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Hedgehog-Man, With Special Guest Craig Liggeons! (In the style of an MCU Origin Story Movie like Ant-Man)

In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

Release Date: 02/08/2022

Fall 2022 Clip Show!

In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

In a World…where we are still on our "Summer" Hiatus, so to tide you over we have created a new Clip Show! We hope to be back soon, but in the meanwhile please enjoy this episode which features six different improv games, one from each of the first 6 episodes of 2022.

We're Taking a Break!

In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

This "episode" is just a quick announcement - we are takinga. break for the summer and hope to be back soon. In the meantime, this would be a perfect time to go back into our back catalog and listen to all those episodes you may have missed in the past!

Bugged by Crime (In the Style of an 80’s “Sentient Car” TV Show Like “Knight Rider”)

In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

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...

Wet Slimy Death Creature (in the Style of an Underwater Sci-Fi Horror Movie like Leviathan and Deep Star 6)

In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

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...

Gaming the Hunt (In the Style of a "Hunting Man for Sport" movie like The Most Dangerous Game and Hard Target)

In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

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...

Fantastic Fires in the Neverland (In the Style of a Kids’ Fantasy Movie - with Puppets! - like Labyrinth and the Neverending Story)

In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

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...

Mounties (In the Style of a Training Movie like Stripes, Police Academy, and Feds)

In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

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...

Breaking Down and Discussing the First 6 Episodes of 2022!

In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

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...

White House Slapped (In the Style of “White House Action Movies” like Air Force One, White House Down, and Olympus Has Fallen)

In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

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...

The Farmer’s Milk Season (in the Style of a Dan Brown Thriller like The Da Vinci Code)

In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

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...

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In a World…where there are heroes and villains, and mysterious forces that people will never fully understand, one simple college student will find himself transformed into…Hedgehog-Man! Welcome to the debut movie of the AMCU: The Avish and Mike Cinematic Universe!

This episode features the improv games Two-Word Typewriter, Best of Times, Worst of Times, Newsroom, Cutting Room, and Pardon.

This episode also features our friend and fellow improviser (one of the founding members of the Improv group we started way back in 1996), Craig Liggeons! While Craig doesn’t do any improv with us here, he is a pop culture expert, huge movie and comic book fan, and co-host of the Comic Book Gurus Podcast. As such he is the perfect guest expert to discuss MCU movies with us!

More About Craig:

FACEBOOK – www.facebook.com/craig.liggeons

TWITTER - @CraigLiggeons

INSTAGRAM – Craig Liggeons

About This Episode:

In this episode, we pay homage to one of our favorite genres: Marvel Movies! That’s a pretty broad genre, so we niched it down to small-scale origin stories. Mostly Ant-Man, but also Spider-man and a few others.

Links:

Ant-Man on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant-Man_(film)

Spider-man on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_(2002_film)

The MCU on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe

Time Codes

Segment 1 - Discussion the Genre Tropes: 06:40

Segment 2 - Creating the Movie Outline: 34:19

Segment 3 - Picking the Improv Comedy Games: 40:48

Start of show: 45:59

Improv Game - Two-Word Typewriter: 48:23

Improv Game - Best of Times, Worst of Times: 56:21

Improv Game - Newsroom: 1:06:03