After 20 years in New York, the Del Close Marathon — the Upright Citizens Brigade’s 55 hours of nonstop long-form improv comedy, with more than 500 performers from across the country — is taking place in L.A. for the first time.
Participants in Upright Citizens Brigade's Del Close Marathon will include, from left, Will Choi, Matt Walsh, Paul F. Tompkins, Beth Appel and Andy Daly.
“There was that devil-may-care, sort of punk-rock ethos,” Walsh said of his early improv days in Chicago. “We did a bit where, like, supposedly Besser and Ian lost a bet, and they had to eat a can of dog food. We just bought corned beef hash, but ultimately the audience was experiencing someone eating a can of dog food, as laid out. But it’s just kind of a bummer, and it gives you such a nausea reaction. It’s like: That’s a bad bit.
Will Choi, who created the Asian American variety show “Asian AF” at UCB, remembered one particular early show.
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