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CarlaRose, Molly, and Bob have been busy helping to start a new sketch comedy group in Portland, Maine. We've received special permission to present a part of the show here for you. You can check out the full video here.

Hey Party People! No longer is this just a phrase drunk uncles use to greet their vaping teenage nephews, but a full-fledged comedy experience! This new sketch comedy show from the minds of Portland's fifth most talented group of writers and performers promises to be a Project-X style rager. So strap on your party hats and get those little noisemaker things you blow into and they shoot out at the end and go BZOOO (you know what I'm talking about) because this comedy show is gonna be a SHINDIG!

Featuring: Greg Baker, CarlaRose Dubois, Gwenyth Fraser, John Heffernan, Bob LeBlanc, Molly McGill, Pat Neuguth and Tanya Schultz.

Presented here with permission.

BIOS!

Greg Baker is a writer, stand-up, filmmaker and a very nice person. He began his career at the University of Colorado Boulder writing for the premiere on-campus sketch comedy team Secret Recipe. After moving to Los Angeles, he worked on dozens of short films, music videos, feature films and sitcoms in production, art, casting and as a writer. He frequently performed stand-up comedy around Hollywood and occasionally wrote sketch comedy with The Upright Citizens Brigade and iO Theater West. Currently, Greg runs and manages his writing workshop group and writing collective The Los Angeles Writing Group and recently created the Maine based sketch comedy group Hey Party People. He enjoys going to the movies, playing beer league softball and baking cookies.

twitter: @gregthebaker

Tanya  Schultz is a comedy/sci-fi nerd who writes half hour animated comedies for adults from an egalitarian perspective. She utilizes parody and satire to dissect contemporary culture/politics and is influenced by shows like South Park, Futurama, Bojack Horseman and seasons 1-8 of The Simpsons. Tanya studied improv and sketch comedy with the Second City in Toronto.

We finish the night with Sex With Me! Get into the fun by submitting topics for us to riff on in our bonus episodes. Use the form and, if selected, we’ll use your idea in the show. If your topic is selected, you’ll be entered to win a special tee-shirt from our school store.

Our visiting professor tonight is comic, producer, and podcaster, Nick Gordon. Nick has performed throughout New England, and has had the good fortune of opening for the legendary Eddie Brill. He’s also the co-founder of The River Comics comedy production team and a co-host of the Comedy Think Tanked Podcast both along with our Inaugural visiting professor Leonard Kimble.

Show Links:

Support Nick at the Craft Brew Underground comedy nights almost every Friday, and every Saturday night.

www.therivercomics.com

www.comedythinktanked.com

Comedy Think Tanked: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qdOkMF95ZFqb81cpIzp99?si=b560bf4b87994a9f

Casey Crawford:

https://youtube.com/channel/UCm2rmRr-dIwLRCYPPn0guFg

https://www.facebook.com/casey.crawford.9655

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qdOkMF95ZFqb81cpIzp99?si=1d64a6b630234698

Jay Hunter:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXb1PTHTEPJyPt6WBWULCyA?fbclid=IwAR3qUmtwS6q8zDlxduKLx5jQ9uc7GFB19aBbnpvNKBE2YWCAuesJS22frbo

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3pmZwbgdwBhA7LZkMmoeMb?si=f97e110fa2534a23

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UOU0uSC4qSx21JNRf9I2c?si=49838a7a69884682

Watch this on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/BalderdashAcademy

Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank

Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store

Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge

©2022 Balderdash Academy.

Our visiting professor tonight is comic, producer, and podcaster, Nick Gordon. Nick has performed throughout New England, and has had the good fortune of opening for the legendary Eddie Brill. He’s also the co-founder of The River Comics comedy production team and a co-host of the Comedy Think Tanked Podcast both along with our Inaugural visiting professor Leonard Kimble.

Show Links:

Support Nick at the Craft Brew Underground comedy nights almost every Friday, and every Saturday night.

www.therivercomics.com

www.comedythinktanked.com

Comedy Think Tanked: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qdOkMF95ZFqb81cpIzp99?si=b560bf4b87994a9f

Casey Crawford:

https://youtube.com/channel/UCm2rmRr-dIwLRCYPPn0guFg

https://www.facebook.com/casey.crawford.9655

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qdOkMF95ZFqb81cpIzp99?si=1d64a6b630234698

Jay Hunter:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXb1PTHTEPJyPt6WBWULCyA?fbclid=IwAR3qUmtwS6q8zDlxduKLx5jQ9uc7GFB19aBbnpvNKBE2YWCAuesJS22frbo

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3pmZwbgdwBhA7LZkMmoeMb?si=f97e110fa2534a23

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UOU0uSC4qSx21JNRf9I2c?si=49838a7a69884682

Washed up on Norway:  https://www.npr.org/2022/02/16/1081159750/a-norwegian-student-found-a-boat-launched-by-new-hampshire-middle-schoolers-in-2

Joe Hill’s Jaw’s Theory: https://www.thewrap.com/jaws-lady-dunes-joe-hill-stephen-king-steven-spielberg/

Watch this on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/BalderdashAcademy

Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank

Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store

Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge

©2022 Balderdash Academy.

We finish the night with Sex With Me! Get into the fun by submitting topics for us to riff on in our bonus episodes. Use the form and, if selected, we’ll use your idea in the show. If your topic is selected, you’ll be entered to win a special tee-shirt from our school store.

Our visiting professor tonight is a playwright, actor, and director, Maryland native DC Cathro. In addition to his theater chops, he also manages a designer toy store and art gallery in Chicago. He is one of seven children,  still a newlywed, and a collector of Fisher-Price Little People, ATARI, lunch boxes, and board games.

Check out DC's work: https://newplayexchange.org/users/750/dc-cathro https://www.stagerights.com/authors/

Show Links:

Jem and the Holograms: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64133/13-truly-outrageous-facts-about-jem Give me the Details: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1075558463/a-veteran-won-a-4-million-lottery-prize-using-the-numbers-from-a-fortune-cookie Randy's New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/users/32863/randy-hunt Bob's New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/users/37762/robert-leblanc

Watch this on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/BalderdashAcademy

Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank

Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store

Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge

©2022 Balderdash Academy.

Our visiting professor tonight is a playwright, actor, and director, Maryland native DC Cathro. In addition to his theater chops, he also manages a designer toy store and art gallery in Chicago. He is one of seven children,  still a newlywed, and a collector of Fisher-Price Little People, ATARI, lunch boxes, and board games.

Check out DC's work:

Show Links:

Jem and the Holograms: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64133/13-truly-outrageous-facts-about-jem

Watch this on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/BalderdashAcademy

Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank

Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store

Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge

©2022 Balderdash Academy.

We close out the show with a marathon Sex With Me with Visiting Professor Alisa Rosenthal. 

Alisa is a comedian and musician in Chicago. She performs original vintage-style music as her alter ego Plucky Rosenthal. Appearances include: C2E2 panelist (Chicago's comicon), emceeing the Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers, semi-finalist for the Andy Kaufman Award, and that summer she spent at clown school which is how she knows the Balderdash crew. She is the Guest winner of Balderdash Academy's Head to Head: Competitive Trivia.

Check out her music, now on all streaming platforms! http://www.pluckyrosenthal.com/hear.html

Social Media: IG, TW, YT: @alisarosenthal IG, TW, YT, TikTok: @pluckyrosenthal FB: @pluckyrosenthalmusic

Show Links:

Alisa Rosenthal: https://www.youtube.com/c/AlisaRosenthal

Plucky Rosenthal: https://www.youtube.com/user/pluckyrosenthal

Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank

Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store

Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge

©2022 Balderdash Academy.

Alisa is a comedian and musician in Chicago. She performs original vintage-style music as her alter ego Plucky Rosenthal. Appearances include: C2E2 panelist (Chicago's comicon), emceeing the Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers, semi-finalist for the Andy Kaufman Award, and that summer she spent at clown school which is how she knows the Balderdash crew. She is the Guest winner of Balderdash Academy's Head to Head: Competitive Trivia.

Check out her music, now on all streaming platforms! http://www.pluckyrosenthal.com/hear.html 

Social Media: IG, TW, YT: @alisarosenthal IG, TW, YT, TikTok: @pluckyrosenthal FB: @pluckyrosenthalmusic

Show Links:

Alisa Rosenthal: https://www.youtube.com/c/AlisaRosenthal

Plucky Rosenthal: https://www.youtube.com/user/pluckyrosenthal

The Roches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA-U5H4VoX8

Sparks: https://allsparks.com/

Wordle: https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank 

Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store 

Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge

©2022 Balderdash Academy.

The faculty and Casey Pratt play Sex With Me to close out the show!

#sexwithme #afterhours #improv

Show Links  Killers of the Flower Moon https://www.davidgrann.com/book/killers-of-the-flower-moon/- https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/killers-of-the-flower-moon  

Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank   

Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store   

©2022 Balderdash Academy.

Casey Pratt is an Equity Stage Manager that has worked her way into film and television. She has worked both on and off-Broadway, in regional houses and touring venues. She has a degree in theater from The University of Southern Maine, her state of origin, and has been perusing a career in the entertainment business ever since. She recently worked on Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” based on the book by David Grann, and she was recently working on the AD team for an untitled movie filming in NYC.

Show Links

Zealkandia: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/chunk-of-an-ancient-supercontinent-discovered-under-new-zealand

Killers of the Flower Moon

Karin Slaughter's Books

Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge

©2021 Balderdash Academy.

The faculty and Ben Rameaka play Sex With Me to close out the show!

Our Visiting Professor for December is Ben Ramaeka, you’ve seen him on the final season of Broad City, Amazon Prime's Alpha House, The Iliza Schlesinger Sketch show on Netflix or in The Wolf Of Wall Street. Ben is a New England-raised graduate of the University Of Vermont. Then moved to New York City to attend the Actors Studio MFA program. He was a longtime improviser and teacher at UCB in New York City. He can be seen and heard on your tv, streaming services, and in commercials and voiceovers and currently calls Brooklyn his home. In this episode we play a game4 from our past, answer four questions about The Wolf of Wall Street, and we get a special game from Coach Steve.

Please Give this Holiday Season

The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services: https://www.raicestexas.org

Urban Resources Institute: https://urinyc.org/donate/

Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge

©2021 Balderdash Academy. All rights reserved.