blackheartededitor

Hey I know I'm not the one you asked but I just finished working on Bam Margera's new game show for TBS. The following is a small list of stuff he did to his "buddy" Novak, none of which was scripted and some of which wasn't even really shot. Most of this isn't even in the final cuts of the show. He just decides to do this stuff:

Poured hot coffee on his face while he was sleeping, then punched him

Walked up to him, punched him

Drop-kicked him from behind (unexpectedly of course)

Dumped him face first into a barrel of manure

Hit him full-force in the back of the head with a tomato

Shot him repeatedly with a paintball gun from close distance while he (Novak) was tied up

While Novak was in a barrel with just a slit for his eyes to look out of, Bam pissed in it

Novak was in one of those wind-driven money booths and Bam pretended that he was going to kiss him through the glass, but at the last second he punched the glass, breaking Novak's tooth through his lip, requiring dental surgery and stitches

Got a bucket of shit from an outhouse and poured it on him

I KNOW I am forgetting others. He really did this stuff primarily for his own amusement (although partially for the good of the show). I have no idea why anyone would want to be his friend. Short answer, the guy's a derelict. Still, watching the footage I did laugh a lot

I saw that "Whose Line Is It Anyway" is going to be re-running again. How much of what you guys do is true on-the-spot improv and how much was you guys kind of relying on jokes you've come up with before (tried and true punchlines for certain situations?) I feel like if you play those games enough times certain things come up more than once and you can go to the memory bank with what worked before. What's the balance of leaning on old material versus true creative spark when you're doing improv?

And the new "Labia Time" app

Well it doesn't pay much, but it does come with all the 10mg hydros you can eat. You won't care about the pay, I promise

Do you remember music? Like, if you have a favorite album, and then let it go six months without listening to it, does it sound fresh and new after six months? For some reason I would suspect that you would remember it.