meyers as in "So I Married an Axe Murderer"-Mike Meyers or as in "The darkest eyes...the devil's eyes"-Mike Meyers? Just wondering...
unfortunately, the fallout from the debacle would make this name-drop contest in (official) poor taste. it already was in poor taste, but seeing as a lot of people i work with are bsically under a gag order while they sort this out, i think we'll just have to gab (pun) about this in person.
but ruth did meet "so i married an axe murderer" mike myers, and he's a really great guy. and funny as hell.
Although some stories may say different, Improv Olympic's 25th Anniversary show was an amazing experience. Sure there was a huge technical mishap
with the sound. But, that's what improv is all about anyway-living in what you least expect. And it was an incredibly rewarding experience to be backstage with a who's who of the improv world and watch these stars cope and encourage each other. No one flipped out when the sound stopped working. There were no divas, just a bunch of friends having fun and enjoying each other's company. Even all of us backstage crew people were treated like friends. There were many thank yous and friendly good-byes
from the performers after the night was through. It was phenomenal, an experience I won't soon forget because of all that and how down-to-earth just about everyone was. It felt like a happy family reunion.
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