Matt Walsh (Veep, co-founder of UCB) talks about his early Chicago days, using improv to write narrative musicals, his approach to character, making concessions for the sake of comedy, pushing vs. following, "responsible" improv, subversive comedy, the origin and history of UCB, perspective-driven games, how they developed the UCB manual, top of intelligence play, the importance of experimentation, and more!

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