Archive for Notes From the Lab Staff

The Amazing Hawaii Chair!


Auto-Tune the News

Auto-Tune the News creates strangely beautiful parody/tributes of television news. From Schmoyoho.

Portland Travelogue

Thinking of traveling to Portland to see an SPL show? Here’s a (somewhat sterilized) preview of what you’ll find (minus the rainy days, fantastic improv, and world class rock ‘n roll acts).

Bacon is good for me!

Valuable nutritional information from Surgewakefield. Visit Bacon Today for daily updates on the world of sweet, sweet bacon.

100 Years of Visual Effects

From bengraphics:
A “5th-grader-friendly” collection of clips and making-of footage from notable visual effects films of the past century. Originally intended for educational use as an introduction to a classroom lecture.
The music track is “Rods and Cones” from the album “Audio” by Blue Man Group.

1900 - The Enchanted Drawing
1903 - The Great Train Robbery
1923 - The [...]

Awkward Family Photos

Our favorite website for family togetherness: Awkward Family Photos

The Little Girl Giant

Posted by Electricpig
On the morning of Sunday 7th May the little girl giant woke up at Horseguards Parade in London, took a shower from the time-traveling elephant and wandered off to play in the park.

Kid Won’t Shut Up During Hearing

From the Onion News Network:

Congressman’s Son Won’t Shut The Hell Up During Hearing

Muscle March


Nano-Blogging With Flutter!

From Slatster
As Twitter-mania reaches new levels, Slate V presents a mockumentary about a company that wants to take microblogging to the next level.

Stormtrooper’s Regret


Van Halen: “Runnin’ With the Beatles”

Mash-up video of Van Halen and David Lee Roth produced by Larrydavideo

SF’s “Bush” Street Renamed “Obama”

Exerpt from today’s San Francisco Chronicle:
SAN FRANCISCO – When Barack Obama was sworn in Tuesday morning as the nation’s first black president, his vision of change for the country was culminated in dramatic fashion.
That message rang particularly clear in San Francisco in more ways than one, starting with a literal change on The City’s streets [...]

Star Wars: The Recap

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

Disco With Loituma’s Ievan Polkka


Classic Shreds: Ozzy, Slash, & Clapton

Ozzy & Jake E. Lee Shred

Slash Shreds

Eric Clapton Shreds

“Flea Market Montgomery” Rap


1982: “Intro to Business Graphics”

To think you could buy 48 kb of RAM for only $2,638! It even came with two floppy disk drives!

Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene

Produced by chirigamikokan

‘GI Joe’ Public Service Announcements

Some hilarious modifications to vintage ‘GI Joe’ public service announcements…

Created by wedidthetango and Jazu64

Meet Your Madmen!

November 16, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Events, SPL News

PDX Improv-O-rama

October 30, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Events, SPL News

Scary-Ass Improv!

October 16, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Events, Improv Articles, SPL News

Funny Business at Curious!

September 15, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Events

Portland Creative Conference

September 8, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Events, SPL News

“Old Flames” at Curious Comedy

September 8, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Events, SPL News

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Meet Your Madmen!

November 16, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Events, SPL News

PDX Improv-O-rama

October 30, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Events, SPL News

Scary-Ass Improv!

October 16, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Events, Improv Articles, SPL News

Portland Creative Conference

September 8, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Events, SPL News

“Old Flames” at Curious Comedy

September 8, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Events, SPL News

Ralph Huntley in ‘Bloc Party’ Video

July 7, 2009
by: Lab Manager • SPL News

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Scary-Ass Improv!

October 16, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Events, Improv Articles, SPL News

Keith Johnstone’s “Trance Masks” DVD

February 3, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Improv Articles

Improv Encyclopedia

October 12, 2008
by: Lab Manager • Improv Articles

Physicists Find Answers Thru Improv

October 9, 2008
by: Lab Manager • Improv Articles

NPR: Del Close and Roots of Second City

October 5, 2008
by: Chris Thompson • Improv Articles

LA Times: “Debateprov”

September 27, 2008
by: Lab Manager • Improv Articles

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The Amazing Hawaii Chair!

November 2, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Notes From the Lab Staff

Auto-Tune the News

October 1, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Notes From the Lab Staff

Portland Travelogue

September 30, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Notes From the Lab Staff

Bacon is good for me!

September 14, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Notes From the Lab Staff

100 Years of Visual Effects

September 5, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Notes From the Lab Staff

Awkward Family Photos

September 2, 2009
by: Lab Manager • Notes From the Lab Staff

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