improv4humans with Matt Besser

improv4humans with Matt Besser

Few names are as synonymous with improv as Matt Besser. Founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade and a regular performer in the world-famous show Asssscat, Matt brings you a fully improvised weekly podcast featuring the best improvisers in the universe. Music by Bobby Matthews and Dragoon. Looking for the archives? All episodes older than 6 months can be unlocked exclusively on improv4humans.com. Sign up for one plan and get bonus scenes every week as well as tons of new content so you can learn the craft of improv yourself!

Episodes

April 25, 2024 79 mins

Travis Kelce kid won’t lift shirt; in-and-Out drive-on line takes over society; Blur not happy, band not guaranteed crowd will know lyrics; the Fire Twins hate the Water Twins act; Sarah Huckabee Sanders fancy lectern; AI author steals Paul’s book; forgetting how to vote; AAU basketball dads fight over definition of “carry” on Wikipedia page.

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Colton D, Jon G, John G, Matty B, and Brett M try “focus” gummies, Ozempic weed, microphone bongs, VR improv class, butterfly knives, black divers, black hole sun, all while avoiding the Boeing 737 buzzkill because “there’s always an eclipse somewhere.” They also take listener phone calls to talk about the secret i4h missing scene.


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March Madness continues with Iowa fans taking home court advantage too far; Boeing 737’s have a great deal for passengers; Indiana Jones motel room; humiliation by French teens on gap year at Grand Canyon.

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Sidney Besser returns to the show to recap Twist & Shout on True Detective; future of AI music; distraction techniques for avoiding fights; getting Glenda Good-witched; importance of knowing lover’s middle name; and the Family Feud judges take over!

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SXSW tech heads suggest life prolonging methods with questionable ethics; peanut butter allergy denier; knife salesman demonstration; and testing whether or not A.I. can answer emotional questions; plus a TIME BOMB!

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Willie Wonka immersive goes wrong, Oompa Loompa pissed; Hollywood is dead, but scrolling stories rules; skipping the boring parts of songs; kicked out of “Night Swim” at intermission before night or swim.

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Poster artists for NO VALUES festival stubborn about pixilating mystery band; Pam reveals she is a regular person and has to pass state board hair stylist exam; don’t be a imposter GEN Xer in the Loge seats; positive weather reporter from the “asshole of the world”.

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Tim Rutili’s band Califone joins improv4humans to perform three amazing songs to inspire the improv. Brian loves going to seances of other people’s dead relatives; Eugene uses the voice he uses with his cat on humans; you can’t guess the names on the Starbucks’ cups; funeral singers who take special requests.

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Game Stop robber has a great catch phrase; Mookie breaks through the fashion snobs to get his baggy pants; broken baggage at the airport; Echo fights his cousins at family gathering; coupon for picked pigs feet; Slinky & Monkeys in a Barrell the Movie better than Sticky Hands the Movie.

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“We Are the World” almost gets ruined by the News; we didn’t start the fire but Fall Out Boy did update the historical references; going to the Billy Joel concert with dad; new Super Bowl ad starring a nobody; teenager new fad of Stanley Cup water leveling parties; and have you heard ____the new Rhumba Roomba Robot?


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Everyone gets bacon if anyone misses two free throws; Batman making ice tires for Hyundai; rejecting children on talent shows; Ify leaning into eating pizza crust first; Ronnie mad about people bragging about their “routine”.

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Twisting and Shouting in True Detective; restaurant for killing ducks; adults in children corn maze; corn silo huffing; shark tube salesman; cartoonist drawing improv group.

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Total eclipse discount on the duck dish; Dan height competitive with the Eiffel Tower & gives a lecture at his high school; Daly doesn’t want to have meat from a trunk; slipping bribes to get what you want; going for the record amount of simultaneous diseases.

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Oscar Nominations, the Dune 2 opening, and Kingdom of Planet of the Apes top the movie talk; teen apes smoking cell phones like humans; Godzilla vs. King Kong stunt men fight each other on and off set; Eddy the Fraiser dogs and dead Geico geckoes fill up animal shelters; drunk incident at the wedding reception; used car lot for Maximum Overdrive cars; Brett gets high on a chocolate chip cookie.

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Andy Secunda gets vertigo playing Spiderman and dates the M&M lady; and Sean Conroy works at a restaurant reconstructing deconstructed food; Besser believes he could get more votes in Iowa than Asa Hutchinson; and an end to the five day work week.

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Two genius musical guests (Rachel Baiman & Willi Carlisle) inspire the improvisers this week. To be Matt’s wife or to not be Matt’s wife, that is the question; where did all these Golden Globe Children come from?; why won’t that war horse die? Should dead critters on a highway inspire us to strip? Is a git banjo a real banjo or less than?


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Taylor Swift’s voice lessons and Travis Kelce’s giant _____; praying mantis makes shitty husband; Santa Claus 3 at halftime; hide & seek for adults; NYTimes Connections addict; and Ronnie won’t smile for the office party photo.

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It's that time of year! Standup comedian and host of Who Charted?, Howard Kremer joins Besser and Brett for the ultimate breakdown of the best music of the year! They create all sorts of unique categories for their picks, with album and song of the year at the end. Subscribe to the ad-free version on improv4humans.com to hear an exclusive bonus section featuring more tunes and hilarious discussion.

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STOLEN IDEA is a comedy punk rock musical that covers the theft of intellectual property in the worlds of music and comedy. The story follows a standup comedian and a rock musician who are both approaching 40 and are fearful their time to “make it” is running out. One has his idea stolen, the other steals an idea. Only the ghosts of E...

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Laura and Don talk about their baby bubble chemical raves, then Gucci and Jimbo Fisher are on a kid’s Christmas wish list; Charlie and Oompa Loompas don’t get along; ASMR slime and smashed pennies are real; and the tamborine player from Brian Jonestown Massacre gets fired again.

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