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Our friend Jesse Thorn from The Sound of Young America, a public radio show about things that are awesome, interviewed This American Life’s Ira Glass in his most recent podcast. The entire interview is excellent, and there’s a section where they discuss the Improv Everywhere episode of This American Life that’s particularly interesting. Their discussion about whether a bias is created when searching for a compelling narrative in a story begins at 7:03 and becomes specifically about the Improv Everywhere episode at 13:15.
The Sound of Young America: Ira Glass
(download the mp3 directly)
If you haven’t heard of The Sound of Young America before, now would be a good time to check out the tons of other podcasts available on the site. It’s must-listen radio for any serious comedy fan.
Related Links:
- Best Gig Ever
- Ted’s Birthday
- IE episode from TAL’s radio broadcast
- Clip of the IE story on the TAL Showtime pilot
- TSOYA interview with Charlie Todd
Should you happen to be in Seoul on November 17th, some folks are organizing their own Mp3 Experiment over there.
Agent El Colin informs us,
Inspired by your MP3 experiments, three collaborators in Seoul, South Korea, myself included, are going to hold a Bilingual MP3 experiment next week!
I am not sure if it is the first Bilingual MP3 experiment. Agent Nae Moo came up with the idea and Agent Danny translated the omnipotent voice into Korean!
There will be two MP3’s, one in English, one in Korean. I did my best to match up the commands but we will see if things get lost in translation. I will send pictures and video if I can and some info when it is completed.
Good luck guys!
The New York Mp3 Experiments:
The Mp3 Experiment Four August 18, 2007
The Mp3 Experiment III June 17, 2006
The Mp3 Experiment 2.0 October 16, 2005
The Mp3 Experiment December 11, 2004
Last night the Paley Center For Media (formerly known as the Museum of Television and Radio) hosted an interview with the Upright Citizens Brigade to celebrate the release of season 2 of their Comedy Central show on DVD. Matt Walsh was unable to attend, so our own Agent Wimpy was asked to pose as a fake Walsh.
“Matt Walsh”, Ian Roberts, Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, and The Onion’s Todd Hanson as moderator
Agent Wimpy adds this gig to his previous list of impersonations including Anton Chekov and Babershop Quartet Member.
You can see all four members of the UCB improvise this Sunday at Irving Plaza in New York (the real Walsh will be there this time):
(Tickets)
photo via The Apiary
UPDATE: Neighborhoodies was given a “cease and desist” letter from Best Buy about these shirts and subsequently took them down. We got a “cease and desist” of our own as well. See it here.
It’s the shirt that’s a prank! Wear our new Improv Everywhere blue polo shirt into a Best Buy and you’ll cause a scene without even trying. It features our yellow Improv Everywhere price tag logo stitched on, and looks exactly like a real Best Buy uniform! Just add a pair of khakis and you’re ready to do your own version of our infamous Best Buy Mission. Get the shirt, try the mission on your own, and let us know how it goes. Remember to take photos!
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Improv Everywhere Best Buy Blue Polo Shirt @ Neighborhoodies
And don’t forget to check out our 7 t-shirt designs as well, starting as low as $5.99.
