do you like judo?

Check this out -- DOG JUDO!

Our first fan photos!!!

The gang needs something else in this picture...it needs a HEIDI!


Here's the gang after Saturday Night's show, complete with HEIDI -- the girl in green!!! Thanks to BETHANY for the great pics! What, you took pictures? Send them to us!

Happy Birthday, Charley!!!

Another fantastic weekend of shows, capped off by an evening at Bullwinkle's...thanks Rochester! It looks like the first 4X: 4-way Improv Action champs were The League of Fancy Gentlemen -- NELLIS, CAL, and CHRIS! Congrats. They each got a Delorian and a Dodo Egg as their prize. See y'all in a month!

NELLIS makes his appearance at Bullwinkle's.

BRIAN and CAL enjoy the festivities. 

CHARLEY'S birthday! Here, our hero sings "You Are My Sunshine" at Bullwinkle's. 

Are you here? The Audience for Saturday Night's show -- you guys rock! 

THE ROCK WARRIORS begin their musiacal assault.

NELS explains the judging.

MOOKIE (r) discusses comedy before the show with BEKI, CHARLEY and CAL (in hat).

Friday Night? AWESOME.

Thanks to everyone who came out last night and hung out with us for our first round of 4X - Four-Way Improv Action!!! And how about that DARREN MARK from Channel 13? The first judge to score a scene 435 points, which went to Charley's Angels' Star Wars-ridden scene. Of course, the record for highest-scored scene was soon eclipsed by The Rock Warriors' animatronics and water-ride scene, which banked them over 500 points! lots of fun.

Tonight, Middle Name: Danger will play Charley's Angels for third place, while The Rock Warriors will tackle The League of Fancy Gentlemen for the top spot! Celebrity judges? CARSON and SANDY from 98 PXY! Get your tickets now! www.gevatheatre.org!


ADAM makes a point after Friday Night's show at Jay's.

CHARLEY and CAL relax before Thursday's rehearsal. 

GCI on the radio!

Hey -- in support of our shows tonight and tomorrow, GCI's own MOOKIE will be heading down to 90.5 fm WBER to chat it up with one of their fabulous DJs. Tune in, and come see the shows this weekend!

Saturday Night's post-party at BULLWINKLE'S

Hello, friends -- after Saturday Night's show, we're planning on celebrating the birthday of our very own CHARLEY by hittin' up BULLWINKLE'S. Oh, and look. Shameless self-promotion...here's more information about the place if you need it. From City newspaper:

Best place to wear a hat

Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Cafe

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if David Lynch dated your grandma and opened up a bar? Bullwinkle opened up in, like, 69 1/2 A.D. and originally found old-school Geva Theatre-types making it their custom. A bezillion years later the place looks like it needs dusting, a fresh coat of paint, and a dehumidifier, but it couldn't be more fabulous, more fantastic, or more strange. You say you'd like to karaoke but hate being fenced in by the DJ's CD wallet of choices? Let Bullwinkle's outstandingly talented piano players play along to whatever the hell you want, or just grab one of their elementary school music-class brand noise makers and just play along. You'll soon be saving your out-of-town friends from labeling you as a boring stiff when you take them here, put them in one of Bullwinkle's funny hats, and let loose. 622 Lake Avenue, 458-5530 (Tim Goodwin)

Brain Freeze!

Hey guys,
This is completely unrelated to our upcoming shows, but hilarious! Check it out, it's a website my friend Tim made about Brain Freeze!!!

www.thebrainfreeze.com

Enjoy!

Nellis

Workshop this weekend!

Hey -- you're in for a treat if you attend our public improv workshop this weekend: JOSH, one of Geva Comedy Improv's O.G.'s, has returned for a special weekend engagement with us and will be pairing up with our newest -- and handsomest -- member CHARLEY to give your pearls of improv wisdom! Check out www.gevatheatre.org/onstage/improv for all the deets!!!!

ARTHUR gets his musical accompanist chops down at tonight's rehearsal.

Celebrity judges at 4X: 4-WAY IMPROV ACTION!

Exciting news, everyone: we've got some local big-wigs to help us at our first 4X: 4-WAY IMPROV ACTION show this coming weekend. It's gonna rock!!!

DARREN MARK of Channel 13 will be our celebrity judge at Friday Night's show!


SANDY and CARSON from 98 PXY -- the two on the right -- will be our celebrity judges for Saturday Night's show!!!

RADIO PLAY!!!

Hey -- tonight we're gonna be on THE ROBBIE LOVE SHOW, spreading the joy and salt of Geva Comedy Improv's 4X: 4-WAY IMPROV ACTION next weekend. We'll be on somewhere between midnight and 3am, 89.7 FM WITR.

tim

GCI LJ community

HEY!

I'm digging those ads a ton. (Team Danger is definately taking home the cup this weekend!)
I went ahead and created a "Geva Comedy Improv" community on the livejournal for our fans that might just be bloggin' on the LJ. The community is called gevacomedy and everyone is welcome to join! I think we should keep this as our primary blog - it's just another place that fans can randomly post and we can announce shows! ROCK.

-mook

MAY 27th and 28th: 4-way improv action!

 

 

 

iTunes Top 25 Most Played

Okay, this is a call to all you improvisors and Blog readers. I am going to post the Top 25 most played songs on my iTunes and I challenge every one of you to do the same. First, a word of warning. This top 25 does not include playlists, so if you like making playlists (and who doesn't) it will be skewed. Also, try to be honest. I am tempted to delete a few choice selections and to add some (like the Pixies or Weezer...casualties of the playlist) but I will not. I will list the songs with a brief explanation for them. I expect everyone with an mp3 player capable of this feature to do the same. Show me your songs.

1. Boot Liqour Radio - streaming
www.bootliquor.com
Radio for Cowhands, Cowpokes and Cowtippers. Classic and alt country meshed together. You will NOT hear Toby Keith. You will hear Uncle Tupelo, Emmylou Harris and lots o' Johnny Cash.

2. Save Me - Aimee Mann
This is from the Magnolia soundrack. I listen to it when I'm sad. (pout)

3. How to Fight Lonliness - Wilco
My favorite song from one of my favorite bands.

4. Intergalactic - Beastie Boys
Every improvisor must have some Beasties on their list.

5. WBER - streaming
That's right, WBER...the official radio station of GCI is number five.

6. Wise Up - Aimee Mann
Okay, I just want everyone to know that I'm not stalking Aimee Mann.

7. Sorrow - Bad Religion
Just because three of the first seven songs are Save Me, How To Fight Lonliness and Sorrow doesn't mean that I am chemically imbalanced. I just like my songs sad, my whiskey warm and my women...my women...okay, so lets leave women out of this. How about "I like my songs sad, my whiskey warm and my cereal with milk."

8. Backslide - Rancid
Awesome band.

9. Beer - Reel Big Fish
Mmmm, Beer.

10. Summer Teeth - Wilco

11. Ashes of American Flags - Wilco

12. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Mmmm, Geography.

13. Paul Revere - Beastie Boys
Mix the revolutionary war with hip hop and you have my attention.

14. Rich Girl - Daryl Hall & John Oates
I really wanted to leave this one off the list. Big Jim would be proud.

15. Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Me First And The Gimme Gimmes

16. Plateau - Nirvana
One year my brother got a stereo (with CD player!) for Christmas. Nirvana Unplugged and Weezer's Blue Album were in his stocking that year. We played the hell out of those two CDs.

17. The Wolf - Rancid

18. Roots Radicals - Rancid

19. Here Comes a Regular - The Replacements
Another song about drinking. I don't have a problem, but you do if you haven't listened to The Replacements.

20. Jesus, Etc. - Wilco

21. Supersonic - Bad Religion

22. You Don't Belong - Bad Religion
I won't get into the reason that there are three tracks from the 'Process of Belief' on my list. Lets just say that last weekend I put the album on repeat. For the whole weekend.

23. Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys

24. Somebody Got Murdered - The Clash
Frankly, I am surprised that The Clash are on this list. I have a whole playlist just for them, so they don't get counted. Henry Rollins once said that The Clash are the band that U2 wished they could be (this is called Tim Baiting). I don't know about that, but I listen to The Clash quite a lot.

25. Fortunate Son - Creedance Clearwater Revival
Creedance kicks ass and I listen to this song when I get to thinking about my friends stationed overseas. I hope that they return home safely.

I know what you are thinking. "Adam, there is no Metal, Jazz or Classical on that list. You are obviously a white male who likes a very limited range of musical styles." You are probably right, but tied with the bottom four on this list are selections from Outkast, Mozart and Miles Davis. If you count AC/DC as metal (either way they rock) they are tied as well. There it is. Let the posting begin.

~Adam

Top New York Cities

I just got back from Syracuse everyone and I figured it's about time we made a list of the best cities in New York State. New York City will be left off the list because it's just not fair to have it even be considered. That would be like having Michael Jordan play a crippled three year old in a game of horse.

And here it is...

8. Buffalo
7. Batavia
6. Binghamton
5. Watertown
4. Utica
3. Syracuse
2. Albany
1. Rochester

That's right, Buffalo, we think you're worse than even Watertown, Binghamton, and Batavia. Suck it.

Hugs and Kisses,
Nellis

Catfish and Capitalists

I hate this blog. I wrote out a long and funny bit about my family's trip across the US and one of my favorite memories from visiting my Uncle Larry in Missouri. When I tried to copy it for spellcheck, it instead deleted the whole post. It was two pages long and the stupid "Recover Post" function merely posted the last link that I had set up. Anyhow, enough bitching. If you want to hear my story...just ask me at a show or rehearsal.

Here are the links:

This is the one about Noodling. It was something that I observed many years ago and remember vividly to this day. Interesting bit of Americana.

http://springfield.news-leader.com/lifestyle/today/20050505-Noodlersgettria.html

This one is just a link to funny T-shirts, but they are making fun of most funny T-shirts. The "Capitalists do it Ruthlessly" is already on my Christmas list.

http://www.catandgirl.com/store.php


Both links are from Boing Boing.
~Adam

More Star Wars Geekiness.

Ah, those kick-ass folks at howstuffworks.com have mastered the lightsaber.

X-Wing for sale....

It's only $40k. C'mon - you know you would so ride that work every day...

ebay: Huge Life Size X Wing XWING Star Wars Luke Skywalker