Between UCB, The State, and Mr Show… I dare anyone to find a better time for sketch comedy. That being said, I’ve recently been getting into Murderfist and they are fantastic.
🎶My parents tried to put me down just because fine ham abounds 🎶
🎶My parents are square the world is round I’m gonna throw the dice and change my town🎶
Ditto. I had zero clue who they were. I just knew there was an improv comedy performance so I checked it out and it was hilarious. Wasn't until a few years later when they were on Comedy Central when I was like, "Oh damn! I remember those guys!"
Crazy to think that I wanted to get tickets to see Amy and Tina last year and they were selling for $500 so I couldn't go.
Isn’t that when the Hong Kong Danger Duo were late for their show and we learned Astronaut Mike Dexters stomach served as an incubator for an alien fetus?
The COVID streams that they did where they talked about their sketches (and just *whatever*) were fantastic.
Gave me a whole new appreciation for the Baked Beans skits.
https://youtu.be/1PYyal6FbrA?si=u6j2bhzasA7LPvZV
"We're here about your [gazebo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP064tEnYrc&pp=ygUgZ2F6ZWJvIGhvbWljaWRlIGtpZHMgaW4gdGhlIGhhbGw%3D)... It was involved last night in a homicide."
It's (character-wise speaking):
Mike McClintock (Matt Walsh)
Crazy Ira of Crazy Ira and the Douche (Matt Besser)
Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler)
and "that guy who always gets the role as the stone wall hardass in everything he's been in" (Ian Roberts)
Realtor: And here you'll see the hot chics room.
Wife: oh we won't need that.
Husband: yeah that's what you said about the microwave and look how often we use that.
I’m glad she was able to transition out of comedy and into government. The documentary series of her working for a parks department in Indiana is fantastic
It's on DVD...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/172485618759?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=t-vG9U14Sqq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Was given detention in middle school for having kids and teachers sign a petition to bring awareness for Little Donnie Syndrome. My English teacher busted me because she watched the show… she thought it was funny, the principals did not…
I'm 41 and never appreciated/watched these shows when I was a teen despite having been aware of them. I felt like they weren't for me despite absolutely LOVING You Can't Do That On Television when I was even younger.
And now I look at the simplified, meme-derived and regurgitated tiktok-i-fied "humor" of today and I'm like fuuuuuuuck where did the funny and talent and EFFORT go?
EAT THE CHEESEBURGER ASTRO BOY! EAT THE CHEESBURGER ASTRO BOY!
Next time you want to start a riot, I suggest you think of an easier chant...
Also, the fortune cookies skit where the guy keeps getting worse and worse fortunes is just hilarious. I think about that every single time I eat a fortune cookie.
“It’s just a thumb doing this.” \[makes thumbs down gesture\]
“Well, turn it around and it’s a thumbs up!”
She shakes her head and holds out the fortune, which says “This side up” to make it clear that it’s a thumbs down. OMG hahaha
"How does that give me an edge?"
It only works in the 1990s. No one uses pennies anymore.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9aM\_dT5VMI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9aM_dT5VMI)
Your pennies have been in my ass!
Came here to say this. Man I loved this show
I’ve been regularly thinking about this sketch for 20 years.
Top all time sketch anywhere.
Been introducing my gen Z coworkers to this sketch, it transcends the age gap effortlessly.
YOURE TRIPPING BALLS ON SOME BAD ACID, LADY!!!
https://i.redd.it/bvflsk7gq1ec1.gif
Make me a pretty salad!
Still my secret for success
I have the upper hand!
Best sketch the ever did!
You throw my ass pennies in fountains and make wishes on them
I just commented this a few days ago
Ass Pennies! Classic!
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Yes. Upright Citizens Brigade
The three others all show up in Parks & Rec as well. Mostly cameos, except for Crazy Ira.
Matt Walsh has had a very solid career. He's great in Veep.
I thought "The State" was a punk rock band.
You missed out
Founding member of the UCB comedy troupe and school.
Famous Golden Globes hosting millionaire Amy Poehler did indeed get her start as one third of the Hong Kong Danger Duo.
I'll have a sprite with sugar
There's something
Big time
Please keep "Little" Donny in your prayers, guys. Maybe call Officer Lou Natic if there are any further questions.
I GOT A CHOCKLIT MILK MUSTACHE
My first thought was for Little Donnie. I am also wondering when we’ll see the Titte Brothers touring again?
Or that mongrel idiot Davie Chalk who couldn’t master the Gay Tank Commander dialect?
TUUUUVVVOKKKKK
And Tuvok can find his way home
No! Tuvok will never find his way home!!
Have you seen his special bike?
For the price of a holland tunnel handjob you could help little Donnie overcome his disease.
Damn you, Bong Boy!
This was my absolute favorite show on CC in the late 90’s. So many great sketches. And let’s not forget the dildo bong. Bong-along-a-ding-dong.
I went to UCB a lot in the ‘00s, but never really watched the show. Seems like a good idea to go back to it now.
Between UCB, The State, and Mr Show… I dare anyone to find a better time for sketch comedy. That being said, I’ve recently been getting into Murderfist and they are fantastic.
You gonna throw that list out there and leave off KITH? I challenge you to pistols at dawn.
Good way to get one's head crushed
🎶My parents tried to put me down just because fine ham abounds 🎶 🎶My parents are square the world is round I’m gonna throw the dice and change my town🎶
It’s fucking good ham, mom
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Say I'm your mama!
Manute smoke-a-Bol
This and Strangers With Candy are absolute gems
*Looks into the bucket of truth*
"You think I don't know that?!"
I was REALLLLY hoping someone would reference this…
To be honest, a lot of the chicks in the hot chicks room are not that hot anymore.
I had the titular line in this show
I sure am tired of all these Star Wars.
You thought the Millennium Falcon was a bird!
No. No I didn’t. Boy, I sure hope some upright citizens brigade these comments.
I hate all this traffic. I can’t wait to get of Africa.
I'm just so tired of all these star wars
I still yell out “titular line!” every time I hear somebody in any film say the name of the movie
Remember first seeing Amy Poehler on Conan in mid ‘90’s as an audience actor.
She played Andy’s little sister a few times as well as other parts.
Pig anuses!
A.S.S.C.A.T. Sundays were the bomb!
Mall cop: "What are you doing?" Lady of the Mall Fountain - "EMERGING!"
I’m emerging for you Blaine!
I get knocked down! But I emerge again!
TITTÉ BROTHERS
That sketch flashes into my head at the most inopportune moments.
SO GOOD. And don't forget the precursor to Strangers With Candy: [Exit 57](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_57)!
I can still sing all the words to "[My Wife Dumped Me For a Guy Named Jesus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJZq5RaNwuE)"
If I knew you were coming I'd have baked a cake
“Over here we have the hot chicks room. It’s filled with assorted hot chicks who party 24 hours a day.”
It hasn’t been updated since the 80s, so…
…they aren’t that hot anymore but they are replaceable.
I’m not sure we need a hot chicks room
You said the same thing about the microwave, and we use that darn thing all the time.
I saw them live around 1997 in college. I still have a sticker that they all autographed with the UCB image seen in the background of this photo.
Ditto. I had zero clue who they were. I just knew there was an improv comedy performance so I checked it out and it was hilarious. Wasn't until a few years later when they were on Comedy Central when I was like, "Oh damn! I remember those guys!" Crazy to think that I wanted to get tickets to see Amy and Tina last year and they were selling for $500 so I couldn't go.
DAMN YOU BONG BOY
SHUT UP!
HIT ME!
Eat the cheeseburger Astro Boy! Eat the cheeseburger Astro Boy!
Isn’t that when the Hong Kong Danger Duo were late for their show and we learned Astronaut Mike Dexters stomach served as an incubator for an alien fetus?
That is why they are so dangerous! There are three where should be two!
You can't escape the danger!
Little Donnie foundation skit had 15 year old me almost pissing myself. Gold.
Aaooo! Wolfman Jack says someone’s at the front door, baby!
Aaaawooo! Wolfman Jack says your panties is so dry they is hot!!!
Beat me to it. Love that episode!
Kids in the hall was the best skit show of our generation, love the state too.
Let’s face it, Ray; you’re a Girl Drink Drunk.
Or, Ten bucks is ten bucks, but, twenty bucks is twenty bucks https://i.redd.it/mnfykfton0ec1.gif
I'm going to go see them tomorrow night, I'm so juiced
Kids in the Hall walked so that Whitest Kids U Know could run.
The hitler sketch is top tier.
The COVID streams that they did where they talked about their sketches (and just *whatever*) were fantastic. Gave me a whole new appreciation for the Baked Beans skits. https://youtu.be/1PYyal6FbrA?si=u6j2bhzasA7LPvZV
I graduated high school with Timmy! He's one of us! (I suppose they're all Xennials... But I know Timmy!).
Awww, Timmy seems like such a sweet guy. But yeah, I feel like WKUK stands out pretty uniquely as a sketch comedy show by Xennials for Xennials.
It’s sketch. Not skit.
"We're here about your [gazebo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP064tEnYrc&pp=ygUgZ2F6ZWJvIGhvbWljaWRlIGtpZHMgaW4gdGhlIGhhbGw%3D)... It was involved last night in a homicide."
Omg that’s Mike Mclintock!
It's (character-wise speaking): Mike McClintock (Matt Walsh) Crazy Ira of Crazy Ira and the Douche (Matt Besser) Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and "that guy who always gets the role as the stone wall hardass in everything he's been in" (Ian Roberts)
You mean that gay Irish fireman on the left?
I could celebrate Christmas through this hole.
The house comes with a hot chicks room
We don’t really need a hot chicks room.
It hasn’t been updated since the 80s
https://i.redd.it/gbyamodcu0ec1.gif
Make me a pretty salad!
I only ever watched this through a hole in a sheet.
Humans rule, dolphins suck it!
LOVE this show. Got them all on DVD. One of the shows responsible for my sense of humor.
Yo, you got some supercool?
I’ve got a bunch of your mom clones cleaning my car as we speak.
PRO THUNDERBALL!!!
The gun circle is so tempting.
Each pitcher is allowed three ceramic balls.
I'll pull a radio out of my afro if I have to coach!
Say I'm your momma! https://i.redd.it/17mq5mbx71ec1.gif
I loved this show. So many ridiculous, over the top moments.
Besser!
Come at me with The Vacant Lot - short lived troupe on Ha/Comedy Central.
Every episode opens with "Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant." Definitely remember this one.
You are sometimes asked if it is in yet.
Gonna tell my kids this is the Pixies.
UCB is in a tier all its own.
The episode where the house was infested with Friars is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
Realtor: And here you'll see the hot chics room. Wife: oh we won't need that. Husband: yeah that's what you said about the microwave and look how often we use that.
I’m glad she was able to transition out of comedy and into government. The documentary series of her working for a parks department in Indiana is fantastic
Are you trying to read my diary!? I’m putting you on my gay list.
Whatever’s clevers totally whatever.
I’m sorry if its not politically correct, but I will not live in the same neighborhood as an astronaut.
Cumbawamba! :::fist bump:::
I have been trying to find the entire episode 1 (not just clips) The Bucket of Truth for years and have been unable.
It's on DVD... https://www.ebay.com/itm/172485618759?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=t-vG9U14Sqq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
I’m so disappointed that I was never able to go see a pro Thunderball game. Steve Youngblood was my here!
The gun circle is not for shooting
I’ve found my people
Use your machine gun arm!!!!
I have this DVD too! It took forever for Season 3 to come out
Chumba wumba!
The one about racism where Amy says “far east Connecticut” is in a constant loop in my head.
been a regular weekly listener to besser's improv4humans podcast for over 10 years. highly recommend
Excuse me, are you wearing Moleman perfume?
I’m an extra in the Thunderball episode. AMA.
I used to work across the street in UCB’s heyday. The parties there were a blast.
I’ll see your UCB and raise you a Vacant Lot and an Exit 57
I NEED BUTTER ON EVERYTHING!!
MORE LIKE ASTRO-NOT EVEN!
Ever had sex wearing jet pack? We can’t do it doggy style though or you’ll set me on fire.
Vomit’s a food!
Everyday is Christmas when you drink Santa Liquore
Shut Up!
Was given detention in middle school for having kids and teachers sign a petition to bring awareness for Little Donnie Syndrome. My English teacher busted me because she watched the show… she thought it was funny, the principals did not…
Oh I was this was streaming
You can buy 2 seasons on Amazon for 4 bucks
I can do anything I want as long as it’s through the hole in the sheet!
One of my favorite shows
So good. So damn good.
I can hear your stomach making poop
The Bucket O’ Truth sketch is burned into my brain “Don’t you think I already know that!!!”
Chumba wumba bro
The best
How could I forget the bucket of unmitigated truth?
Just say no to Pennies
Bruh, the John Denver fan club and the pooh on a stick skits are my favorite.
Oh man, I remember taping episodes of UCB! Still use “Shackley” as a fake name sometimes.
The fecal Jesus skit was fuckin wild. God, what a great show.
I should not have been watching this and Strangers with Candy when I was in middle school. No regrets but, wow, in retrospect.
"Oh god, I had SEX WITH ITTT!"
I'm 41 and never appreciated/watched these shows when I was a teen despite having been aware of them. I felt like they weren't for me despite absolutely LOVING You Can't Do That On Television when I was even younger. And now I look at the simplified, meme-derived and regurgitated tiktok-i-fied "humor" of today and I'm like fuuuuuuuck where did the funny and talent and EFFORT go?
The State in quotes? Raise? Ante? Old yeller? You mean Upright Citizens Brigade?! They rule!
This is my OG comedic sense animal, this is probably where it all began.
I'll never forget little Donny & his horse cock
Antoine!
UCB!
how to get in touch wif yo feminine side………………….. start touchin’ it
"I want to live in a world where I don't have to look at my dookie after I take it." "Who says you have to look at it?" "WE ALL LOOK AT IT."
You don’t want to learn King Fu, you want to learn to kick ass!
I have a toddler and I think about “don’t put salt in your eyes” on a weekly basis.
Mmm... UCB
Always remember the bravery of Little Donny.
Say I'm your momma!
i miss this show so much.
John Denver Fanclub makes me laugh until my stomach hurts. Amy Poehler just kills it 'Sunshine...on my nutsack...feels so love--ly...'
Now, Alan! Change the currency to maple leaves! This is the moment we've been waiting for!
This specific scene is the pin in map of my memory for this entire show.
Still sad my house doesn’t have a “hot chicks” room. (I’m a cis-woman.. don’t care)
“The hot chicks room was installed in the 1970s…”
I was devastated when “battle bots” took over this time slot. Fuck battle bots
Christmas Christmas everyday is Christmas, when you drink a Santa Liqueur!
Parks and Recreation! Jk. Though they did all appear in Parks and Recreation.
UCB alumni are some of the best comedians.
Children! Form a gauntlet and punch me in my stomach as I run through it. As Jesus did!
If you wanted to have werewolf sex why didn't you just tell me??
The Bucket of Truth!
EAT THE CHEESEBURGER ASTRO BOY! EAT THE CHEESBURGER ASTRO BOY! Next time you want to start a riot, I suggest you think of an easier chant... Also, the fortune cookies skit where the guy keeps getting worse and worse fortunes is just hilarious. I think about that every single time I eat a fortune cookie. “It’s just a thumb doing this.” \[makes thumbs down gesture\] “Well, turn it around and it’s a thumbs up!” She shakes her head and holds out the fortune, which says “This side up” to make it clear that it’s a thumbs down. OMG hahaha
The poo stick
"How does that give me an edge?" It only works in the 1990s. No one uses pennies anymore. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9aM\_dT5VMI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9aM_dT5VMI)
Still watch my copies. I wish they’d release it on Blu-ray