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...Schleicher, who performs with the improv comedy troupe On Thin Ice and the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, plans to get back on TV and start making money as soon as the six-month period, during which Jeopardy! stipulates he cannot compete on other shows, is over...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Schleicher Stars in...Jeopardy! | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

Boston SOS It is an offshoot of New York based Improv Everywhere, best know for staging its “freeze” event in Grand Central Station. According to Cobalt, future plans involve guerilla gardening, or renovating public places under cover of night...

Author: By Emily J. Hogan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Area Students Go Pantsless on T | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...There's certainly no national figure - comedian or actor - who's known for doing Obama these days; that's for sure," says Matt Hovde, director of Chicago's famous improv group the Second City, where SNL alum and Sarah Palin stunt double Tina Fey got her start. "Someone's got to be ready to cash their ticket out there somehow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fauxbamas: The Search for a Good Obama Mimic | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...nature of The B.S. Contest—with B.S. standing for “business speaking”—sponsored by the Business School’s Public Speaking Club. The club hosted the final round of the event, with a format based on an improv game, for the first time yesterday. Over 40 people auditioned in the preliminary round, but only eight made it through to compete in the finals. Each of the contestants had seven minutes to present seven slides, some with ridiculous pictures of the imaginary business’ market, management, or competition...

Author: By William N. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Business Students Learn To Improvise | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...never taking sides (even his children didn't know whom he'd voted for). In these stints, as in his Masterpiece Theater introductions, he'd often sketch out a speech, then deliver it without script or teleprompter, trusting his memory and high-wire poise. He was as much an improv master as the jazzmen he admired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alistair Cooke: PBS's Rock Star | 11/23/2008 | See Source »

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