Three great improvisers from L.A.'s Upright Citizens Brigade sit down and get serious about funny stuff. Billy Merritt, Joe Wengert and Jim Woods come from different parts of the country, different backgrounds and different sensibilities but came together when the New York-based UCB founders started a theater on the West Coast to be members of one of the mainstay teams/shows known as The Smokes as well as several others.  All three have also taught the school curriculum and coached teams while watching the UCB become a pipeline for talent into the entertainment industry.

We talk about how improv, and UCB in particular, has transformed the current comedic paradigm...if there is such a thing. I don't know, I just made that up and it sounded pretty awesome. Oh, and Billy gets a gold star for bringing monkey facts. Yay!  -LM

Follow Billy and Joe on Twitter here; @BillyMerritt@joewengert

Three great improvisers from L.A.'s Upright Citizens Brigade sit down and get serious about funny stuff. Billy Merritt, Joe Wengert and Jim Woods come from different parts of the country, different backgrounds and different sensibilities but came together when the New York-based UCB founders started a theater on the West Coast to be members of one of the mainstay teams/shows known as The Smokes as well as several others.&nbsp; All three have also taught the school curriculum and coached teams while watching the UCB become a pipeline for talent into the entertainment industry. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 


We talk about how improv, and UCB in particular, has transformed the current comedic paradigm...if there is such a thing. I don't know, I just made that up and it sounded pretty awesome. Oh, and Billy gets a gold star for bringing monkey facts. Yay!&nbsp; -LMFollow Billy and Joe on Twitter here; <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BillyMerritt">@BillyMerritt</a><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/joewengert">@joewengert</a>

Long-time broadcaster, sometime writer, wannabe director, occasional actor, more-than-occasional voice actor, part-time banjo tuner and former tuna canner Larry Morgan has managed to spend his entire career in radio and other media somehow not pissing people off. So after years of being told to "not talk so much" and "keep it short" he decide to Talk More and Go Longer with some of those people. Having a natural curiosity for others who are creative and how they got to where they are (obviously fueled by professional jealousy) and honing in on the events, people, films, TV shows and books that drove them to create - presented in a snarky, monkey-like way - is what this podcast is all about. Live - laugh - learn - throw a little feces with us and be an honorary Monkey as we bring the snark and go on this historic, ground-breaking audio journey. (Really, it's not that big a deal, but it should be fun.) -Larry Morgan

Established creative types from all forms of media - film, TV, radio, writing, internet, etc. - bring the snark every week.

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Long-time broadcaster, sometime writer, wannabe director, occasional actor, 
more-than-occasional voice actor, part-time banjo tuner and former tuna 
canner Larry Morgan has managed to spend his entire career in radio and other 
media somehow not pissing people off. So after years of being told to "not 
talk so much" and "keep it short" he decide to Talk More and Go Longer with 
some of those people. Having a natural curiosity for others who are creative 
and how they got to where they are (obviously fueled by professional 
jealousy) and honing in on the events, people, films, TV shows and books that 
drove them to create - presented in a snarky, monkey-like way - is what this 
podcast is all about. Live - laugh - learn - throw a little feces with us and 
be an honorary Monkey as we bring the snark and go on this historic, 
ground-breaking audio journey. (Really, it's not that big a deal, but it 
should be fun.) -Larry Morgan

Three from UCB - Billy Merritt, Joe Wengert and Jim Woods - talk improv, improv and more improv.  And then some stuff about monkeys. Seriously.

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