Comments on: Subway Series Redux http://improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/ We Cause Scenes Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:20:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Agent Bunny http://improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-17751 Agent Bunny Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:19:56 +0000 http://blog.improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-17751 Vendetta . . . voluptuous . . . vagrant . . . This is harder than I thought. Vendetta . . . voluptuous . . . vagrant . . .

This is harder than I thought.

]]> By: Sarcastic-Fox http://improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-17180 Sarcastic-Fox Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:39:18 +0000 http://blog.improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-17180 I was thinking the exact same thing... Of course the first V word he thinks of is vagina. I was thinking the exact same thing… Of course the first V word he thinks of is vagina.

]]> By: V http://improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-93 V Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:29:28 +0000 http://blog.improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-93 "60 Year Old Man: Let's see... Vagina... Victory... Volume... Vanish...." That was hilarious. "60 Year Old Man: Let’s see… Vagina… Victory… Volume… Vanish…."

That was hilarious.

]]> By: Laura http://improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-92 Laura Sun, 14 May 2006 00:46:00 +0000 http://blog.improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-92 "We've got a V Train Virgin? Wooooo!!!!" Haha, that cracks me up. "We’ve got a V Train Virgin? Wooooo!!!!"

Haha, that cracks me up.

]]> By: Peter, The Peter Files Blog of Comedy and Satire http://improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-91 Peter, The Peter Files Blog of Comedy and Satire Mon, 03 Apr 2006 06:34:47 +0000 http://blog.improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-91 What is funny about the first story is that in Chicago when the CTA Re-Routed its main train lines to create its current Red and Green lines it created to cute but loveable and goofy characters named Ho-DaR and LE-Jac. (Howard-Dan Ryan and Lake-Englewood Jackson Park the ends that would now be connected). These characters were Red for the Red Line and Green for the Green Line and wore funny little suits and gave out maps and token holder key-chains and the like. So what your V characters were missing for reality was probably cute little character costumes. Hats, make-up, white gloves and nice shirts with a V on the front and MTA on the back would have done a lot for verisimilitude. The second story was really funny. If you were going to do a part 3 try this. Guy ordering from a catalog with his credit card on his cell phone. He gets through it, gives his expiration date and the other, shouts, could you repeat that sir, I didn't get that, and he repeats it, then the other shouts, thank you! My Plasma Screen TV will be on the Way Shortly! The funny part of this is that it is mostly a true story. I was on a double decket Metra Train in Chicago in the AM Rush Hour and some guy was actually doing this, he got about 8 numbers in when I yelled upstairs, "Could your repeat those last two numbers, I didn't get them?" Which made the whole car which was stunned that anyone could do anything sooooo stupid burst into uproarious laughter. Embarassed he just said into the phone, "Um, I'll have to call you back later." To which the car gave him resounding applause and laughter. It was one of those wish I'd said that moments when it actually stumbled out of my mouth. Why deprive your MTA audience of such laughs? Peter <a href="Http://thePeterFiles.Blogspot.com">My Little Blog of Clean Comedy Improv Writing off the top of My Head</a> What is funny about the first story is that in Chicago when the CTA Re-Routed its main train lines to create its current Red and Green lines it created to cute but loveable and goofy characters named Ho-DaR and LE-Jac.
(Howard-Dan Ryan and Lake-Englewood Jackson Park the ends that would now be connected).

These characters were Red for the Red Line and Green for the Green Line and wore funny little suits and gave out maps and token holder key-chains and the like.

So what your V characters were missing for reality was probably cute little character costumes. Hats, make-up, white gloves and nice shirts with a V on the front and MTA on the back would have done a lot for verisimilitude.

The second story was really funny. If you were going to do a part 3 try this. Guy ordering from a catalog with his credit card on his cell phone. He gets through it, gives his expiration date and the other, shouts, could you repeat that sir, I didn’t get that, and he repeats it, then the other shouts, thank you! My Plasma Screen TV will be on the Way Shortly!

The funny part of this is that it is mostly a true story. I was on a double decket Metra Train in Chicago in the AM Rush Hour and some guy was actually doing this, he got about 8 numbers in when I yelled upstairs, "Could your repeat those last two numbers, I didn’t get them?" Which made the whole car which was stunned that anyone could do anything sooooo stupid burst into uproarious laughter. Embarassed he just said into the phone, "Um, I’ll have to call you back later." To which the car gave him resounding applause and laughter.

It was one of those wish I’d said that moments when it actually stumbled out of my mouth. Why deprive your MTA audience of such laughs?

Peter
<a href="Http://thePeterFiles.Blogspot.com">My Little Blog of Clean Comedy Improv Writing off the top of My Head</a>

]]> By: Ryan http://improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-90 Ryan Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:48:46 +0000 http://blog.improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-90 I love this scene. I really like how your scenes are so happy and positive. Teary reunions... sniff. I love this scene. I really like how your scenes are so happy and positive. Teary reunions… sniff.

]]> By: Jestrada http://improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-89 Jestrada Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:25:33 +0000 http://blog.improveverywhere.com/2001/12/17/subway-series-redux/#comment-89 The cell-phone stunt leading up to the reunion is the highlight here. Great stuff! I once did this to my wife (she wasn't in on the joke though), but in a public place I went up to her and hugged her and starting speaking loudly about how amazing it was to bump into her after all these years... The cell-phone stunt leading up to the reunion is the highlight here. Great stuff! I once did this to my wife (she wasn’t in on the joke though), but in a public place I went up to her and hugged her and starting speaking loudly about how amazing it was to bump into her after all these years…

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