Now That's Improv
Tuesday night's show was humming right along. We had a sold out crowd and the first half of the show went really well. During intermission, in the restroom/green room area, a guy started talking to someone about how great the show was and how he could never go up on stage without "dropping trou". All of us in the green room area laughed at that one and we all wanted to see who would lose their pants on stage. Good one sir, good one.
When we come back from intermission Rance is the host for the dream. (The dream involves interviewing an audience member about their day and then we play it back in a dreamlike manner, non linear with funny added.) We've had a lot of dudes come up to be interviewed for this game lately and we wanted to try and get a woman. There were no brave estrogenites in the audience so the "drop trou" guy Chris, raised his hand and came on up.
We all scooted a little bit closer to the edge of our seats. Who knew what this guy was going to do? He looked slightly drunk and he had just told us he wouldn't be able to keep his belt on his pants if he ever came up on stage. But he was great. The interview began and he told us about the day he and his girlfriend Amber had on the island; looking at boats, hiking, Thunder Hole, Sand Beach, lunch, drinking, shopping and all around great day. But it was at the point of shopping that Amber couldn't contain herself and said out loud "What did we go shopping for?" That's when Chris talked about how Amber was hooked "on this getting married idea" and they were looking at rings.
All of a sudden he was down on his knee proposing in front of the Amber, the cast, and the sold out audience. Now, I've been a part of several proposals especially when I was with Portland ComedySportz, people were always calling in and seeing if they could work a proposal somewhere in the show. But Chris had no idea he was going to do this on stage that night. His plan had been to take a moon-lit walk down by the shore and do a romantic proposal. But in the heat of the moment he couldn't contain himself and instead of "dropping trou" he made one completely surprised woman very happy while the rest of us watched and I'll admit to shedding a tear or two.
SPECIAL NOTE TO THE BELLAS: I did a 10 mile ride on Tuesday, it was hot and the roads were super hilly. Thank God for SAG vehicles. I came home and wanted to puke for a short period. My training continues.
Last night was our last night in the house with the original cast before Seth arrives. We had game night and we talked about all the reasons we'll remember Abby. I'll remember the phrases, "I FEEL ALIVE" and "THAT'S HOW I LIKE MY LADIES" The words are in all caps to signify the volume they should be spoken. We'll miss you Abs.
When we come back from intermission Rance is the host for the dream. (The dream involves interviewing an audience member about their day and then we play it back in a dreamlike manner, non linear with funny added.) We've had a lot of dudes come up to be interviewed for this game lately and we wanted to try and get a woman. There were no brave estrogenites in the audience so the "drop trou" guy Chris, raised his hand and came on up.
We all scooted a little bit closer to the edge of our seats. Who knew what this guy was going to do? He looked slightly drunk and he had just told us he wouldn't be able to keep his belt on his pants if he ever came up on stage. But he was great. The interview began and he told us about the day he and his girlfriend Amber had on the island; looking at boats, hiking, Thunder Hole, Sand Beach, lunch, drinking, shopping and all around great day. But it was at the point of shopping that Amber couldn't contain herself and said out loud "What did we go shopping for?" That's when Chris talked about how Amber was hooked "on this getting married idea" and they were looking at rings.
All of a sudden he was down on his knee proposing in front of the Amber, the cast, and the sold out audience. Now, I've been a part of several proposals especially when I was with Portland ComedySportz, people were always calling in and seeing if they could work a proposal somewhere in the show. But Chris had no idea he was going to do this on stage that night. His plan had been to take a moon-lit walk down by the shore and do a romantic proposal. But in the heat of the moment he couldn't contain himself and instead of "dropping trou" he made one completely surprised woman very happy while the rest of us watched and I'll admit to shedding a tear or two.
SPECIAL NOTE TO THE BELLAS: I did a 10 mile ride on Tuesday, it was hot and the roads were super hilly. Thank God for SAG vehicles. I came home and wanted to puke for a short period. My training continues.
Last night was our last night in the house with the original cast before Seth arrives. We had game night and we talked about all the reasons we'll remember Abby. I'll remember the phrases, "I FEEL ALIVE" and "THAT'S HOW I LIKE MY LADIES" The words are in all caps to signify the volume they should be spoken. We'll miss you Abs.
posted by Deanna Moffitt @ 9:36 AM
2 Comments:
At 10:54 AM,
Anonymous said…
Side note..."I FEEL ALIVE!" should actually be said louder than ALL CAPS leads most people to believe. ;)
At 7:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
i didn't know some one proposed at Improv! That's awesome! The only way to make it better, was if he dropped trou right before he proposed. I don't think i'll ever forget abby, i hope WHEN (not if) you come back next year, she'll be here too.
-declan
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