Saturday, January 19, 2008


Backstage before the Whirled News show, Chin, our director, was talking about being a kid and how he rented all three original Star Wars movies and, using two VCRs, made a tape of just the lightsaber battles.

Chin: I cut out everything else. And then I recorded the whole thing again right after that, so I wouldn't have to rewind.

He labeled that tape, "Lightsaber Fights! (Don't Erase)"

Chin: I wish I still had it.

To warm up for the show we did Three Things, with a slight variation where, after the designated person lists off their three things, everyone in the circle quickly adds something of their own to the list.

Glynn: Arnie... three other tape loops Chin recorded as a child.
Me: Okay... uh... The "previously on" segment from every episode of 'Scarecrow and Mrs. King."
Everyone: One!
Me: A tape of those old commercials for the mail-order Stephen King library.
Everyone: Two!
Me: Just a loop of "Sit Ubu, sit. Good dog."
Everyone: Three!
Young: My turn? Uh... 22 episodes of Voltron unedited in the original Japanese.
Glynn: Eight hours of the Emmy winning 'Family Ties' episode 'My Name is Alex.'
Eddie: A tape he made of himself with his junk stuffed back between his legs.
Padraic: Every sequence beginning with "Captain's log, stardate..."
Shane: All scenes of Kirk fighting Kirk.

2 comments:

Arnie said...

Chin

Shows he currently directs:
Whirled News Tonight
Our Feature Presentation

Past teams:
Throatculture
Mo Green
They!
The Pat Shay Dancers

Past shows ("performer, director, creator"):
The Cosby Show
Knight vs. Dey
Superhero Society of America presents Crisis on Improv
Earth
Dinner for Six
Jedi! A Musical Tour de Force
Space Dreck
Thriller Theater
Comedy Show for Dummies
Holiday Fun Bag
The Armando Diaz Show
Powerball
Thriller Theater 2: Scooby vs The Hardy Boys vs Nancy Drew vs Encyclopedia Brown
Instant Karma
The Fandom Menace
Thriller Theater 3: Butcher, Baker, Vampire Slayer
Thriller Theater 4: Scooby Doo Learns the Facts of Life
A Song Time Ago
Thriller Theater 5: Scooby Doo in Happy Days
Felt (scripted drama)
Thriller Theater 6: Free Candy!
Thriller Theater 7: the Halloween Show
Felt (the puppet improv show)
Year Without a Santa Claus
Four Chambers
Thriller Theater 2007

Anonymous said...

Chin also currently coaches The Rabble!