Thursday, July 31, 2008

JEFF LATOY'S MOM WINS LOLLYPOP - Penguin no longer available!


















At 6:58 PM, precisely 51 minutes after the GCI LOLLYPOP GIVEAWAY was announced, friend of GCI and mother of current SUMMER IMPROV BOOTCAMP RECRUIT Jeff Latoy called the hotline to triumphantly claim her prize!

When informed the penguin lollypop originally hails to us from Washington D.C. (perhaps he is an ambassador?), Mrs. Latoy replied:

"I will treasure it always."

Ambassador Penguin Lollypop will be escorted to the Latoy residence on Tuesday, August 5th when Jeff takes full possession of the prize at a private ceremony to be held at an undisclosed location.

Congratulations to Jeff's Mom for some quick dialing! Be sure to stay tuned to our blog for more exciting giveaways sure to come over the next few weeks as we transition to a new fiscal year!

GCI ANNOUNCES LOLLYPOP GIVEAWAY!


Howdy all ye internet surfers out there...I'm currently cleaning my office at GCI headquarters and came across a red translucent lollypop in the shape of a penguin...



I am pleased to announce that I will give said delicious lollypop to the first person who calls me at (585) 232-1366 ext 3049. Supplies are limited - CALL NOW TO WIN!

T.R. Out.

* Geva Comedy Improv, it's agents, officers and assigns are not eligible to win. Penquin pictured is not actual lollypop but is merely a pictorial representation of what a penguin in an elf hat might look like if they were eating a lollypop. It is included in this post for promotional purposes only and is in no way intended to deceive participants into thinking THAT is the actual prize. Certain restrictions apply. Not valid in TN. Exact time of post 7/31/2008 6:07 PM

JZ planning to "Totally see the crap" out of upcoming movie

Hey everybody, John here. Ya know what I like in my movies? ecxitement. Normally I satisfy this craving with kung-fu movies, but I think I'm willing to make an exception for this movie:



YEEEAAHHHH!!! Boom! BAM! KA-BLAAAM!!!!! Did you see that?!?! When the burning car flew through the air!? or when the spikes came out? when those cars shot those machine guns!? Congratulations Mr. Deathrace director, you have my nine bucks. I'm truly not being sarcastic here at all. I am seeing this movie in the theater. It's gonna be rough as I plan on simultaniously blaring AC/DC and drinking whiskey out of a dented, rusty can. But hey, I like complete immersion in my movie going experience.

Monday, July 28, 2008

SEASON VI COMETH....

The lights have gone down on Season V, and we're taking a month off to catch up on our drinking, punish JZ for being so much taller than anyone else, watch The Dark Knight until we can all talk in a constant growl like Christian Bale, and generally make preparations to blow your minds out of your eye-sockets next season.

We'll be kicking off in September with a triple-header of shows, including the first of our brand-new EARLY shows. That's right - on select show weekends we're adding a 7:30pm performance so that you can get your GCI fix before hitting the bar (and so that our parents can watch the whole performance without falling asleep halfway through).

The complete season schedule:

September 12 10:30pm
September 13 7:30pm & 10:30pm
October 31 10:30pm
November 1 10:30pm
November 21 10:30pm
November 22 10:30pm
December 31 7:30pm & 10:30pm
January 16 10:30pm
January 17 7:30pm & 10:30pm
February 13 10:30pm
February 14 10:30pm
March 27 10:30pm
March 28 10:30pm
May 1 10:30pm
May 2 10:30pm
May 29 10:30pm
May 30 7:30pm & 10:30pm
June 26 10:30pm
June 27 7:30pm & 10:30pm

December 31st will once again be our NEW YEAR'S EVE spectacular, and somewhere in there we'll be cramming in a new GEVAPOCALYPSE NOW. Season VI promises to be bigger, funnier, and more likely to buy a round of drinks at the Geva bar. See you there!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

BAD AIR - COMING SOON TO A NEXTSTAGE NEAR YOU!

We spent $56,000 to create a trailer for BAD AIR, our final show of Season V...

Tuesday, July 01, 2008


Last night, in preparation for our airplane thriller movie, we watched the disaster movie classic, AIRPORT. The plot was pretty simple - a suicidal man plans to detonate a briefcase full of dynamite on a plane, to reap life-insurance money for his widow. When his plan fails, the bomb goes off anyway, and the plane is forced to land amid a DEADLY SNOWSTORM. For being quite straightforward the movie had a TON of setup (in 2 hours of movie only about 40 minutes actually took place in the air). We learned several important things:

1) It is impossible to live a monogamous lifestyle if you are involved in the aviation industry. Rampant affairs are the order of the day. Also, Dean Martin is a douche-bag.

2) A dynamite briefcase will only make a modest hole in a Boeing 707 - at least, one built in the 1970's. It is possible that row after row of orange-on-brown seat covers will absorb some of the blast.

3) Sweet, innocent looking old ladies can prove to be some of the most devious creatures you will ever encounter. In the movie, the (admittedly woefully shoddy) airport security of the time is made mockery of by 65-year old Helen Hayes.


If Al-Queda could harness the power of the elderly, the West would crumble quicker than a Walmart patio set.


4) TR has a disturbing affection for sweet, innocent looking old ladies. Paging Harold and Maude...

5) If you have wedged a jumbo-jet into a snow drift, there is only one solution...FULL POWER. Mother Nature is no match for the mighty Pratt & Whitney JT3D jet engine. You think your plane is going to explode into shiny splinters...that's when you have to crank it up another notch, to break free in a burst of glory and slush.

6) Lastly, the power of suggestive advertising - check out the poster for this movie - looks exciting, right? That plane, all engulfed in flames?


Shame that never happens in the movie.
That would have been neat.


I'm glad we watched the movie, and I'm sure we'll steal scenes from it shamelessly in BAD AIR - however, here's some things that would have made this movie a lot more awesome:

1) TERRORISTS
I know, there was a guy on board with a bomb, but he wasn't a real terrorist. We need some ethnically ambiguous (preferably vaguely Eastern European) nutcases with a political agenda, so that we can all feel fiercely patriotic in a quietly liberal way when they are either arrested or, better yet, violently decompressed through a cabin window.



2) SNAKES
The central tenet of the aiplane movie genre is that you can't escape from whatever problem you're having on the plane. Snakes are a thematically awesome problem to be having, because we hate snakes, we hate being on planes, snakes hate being on planes, and everybody hates getting bitten by snakes on planes.



3) ZOMBIES
Sadly, we did not have time to watch the awesomely titled FLIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. I tremble when I think of the possibilities. I propose a crossover - SNAKES VS ZOMBIES: INFLIGHT REFRESHMENT OF TERROR...