My old group, Otis, doesn't perform together anymore, but occasionally we'll be in videos that Joe shoots under the Otis name. I'm in the latest one ('March Madness'), which required me to dress as a priest.

It was shot at KunkleCo, a mortgage lender where a number of improvisers have worked, sharing one receptionist job when they weren't doing promotional work. I worked there briefly myself once. Joe works there now.

One of the back rooms sort of looks like a rectory. Joe decided we'd sneak in over the weekend to shoot my (very short) scene. When we got there, though, he was nervous about the cleaning lady.

Joe: I never asked if I could shoot here. I didn't figure anyone would be here. I went in and when I saw her I panicked and said I was looking for my phone charger. She probably doesn't care, but... now it would be weird to go back in and shoot something after I already left. Right?
Me: Yeah. I don't know.
Joe: I'm not sure if she even speaks English.

We're both giant wimps so we left. He asked for official permission and we came back the next weekend.

You can watch the final video here and/or here. It's turning into a bit of a hit. It just popped up as a "featured video" on the front page of You Tube. Over 35,000 views so far.

Meanwhile, KunkleCo isn't doing as well. It's being split up and was bought out. They're moving out of their old space. It was weird to be back there, and see most of the desks missing and lines of phones sitting on the floor. I guess some improvisers will be out of their 1/5th-of-a-job soon. Rumor has it that a new theater may be taking its place, supposedly the theater that the head of Sketchfest (the naked guy) has been threatening to open for the last couple years.

[By the way, speaking of internet videos, the one I shot with Megan should be online early next week. Megan also at one point put in a stint working at KunkleCo.]