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<p>Wednesday Apr 29 2009  Birthday Boys/Convoy Interview: Part I</p>
<p>Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 4:00PM We sat down with the improv group Convoy and sketch group The Birthday Boys and had them talk about influences, origins, and sketch vs. improv. We broke that massive interview down into weekly chunks. The following is chunk one of that series.</p>
<p>What does it mean to be a UCB comedian? How do you become one?</p>
<p>(TIM/bdb) I guess if you had to boil it down to one thing that makes an UCB comedian it would have to be the understanding of "the game of the scene," which is a concept they teach in classes. Their style of sketch and improv is mainly based on finding an unusual thing, isolating what's funny about it, and repeating that premise by heightening and exploring. It's a tricky thing to do correctly. ASSSSCAT performers are so good at it. Convoy is so good at it. We do our best to follow those same guidelines, even when we're writing sketches about seven dummies who do something stupid. Or six dummies and a weird old lady. Or seven dummies and a duck.</p>
<p>Do you feel because of friend obligations and actually performing that you’re at comedy all the time? And is that boring, or is that all you want to do and you’re studying and it’s exciting?</p>
<p>Alex B/Convoy: No, it’s fun. I mean there’s a little bit of oh, I told so and so I’d see their show, but when I talk to friends from back home with real jobs and that’s what they do , they have their real jobs and they get out of their real jobs and that’s it, they just have like 6 hrs where they have nothing to do. So I don’t know what the fuck I would be doing, except for on Tuesdays when I watch Fringe.</p>
<p>Matt/BDB: We have a really good work/work balance. It’s not like work/life. It’s like we work at our real jobs and then we come home and we’re together (working on sketches) until like midnight or one, or we go see shows.</p>
<p>Alex F/Convoy: For a little while the three of us have not had day jobs, so when you have nothing but a trip to subway for lunch, it makes a trip to UCB your thing to do today.</p>
<p>Alex B/Convoy: Ah! A reason to take off my sweatpants and stop crying.</p>
<p>Jeff/BDB: I envy you guys, though, because you don’t need to prep at all, or uh, maybe you do! If you do improv, and you do like two shows a week, you’re like oh, sweet, let’s do some improv. But the rest of our week is dedicated to getting something to do for those two days.</p>
<p>Alex B/Convoy: Yeah. Sketch is a lot tougher because you need to A. know your shit and then like, your guy’s sketch is clearly thought out, which I think is a rarity at the theatre. So you clearly sit down and think about what things are funny. We just show up.</p>
<p>Todd/Convoy: But we still do rehearse.</p>
<p>Alex F/Convoy: We rehearse every week.</p>
<p>Todd/Convoy: We’ve always rehearsed since we started. And every once and a while there’s a week we have to skip, but like there are so many groups that don’t rehearse and I do think it’s so important to rehearse and although we probably rehearse so much less than you guys because writing is so intensive and when you’re doing a show you want it to be tight to get the timing right.</p>
<p>Convoy has a weekly show Thursdays at 11p, The Birthday Boys do a show the first Wednesday of every month at 8p. For more info on these groups check out http://www.myspace.com/birthdayboyscomedy and http://www.myspace.com/convoyimprov.-Joanna Calo</p>
<p>The Apiary | Post a Comment | Share Article in Uncategorized Friday Feb 13 2009  Friday the 13th, Valentine</p>
<p>Friday, February 13, 2009 at 4:23PM An adorable note from the funny folks over at xkcd.com</p>
<p>Happy Friday the 13th/Valetine's day! Spend it murdering someone you love. The Apiary | Post a Comment | Share Article in Uncategorized Thursday Feb 12 2009  Impending Festivals!</p>
<p>Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 3:20PM Quick reminder for you all about some upcoming festival deadlines. So let's do 'em up chronological like.</p>
<p>Registration for the 2009 Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival closes March 1st! You need to have clips on Rooftop Comedy to submit your application, but it's a very simple process. The festival is June 11-14th, so if you like Aspen in the summertime, head over there and apply now!</p>
<p>The funny ladies over at Broad Humor are now accepting early submissions for comedic films and screenplays by women. Lots more information can be found on their website, and early registration closes March 7th.</p>
<p>Finally, you still have time to apply for the incomparable SketchFest NYC. Early deadline is March 15th, with all kinds of information located on their internetwebpagesite. And to get you pumped for SketchFest NYC, we present this beautiful piece of animation.</p>
<p>The Apiary | Post a Comment | Share Article in Uncategorized Wednesday Feb 11 2009  Go out tonight! Or not!</p>
<p>Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 5:02PM If you do wanna catch some sweet sketch comedy from some very funny ladies tonight, we highly recommend you catch the Apple Sister's Valentine's Show at UCB. (Edit: Sold out. If you still want to go to UCB, our friends are defending their improv cagematch title.)</p>
<p>If you don't feel like going out, tonight is the debut of Demetri Martin's "Important Things" at 10:30 on Comedy Central. The show should be hilarious and we want to support his taste in music... but maybe not his taste in TV shows.</p>
<p>Eat a well-rounded dinner, and don't forget the Pinkberry. The Apiary | Post a Comment | Share Article in Uncategorized Tuesday Feb 10 2009  Two More Videos!</p>
<p>Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 8:02PM I'm pretty sure you guys already heard Christian Bale's tirade, but have you seen the response?</p>
<p>Also check out the latest work of Matt Stone and Trey Parker (South Park) called "How's Your News?"</p>
<p>Finally, for those of you headed to Rooftop Comedy's 2009 Festival in Aspen, registration ends in March! The Apiary | Post a Comment | Share Article in Uncategorized Page 1 2 3 4 5 ... 87 Next 5 Entries » Copyright © 2011, [theapiary.org]. All rights reserved.</p>