mtv.com improv article

[dflo1116]

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1567098/story.jhtml

considering its news source it's actually a pretty decent read

[JRC]

excerpted from above:

"We started with Del Close, the most famous person in improv comedy," Amy Poehler said of the UCB troupe. "He's the person that you should be talking about; he taught every great Chicago improviser and sketch person."

Close — whose final words were reportedly, "I'm tired of being the funniest person in the room" — invented many of the improv techniques five decades ago that still impact today's top comedians.


"He used to say, 'Agree and add. Take what is, and add to it,' " Mike Myers remembered. "He also had a great expression: 'The master weaver takes the mistakes of his students and weaves them into the grand design.' "
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Sweet.

[moon_shoes]

I love what we do.