In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

In a World…where we are still on our "Summer" Hiatus, so to tide you over we have created a new Clip Show! We hope to be back soon, but in the meanwhile please enjoy this episode which features six different improv games, one from each of the first 6 episodes of 2022.

This "episode" is just a quick announcement - we are takinga. break for the summer and hope to be back soon. In the meantime, this would be a perfect time to go back into our back catalog and listen to all those episodes you may have missed in the past!

In a World of…criminals who operate above the law, one man, Simon, along with his sentient Volkswagen Minibus, is a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the Department of Unending Charity, Humanity, and Excellence. Stumbling on a plot where a small community is about to be devastated by an evil man who seeks to further his own ends, Simon must get involved and protect the innocent, the helpless and the powerless. This episode features the improv games Best of Times, Worst of Times, Last Letter, First Letter, 2-Word Typewriter, Pardon, and Cutting Room. About This Episode In this episode, we pay homage to Knight Rider (and other “vehicle based TV shows from the 80s…”). In the 80s, there was a string of TV shows featuring a man with a very cool vehicle, and each week he would arrive in a small town and stumble upon a criminal enterprise, usually where a rich powerful man was taking advantage of a good-hearted, community minded, small business owner. There was a LOT of shows like this, but only one with a sentient, talking car, so that’s the way we went! Links: Knight Rider on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)] Time Codes Discussing the Genre, Tropes, and Outline: 05:03 Start of show: 19:02 Improv Game - Best of Times, Worst of Times: 22:19 Bugged By Crime Music Intro (a la Knight Rider): 30:48 Improv Game - First Letter, Last Letter: 32:52 Improv Game - 2-Word Typewriter: 45:22 Improv Game - Pardon: 1:00:15 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 1:09:41 End of show, into announcements: 1:23:41 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ [http://avishandmike.com/Subscribe/] Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com [http://www.avishandmike.com] Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812] Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com [http://www.avishparashar.com] Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/ [http://www.mikeworthmusic.com/]

In a World…where the last unexplored frontier on Earth is not on Earth, but under it. Deep under water. One deep water crew, with the best of intentions of finding healing algae, will release something that was never meant to be released. Can they survive the wet slimy death creature…? This episode features the improv games Last Letter First Letter, Emotional List, Ding, and Cutting Room. About This Episode In this episode, we pay homage to underwater sci-fi horror movies. Basically, these movies are all knock-offs of Alien, just instead of being set in space they are set at the bottom of the ocean (No on can hear you scream there either). There was a year in the 80’s where six(!) of these movies were released, but there have been some more recent releases in this sub-genre, like Underwater with Kristen Stewart. Links Leviathan on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(1989_film) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(1989_film)] Deep Star Six on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeepStar_Six [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeepStar_Six] Time Codes Discussing the Genre, Tropes, and Outline: 04:35 Start of show: 20:22 Improv Game - Last Letter, First Letter: 25:58 Improv Game - Emotional List: 39:34 Improv Game - Ding: 50:18 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 1:04:06 End of show, into announcements: 1:20:04 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ [http://avishandmike.com/Subscribe/] Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com [http://www.avishandmike.com] Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812] Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com [http://www.avishparashar.com] Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/ [http://www.mikeworthmusic.com/]

In a World…where the rich and powerful can get away with anything they want, and some feel the urge to treat others as sport, one man will find himself pulled into a most dangerous game. John Hunt is looking for answers but to get them, he will have to…game the hunt! This episode features the improv games A to Z, Theater Genres, Murphy’s Law, and Cutting Room. About This Episode In this episode, we pay homage to those movies where man is hunted for sport. This is a style of movie that gets remade over and over, and it is usually ridiculous and almost always fun. Being an improv comedy thing, ours sort of expands the boundaries of the genre with some, er, fantasy and sci-fi elements… Links The Most Dangerous Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game_(1932_film) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game_(1932_film)] Surviving the Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_the_Game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_the_Game] The Hunt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunt_(2020_film) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunt_(2020_film)] Hard Target: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Target [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Target] Time Codes Discussing the Genre, Tropes,and Outline: 04:52 Start of show: 19:26 Improv Game - A to Z: 24:58 Improv Game - Theater Genres: 34:20 Improv Game - Murphy’s Law: 50:23 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 1:01:04 End of show, into announcements: 1:09:56 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ [http://avishandmike.com/Subscribe/] Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com [http://www.avishandmike.com] Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812] Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com [http://www.avishparashar.com] Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/ [http://www.mikeworthmusic.com/]