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Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

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The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (shorter UCB Theatre) is an American improvisational theatre and training center, founded by the Upright Citizens Brigade troupe members, including Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh. [1]

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Alternative comedy

Alternative comedy is a term coined in the 1980s for a style of comedy that makes a conscious break with the mainstream comedic style of an era but can also be found in cartoons.

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Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler (born September 16, 1971) is an American actress, voice artist, comedian, director, producer, and writer.

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Annoyance Theatre

The Annoyance Theatre, or Annoyance Productions as it is sometimes called, is a theatre and associated ensemble based in Chicago, Illinois, that deals mainly in absurd and outrageous humor.

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Chelsea, Manhattan

Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Comedy Bang! Bang!

Comedy Bang! Bang! (formerly Comedy Death-Ray Radio) is a weekly comedy audio podcast, which originally began airing as a radio show on May 1, 2009.

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Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom.

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Daisy Rosario

Daisy Marie Rosario is an American public radio personality and producer.

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Del Close

Del P. Close (March 9, 1934 – March 4, 1999) was an American actor, writer, and teacher who coached many of the best-known comedians and comic actors of the late twentieth century.

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East Village, Manhattan

East Village is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Harold (improvisation)

Harold is a structure used in longform improvisational theatre.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Ian Roberts (American actor)

Ian Michael Roberts (born July 29, 1965) is an American actor, comedian and writer.

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Improvisational theatre

Improvisational theatre, often called improv or impro, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers.

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IO Theater

iO, or iO Chicago, (formerly known as "ImprovOlympic") is an improv theater and training center in central Chicago, with a former branch in Los Angeles called iO West.

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KGB (bar)

KGB is a Soviet-era themed bar located in the East Village of New York City at 85 E. 4th Street, New York, New York 10003.

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Lap dance

A lap dance (or contact dance) is a type of erotic dance performance offered in some strip clubs in which the dancer typically has body contact with a seated patron.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Matt Besser

Matthew Gregory "Matt" Besser (born September 22, 1967) is an American actor, director and comedian best known as one of the four founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe, who had their own show on Comedy Central from 1998–2000.

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Matt Walsh (comedian)

Matt Walsh (born October 13, 1964) is an American actor, comedian, director, and writer best known as a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade improvisational sketch comedy troupe and for playing Mike McLintock on the HBO series Veep, a role for which he has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

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Maverick Theater

The Maverick Theater is a storefront theater in the city of Fullerton, California, in Orange County.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Pearl Theatre (New York City)

The Pearl Theatre Company, commonly referred to as the Pearl Theatre, was a theatre in New York City.

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Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard is a boulevard in the central and western part of Los Angeles County, California that stretches from Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean.

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The Groundlings

The Groundlings are an improvisational and sketch comedy troupe and school based in Los Angeles, California.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Second City

The Second City is an improvisational comedy enterprise, best known as the first ever on-going improvisational theater troupe based in Chicago.

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Under the Gun Theater

Under the Gun Theater is a theater company located in Chicago, Illinois.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Upright Citizens Brigade

The Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upright_Citizens_Brigade_Theatre

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