DEL CLOSE MARATHON XII CHEAT SHEET

Neil Casey, Kat Toledo and Bobby Moynihan at DCM X | Photo: Eric AppelHere's probably the best tip for anyone attending DCM XII: There will always be something funnier happening on some other stage. You simply can't see it all, so there's no point kvetching about it in line. Like a great improv scene, true DCM enjoyment comes from discovering and witnessing an awesome improv moment when you least expect it. Yes, there are shows worth sitting "criss-cross-applesauce" for three hours and suffering deep-vein thrombosis, but there are also random shows at random hours that will rock your face off. My favorite example is the Death by Roo Roo show at 6AM Sunday, probably seven years ago, when the boys burst forth from backstage, screaming at the audience to wake up before launching into scenes involving a "Guido Greedo," serial-killer roommates and a plumber who gets sexually harassed by a series of residents, each of whom takes a turn sitting in one chair. I cackled punch-drunkenly at Neil Casey, getting tagged to get up from the seat: "Yeah, yeah, I'll get up. If only so it'll move things along!" -- Keith Huang and Lucas Hazlett

• Best Ironic Use of an OSCAR NOMINEE'S NAME
• The BEST OF THE BEST from UCB East to UCB West
• Fifteen Minutes STUCK INSIDE A WHALE, What More Need Be Said?
• CHICAGO'S FINEST IMPROVISERS Show Why the Second City Might Still Be First 
• Best Show to Help Nurse Your WEEKEND HANGOVER
• Teams Might Get Old but TEAM REUNIONS Never Do
• You'll Never Laugh So Hard at SOMETHING SO WRONG Ever Again
• One of the Hardest Working MUSICAL IMPROV Troupes Around
• I Keep Forgettin' Which Show to See. I Suppose THIS IS IT
• Current NYC CAGEMATCH WINNERS
• EL ESPECTACULO Mejores Quince Minutos de Ver en Español
• If You've Ever Wondered WHERE ALL THE UNICORNS WENT, Worry No More: They're Doing Improv
  
• Much Love for THESE FUNNY GALS
• The Best Chance for HILARIOUS TEAM UNIFORMS
• The PEOPLES IMPROV THEATER Represents on the UCB Stage
• The MAGNET THEATER Represents on the UCB Stage
• These Guys Are Bigger Than You, UNLESS YOU'RE JAPANESE
• These Guys Are 45 MINUTES LATE
• We're Back, YA HOMOS
• Best 7:15AM Sunday Slot at Urban Stages Featuring an APIARY CONTRIBUTOR
• Best Team Who Earned Their DCM Berth Via VICTORY
• Ursus OBESUS thaumaturgus
• The Year's Best Use of BEFORE AND AFTER WORD-PLAY
• Best Show to Bring Your STEAK SANDWICHES to
• Legendary Improvisers FISHING FOR TRUTH, Laughs and Fish
• Best F%^& YOU! to Hollywood
• Best Way to HATE YOUR JOB in Front of 200 People
• Best Show CHEEKILY RAGING Against All the 'Diversity' in the Improv Community 
• If You CAN REMEMBER This Show, Then You Weren't Really There
• If IMPROV WERE LIKE MUSIC, These Guys Would Be a Really Popular Indie Group From a Few Years Ago
• The BEST EXAMPLE of Why We All Do Improv
• Earliest Use of an EXCLAMATION POINT on the Schedule
• These Guys Came FROM AUSTRALIA to Improvise, Which Is Just Bad Ass
• Best Chance at Seeing a KAKAPO, White-Winged Guan or Waved Albatross 
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• BEST QUESTION Posed to Audience Members in Show Description
• Most Strategic USE OF ELLIPSES in Show Description
• Best Use of an AQUATIC TAUTOLOGY for a Team Name
• Probably BEST SHOW NAME This Year

ARE YOU PERFORMING THIS WEEKEND? PLUG YOUR SHOW IN THE COMMENTS!

--Lucas Hazlett is a comedy geek who improvises with anyone he can. He can be seen SUN, AUG 1 @ 7:15AM with Nobody's Token at Urban Stages, and at the Peoples Improv Theatre AUG 3 @ 9:30PM with Herschel.

Comments

[Dan]

pretty sure that unidentifiable woman is Kat Toledo

[Matt]

"Unidentified woman" looks like Kat Toledo.

Thank You, Robot 6:30 am Sunday, UCB Theatre!

[soce]

Hey wait a sec.. isn't that woman actually named Kat Toledo? Just a guess.

[Local 154]

Local 154, Saturday 6:30AM !
http://delclosemarathon.com/dcm12/shows/view/712

[bigdaddy45]

Yes, that is me.

[kat toledo]

me.