In this episode Sam and Gabe talk a little Star Wars, mostly about an off screen affair that happened between Hans Solo and Princess Leia. Then Sam and Gabe talk conspiracy theories which leads to us finding out what would happen if Gabe was cast in the movie 'Conspiracy Theory' instead of Mel Gibson. The guys end the podcast with some improv fun.
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In this episode Sam and Gabe talk Thanksgiving...after a few digressions. The guys review Marvel's Dr. Strange and end the podcast with some improv fun about a Dad and his son at Thanksgiving.
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This week we meet Norm Johnson, legitimately voted best smile at Pasadena High School. Born and raised in So Cal, Norm talks about growing up in Pasadena. Norm also talks about growing up playing sports and how he got into acting. We ask Norm the Lower the Bar questions and finish off the podcast with some improv fun.
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In this week's episode we meet Nathan Scoggins or Scroggins as he has been mistaken as. Nathan and Gabe are long time friends, so we hear about who they met. Nathan is a writer/director; we find out how he went from growing up in Rhode Island to living in Los Angeles for over 10 years making movies. We ask Nathan the Lower the Bar questions. The guys end with some improv fun.
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In this week's episode we find out that Sam used to host Pampered Chef parties. Gabe and Sam talk about the show Timeless and other shows that involve time travel. The guys bring back an old segment, what if you were in the movie? We find out what would happen if Sam was in Running Man instead of Arnold. The guys end with some improv fun.
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In this week's episode we meet Nathan Davis. We hear about Nathan growing up in a small town in Illinois that is not near Chicago. Find out about how his high school class got the school to do their first musical. Nathan went to a small Christian college and we find out Sam's has a connection to that school. Hear how Nathan found a roundabout way to make it out to Los Angeles, that involved a conference in Seattle and film school in Boston.
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In this week's episode Gabe and Sam talks about the clown phenomenon; if you haven't heard there are stories people dress like clowns walking out the woods and showing up in other strange places. This reminds Sam of friend's college prank. The guys then talk, Agents of SHIELD, Suicide Squad, and various CW comic book based shows. The guys end with some improv fun.
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Here is part 2 of our episode of Zora. Find out how he comes clean about his social experiment of pretending to be a Ugandan national who moved to the U.S. to go to college. We end the show with some improv fun.
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We have another monster episode that is being broken into 2 parts. In part 1 we meet Zora Bikangaga. He was born in Freson, CA then moved north of the bay area in a less than diverse town. Hear about being 1 of 2 African American kids in school. Zora also tells us about a social experiment he did in college where he pretended to be a Ugandan national who moved to the U.S. to go to school, hear how long he kept of the ruse.
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In this week's episode Sam talks about a recent work trip to Texas and the escape room he did while there. Gabe also share his experience in doing an escape room. Gabe and Sam talk about some Olympics highlights. The guys end with some improv fun about a couple of Latinos talking about doing an escape room.
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We jump right into part 2 our show with Ryan Self. Ryan tells us about working on the SyFy show Hunters as the assistant to the show runner. We get a peak behind the curtain of how Hollywood works in this interview. We ask him the Lower the Bar questions and finish up with a an improv on about two students trash taking before a debate. We do touch on some 'adult' topics in this improv, so pre-screen it before showing it to the kiddos.
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In part 1, of this episode we meet Ryan Self. Ryan and Sam are from the same area so they had a lot to say about growing up in St. Louis. Ryan tells us about his journey to LA and how he met Seth Rogen just before moving to Los Angeles. Then Ryan tells us about a less than ideal living situation for his first place out here.
We finish out the episode by bring up Ryan courting is now wife at a young age, to hear the back story on that list to the episode where were have Ryan's wife on (Lower The Bar 66 - Kind Katie Self).
In part 2 we will hear about Ryan working on the SyFy show Hunters, ask him the lower the bar questions and get our improv on.
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Augie, Gabe and Sam start this episode talking about Miss Cleo passing away and get into talking about things we believed at some point that weren’t true. Sam and Gabe review the movie Warcraft and the guys end the show with some improv fun about two brothers and one just found out the other is adopted.
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We had 2 guest for the first time and things went long so we broke it into 2 episodes. Please check out Amanda Miller web show Ghosts ‘n Stuff Inc by clicking here. Also check out their social media FB/GSIwebseries and twitter @GSIseries.
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We had 2 guest for the first time and things went long so we broke it into 2 episodes. Please check out Amanda Miller web show Ghosts ‘n Stuff Inc by clicking here. Also check out their social media FB/GSIwebseries and twitter @GSIseries.
In part 1, we Amanda and Briana Miller. Amanda is a voice over actor who does the voice of the Sailor Jupiter in the new Sailor Moon. Briana is visiting from Virginia. They tells us about growing up as military kids in Germany and Florida. Amanda tells us about moving out to L.A., her experience with improv and doing voice over work.
In part 2 we will ask them both the lower the bar questions and get our improv on.
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In this episode we meet So Cal native Eric Reeser. Eric tells us about his childhood and going to a boarding school. Sam, Gabe and Eric also go in-depth talking about imrpov. Eric also shares about his time working at Enterprise Rent-a-Car and being a new father.
We ask Eric the Lower the Bar questions and the guys end with some improv fun about two friends who never left Pasadena and another friend who is trying to convince them to just go one town over.
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In this week's episode it happened again, we talk tacos. Then Sam, Gabe and Augie talk about camping and yard sales. Sam introduces us to the weird sport called Jugger inspired by the 1989 movie The Salute of the Jugger (released as The Blood of Heroes in the US). The guys end the show with some improv fun about a couple at a yard sale, while there the wife decides she may not be happy with her husband’s thrifty ways.
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In this week's episode Sam, Gabe and Augie talk about things that scared them as kids, the clown from movie based on Stephen King’s ‘It’, sharks, tornadoes etc. Gabe and Sam review the movie X-men Apocalypse, there are SPOILERS FROM THE 45 MINUTE MARK TO THE 60 MINUTE MARK. If you haven’t seen the movie and don’t want it spoiled, skip from 45 minutes in to 60 minutes in.
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In this episode we meet Katie Self. Katie is a So Cal native and tells us she was smitten with her now husband at young age...maybe too young of an age. We ask her the Lower the Bar questions and Sam, Gabe and Katie ends with some improv fun about a man asking for a daughter’s hand in marriage.
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In this week's episode we are visited by Augie's better half, Melissa. Melissa heard Augie and Gabe questioning her choice in cookies 2 episodes back and is on this show to defend herself. Please let us know what is your favorite type of cookie.
Gabe shares a story of what happened when his son got a caterpillar with the intent to care for it until it becomes a butterfly and sets it free. Augie and Melissa also share about a dog they recently got for Augie’s mom. The guys end the show with some improv fun about 3 cousins and why one doesn’t want to take off his shirt when playing shirts and skins...chess.
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In this episode we meet Lynn Braswell, wife of Dan Braswell who was a guest on the show about a month ago. Lynn tells us how they got together from her side and gives some practical advice about using roommates as training grounds before you get married. We hear how Lynn made her way from Indiana to L.A. with a 4 year stop at Ball State. Lynn tells us about “Cold Tangerines”, a play Lynn is in that she adapted from a book. Here how Lynn reaches out to the author and the who process about adapting the play. We ask her the Lower the Bar questions and Sam, Gabe and Lynn ends with some improv fun about a the last person audition for a play.
You can see Cold Tangerines at the L.A. Fringe Festival June 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 25th; click here to buy tickets http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/3416?tab=tickets.
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In this week's episode Augie and Gabe debate the best fast food cookies and other fast food dessert in general. Augie and Gabe talk about what it's like to speak Spanish poorly. Gabe then opens the fresh wound that is the taco controversy. Sam, Gabe and Augie end the show with some improv fun about 3 guys breaking things into 2 that shouldn't be.
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In this episode Sam tells us about his recent bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery). Sam goes into detail about what the surgery was, why he had it and how is doing 2 weeks out from surgery. Sam and Gabe review the movie Captain America Civil War, there are HUGE SPOILERS. TO AVOID SPOILER SKIP FROM THE 58 MARK TO 1 HOUR 21 MINUTES. The guys ends with some improv fun about 2 guys camping out for a movie way too early the theater employee who had to deal with them.
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In this episode Augie kicks it off by telling about having a bad first day at his first job working at a bakery in Savemart, a local grocery store where he and Gabe grew up. Sam tells us about all was not well at first job, he was not lov’n it. We ask Augie the Lower the Bar questions and the guys ends with some improv fun about an mess that was made in a bathroom at work, don’t worry, it’s not that low brow.
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In this episode we meet Jeff Braine. Listen how he and his family moved from Michigan to Los Angeles for Jeff to become a child actor. Here some fun audition stories and what Jeff is doing with himself now that he’s all grown up. We ask him the Lower the Bar questions and the guys ends with some improv fun about a “typical” audition in L.A.
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