Improviser's Cut

On this episode I was joined by Jeremy Culhane and Mary Anthony and they helped me recreate everyone's favorite coming-of-age comedy film, The Sandlot. Lot's of heartwarming scenes on this episode including the time Smalls hit a homerun off of his hips, the time The Beatles met The Drifters at a carnival, and the moment that Benny Rodriquez realized how much his mom loves baseball. Take a listen!

On this weeks episode I was joined by three dynamic young go-getters named Henry Kaiser, Andrew Young and Charlie Mihelich. We improvised the Michael Mann movie, "Heat" and it was a lot of fun. In our version the main characters pivot away from the criminal underworld and decide to get into the music industry. Also, we see what life is like for air conditioning salesmen. Check it out!  

This week Cara Meyers and Skander Halim joined as guests and they did a great job of making sure it was a hot one. Together we improvised the movie The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and it was definitely the most steamy episode thus far. Lots of ADULT situations were played out as we explored the love triangle between the main protagonist. This episode is only for those who believe in true love. Check it out! 

On this weeks episode I was joined by Allyson Phillips and Jessica Svendsgaard and we improvised the original Jumanji. Lots of time travel and exotic animals on this one. In our version of Jumanji, the shoe accident at the factory was a lot bigger and had serious ramifications on the plot of the movie. Also Vin Diesel makes an appearance. Check it out!

On this weeks episode of Improviser's Cut we tackled another Alfred Hitchcock movie. This time my guests and I improvised the movie Strangers on a Train. My guests were Blake Wilding and Victoria Delaney, who are both wonderful people and wonderful improvisers. This episode has everything that is currently popular in the podcast landscape: murder, sex and people talking around a table. Check it out!

Monster podcast on this weeks episode. I was joined by Jessica Rodgers and Sophia Grosso and we improvised the movie King Kong. This episode has everything you want in a movie: Old timey movie producers, a spooky island, a giant gorilla and a true love. Lots of good times were had on this one. Check it out!

Today my guests David Donella and Michael Stephens joined me to improvise the movie, National Treasure. In this Nick Cage classic we went back and forth between the past and the present to find out what the Founding Fathers were really like. We also had a healthy amount of celebrity guest appearances. Check it out!

On this episode we improvised the movie Independence Day. It was as fun and actioned packed as the original movie.  My awesome guests (Dennis Curlett, Heather Higginbotham and Zach Olsen) definitely did not go quietly into the night. They lived on! Through improv! Check it out!

We go to a fairy tale castle in the latest episode of Improvisers Cut. In this episode, my guests (Kimberley Wong, Eric Chad Ho) and I improvise the movie, Beauty and the Beast. Everyone does a great job at playing an inanimate object on this one. We get to see how Bell's father would do at an inventors convention and explore the depravity of Lumière. Also lots of music in this one. Check it out!

Hey! On this episode I was joined by Heather Alarcón Higginbotham and Courtney Sevener to recreate the movie The Departed. Our version, just like the Scorsese classic, will have you on the edge of your seat until the very end. We may have taken a few liberties with some of the characters and added a few new ones (Vincent Price makes an appearance) but I think you will agree, it came out better than the original. Enjoy!

Hey we got to do a pixar film this time. Good friends of mine, Claudio Saavedra and Ryan Coil helped with the improvised version of the animated classic, Toy Story. This movie had all the major characters and also a few forgotten ones like Mr. Fragello head and the audience members at a taping of the show, Cheers. I still can't believe how much of the movie we recreated on this one. Check it out!

On this episode we improvise everyones favorite gangster movie, Scarface! I was joined by improvisers Wes Martinez and Paul Robalino who are part of a hilarious team called Gringos. Both are really funny guys and they knocked it out of the park with their Cuban accents. Check it out! 

Hey! We're back after a brief haitus, but we're coming back better than ever! On this episode we improvise the Cohen brothers film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? And let me say this, O brother this was a good episode. I was joined by Rachel Van Nes and Garrett Palm and they were great guests for the first episode back. On this episode we join Everett, Pete and Delmar as they escape a chain gang and try to find a treasure that will make them all very rich. They ultimately learn what real treasure is...diamonds!

Part II of a double feature. Michael Stephens and Jeremy Schmidt come back to improvise the plot of the movie Jaws. This time with improved sound quality! This episode was heart pounding folks. Mostly because we doubled the amount of great whites. Now there are two sharks tormenting the town of Amity and they are madly in love. Will anything come between their budding romance? Listen to find out!

Part I of a double feature. Michael Stephens and Jeremy Schmidt come through and we discuss the movie The Terminator. On this episode, we learn that The Terminator was a pretty bad tracker and that the library is a terrible place to hide from a time traveling robot. Episode was really fun but we had some technical difficulties which resulted in less than ideal sound quality. That's why I invited them back for Part II of the double feature on the next episode. Check it out!

This week my guests are Joe Fahey and Kenneth Arthur and we discuss the movie The Aviator. In this Scorsese directed movie, Leonardo DiCaprio plays troubled billionaire Howard Hughes. Although we don't agree on Leo's acting chops we still came together to perform a version of the plot filled with action, intrigue and romance. Enjoy!

Back from a mini haitus! We got a spooky one this time! I was joined by improvisers Blake Wilding and Jed Alcantara and we perform an improvised version of the movie, The Shining. So much scary stuff in this episode that I would refrain from listening to this one alone. Enjoy!

On this episode I was joined by Zach Pyke, Daniel Duddy, and Michael Wahle, three distinguished gentleman who are the creators of The Bachelor Zone podcast. We do the Improvers Cut of the movie Waterworld on this one. In this classic post apocalyptic film, Kevin Costner plays a half-fish, half-man drifter who, it turns out, is pretty sensitive about his hairline. Check it out!     The Bachelor Zone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bachelor-zone/id1351496534?mt=2

Back from a brief hiatus and this episode came back with a vengeance! I was joined by Wes Martinez and Cody Ziglar and we performed the Improvisers Cut of Die Hard. On this episode we learn that John McClane never made a living wage with the NYPD and Hans Gruber had a severe hyperhidrosis problem. Check it out!

On this episode my guests and I cover the movie Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock.  It's a classic mystery thriller film starring the sophisticated Grace Kelly and the interesting voice-cadenced James Stewart. There is equal amounts of mystery in the improv we do on this episode so check it out!

Ann Maddox and Matt Manser join me on this episode and together we perform the improviser's cut of the movie L.A. Confidential. We learn what it was like to pitch tabloid stories in the 50's and we discover that Ed Exley recorded an infamous music album. Also, I did a pretty spot-on Don Knotts impression. This episode was definitely off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush.

On this episode i'm joined by improvisors Annabel Seymour, Claudio Saavedra, Jack Norman and we improvise the classic adventure film, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Really fun episode filled with interesting facts about the film! We learn it was impossible to freeze food before the invention of the internet and that the quest for the perfect soup can have grave consequences. Check it out!   https://www.facebook.com/linoleumcity/ https://www.facebook.com/quicknessthe/ https://twitter.com/trumanshowt?lang=en

On this episode I'm joined by Conner McCabe (@conner_mccabe) and Joe Fahey (@jozeffahey). They run a great improv show on Thursday nights at a theatre located next to a Jons (fake Vons). We talk about and then improvise the western classic, 3:10 to Yuma starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. I've also added a "interesting facts" segment of the podcast. I may or may not of messed up one of the facts. Enjoy!   Saloon Piano music: Razzvio- Old Fasioned Auto Piano https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  

Today I am joined by Nick Pilla (@nickpillagram) and Michael Hearn (@michaelchearn) and we improvise the classic Spielberg film: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. We cover why E.T. was left behind and imagine how we would have reacted to seeing E.T. in real life. We also expose Nick Pilla for not seeing the movie!