ABC' Skills for Improv Comedy

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"ABC, let’s try a quick example of that. On an ABC scene, we might take McDonald’s as a suggestion for a location, and the first letter might be “M”, so the first person in the scene might very well be working at McDonald’s, he’d say, “May I help you?” and the person working in the scene with them could say, “No, I don’t like to eat at McDonald’s” and the person working at McDonald’s might say, “Oh, that’s odd, you came here, we didn’t come to you” and the person who doesn’t like McDonald’s might say, “Perhaps that is a little confusing, why I would come here just to show my dislike of your food” and on down like that and you follow it to it’s conclusion. The same rules apply; stick with what you’re doing, reuse the information, focus on telling the story and the relationships, but have fun playing the alphabet game. Okay, so I’m Les McGehee, that’s alphabet skills for improv, Plays Well With Others, at ExpertVillage.com, and LesMcGehee.com, see you in another clip. "