Paul's rehearsal wrap up...

It's pretty normal for Chris and Austin and me to be hilarious all the time. Our coach is always pulling us aside and telling us how cool our choices are and how our object work is all, like, good and stuff. We can pretty much hit a comedy home run every time we step up to the plate. In fact, we can step up to the plate and point to the outfield wall like that old baseball guy did and pretty much hit a home run to any part of the park that we just pointed at. Like I could be all pointing at left field and say, like: "I'm gonna make the audience laugh so hard that they literally crap themselves.", then BAM!!!!!!!!!! Going, going, gone. You get the idea. We're really funny.

There's also a fourth member of the team. I don't want to use his name here 'cause I don't want to hurt his feelings, so we'll just call him Rettb. Rettb is a really nice guy. He's also really tall, so it's awesome to use him as an object in scenes. Like last week I was an Indian scout in one scene and I was all like: "Hey, I'm gonna wait for the cowboys behind this rock." and he was totally the rock, you know? Awesome. The problem is, even though he makes a really good rock/telephone pole/stop sign/big, speechless monster, he's just not that funny usually. Like last week, I had this scene that I wanted to do all planned out in my head about these MONKEYS WHO LIVE IN A BANANA SHAPED SPACE STATION. Right? Right? So, I came on stage and was all, like: "Good morning corporal. Anything new on the radar?" and he was all: " I have not seen any submarines all morning sir." DAMMIT! I tried to steer him back to my idea by saying:"Aren't you hungry for another banana yet? I sure work up an appetite out here in SPACE." But he was just all, like:"Sure I'll have a banana." WTF?

Anyway, stuff like that happens all the time. I'll think about a totally hilarious scenario all the way over to practice in the car, then when I get onstage with him, it totally turns in to something different, which really throws me. I like to have a plan when I improvise and I don't like that plan to change. It's not really Rettb's fault. He's just not as good at listening as the rest of us. So, instead of playing the blame game, I'm gonna try something new this week. I'm just gonna say as much information as I can right at the beginning of the scene and see if he can catch on. For instance, I've been working on this totally hilarious scenario in my head where there's this blind guy sitting on a park bench and a mime comes by and starts to make fun of him, except the blind guy can't see him and the mime can't talk. Awesome! So, I'm gonna be the blind guy and say things like: "Is that a mime I smell?" and "Hey, you're not making fun of me, are you?" I hope it works. Wish me luck.

Yours in comedy,

Paul