improv4humans
with Matt Besser
August 10, 2017
Jessica St. Clair, Lennon Parham, and Will Hines join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They perform scenes about a group audition involving jetpacks, having your name drawn out by an improv coach, and a couple that won’t tolerate peeking while kissing. Plus, a family game of Monopoly gets extremely tense, and Jessica goes through a series of challenges in order to change her IMDB profile picture.
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August 3, 2017
Paul Rust, Danielle Schneider, and Craig Rowin join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They take suggestions that inspire scenes about an anti-hypochondriac, terrible baby nurse candidates, and carving your name into a whale for love. Plus, the Budweiser family takes brand loyalty extra seriously when ordering drinks, and tourists on a nature trail stick their fingers in the mouths of the wildlife.
July 27, 2017
EP. 301 — The Mopes Trilogy Pt. 3: Hold My Life Vest!
Guest Eugene Cordero , Jessica McKenna , Jon Gabrus , Gavin Speiller , Mookie Blaiklock & Sean Conroy
Sean Conroy, Gavin Speiller, and Mookie Blaiklock join Jessica McKenna, Eugene Cordero, Jon Gabrus, and Matt Besser for the final installment of The Mopes! Gene, Jon, and Jess perform more jobs than ever before in their attempt to earn their inheritance and prove their worth. They haul nets on a fishing vessel, defend a salad bar from a robbery, perform interpretive displays of airplane safety, ump for Little League, and much more. Can the Mopes pull through and keep everyone at a Bar Mitzvah entertained? Find out in the finale of The Mopes Trilogy!
This episode is sponsored by Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/IMPROV).
July 20, 2017
Chad Carter, Ian Roberts, and Sean Conroy join Matt Besser to celebrate 300 episodes on this week’s improv4humans! They perform scenes about a variety show performer with terrorist inclinations, President Martin Van Buren’s upbringing as a bubble boy, and dating someone who speaks like a James Joyce book. Plus, we witness the final round of cuts for the Safety Patrol, and a struggling ice cream franchise promotes itself with fancy napkins.
This episode is sponsored by Audible (www.audible.com/IMPROV).
July 13, 2017
EP. 299 — The Family Crest and the Love Shareholders
Guest The Family Crest , Jon Gabrus , Mary Holland & Drew Spears
The Family Crest joins improvisers Jon Gabrus, Mary Holland, and Drew Spears for this week’s episode of improv4humans! The Family Crest plays a few of their favorite hits which inspire scenes about forgetting the army band, family troubles resulting from global warming, and the problem with hogging the mirror at the clothing store. Later, we meet a group of activists who put in the minimum effort possible and a traffic conductor gives preference to cars full of love.
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July 6, 2017
EP. 298 — The Mopes Trilogy Pt. 2
Guest Eugene Cordero , Jessica McKenna , Jon Gabrus , Drew Tarver & Kirby Howell-Baptiste
Eugene Cordero, Jessica McKenna, Jon Gabrus, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Drew Tarver join Matt Besser for the next chapter of The Mopes Trilogy! Gene, Jon, and Jess continue their quest to complete fifty jobs in fifty weeks and inherit the fortune of Sanford Micheals. Will our heroes succeed as a babysitting team? How will they fare as funeral home managers? Can Jess surf the Big Kahuna? All that and more on this installment of The Mopes Trilogy!
This episode is brought to you by Audible’s Hold On with Eugene Mirman.
June 29, 2017
EP. 297 — LIVE from DCM 19 Pt. 1
Guest Ben Lyons , Eric Christensen , Melissa Darch , Rafe Williams , Tim Meadows , Chad Carter , Shaun Diston & Horatio Sanz
Live from Del Close Marathon, winners of the nationwide improv4humans contest Dad Van (Rafe Williams, Eric Christensen, Ben Lyons, and Melissa Darch) join Matt Besser along with Tim Meadows, Horatio Sanz, Chad Carter, and Shaun Diston! They take audience suggestions that inspire scenes about physical homesickness, a firefighter who wants to hang back, and a 4th grader who’s paranoid about assassination. Plus, a ghost can’t take off the sheet he died in and a visit to the seashell emporium brings back painful memories.
This episode is sponsored by Audible (www.audible.com/IMPROV).
June 22, 2017
Scott Aukerman, Anthony King, and Alex Fernie join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They turn suggestions from Twitter into scenes about getting blacklisted from alarm clock stores, the consequences of celebrating Kid’s Day, and pragmatic fairy tale parents. Later, a Crap on Youtube leads to a confrontation about asking permission to order food on a date, and a rock group decides to destroy the venue for their encore.
This episode is sponsored by Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/improv).
June 15, 2017
EP. 295 — The Mopes Trilogy Pt. 1
Guest Eugene Cordero , Jessica McKenna , Jon Gabrus , Dan Lippert & Zach Reino
Eugene Cordero, Jessica McKenna, Jon Gabrus, Dan Lippert, and Zach Reino join Matt Besser for part one of a new improvisational saga! Join wealthy twin heirs Jess and Jon along with personal assistant Gene as they attempt to inherit billionaire Sanford Micheal’s fortune by performing fifty jobs in fifty weeks. Will they succeed in their tasks as orca sperm harvesters? Can they recall all Fifteen Commandments of working in a fondue restaurant? What happens when an entire GPS factory assembly line goes on break? Find out on this edition of The Mopes Trilogy!
This episode is sponsored by HBO’s TJ Miller: Meticulously Ridiculous.
June 8, 2017
EP. 294 — The Best of Music Vol. 3
Guest Austin Lucas , Jeff Rosenstock , Jenny Owen Youngs , Langhorne Slim , Lucero , Lydia Loveless , Michael Dean Damron , Radical Face , The Mowgli’s & The Staves
Enjoy volume 3 of improv4humans with Matt Besser’s best of music scenes, which were voted on by the fans. This episode features music from Austin Lucas, Langhorne Slim, Jenny Owen Youngs, Michael Dean Damron, The Mowgli’s, Lydia Loveless, Jeff Rosenstock, Radical Face, The Staves, and Lucero. Their music inspires scenes about home security booby traps, the future of Mexican food, an Xbox that holds your marbles, and much more. Be a good humon, and support these musicians by purchasing music off their websites.
June 1, 2017
EP. 293 — Austin Lucas and the Blader On a Cleanse
Guest Austin Lucas , Brian Huskey , Jessica McKenna , Seth Morris & Stephanie Allynne
Musical friend Austin Lucas returns to improv4humans this week along with Brian Huskey, Jessica McKenna, Seth Morris, and Stephanie Allynne. Austin plays a few of his favorite songs which inspire scenes about a punk rock birthday party for a six year old, the importance of smoking in Europe, and a musician whose success hinges on his sickness. Plus, children get interviewed about their dreams, and a rumor about wings finds its way around the workplace.
May 25, 2017
Mookie Blaiklock, Lou Wilson, and Jacob Wysocki join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They perform improvised scenes about fattening your son into a basketball player, making up new curse words to use on the schoolyard, and an Uber that gets mistaken for a getaway driver. Plus, they visit what may or may not be a sex party, and a merch issue leads to a confrontation with the Earwolf higher-ups.
This episode is sponsored by Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/improv).
May 18, 2017
Peter Hulne joins Matt Besser this week for a special improv2humans! They practice their Spanish audition accents in public, seek password help from a starstruck Apple genius, and load their paintball guns with something a little more dangerous. Plus, they take a crazy selfie with the Hollywood sign and explore the roots of their unusual bedroom fetishes.
May 11, 2017
EP. 290 — Big Grande II: Bad Dad Persona
Guest Dan Lippert , Jon Mackey , Ryan Rosenberg & Drew Tarver
Dan Lippert, Jon Mackey, Ryan Rosenberg, and Drew Tarver of Big Grande (Teacher’s Lounge) join Matt Besser this week for improvised scenes about hiding your shitty car from your girlfriend, going with the Conehead look for your headshot, and finding a role for Liam Neeson’s brother in the next “Taken.” Plus, they put up offensive signs in the name of wordplay, and a group of pizza delivery drivers get vengeful when they aren’t tipped.
This episode is sponsored by Squarespace (www.squarespace.com code: IMPROV).
May 4, 2017
EP. 289 — Laura Stevenson and The Baskin’ Robinns
Guest Laura Stevenson , Joe Wengert , Mary Holland & Craig Rowin
Musical guest Laura Stevenson joins improvisers Joe Wengert, Mary Holland, and Craig Rowin for this week’s improv4humans! Laura plays a selection of songs that inspire scenes about coffee-focused wedding vows, a four-dollar milk scam, and a headache that demands compensation. Plus, a couple gets steamy while watching old war footage, and we find out why you should never compare your new girlfriend to a sailboat.
This episode is sponsored by HBO’s “Chris Gethard: Career Suicide” and MVMT Watches (www.mvmtwatches.com/improv).