The “No, But” Engineer § Scott Smitelli
When you're improvising a comedy scene, the golden rule is to respond with "yes, and" to everything your partners say and do. This unwavering acceptance can produce riotous bouts of laughter. In an engineering team, it just creates unholy messes.
The "No, But" Engineer Published February 28, 2025 On This Page When I was about 21 years old, I signed up for a one-day improv workshop in New York City. The extent of most people's knowledge of improvisational comedy probably begins and ends with Whose Line Is It Anyway? , a television show that first premiered in the UK during the late 1980s and, as of this writing, recently broadcast new episodes within the last few months on The CW. During the show's original run in the US, then-current host Drew Carey was described as a man who "pretends to laugh at guys pretending to improvise.” Jimmy K
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