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In a World of…criminals who operate above the law, one man, Simon, along with his sentient Volkswagen Minibus, is a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the Department of Unending Charity, Humanity, and Excellence. Stumbling on a plot where a small community is about to be devastated by an evil man who seeks to further his own ends, Simon must get involved and protect the innocent, the helpless and the powerless.   This episode features the improv games Best of Times, Worst of Times, Last Letter, First Letter, 2-Word Typewriter, Pardon, and Cutting Room. About This Episode   In this episode, we pay homage to Knight Rider (and other “vehicle based TV shows from the 80s…”). In the 80s, there was a string of TV shows featuring a man with a very cool vehicle, and each week he would arrive in a small town and stumble upon a criminal enterprise, usually where a rich powerful man was taking advantage of a good-hearted, community minded, small business owner. There was a LOT of shows like this, but only one with a sentient, talking car, so that’s the way we went! Links: Knight Rider on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)   Time Codes Discussing the Genre, Tropes, and Outline: 05:03 Start of show: 19:02  Improv Game - Best of Times, Worst of Times: 22:19 Bugged By Crime Music Intro (a la Knight Rider): 30:48 Improv Game - First Letter, Last Letter: 32:52 Improv Game - 2-Word Typewriter: 45:22 Improv Game - Pardon: 1:00:15 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 1:09:41 End of show, into announcements: 1:23:41 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish   Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/

In a World…where the last unexplored frontier on Earth is not on Earth, but under it. Deep under water. One deep water crew, with the best of intentions of finding healing algae, will release something that was never meant to be released. Can they survive the wet slimy death creature…?   This episode features the improv games Last Letter First Letter, Emotional List, Ding, and Cutting Room.   About This Episode   In this episode, we pay homage to underwater sci-fi horror movies. Basically, these movies are all knock-offs of Alien, just instead of being set in space they are set at the bottom of the ocean (No on can hear you scream there either). There was a year in the 80’s where six(!) of these movies were released, but there have been some more recent releases in this sub-genre, like Underwater with Kristen Stewart.  Links Leviathan on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(1989_film) Deep Star Six on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeepStar_Six Time Codes Discussing the Genre, Tropes, and Outline: 04:35 Start of show: 20:22 Improv Game - Last Letter, First Letter: 25:58 Improv Game - Emotional List: 39:34 Improv Game - Ding: 50:18 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 1:04:06  End of show, into announcements: 1:20:04 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish   Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/

In a World…where the rich and powerful can get away with anything they want, and some feel the urge to treat others as sport, one man will find himself pulled into a most dangerous game. John Hunt is looking for answers but to get them, he will have to…game the hunt! This episode features the improv games A to Z, Theater Genres, Murphy’s Law, and Cutting Room. About This Episode In this episode, we pay homage to those movies where man is hunted for sport. This is a style of movie that gets remade over and over, and it is usually ridiculous and almost always fun. Being an improv comedy thing, ours sort of expands the boundaries of the genre with some, er, fantasy and sci-fi elements… Links The Most Dangerous Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game_(1932_film) Surviving the Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_the_Game The Hunt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunt_(2020_film) Hard Target: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Target Time Codes Discussing the Genre, Tropes,and Outline: 04:52 Start of show: 19:26 Improv Game - A to Z: 24:58  Improv Game - Theater Genres: 34:20 Improv Game - Murphy’s Law: 50:23 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 1:01:04 End of show, into announcements: 1:09:56 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/

In a World of fantastical creatures, fire demons, castles, spears carrying swords, and more, one girls will find herself on a quest to rescue her best friend and save a world, all at the same time. Along the way she will overcome obstacles, make allies, and tap into her inner strength.   This episode features the improv games A to Z, Timed Styles, Gibberish Switch, and Cutting Room. About This Episode   In this episode, we pay homage to those fun, sometimes cute, sometimes scary, often bewildering kids movies where a child finds themselves in a fantasy world and encounters a variety of dangers and creatures. Who are usually made up and have crazy, weird names. And who are portrayed by puppets. It’s a lot of fun, and we managed to capture the feel of these wacky, charming movies (if we do say so ourselves…). Links Labyrinth on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth_(1986_film) The Neverending Story on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_NeverEnding_Story_(film)   Time Codes Segment 1 - Discussing the Genre. Tropes, and Outline: 04:22 Start of show: 18:03 Improv Game - A to Z: 21:20 Improv Game - Timed Styles: 31:02 Improv Game - Gibberish Switch: 38:58 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 48:41 End of show, into announcements: 1:03:13 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish   Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/

In a world…where some people dream of being a Mountie, while others are just trying to get a new start on life, one group of hapless misfits will attempt to come together to join one of the most elite crime fighting organizations in the world: The Mounties!   This episode features the improv games Trailer in a Minute, Superheroes, Blind Line, Emotional Lists, and Cutting Room.   About This Episode   In this episode, we pay homage to “Training Movies.” The movies where the bulk of the story involves the training of a group of varied misfits (sometimes who are little more than cliches or stereotypes) learning how to come together so they can graduate. We focused mostly on comedies, like Stripes, Police Academy, and Feds, but in the episode we realized that a lot of movies fall into this category, like Top Gun and Full Metal Jacket!   More: Links Stripes on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripes_(film) Police Academy on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Academy_(film) Feds on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feds   Time Codes Discussion the Genre, Tropes, and Outline: 06:33 Start of show: 23:30 Improv Game - Trailer in a Minute: 25:38 Improv Game - Superheroes: 30:23 Improv Game - Blind Line: 43:43 Improv Game - Emotional Lists: 56:43 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 58:03 End of show, into announcements: 1:21:12 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish   Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/

This week features a “very special episode” of the podcast! No, there is no deep life lesson about growing up, family, or safety, but there is learning…   In this episode, Mike and Avish take a break from the improv performance to take a look back at the first six episodes of this year and share their thoughts on each episode as a whole, ideas on the creative storytelling process, and their reflections and feedback on some of the improv games they played on those episodes.   It’s a fun episode that still has lots of humor in it, but it is also a great chance to see a little bit begins the scenes and get some ideas on creativity, storytelling, and improv comedy! If you like this format, let us know as we are thinking of making it a regular thing.   On this episode we discuss the following episodes (with time codes if you want to jump to a specific one): Washing Away With Beauty (Disney): 04:54 Building Love (Romantic Comedy): 12:57 Destructible Future Cyberman (Dystopian Sci-Fi Action Police): 19:37 Gargle (teen Slasher): 25:47 Climbing Intensely Down (Undercover  Adrenaline Cop): 32:51 Hedgehog-Man (MCU Origin Movie): 41:01   More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish   Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/

Description: In a World…Where some will do anything to forward their agenda, one group or terrorist vegans will slap down the white house in an attempt to veganize the world. Only one man, the President of the United States himself, can stop the terrorists, rescue the hostages and prevent the White House from being completely slapped!   This episode features the improv games Prologue in a Minute, Last Letter, First Letter, Scene No Letter, Best of Times, Worst of Times, Cutting Room.   About This Episode   In this episode, we pay homage to a truly ridiculous genre: White House Action movies! The ones where the president’s abode (or plane) is under attack, and it is up to the president to jump into action hero mode and stop the bad guys. These movies are usually not very good but also usually very entertaining. We certainly had a lot of fun performing it. And remember, we intend no offense towards vegans… Links Air Force One on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One_(film) White House Down on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Down Olympus Has Fallen on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_Has_Fallen Time Codes Discussion the Genre, Tropes, and Outline: 05:01 Start of show: 18:20 Improv Game - Prologue in a Minute: 21:58 Improv Game - Last Letter, First Letter: 25:20 Improv Game - Scene No Letter: 38:32 Improv Game - Best of Times, Worst of Times: 49:47 Improv Game - Cutting Room:  1:03:25 End of show, into announcements: 1:12:11 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish   Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/

In a World…where some will do anything to uncover an ancient secret dating back thousands of years, while others will do anything to keep such things secret, one man will be swept into a race against time to ensure that the most important discovery in centuries does not fall into the wrong hands.   This episode features the improv comedy games Prologue in a Minute, Pardon, He Said She Said, Newsroom, and Cutting Room.    About This Episode   In this episode, we pay homage to the thrillers of Dan Brown, specifically his Robert Langdon books: Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, and Inferno. Which is interesting, since Mike never actually read them or saw the movies… Links The DaVinci Code on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code_(film) Dan Brown on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown Robert Langdon on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Langdon   Time Codes Segment 1 - Discussion the Genre, Tropes, and Outline: 5:24 Start of show: 19:58 Improv Game - Prologue in a Minute: 22:23 Improv Game -  Pardon: 24:29 Improv Game - He Said She Said: 32:49 Improv Game - Newsroom: 46:00 Improv Game - Cutting Room:  58:00 End of show, into announcements: 1:11:47 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish   Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/

In a World…where some people would be willing to dominate the world’s caviar supply by stealing and holding on to the world’s rarest caviar…one plucky group of thieves will commit to pulling off the ultimate heist: stealing it back!   This episode features the improv games Prologue in a Minute, Dating Game, Two-Word Typewriter, and Cutting Room. About This Episode   In this episode, we pay homage to “Heist” movies. Those glorious (and sometimes convoluted) movies and TV shows where a small group of criminals (who are usually good people or only stealing from bad guys (or both)) have to create complicated plans to pull of daring and difficult - dare we say, “Impossible” heists (or “missions”). We specifically focus on Leverage (the TV show) but also the Mission:Impossible TV show and a number of movies. We also have some truly bad European accents…   Links   Leverage on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leverage_(American_TV_series) Mission: Impossible on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_(1966_TV_series) The Vault on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vault_(2021_film) The Italian Job on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Job_(2003_film) Time Codes Segment 1 - Discussion the Genre, Tropes, and Outline: 09:28 Segment 2 - Showtime!: 24:40 Improv Game - Prologue in a Minute: 27:46 Improv Game - Dating Game: 30:25 Improv Game - Two-Word Typewriter: 44:42 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 1:03:37 End of show, into announcements: 1:28:48 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish   Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/  

In a World where some schools are wonderful, safe, and well-off and some students have every opportunity, other schools and students struggle. One brave, noble, courageous teacher will buck the system and risk it all to make sure that his Denver area students have the opportunity to make their lives mean something by being able to attend Ski College despite the odds…   This episode features the improv comedy games 1-Sentence at a Time Trailer in a Minute, Superheroes (Cliche characters), Pardon, Question Switch, and Cutting Room   About This Episode:   In this episode, we pay homage to “savior teacher movies,” where a lower income, lower opportunity, at risk group of school students get paired with a teacher who believes in them, and goes above and beyond to help them believe in themselves. We hit the major cliches and tropes in this one, but seeing as how it’s improv comedy, things got silly real fast and it ended up being about wether the kids would be able to attend ski college…   More: Links Stand and Deliver in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_and_Deliver Dangerous Minds on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Minds Time Codes Segment 1 - Discussion the Genre Tropes: 06:06 Segment 2 - Creating the Movie Outline: 16:36 Segment 3 - Picking the Improv Comedy Games: 20:45 Start of show: 25:54 Improv Game - 1-Sentence at a Time Trailer in a Minute: 27:36 Improv Game -  Superheroes (Cliche characters): 30:26 Improv Game - Pardon: 39:28 Improv Game - Question Switch: 50:25 Improv Game - Cutting Room: 1:01:04 End of show, into announcements: 1:16:13 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish   Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/

In a World…where good cops may find themselves on their own…Lance Hurricane is a good cop, a good husband, and a good man. When he finds himself in the middle of a giant plot to corrupt the nation’s politicians, he must use his mastery of the martial art, “Octopus Fu,” to stop the plot, even if it drives him…Near to Exhaustion!   This episode features the improv comedy games Prologue in a Minute, Two-Word Typewriter, Ding, Gibberish Switch, and Cutting Room.  In this episode, we pay homage to a genre that we love, but that doesn’t really qualify as “good cinema.” But darn it, they are fun movies! And the genre is of course, classic Steven Seagal movies, specifically from his early days. His first four movies, where his movie titles all had three words. So much fun, so much fighting, so many bad one-liners, and so much terrible acting! Hopefully we did the genre justice, or else Seagal may come find us… Links Steven Seagal on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Seagal Hard to Kill on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_to_Kill Out for Justice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_for_Justice   Time Codes Segment 1 - Discussion the Genre Tropes: 05:56 Segment 2 - Creating the Movie Outline: 16:25 Segment 3 - Picking the Improv Comedy Games: 20:15 Start of show: 24:08 Improv Game - Prologue in a Minute: 26:10 Improv Game - Two-Word Typewriter: 28:30 Improv Game - Ding: 37:17 Improv Game - Gibberish Switch: 46:40 Improv Game - Cutting Room:  55:58 End of show, into announcements: 1:08:36 More Information About the Show, Mike, and Avish   Subscribe to the podcast: http://AvishAndMike.com/Subscribe/ Our Website: www.AvishAndMike.com Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143183833647812 Avish’s site: www.AvishParashar.com  Mike’s site: www.MikeWorthMusic.com/   Transcription of the “Discussing the Genre Tropes” Segment (Unedited and Un-Cleaned up) Avish Parashar: Alright, we are now going to spend a few minutes talking about the genre our experience with this kind of genre and i'm. Avish Parashar: Also, getting into some of the clubs and commonalities and boy, there are some cliches in this sort of thing, yes, I thought I set a timer here it's gonna quack like a duck when it's done so Mike let's talk Steven seagal you and I kind of. Avish Parashar: enjoyed and bonded over the years and our younger days were creating the martial arts regularly and watching this kind of nonsense. Michael Worth: Oh yeah believing it actually was like functional martial arts and actually worked right. Michael Worth: Alright, so how specific are we getting are we getting Steven seagal specific or just the general 80s like. Avish Parashar: Probably the more Steven seagal specific at least right now I mean we don't have to jump into discussing the tropes but just kind of. Avish Parashar: You know. Avish Parashar: Like your thoughts on the Steven seagal genre in July. Michael Worth: 1 of all first of all there's something gloriously nostalgic about this, because this this film, you know you gotta think when it came out in the 80s, it was done for the low budget like let's just get butts in the seats, and so the. Michael Worth: The focus is on basically badass fight scenes and, most notably segall just like being completely invincible and he's never in any trouble like he just he goes he waits through the plebes he went to the lieutenant's any ways to the chief bad guy. Avish Parashar: yeah it's ridiculous is that even when he fights the big bad guy he. Avish Parashar: Barely gets touched. Michael Worth: yeah I think the worst seattle's yet he got stabbed once by Tommy Lee Jones in under siege during the call a knife fight. Avish Parashar: yeah. Avish Parashar: And even though he looked so yeah this era where they it was an era before again, you know we recently