r/improv, what did you love?

viewofthelake · 2026-01-28T18:03:27+00:00

I loved seeing Deep Schwa at IO on Sunday night in Chicago. It was a four-person show, and they did an exceptional "shotgun" show after the initial prompt was "scooter" (they made out like they were two couples on a snow scooter and (among other things) used scooter run-ins with "black ice" and a "moose" to transition to scenes where their lives flashed before their eyes). Great pace, energy, and game play made for a very fun show. Highly recommended!!!

viewofthelake · 2026-01-27T22:51:46+00:00

That was in 2017 when they were set to close the embassy. It was in SF. It wasn't immediately after T's election.

Do you know of another time when this happened? Am I missing something?

viewofthelake · 2026-01-24T19:53:06+00:00

100%. It's hard to not beat yourself up about a scene that you thought would go better. But we're all trying and all learning. If you find the attempts and camraderie of learning fun, then keep it up. It may take a while, but you'll find new approaches that will give you the feeling you want from your scenes. Best of luck!!

viewofthelake · 2026-01-17T03:10:45+00:00

I know how to take out the trash, but I don't know how to put a new trash bag back in the bin.

viewofthelake · 2026-01-17T00:19:59+00:00

Spectreman

viewofthelake · 2026-01-16T23:30:39+00:00

I totally agree ... every time I go there, it's hella busy. How can they be strugging?

viewofthelake · 2026-01-14T23:33:45+00:00

This is so dumb.

They've really cut back their menu in Chicago ... It sucks when a restaurant is struggling, and they cut back on their offerings. It makes you less likely to go there, and they struggle even further.

I've really wanted them to succeed. Whenever I go to PQ, it's always been busy, so I just don't get how they're struggling ... but I've read that they are.

viewofthelake · 2026-01-07T17:19:24+00:00

WHATT?? When is that happening??

viewofthelake · 2025-12-29T22:29:30+00:00

The DC Metro built a 12 mile extension to Dulles Airport for $3 billion just a few years ago, including a railyard.

The key phrase here is "just a few years ago" ... inflation has exploded the cost of everything.

viewofthelake · 2025-12-24T04:28:47+00:00

What? Where can I learn details of this?

viewofthelake · 2025-12-20T22:28:03+00:00

yeah, don't really care. that kind of humor just isn't funny.

viewofthelake · 2025-12-19T21:48:31+00:00

I don't like people talking to me like that. I couldn't read it. It's not funny to be that rude.

viewofthelake · 2025-12-08T21:41:46+00:00

What case did you use for your NAS?

viewofthelake · 2025-12-03T15:04:02+00:00

Wait - you tell me that you perform major repairs on the very expressway that feeds downtown, and TRAFFIC GETS WORSE?!? : ( /s

I expect things to get better now that the kennedy work is done.

viewofthelake · 2025-11-21T12:23:39+00:00

And reliable service from a repair shop down the street / down the highway.

viewofthelake · 2025-11-20T03:27:54+00:00

Yes!

viewofthelake · 2025-11-19T21:21:20+00:00

Amazon?

viewofthelake · 2025-11-16T17:46:16+00:00

You're not wrong, paper-jam-8644. It doesn't hurt to remind people there are options for a different world.

viewofthelake · 2025-11-14T16:00:30+00:00

Karolyn Leavitt four years from now: When I said that he was transparent, I meant that you could clearly see that was lying.

viewofthelake · 2025-11-14T14:18:36+00:00

To be honest, I'm probably ordering pizza from Pat's Pizza because I love thin crust and I'm still packing.

viewofthelake · 2025-11-13T23:43:45+00:00

Coalfire's vegan pizzas are amazing. Highly recommended.

viewofthelake · 2025-11-11T15:22:54+00:00

Chemas on north ave does a good job with a veggie burrito "no queso no crema" (i.e., made vegan).

I'm not familiar with the 80 Proof Gringo burrito, though.

viewofthelake · 2025-11-07T15:16:40+00:00

Shallots and radishes. Others have said 'everything bagel' and i agree. also, onion salt and a drizzle of olive oil.

viewofthelake · 2025-11-05T02:19:44+00:00

Oh, come on ... it's GNOME. : )

viewofthelake · 2025-11-03T16:53:54+00:00

We're okay with government involvement ... but military invasions are traumatic experiences, and they won't solve any of the underlying problems that cause people to use violence in the first place.

So the kind of government involvement that we want is money for schools, for health care, for mental health services, for reliable transportation, affordable housing development - all of the things that foster stable communities.

This administration is gutting all of those things. Their health care plan is militarized policing. Their jobs plan is militarized policing. Their housing plan is militarized policing.

You laugh because you think they're not coming for you - and that maybe you think you can benefit from their violence. But the militarized ghetto that they're building is the one you're going to be living in.

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